I agree Howie. It seemed pretty busy to me too. Even the trails at ME seemed more crowded than usual on a Saturday. The base lodge at ME was packed when I went down there as well to get a new pass after somehow losing mine (someone actually found it as later on when heading up the Summit quad I saw it sitting on the control panel. I expected the clip to be broken but it wasn't so I really have no idea how it came off my jacket).
What is the snowmaking plan after the thaw? Full capacity on re-surfacing 24 hours a day or just nights?
Agreed. A lot of skiers on that side. Moonshine, Twist, Eden, the Mall, etc were "thin cover" to the extreme, so they were almost empty. Stein's was unpleasant ice-whales. So everyone was crowded onto the groomed snowmaking trails. When the natural trails improve, things should spread out. Even with the heavy traffic, most of Spring Fling was in decent shape into the afternoon on Saturday. Unfortunately it was a crusty hardpack skied-off side-skidding groomer track mess below Springroad. As was the section of Racers Edge just above the NASTAR course. Quite a shocker for the uninitiated.
The crowds looked big. But I never waited more than 3 or 4 minutes for a ride up. The new lift is a yuge improvement.
Last edited by southvillager; 02-02-2016 at 01:02 PM.
Skiing Stein's this past Saturday was probably the most difficult run I've taken this entire season. Downhill ice skating at it's finest.
There were a few times we looked up Fling and it looked like Downspout, escpecially below Spring Road since Racer's Edge is closed for Nastar. Skied great on Sunday with hero snow
Nope. Not groomed. if you stayed on the far right edge it wasn't that bad but the middle was pretty slick. Hey they blow it wet. What do you want.
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Skiing Stein's this past Sunday was probably the most fun I've had on the mountain this entire season. A downhill terrain park at it's finest. Absolutely edgeable soft snow every square inch of the trail. What a blast! Must have down 5 or 6 top to bottoms in a row because I just could not stop myself. Did not ski it Saturday.
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