Whats up with Pomerelle?

**FreakofSnow** · 03-05-2004, 11:18 AM

Just saw that they have a 200+ inch base. whoa, had never even heard of that place. Whats the dealio yo?

**splat** · 03-05-2004, 11:25 AM

Minor League unless they added a couple mountains since I was last there. Better off to hit Pebble.

**powstash** · 03-05-2004, 11:57 AM

It's certainly Minor League, but if you've got time to kill and it's between A and B, you should stop. My buddy and I stopped there two years ago coming back from the PNW, and managed to find clean lines all day long in the trees from the summit chair. Windy as ever on the summit as Pomerelle sits atop the only major mountain range in the area so it gets all the weather that passes from the PNW to Utah.

It really reminded me of why I ski, that there are hills which exist w/out condos and $10 burgers. Hills where its ALL about the skiing, and little else matters. Living in Park Shnitty has a diluting effect with regards to the ski resort reality. We ran into this snowboard instructor that was in awe of the fact that we ski at the "big resorts". Felt somewhat like a celebrity.

Got talking to a kid in the rental shop (needed adjust bindings) and he said on a good snow year(like this one) they'll ski off the top of the adjacent peak down to the valley, nearly 3500' vert. You can ski right to the road apparently. It's in the "master plan" to have lifts there, but it'll never happen unless some maggot with more money than they need decides to be a generous and put in the lift.

The peak I speak of, about an hour skin from the base of the resort, holds many a sweet line and a nice big bowl. Had we known about this little gem, we would've scrapped the resort and headed for steeper lines.

**altagirl** · 03-05-2004, 01:31 PM

Nice DH MTB trail and beautiful camping in the summer. That's all I know. It looked like it would be a fun place to hit in winter if you happen to be in the area.