What was you best day ever?

[win]

Today was one of the best if not the best mornings I have ever had. I awoke to 3-4" of fresh snow at my home at 5:30 am and wasn't particularly excited about first tracks in the Lincoln Limo, but since people had signed up I made my way to the mountain. Patrol had just come down when I arrived and reported 8" at the base and 16" up top, so the excitement built. When we got to the top of North Lynx at 7:15am we made Birch our first run. It was immediately apparent that the powder we were skiing was deeper than 16". You had to breath through your nose to keep from drowning. The powder was deep and light, and I do not recall skiing in anything nicer. On my first run down Castlerock and then Lower Castlerock, I measured with my own ski pole, and it was 24" deep, and I found spots around the mountain where it was up to my upper thighs. One great morning, and we are expecting another 12-15" starting tomorrow morning and lasting into Monday am.

I am going to vote that today was the best morning that I can remember anywhere. (But I only started skiing regularly at age 35).

[muddy_hollow]

I woke up to a complete surprise of more than 6 inches of powder on my car. Got to the slopes and hit bravo for a quick run down snowball and it was outstanding! Knee deep powder and waist deep on my 8 year old daughter. Put tracks in Eden

Keep in mind my wife started skiing at 40 and today she skied Steins, Moonshine, and Ripcord! God I love her!!!

I also had a first today, the four dads jumped into SlideBrook at noon and powered through the pow. Only one other person in our group had skied SB in the past and we all had personal firsts.

TODAY was the best conditions I have ever skied before in the east. All I heard this morning was woohoo, yahoo, holy crap that was great! Smiles, laughs and sore quads!

We just got back to our condo, gearing up for a dinner out with the adults and enjoying the glow from my two girls on personal bests today.

Words cannot sum it up.

D

[Jacksun]

Today surpassed epic and moved into biblical territory. Definitely one of the best ever for me. As my friend PJ put it, while we were hip deep in untracked in Paradise woods (name was never so accurate as today): "You gotta remember, this is lift serviced skiing - you'd have to pay $100 a run or more for a cat or heli out West!" There was not a bad spot on the mountain the entire day, and everyone out there was in a great mood. It was like being at a huge outdoor party all day.

Wow...

[Lostone]

Best day skiing? Hard to say…

Was it the day we were skiing Smuggs and got 2.5 feet, as we skied? Maybe the next day, when we’d gotten another 2’ overnight, and went to Bolton? And with 4.5’ in that two day period, they were planning on closing the next week! The passholders were going crazy!

Was it the time I went to Bromley, and we got 3’ the night before and thru the day, as we skied? And the next day we went to Stratton, and … there was no snow!!! They’d groomed absolutely everything!

Was it one in the year (2000/2001?) where there was so much snow that we could ski anywhere because there was so much snow? We would ski Egan’s Woods, across Lower Birdland, thru to Lower Organgrinder, and then continue thru the woods to Lower Jester.

Was it the day mentioned in an earlier thread, where there was 3’ of snow, and I arrived at the mountain with 1 glove and one mitten, both for the same hand? I fined myself $40 for stupidity and bought a new pair of mittens.

There were a lot of great days. This skiing thing is stupid! All these days were big snow days, when anyone with any sense would have been inside watching television!



As for today, I think there might have been two days that might have beat it this season. Not sure how much we got from one, but pretty sure the other was reported as 18”. Both were weekdays and I flew down Ripcord, barely turning, letting the snow slow me down. After both… the winds came up, and the next day there was almost no snow to be found.

But as for how today was? I heard “Epic” used on 4 different chairs. With Wednesday night’s snow, which was a heavy, sticky snow on Thursday. That was followed by Thursday night’s snow, which made Friday a fun day to play in all the light powder, with a much better base than would have been there without the Wednesday night’s snow. Then, to have the “snow showers and flurries” turn out to be so much nice, easy turning snow… Well, ya know? People just seemed to have fun!

I did a binding check in one section of woods. Then later, I got caught by a submerged branch and had a heck of a time releasing my binding as the ski was stuck by snow, below, and the boot, by the branch, above. Before and between these incidents, there was some fantastic skiing!

