Looks like Glen Eden has every gun possible cranking right now. I remember years when the snowmaking crew would be laid off by Christmas. Running the guns in what is basically March at this point is nuts.
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Looks like Glen Eden has every gun possible cranking right now. I remember years when the snowmaking crew would be laid off by Christmas. Running the guns in what is basically March at this point is nuts.
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The flash freeze with flashing lightning was quite something at Arrowhead. Inch or so of snow yesterday freshened the xc trails up. That snow also kept the treachery of frozen rain on the trails to a minimum. Might be close to a foot of fresh north east of Barrie from yesterday's weather tantrum. Looked like a winter wonderland.
Glen Eden looked nice and clean white when I drove by there two hours ago. Get it before the brown comes to town. The weekend should be crazy busy there.
Back to Boler tomorrow for some more downhill sliding. Need to get some sleep tonight after a few days of poker and partying with other old guys.
Couple things: Glen Eden is skied mostly by the city-dwelling 'non-skier' beginner crowd. These are the people you may speak with at work who assume because there is zero snow on their front lawn all ski hills in Ontario must be closed. Because of this, whenever it's warm outside, there's nobody there. They just stop thinking it's possible, or complain about the "slushy conditions" (they also complain about ice). Easy to make excuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by petey_
The same city people also can't be bothered to get their shit together and hit the road until 10am. So if you can ski there 8:30-11:30 you're good. I wouldn't want to stay there longer than 3 hours anyway.
When the brown starts to show through at Glen Eden, it usually means the best softest snow. My theory is that because it's north-facing, the darker dirt particles are able to absorb some sunlight (but not too much), softening up the snow juuuuust right. The wife and I have a saying "if it's brown, ski it down!"
No brown today. Great morning to get out sliding. This season could end in the next week or so but I have my hopes up. What else are you going to do? A pic from Boler this morning.
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It's getting thin out there. I really hope Glen Eden can make it through the March break - they need that money big time.
Forecast has night time sub freezing temps this weekend. Might be enough to get a refill from the guns. Money to be made if that happens.
No Whistler trip this year Paulster? I'm ready to hang up the boards at this point. 40 or 50 visits to the local has kept me sane. Although the WWSTA event in April has caught my eye. We'll see if ma nature makes good on that get together.
Haven't been to Whistler for a few years now, been preferring the roads less travelled lately. But I always go somewhere - life is too short to miss a year!Quote:
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Went to Revy a few weeks ago with a couple dudes. Was good!
Off to Silver Star on Saturday with the fam. Will be good!
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Stay tuned on this one, the date will likely be switched to April 6 for a better chance of good snow. The snowmobile hill climb event originally scheduled for April 6 at Hidden Valley has been cancelled (to the great relief of local residents) so that has opened up a window for WWHSTA. Just waiting for official confirmation with HV management.Quote:
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It is a fun day, hope to see you there.
Have a great trip Paulster. Jealous. The snow in your pics looked fun
Mr. Multiglisse, keeping an eye on that one. Between planned trips and cancellations I have yet to join the group other than the October get together. Looked at Arrowhead for camping that weekend but they are booked up. Perhaps Limberlost is an option? Mew Lake isn't far either. Haven't winter camped enough this season. Minus 17 Thursday morning was a nice way to wake up. The seven on Wednesday night was sweaty.
I lived my whole life in Ontario and skied until I retired at 55 and moved to Alberta.
I look at this Ontario thread and cant get over how small everything looks now.
The whole hills in Ontario look like the run out to the lifts here.
Dont get me wrong, I loved when I skied there, my kids learned and raced in Ontario ( thats a whole other topic of stupidness) and I would put any good Ontario racer against anyone out here but when I see the weather there, and the size of the hills, Im so glad I moved.
I was involved in the operation of a smaller area in Ontario so I feel your pain of the super frustrating weather.
Like, we know, Tony. Thanks for telling us how much Ontario sucks and how happy you are that you don't live here and have to ski these hills anymore - it's very helpful, truly!Quote:
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Maybe my message came across the wrong way.Quote:
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I dont think Ontario sucks, I enjoyed skiing there my whole life, I just mean its a bigger struggle to get good skiing there with the weather, bigger crowds on smaller hills, but yeah, Im glad I moved.
Easy there Paulster. Don't want to alienate the ex-pats.:tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
Watching a typical downhill race on the telly and the finish line is about as high as some of our hills but it isn't the size of the hill, it is what you do with it.
Put the canoe on the car today after skiing and golfing yesterday. Lemonade anyone?
Praying that the cold nights this weekend get the guns going.
Oh shite, just looked at the forecast. Will slide on the dirt tomorrow.
Friday wasn't bad after they shifted some snow around. They decided to close over the weekend what with the rain and snow in the forecast.
This morning was interesting to say the least. Snow was pushed off now closed runs to accentuate the crumbs on the original slopes. Then it snowed lightly all day Sunday. Deep ruts, chicken heads, and dirt were hidden under a covering of powder six inches deep in spots. Oh joy. Be aggressive, avoid the edges, and be prepared to hop skip and jump over the obstacles. Still, had some fun runs in the powder. Ignore the seventeen c and rain in the forecast. Winter returns next week. :fm: Oh crap, another sideways image. F@ck it!
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Nice!
Magicians at the local, rabbit out of a hat stuff. Saturday looked awful on the web cams, Sunday brought some pow to get Monday on its feet and now Tuesday continues to resurrect an apparent corpse. Well done groomers and snow makers!
