Recent content by Johnny V.

Later arrival today-no real hurry for the same trails and same conditions. Snow was much better today-yes, some slick spots, but looser with better grooming (seemed uneven yesterday). Quite a bit of sun which was much better than yesterday's falt light. No lines by 10:00 and slopes were empty...

Report for Sunday 1/11. As to be expected, things were firm after the rain on Friday morning and yesterday afternoon. No trails lost, but most of the snow is gone in the woods. Universe is groomed and open top to bottom. Crowds weren't bad-U10/12 race on Outer Orbit so there were quite a few...

Yes, I was. Pulled into the parking lot and wondered why there was no one on Rocket and skiers were on Sunset. Comet chair was down. Throwback to the eighties.........take the triple! Conditions were firm early and softened up as the day went on. Gorgeous day with no wind or precipitation which...

Wednesday update. A couple inches of wet snow overnite and warmer temps made for a nice edgable surface. However, they also produced fog-top of the hill was quite foggy and got worse. Good thing we know the mountain! Took a break around 10:30 and came out to rainy mist-not soaking, but the fog...

Sorry, no pics from a mostly gray day, although we did have a few sunlit minutes which made for nice runs! No new trails, although Polaris is ready to go when they run the Galaxy chair. Still moguls on Upper Rocket and Comet was back open after the snowmaking yesterday. Snow was firm to start...

Yup........the moguls are always bigger and the slope is steeper than it looks like from the chair!

I can try, but I usually don't bother taking my phone on the hill.

Hope no one is getting bored with my daily reports. My wife and I got there around 10:00 and were surprised at the number of cars in the lot! Guns on Comet and Shooting Star. Morningstar is open which completes the backside trails. Rocket had not been groomed, so there were decent whales and...

Today's report: Lemming day! Weekend, snow in backyards in Rochester, pent up demand! Pulled into the parking lot around 8:20. I came in from the south, but the line of cars coming from the north seemed pretty long. I was meeting my daughter who had enrolled the 8 and 11 year old in brigades...

We did that a few times, but got kicked out by the police so we moved to the pier lot.

I know where that is! We used to ride that park at night then have a beer and snacks in the parking lot.

Got there around 8:50. Locker room was crowded and lots of cars in the parking lot. Comet/Outer Orbit were closed in the AM for a high school GS camp followed by an afternoon race. Comet did open up around 1:00. With all the traffic there were icy spots, but enough loose snow could be found if...

Happy New Year! After a nice dinner and probably too much wine, we were slow getting there today. Got out about 10:15 to variable sun and cold conditions. Lot of cars in the lot, but slopes and lines weren't bad. A couple of icy patches, but mostly loose stuff on a hard base. The overnite snow...

Satire, but close to the truth! Read it on Ski Talk.

I think it was free up until this year. I'm happy with the $5.00!!!