Mark Renson
New member
I drew Antelope for trail check which meant a coast-to-coast 2000+ vertical foot run. Coverage was outstanding. The rest of the day was a sea of great packed powder. Cat Bowl and Canyon were skiing better than they normally do in mid-Winter. Sweep was down Paradise. <BR> On Saturday, the Double was opened in <BR>addition to the Single. Some windpacked was to <BR>be had. Waterfall - a short shot with <BR>snowmaking on it - was opened even though no <BR>snow had been made on it and the conditions were <BR>the best I had ever seen. Funny how that worked <BR>out. Again, great coverage was to be had! <BR>Almost everything accesible by lift was open. But, it woulda' been nice to have had a fresh <BR>coating of snow. <BR> Sunday, I was a bit sluggish in the <BR>morning. Snow squalls moved in and when I had <BR>run into Rich Ramsden and Denis and I had come <BR>alive as we had a long sweet run down Antelope. <BR>After performing a stint at the top of The <BR>Double, I ran into JayA The Treeskier. I <BR>was a bit stiff, but he convinced me to sample <BR>our volunteer efforts. Into Door #2 we went <BR>followed by sampling P-B. I was tentative and <BR>cautious, but found good skiing until we <BR>encountered some schwack below 2500 feet. Next <BR>I ran into Rich and allowed us to be seduced by <BR>a cool line I showed to Bernstein the other <BR>day. Sweet snow and adequate coverage on what <BR>Rich called a perfect New England glade. <BR> Time was running out on the day, but I <BR>was able to cram in one more run down Quacky and <BR>Porcupine. Snow squalls during the day had <BR>greatly improved conditions and much chowder was <BR>to be had! Sweep was great down Panther and <BR>Robin - the green paradise of Birdland was <BR>particularly sweet.