Whiteface Mt. 3/9/02

[Jimski]

Wow!!! What a fantastic day. Spring skiing doesn't get any better at <BR>Whiteface than it did today. Too bad this isn't 4/15 or so instead of 3/9. <BR>It's going fast and I get the feeling the fat lady is going to be singing <BR>real soon. <BR> <BR>I was almost tempted to journey over to Jay if I couldn't find anyone to <BR>ski with over here but I was able to get Shana to accompany me and met up <BR>with buddies Greg and Dave. Shana and I stayed above mid station all day <BR>and had great shirt sleeve skiing everywhere. The lifts were fairly busy <BR>all day but nothing more than a five minute wait. As many people were <BR>hanging on the deck and sun soaking as skiing at any given time. The best <BR>trail of the day was McKenzie and especially the upper part. I was partial <BR>to the glades but they were pretty thin and scratchy in places. Most of the <BR>trails had major brown out sections that required tricky maneuvering to get <BR>through. Every ride up a lift found more and more brown spots getting <BR>bigger. Perhaps the best run of the day was our last. We did a full length <BR>Parkway run that was soft but very stable corn and no bumps whatsoever. <BR> <BR>I wish there was more that I could elaborate on but basically it was just <BR>one of those awesome end of season type days that we all love and wish could <BR>go on for ever. The sad thing is I have never seen so much skiing <BR>disappear in one day like it did today. The long range weather info looks <BR>like a steady deterioration over the next week at least. One year ago <BR>tomorrow Greg and I were at Hickory waiting for them to dig out the lifts <BR>and base lodge and get up and running. AFAIK they didn't even open this <BR>season. We say it all the time, what a difference a day can make. That <BR>goes for a year too and it goes both ways. <BR>Jimski