Ramp/Jump on Outer Limits
March 8, 2006

Ramp/Jump on Outer Limits
March 8, 2006

And now to get back to skiing!

After yesterdays adventure in civic responsibility, this morning was time to ski. And a beautiful ski day it was. Conditions were a tad cooler than Monday, with some high overcast dimming the sun, but the mountain was groomed very nice.

We started out the day with 2 quick laps on Superstar. I am not sure how the groomers did it, but the snow on Superstar was soft and quiet. Great for carving big, wide turns. We then pushed over to Bear Mountain. One of our group, a "Florida" resident who did not attend town meeting on Tuesday, told us that Upper Wild Fire was groomed great. Oops... That was yesterday. Today, while Upper Wild Fire was flat, it was also slicker than s@#t, if you get what I mean. However, when we got to the bottom, we were presented with Outer Limits in all it's glory.

O.L. has not been open for the past couple of days so the resort could continue working on a large ramp and jump at the bottom. That area was blocked off today, and the rest of O.L. was groomed soft and sweet. I took a picture of the ramp from the entrance to it. You can't really get a sense of how big it is, until you look at it from the side. The second picture shows a side view with a skier coming down beside it. It is huge.

In addition to the ramp on O.L., Killington blew snow last night on Bear Claw. Clearly they are trying to make sure that there is a good base for the Freestyle competition at the end of the month. Also over a Bear, the resort had dozens of guns blowing snow into the Superpipe on Lower Dream Maker. It looked like they were filling the Superpipe with snow so they could re-carve it later. We heard that the walls of the pipe were getting a little icey and out of alignment. Hence the need for a major rebuild.

A few quick turns on Skye Burst, and Cruise Control, then I needed to punch out down Skye Lark to attend to some business at the inn. All in all, a very nice couple of hours out on the mountain.