Mad River Glen, VT 2/24/00

[randy w]

<I>(Note from the Administrator: This report was originally posted on 2/24/00. Due to our move to new servers, the date and time attributed to this post is incorrect.)</I> <BR> <BR>Greetings from the PC in the basebox at Mad River Glen. <BR> <BR>The good: The upper single trails are very nice and still have very good cover. Chute and Catamount are lots <BR>of fun. There are lots of families on the hill skiing down the groomed easy and intermediate trails. People are smiling and ripping it up on the Chute. <BR> <BR>The less good: It didn't freeze up last night. There is Rotten Snow. Forget about untracked terrain. The lower mountain bump trails have become too soft - you are skiing through the bumps instead of on them. So, the patrol has closed (until things cool back down) - Lynx/Beaver, Glade, Lift Line, L.A., Peri Bowl. Still open: Upper Canyon (above Bunny) and Slalom hill. <BR> <BR>My reading of the long range maps (with a skier's optimism) says that we have another week perhaps before the NAO, NCEP, Joe Bastardi, <insert buzzword here>, etc. say we return to winter part II - also known as the beeg dump before the MRG telemark festival (March 11/12).