Howie dropping into the Superpipe
at Bear Mountain,
February 14, 2006, 10:30 AM

Howie dropping into the Superpipe
at Bear Mountain,
February 14, 2006, 10:30 AM

I did make it out this morning for a few laps around the mountain.

Weather conditions this morning were mostly cloudy with a raw breeze and an occasional snow flake. Because of the dim light, we ignored the Canyon area and went right over to Bear Mountain. Bear Claw and Wild Fire were groomed fairly flat. Upper Wild Fire was surprisingly soft. A lot of snow had been blown onto Wild Fire last week. We are reaping the rewards of that this week.

After a few loops on the OL chair, we then went over to the boarder cross area on lower Dream Maker. The park is set up with the requisite number of hits, lips, and jumps, although this year the first few hits were a lot farther apart than last year. I found myself cruising through them, instead of hitting them for some air like like I did last year. Of course, at the bottom we had to go through the Superpipe, hence todays primary picture of Howie just after he dropped into the pipe.

Snow making was in full swing on Devils Fiddle. We skied down Falls Brook to get a better look, as there was a rope across the Fiddle at the top. It looked like the resort had snow guns going on both sides of the trail, and as you can see from the picture, more guns were being brought to the area. We should have decent snow making temperatures the next couple of days, so it would not surprise me to see Devils Fiddle open this coming weekend.