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Sup y'all. What's the current status at MSLM and Blue?
Can't speak to MSLM but Blue is down to 10 runs and tons of brown.
EDIT just looked at the web cams and for what it's worth it's looking better today than it has in weeks.
Ironically this is the exact week poor Glen Eden needed last week to keep the hill open for the March Break camps. Feel bad for them, they must have missed out on a lot of money this year not being able to carry on. Even going to get 8-10 cm on Friday night...
The gapers on their social media page complaining about the short season and what they paid for a pass annoy me to no end. Any time it was -4 or less I saw the guns blazing; they did everything they could to make snow and keep it around. We had 1 week of winter this year, and frankly I was constantly amazed at what they did there given the circumstances.
Storm of the season in Toronto? Drove through there around noon Friday and it was looking snowy. Top of the DVP had plows out and traffic jams. Bottom of the DVP was basically snowless and we continued our drive back to London after dropping off my buddy. A quick trip to Ottawa for a celebration of life event. One of my pals turned 70 in November and passed suddenly last week. Life is short, do it right.
No snow on the ground in Ottawa and nothing between here and there for the most part. Might be that my season is done except for the possibility of making it to the WWHSTA event in Huntsville April 6th if conditions look right. The thought of driving eight hours and spending 100 bucks at Blue or Moonstone to ski on dirt and sticky snow doesn't rub me the right way.
Moonstone had the guns blazing on Friday, saw it on the webcams!Quote:
Originally Posted by petey_
I'm done for the year. Bring on spring - some more of that weather we had in February would be nice.
Surprising to hear that they had the guns going there. I think they end their season at the end of March regardless of the conditions. Nice to see the dedication.
Thought about sneaking into the local for some earned turns and pondering camping at Limberlost when Hidden Valley has the event April 6. Haven't used my skins this season and still pining for a turn or two. Must be a sickness:)
Hidden Valley is looking pretty phat for April 6 WWHSTA day, hope to see you there. Bit of a refresh possible Wedensday, we'll see. No skiable snow elsewhere around here.
Going to Jay Peak for April 12 weekend, super stoked. I've been skiing there almost every year since I was 12 (66 now) and this will be my first time there since the first COVID lockdown. It will be a brothers/nephews weekend, very deep Jay experiences.
Yesterday morning I planned to make the Hidden Valley event. Phone call in the afternoon changed that plan. My wife has been on a waiting list for over a year for a medical diagnosis. She goes in tomorrow. Looks like skiing will have to wait. See you at Limberlost in October? Have canoe, will travel. Le sigh.
Petey, sorry we won't see you at HV but family matters always override skiing. LL glading daze the weekend of Oct 26. We've booked Buck Lodge if you want to make it an overnight, details to follow in late summer.
Had to reset my password. Clunky site this TRGeez.Quote:
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Any pics from Hidden Valley? Tall tales? Snow reports to make me jealous?
Having lots of visits to the hospital lately and found out a gadget wasn't gadgeting right and my wife is stuck for a few or more days. Did manage to get out in the canoe for the eclipse.
The HV day was great. I haven't been able to log on to TGR for two days, rumour has it you can't post images. Apparently now you can. Thanks to cooperative management at the local bump, our WWHSTA group organized the third annual Corn Harvest at a closed ski hill. Over 25 souls made the trek to Hidden Valley on Saturday for skinning, fishscaling and sliding downhill. Conditions were spectacular. Edit: pics seem to work now, Check the WWHSTA Facebook page for more.Quote:
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Ha! I got locked out for a couple days too. Looks like you guys put together a fun day there. How did the big eclipse look from your neighborhood?
Gadzooks Mr. M, looks like fun was had on a bluebird day. A vicarious visit via visual view. Merci!
Managed to canoe on Big Creek near Long Point for the eclipse and it was astounding. Got some glasses from a pair of kayakers so was able to watch the progression. The total eclipse was better than I could have imagined. Best thing I have ever seen except for the birth of our kids. Spectacular!
You are most welcome, hope to ski ya next season.Quote:
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Sounds like Petey had a great eclipse experience, mine was kind of a bust. Cloudy, so no visuals. Got pretty gloomy for five minutes, which was weird. I even fabbed up some pinhole eclipse projectors, didn't get anything to project.
I'm off to Vermont and Jay Peak tomorrow, super stoked. The weather forecast is not the greatest but there is lots of snow. I'm skiing with my older brother and two adult nephews, collectively we have about 200 years of Jay Peak skiing experience, so should be fun. We even have our own Jay Peak language, for example, if someone says "what run?" and another says "Full Goat?" everybody knows what that means.
Dry summer? Good thing we have buck a beer. Galen must be rubbing his hands together in anticipation of a money windfall.
Good ski dream last night though. Just need to work on equally weighting both feet. :D
anybody use the canadian lift pass deal?
https://store.goskiinggosnowboarding...dian-lift-pass
if so, didja think it was worth it?
Huh, had never heard of this before. This year I'd likely pass but I could have gotten a pretty good value out of this on my last Quebec trip. Bookmarked for the future, thanks for mentioning this pass.Quote:
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Never used that, but have used the Grade4/5 pass with both my kids. Totally worth it, BUT you need to remember to book your dates as far in advance as allows (7 days I think it is), otherwise you can easily get skunked.Quote:
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