EMSC
Well-known member
One last day for my season.
A nice lazy start at just before 10am to find the snow was already soft and approaching slushy on the bottom, though less so on the upper mtn. I can't avoid bumping into people I know when it's down to only one place open. I ended up taking a run with the ski team coaches & kids, chatting with some of the coaches for other teams in lift lines and eventually taking some runs with the current president of the ski team (Eldora) and her daughter. And yes, a half full lift pen in the am, and then a full maze up top from about noon on - not that it takes more than ~5 min or so. Mostly cloudy with a cool breeze on the upper half up until a little before 2pm when it quickly changed over to almost all sun. I was surprised to be skiing in mostly my normal outfit, but with gloves and one layer less. It was the right call for the upper mtn until the sun came out. I stuck it out for another hour before calling it around 2:45. They had a live band going in the base area and while crowded, the 'Beach' seemed more subdued than usual (noise/music/crazy antics wise).
As to operations, all the good stuff closed up for the season mid-week. So Pali is closed, Zuma bowl is closed, and the chutes on the east wall are all closed. Only the lower East wall is open and only till late morning. I still say it's a week too early to be closing the N facing steeps off. The only natural activity I saw anywhere in the vicinity was super steeps that faced S or SE. No other aspects.
A nice lazy start at just before 10am to find the snow was already soft and approaching slushy on the bottom, though less so on the upper mtn. I can't avoid bumping into people I know when it's down to only one place open. I ended up taking a run with the ski team coaches & kids, chatting with some of the coaches for other teams in lift lines and eventually taking some runs with the current president of the ski team (Eldora) and her daughter. And yes, a half full lift pen in the am, and then a full maze up top from about noon on - not that it takes more than ~5 min or so. Mostly cloudy with a cool breeze on the upper half up until a little before 2pm when it quickly changed over to almost all sun. I was surprised to be skiing in mostly my normal outfit, but with gloves and one layer less. It was the right call for the upper mtn until the sun came out. I stuck it out for another hour before calling it around 2:45. They had a live band going in the base area and while crowded, the 'Beach' seemed more subdued than usual (noise/music/crazy antics wise).
As to operations, all the good stuff closed up for the season mid-week. So Pali is closed, Zuma bowl is closed, and the chutes on the east wall are all closed. Only the lower East wall is open and only till late morning. I still say it's a week too early to be closing the N facing steeps off. The only natural activity I saw anywhere in the vicinity was super steeps that faced S or SE. No other aspects.