I am so sore I can hardly move. But, by tomorrow, I’m expecting to move much better.

[HowieT2]

I'm too tired to properly put into words how good today was. Fresh tracks everywhere. 5th chair on the SB. We were about the 10th chair on Heavens gate (link to video in other thread). We busted down Paradise and ran into none other than the Stoke Commander with his minion. It was knee to thigh deep and perfect. Face shots everywhere.

[djd66]

Today was my wife's 40th b-day. I could not have planned a better day.Started out with my wife and I going out for 1st tracks. I had no idea of the 2 feet of light and dry pow that was waiting. Skied 4 runds with her then I sent her on her way for a day at Alta Day Spa with her girl friends. We had a sitter coming to the house to watch the kids and I was off! No friends on a powder day - is there something about no parenting on a powder day when there is 20+ inches??? Like I said, I could not have planned the day better. Wife was happy, kids were being watched and me, well, as far as my wife new, I was planning dinner.

Skiing today was AWESOME! First few runs compared to heli-skiing - it was that light and dry! The rest of the day was just incredible. Smiles all around.

What kind of excuse can I use to not show up on Monday???

[shadyjay]

Reading the posts in this thread is making me sick.... problem is, I can't call out - otherwise I'm going to have A LOT of people disappointed ... all of you who rode North Lynx today

The amounts were accurate to best of my knowledge - over a foot when I got to top of NLynx this AM shortly after 8, with snow still flying. She cleared out shortly later, as I worked hard to make sense out of my ramp, which had hung up my board as I got off... there was that much to stall me on the ramp, though I kept moving. As I kept shoveling, my board was buried. Lift mechanics were working hard at the base, giving me time to work. About 10 till' 9, we got the ok, finished my checklist, and we opened right on schedule. Noone was upset - the terrain accessed by NLynx, those hundreds (if not thousands including SB) was available to all who wanted to partake. We had some wind gusts, but we kept on truckin'. John and his crew came up and dove into SB, never to be seen (by me) again. Win came up for a couple runs. I finally got the tunes going and blasted them out, even after the wind had sent the apparatus into the snow. All the while, I attempted to hold back my anticipation.

At 4:05, after shutdown was completed and my ramp was raked, I put the music into my pack, still playing, and the sounds of the Dead, Allman Brothers, Phish, and others guided me down "last tracks" on Birch, with patrol hot on my heels. The new snow + earlier traffic created some nice soft bumps, but the sounds that one usually hears when they hit Birch at 4 (or Downspout after noon) were absent... scraping, scratching. Silent and serene. My regret is that I didn't get out for more as it sure looked like fun.

If the forecast/storm pans out as predicted, maybe my "last tracks" tomorrow will be like fresh tracks this morning... to a degree. Then again, I'm at base of GH. We'll keep 'er spinning and see what happens. Regardless, everyone at the mountain works hard so you all can come out and play. And our day is coming very soon. So enjoy, and be safe out there, and save some for us

Here's to more epic powder days in the days and weeks to come!

[Hawk]

Saturday was not the best day ever but definately in the Top 10. The snow was light and very, very deep.

We got 12th chair at Bravo at 8:00am but our timing was a little off at Heaven's Gate and we were back in the pack. At any rate we made very good decisions all morning and had some very memorable runs. Highlights were in no particular order, Ripdise!!!! Over the head!.....Gangsters, Orchard, Rumble woods, Castlerock woods, Slidebrook...Both sides and then a couple of adventures not to be named. I have to thank the souls that made their way out on the long trail in front of us. It made it much easier to get to where we were going. ...and that run was the stuff of dreams.

[skiladi]

Left Wednesday for the bush in hopes of a powder day. I came home today after 6 powder days. Monday was sketchy but caught 3 cat rides. Couldn't believe how good today was. Wish I could have stayed but made plans with grandkids for their vaca and my cat, " the other one " ; } was really missing me. Be back soon. Lostone , had fun in the trees and we took H to CR and he really did well!

[Lostone]

Guess they didn't tell you, but I said hi to Becky, as I rode above her, then met both of them by the CR lift, as they were waiting for y'all. Skiing over there was something else!

