! I must say I had an excellent time. The sun was bright <BR>and there was very little wind. The main trail that was open was Excelsior <BR>which leads to Upper Valley then Lower Valley. Shana and I made two runs <BR>from the Gondola then we switched to the Midstation Shuttle chair for the <BR>rest of the day. As it's name implies it only goes to Midstation but we <BR>felt we were getting more skiing time because there was no wait and a <BR>shorter ride. We would hardly stop moving at the end of a run; just ski up <BR>to the chair and get right on. <BR> Now for a word about the conditions. They were great! The coverage was <BR>good, no bare spots. The snow was just the way I like it, groomed with just <BR>enough looseness to bite into with my edges. The middle of the trail was a <BR>little scraped and hard in places but nothing I couldn't handle. In fact I <BR>purposely went in the middle for practice on the harder stuff. One or two <BR>sections had a bump thing going on so I did a little practicing on that too. <BR>During the two runs we made from the Gondola we often pulled over to let a <BR>wave of faster skiers go by and then start off again. Even though everyone <BR>was using the same trails and there was a big crowd there seemed to be <BR>enough space between the waves for us to not feel like we were about to be <BR>run over. From Midstation down Shana was very proud of me because my speed <BR>improved greatly. At the bottom she turned around to look for me and I was <BR>already there. We lost count of how many Midstation runs we made.
Whiteface Mt. 11/24/00
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