EMSC
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3 out of 4 days up on the hill with Jr makes for some good skiing progress. He's wedging fine, slows and stops when asked on even the steeper pitches, turning as needed, going through trees & obstacles, avoiding others, following (some of the) turns Dad makes, etc... Quite the fast turn around from his first few days this season. I ask him where we're going and sometimes lead; sometimes let him lead the way. I feel like I'm actually skiing with him.
Of course he still will suddenly at the bottom of a random run (usually run #8 or 9) say "I want to go home now" and he's mentally done for the day and ready for snow pile climbing, riding the shuttle bus around the parking lots, etc... Which is just fine by me.
Upper 20's both days but snowing on Saturday and a mix of sun and windblown snow on Sunday. Eldora has had bizarre and often very un-timely snow reporting this year. One example: They reported 0"new Sunday despite getting an inch while we were on-hill Saturday and ignoring anything else that fell Sat or Sat night. I can understand why, sort-of, since by Sunday the wind was blowing hard leaving some patches of hard pack even in the lower beginner areas. Other times they get around to updating the snow report by maybe 8 or 9 am vs the no later than 6am of the past, etc.. A nearly 100% new crew up there this year since everyone else quit after Bill made himself the acting GM last year. As near as I can tell not one iota of actual change in operations or any other distinguishable metric up there, but since the new crew are all hand picked 'yes men' Bill has been toning his antics down supposedly this year.
Can anyone help me to figure out how these are supposed to help? They installed them this year on the shelf road along a very wind swept snowmaking pond just before the resort (technically called Peterson Lake). Snow never piles up on that side of the road (too windy) so the best guess is that they are for help in seeing the road edge during a ground blizzard... Except they are white plastic with grey patches (not shiny silver) so how the hell would you ever pick them out in a ground blizzard (which is quite common on that 1/4 mile of road).
Of course he still will suddenly at the bottom of a random run (usually run #8 or 9) say "I want to go home now" and he's mentally done for the day and ready for snow pile climbing, riding the shuttle bus around the parking lots, etc... Which is just fine by me.
Upper 20's both days but snowing on Saturday and a mix of sun and windblown snow on Sunday. Eldora has had bizarre and often very un-timely snow reporting this year. One example: They reported 0"new Sunday despite getting an inch while we were on-hill Saturday and ignoring anything else that fell Sat or Sat night. I can understand why, sort-of, since by Sunday the wind was blowing hard leaving some patches of hard pack even in the lower beginner areas. Other times they get around to updating the snow report by maybe 8 or 9 am vs the no later than 6am of the past, etc.. A nearly 100% new crew up there this year since everyone else quit after Bill made himself the acting GM last year. As near as I can tell not one iota of actual change in operations or any other distinguishable metric up there, but since the new crew are all hand picked 'yes men' Bill has been toning his antics down supposedly this year.
Can anyone help me to figure out how these are supposed to help? They installed them this year on the shelf road along a very wind swept snowmaking pond just before the resort (technically called Peterson Lake). Snow never piles up on that side of the road (too windy) so the best guess is that they are for help in seeing the road edge during a ground blizzard... Except they are white plastic with grey patches (not shiny silver) so how the hell would you ever pick them out in a ground blizzard (which is quite common on that 1/4 mile of road).