Heard someone called you a bad name, in the woods?


Yeah... skiing sucks, now.

[gratefulskier]

I've probably had days just as good, but none any better than yesterday. I got first tracks in a few tree lines and I was still skiing untracked snow at 3:30. I was so tired on that last tree run that we opted for a run down Ripcord rather than more trees to finish the day. Ripcord was as enjoyable as I've ever seen it. I think that was the only run I did all day that is on a trail map.


GS

[John Walden]

My wife and I stayed until Monday afternoon hoping to ski. However, Saturday was close to epic. We had a group with us who skiied every trail at ME, including Lower FIS three times. Hopefully the weatherman cooperates at the end of this week with us. My ski buddies are leaving once again for Alta on Saturday, (second trip this winter), but I am planning on staying at the Bush ( I also didn't get my stimulus check yet ).

[boze]

This past Saturday was definately top 3, and I'm only hedging there as my memory is not what it used to be. Any way you slice it, it was a stupendous day to be on the slopes. You really did not have to search for fresh stashes as they were everywhere. Still, getting there early was verrry niiice, and all that fresh pow was a great reward for having hit the road at 325am w/ my son to get 5th or 6th chair from CT.

This clip was shot after heading up Heaven's Gate ~ 20th chair - - not bad but would have been ~ 5 chairs sooner if not for all those little Adventurer kids who slotted into the line ahead of us as the chair opened up.


Now, that act of cutting by approx 12+ folks caused quite a few heckles to be emitted, mostly good intentioned but many decidely less so. I'd suggest the powers-that-be give a serious re-think to the cutting policy such that no one - other than patrol - can get priority seating before the first chair spins in the AM. IMHO, for first chair bounty, all should have to wait. Once the initial line passes through, help yourself to your cutting privledges. Those early seats are in very limited supply and are often only had by deciding to give up some additional early AM runs on the lower terrain in order to queue up and wait patiently in, e.g., the HG chair line.

To pre-empt the know-it-alls, some may say 'head to Castlerock', but that would preclude all other higher elevation terrain, and that's no real solution - even as amazing as C-rock is. And I recognize some pay more for lessons & groups, etc. To that I say, you can act a bit more respectful to your fellow skiers and still get all your lessoning / adventuring in by simply choosing to point your skis towards the already open terrain (when the lower lifts can serve you). Or, wait in line with the rest of us if you really want to / need to get those first tracks. But cutting on any lift to snag 1st tracks, to me is not only snarky but comes across as a bit disingenuous and disrespectful. OK, done venting. It was still a super sweet day, and no hard feelings. I bought my ticket knowing some may cut me. But in this situation I still chose not to like it.

[freeheel_skier]

If I were to pay for a private lesson and or were in a program.....or had kids in a program.....and it happened to be on a powder day.....there would be no lesson et. al....just lapping and/or "cutting".....That is life.

Plan accordingly

[Hawk]

It is what it is. This has been the policy, is the policy and will be the policy going forward I am sure. With all due respect Boze, I don't know why people get so cranked up about this. The mountain is not a democracy, it is a corporation. They do what they do. They owe us nothing. (I am sure I will get blasted for this one.. ) It seems lately that a large amount of people have been feeling entitled to all kinds of things. Now I know you were just asking the question and that is fine. I have seen you guys all around the mountain ripping it up and you seem like good folks. But if you want to guarantee that you’re near the front of the line on a powder day, you have to get there real early and wait. The other option is weekday skiing. This is always been the norm.

The other side of the coin is that the mountain all of sudden says to the Ski School, “By the way, people on the message board are complaining so no more cutting the lines". Think about the Ski School people and patrollers that have quit life down south, moved to the valley and took low paying seasonal jobs just because of their dedication to skiing. This is one of the privileges that have always been part of the deal. They have sacrificed a good amount to get that privilege don't you think? Also the kid’s parents pay for this. Yup, that corporation thing again. Gotta make money.

Just my opinion and for the record I do not care about the policy. I try to get there 15 to 20 minutes early or see the storm coming and take the day off.