skiing (second try)
We seem to be losing our momentum again.
So... Although Mother Nature, or Ullr and Skadi, whoever you pray to, have not been particularly kind so far this year, temperature has cooperated and skiing hasn't been too bad in New England. Skied Pico (that's pie-koh) yesterday and had a wonderful time. Crowds were thin enough there so that I could still find some nice loose freshies from Tuesday's three inches or so without needing to go in the woods. Granted, if the groomers hadn't been out on some of the trails, bumps would have been uncomfortable on the more popular trails. There are a couple of trails at Pico who's top sections are closed and you have to enter from a lower point which is not readily apparent and so didn't have lots of traffic in spite of a general busyness. These trails skied VERY well. I need to give great kudos to the Killington/Pico snowmakers and groomers for preventing what could have been a disastrous year. On the other hand, Okemo, which has the reputation of being the very best at both snowmaking and grooming seems to be slipping a bit since the Mullers sold out, even though the Mullers are still the managers. I've had people, who normally ski Okemo, come up to me (in my Killington uniform) to say that they thought that Killington appeared to be doing a better job with slope maintenance than Okemo was doing this year. .. |
skiing (second try)
On Feb 19, 9:40 pm, VtSkier wrote:
We seem to be losing our momentum again. So... Although Mother Nature, or Ullr and Skadi, whoever you pray to, have not been particularly kind so far this year, temperature has cooperated and skiing hasn't been too bad in New England. Skied Pico (that's pie-koh) yesterday and had a wonderful time. Crowds were thin enough there so that I could still find some nice loose freshies from Tuesday's three inches or so without needing to go in the woods. Granted, if the groomers hadn't been out on some of the trails, bumps would have been uncomfortable on the more popular trails. There are a couple of trails at Pico who's top sections are closed and you have to enter from a lower point which is not readily apparent and so didn't have lots of traffic in spite of a general busyness. These trails skied VERY well. I need to give great kudos to the Killington/Pico snowmakers and groomers for preventing what could have been a disastrous year. On the other hand, Okemo, which has the reputation of being the very best at both snowmaking and grooming seems to be slipping a bit since the Mullers sold out, even though the Mullers are still the managers. I've had people, who normally ski Okemo, come up to me (in my Killington uniform) to say that they thought that Killington appeared to be doing a better job with slope maintenance than Okemo was doing this year. . Hold on there... the family that runs Okemo is name Muller? I've got a scathingly brilliant idea. Anybody know a good geneology website? |
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