Practicing in the Mogul Field
at Bear Mountain
March 23, 2006, 12:00 Noon

Practicing in the Mogul Field
at Bear Mountain
March 23, 2006, 12:00 Noon

Lovely spring day at Killington.

I dogged it this morning, getting out on the slopes around 11:00 AM. Instead of my usual routine of going into the K1 Base Lodge, I drove down by the Snowdon Quad, put my ski boots on in the car, and hopped onto the lift. Temperatures at the time were in the low 40's with a light wind and partially cloudy skies.

After a quick lap in the Glades, I went over to Bear Mountain. Wild Fire and the Terrain Park were softening up nicely. But the trail of the day was Outer Limits. Beautiful soft little bumps down the middle towards skiers right were developing. The resort had left skiers left bumped up, cutting a groomed swath down the right. The Freestyle competitors were just cruising down the right side, creating little bumps with each turn. It made OL just a lot of fun.

Midway down OL, I stopped to watch the the Freestyle competitors take practice runs down the mogul field. A lot of really good bumpers were taking runs. I stood by the top jump to try to take some pictures of them taking air. Very entertaining between the inverts, daffys, etc. Not to mention a few poor souls who missed the jump and were rewarded with very loud face plants in the snow.

After OL. I took a couple of runs down Cruise Control and Superstar. Both had softened up quite a bit from earlier in the week. Superstar was a little granular on the lower headwall, but well worth the couple of laps that I took.