Sprint Freestyle Moguls Competition at Bear Mountain

Sprint Freestyle Moguls Competition at Bear Mountain

Yesterdays warm weather and early evening showers ate into the snow pack around the inn. Overall, the snow at the inn's snow stake declined by 6 inches yesterday. Such is spring in the mountains.

Today was singles mogul day at the US Sprint Freestyle Championship at Bear Mountain. The competition is held on Outer Limits, on the same bumps course that will be used next weekend for the Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge. I skied down OL this morning and stood up against the snow fence marking the course watching some of the initial warm up runs. It is quite a site to see, and hear, as the competitors go down the bumps course. I stood by one of the mid course ramps and took todays picture of one of the competitors taking air.

Around the mountain this morning conditions were variable. Trails that were exposed to sunshine were very soft. Trails that were shade covered had a thin crust on them. At Bear, I found Bear Trap and Bear Claw to be nicely covered with great carving snow. Lower Wildfire was getting really thin. Some areas of exposed mud are visible. If you see orange and black bamboo poles out of the slopes, take notice, because there is probably something lurking just beneath the surface.

On the Killington Peak side of things, Superstar was glazed over. If there were more traffic it probably would have been soft, but as it was it was glistening in the sun. The Canyons area looked nice from the K1. I did not ski it as I was only transiting back from Bear to where my car was parked. Great Northern, Rime, Chute, Bunny Buster, and Caper were all nicely soft, hero snow.

Overall, I spent about 90 minutes on the snow this morning, 30 of which were watching the Moguls Competition. I left wanting to ski some more, which is a good thing, but I needed to leave none the less to help get the inn ready for this weekends guests. Now if we would get 6 inches of snow tonight! (in my dreams) Let it Snow!