Paul and his son Justin went with us to A-Basin. As we had never skied the new Beavers lift, we spent most of the morning there. There is a picnic deck off the Loafer groomer, where we took some pics. Profile of the Beavers lift:
View down and across the road:
There are two Gasex installations on that bare hill across the road.
We skied Beaver Bowl, Jetta and Face Shot Gully. All of these had lower section of mogulled trees, which wore me out some with age and 11,000+ feet, especially after a prior energetic powder day.
We had an excellent Philly cheesesteak at Black Mt. Lodge. Then we had to take a look at Pali. View down of base and parking:
David’s Run at skier’s left had bumps but they were widely spaced and so much easier for me than the ones in the trees. View back up:
We next skied Grizzly to Radical, and final time up Pali we skied to Lenawee and then over to Zuma. Snow in Black Bear Bowl was soft and excellent, and with better visibility than it looks due to west exposure at 2PM.
The spring equinox is really midwinter in A-Basin’s microclimate. We heard the snow was still good even way out Zuma Cornice with partial south exposure. The forecast sunny afternoon never materialized, so it probably never got over 15F and felt colder than that on top, with a light breeze.
Paul and Justin had to leave, so Liz and I took another Zuma run on Columbine. We returned to the front side via Humbug and West Gully. The snow was delightful but Liz didn’t like the flat light. I took one more run out Falcon and caught a short sunny break.
I skied East Gully in the pic above, then to the base for a total of 16,300 vertical.
Paul knows Alan Henceroth. He says Alan will continue running A-Basin indefinitely as long as Alterra lets him do it as he has done historically.
View down and across the road:
There are two Gasex installations on that bare hill across the road.
We skied Beaver Bowl, Jetta and Face Shot Gully. All of these had lower section of mogulled trees, which wore me out some with age and 11,000+ feet, especially after a prior energetic powder day.
We had an excellent Philly cheesesteak at Black Mt. Lodge. Then we had to take a look at Pali. View down of base and parking:
David’s Run at skier’s left had bumps but they were widely spaced and so much easier for me than the ones in the trees. View back up:
We next skied Grizzly to Radical, and final time up Pali we skied to Lenawee and then over to Zuma. Snow in Black Bear Bowl was soft and excellent, and with better visibility than it looks due to west exposure at 2PM.
The spring equinox is really midwinter in A-Basin’s microclimate. We heard the snow was still good even way out Zuma Cornice with partial south exposure. The forecast sunny afternoon never materialized, so it probably never got over 15F and felt colder than that on top, with a light breeze.
Paul and Justin had to leave, so Liz and I took another Zuma run on Columbine. We returned to the front side via Humbug and West Gully. The snow was delightful but Liz didn’t like the flat light. I took one more run out Falcon and caught a short sunny break.
I skied East Gully in the pic above, then to the base for a total of 16,300 vertical.
Paul knows Alan Henceroth. He says Alan will continue running A-Basin indefinitely as long as Alterra lets him do it as he has done historically.
