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17/18 Hyak Report
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12/26/17: Opening Day
Zipper freezing rain crust on top of thigh-deep, rightside-up snow made for a typical opening day at East. Walked-in to Rampart and caught first chair with two others - it was very nice to see the coverage beneath the chair before sending down it. Whole neighborhood was out and many fun laps were had. Afternoon offered packed powder of considerably high quality for being below 3000'. Was still finding powder pockets after last chair @ 3.
12/27/17: Round Two
The packed powder settled overnight but was still enjoyable in the morning. I headed over to the other end of the pass in the afternoon to get some back bowl laps in before the next storm closed the gates.
12/28/17: Reverse Pow Day
Snowed all day and the easterly flow kept temps in the upper 20s. Turns became increasingly better as the day wore on and I, once again, was making quality powder turns after last chair @ 3.
12/29/17: RAIN DELAY
Summit East was closed after receiving multiple inches of rain overnight and all day. The rain turned to snow in the late afternoon.
12/30/17: True Hyak Sat
No crowds, heavy snow, & nuking wet flakes all day. Showed a friend around who'd never ridden East before and had a lot of fun pushing the heavy stuff around. Upper 1/3rd was very crusty, middle 1/3rd fortunately breakable, bottom 1/3rd slurpee consistency. Damp but fun.
12/31/17: Ice Age
Yesterday's wet snow set-up overnight as the skies cleared and temps plummeted. Sure the sun came out and the visibility was great, but it was a groomer-only kind of day. A big turnout left most of the groomed runs icy by midday. Family came by for lunch on their way back over the pass so I hung-up the boots mid-day and watched the last Hawks game.
1/1/18: Happy New Year!
Stayed-out way too late and didn't make it on the hill until 11. Met-up with some friends on a similar schedule and had a lazy, line-free day of lapping the tilled groomers and dabbling in the icy bumps a bit for variety. Top few hundred feet starting to facet, but not great conditions. Hidden Valley was in the sun all day and offered softer snow than the frontside.
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Come say high sometime...
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Soup was a PB&J sammie on toasted whole wheat with a serving of rye whiskey to wash it down. Parking was easy, no berm to contend with and the warm up helped with chipping the ice away this evening. Mixed snow & rain fell most of the day, but never more than a light shower, intermittently.
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Soup was a microwave burrito that didnt heat evenly. Parking was parking, I haven't driven since Fri. Groomers were chunky. East cost skills paid dividends. See you next weekend!
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Waited out this morning's rain and didn't make it onto East Peak until half-past 10. No worries though as only a few folk were around to tough out the knee-deep glue. The sun came out around 11, the mist dissipated and the afternoon was quite wonderful until the fog rolled-in after 3.
Springlike conditions, ride-on/ride-off all day and ample coverage made things okay. I suspect tomorrow will start firm but be fun anywhere by midday.
No soup as when the sun's out there's no time to waste!
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Started earlier than yesterday (~930), sun was out and some slopes had already softened. Those were NOT on the Rampart side of things. As the day progressed more and more zones unlocked but others only slightly. Aspect selection was key, the east wind was ripping and the lines were made tolerable with a nip or two of whiskey.
All in all, a more than mediocre day..Soup was the brown sludge I triged thru in the lower parking lot to get a brat from.the snosk8 contingency
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Rode all day. Hidden Valley was soft from the start, most everything else softened by 3. Plentiful sunshine, a nice, cooling east breeze and no lines made for a nice start to a short week. As nice as Juneuary's been, I can't wait for a return to normalcy.
The soup was s lie, but that's what you get for relying on a Volly...
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Rampart would be happy if an inanimate object could have emotions.
I hear it moves on the weekends.
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A challenging run in xc skate gear I'm sure, not so much in lift service gear. My daughter likes the banked turns, she's a 6th grader, Mom thinks its fun too!
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Today's report forthcoming...
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Wet...Today's report forthcoming...
Still, did a dozen laps and logged 10k+ vert. You can't spell training w/o raining, or so I'm told...
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No real chalk to speak of like there is across the highway beneath chair 2. No lines and relatively empty slopes. Park has been relocated to Kendall and is still all snow features. Serpentine rode well despite a ribbon of ice down the middle.. Off-piste varies from dust on a crust to just crust.
Snow returns Fri. Cold & dry until then
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Not stoked about next week's forecast but there's still time for it to change
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While the surface remained loud n proud in the shade.
Light but cool east breeze moderated the solar radiation,
Oh how I wish East was open on Mondays...
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This virgin has popped his cherry but I don't forsee too many mkre Serp laps to come
One more weekend, hope to see you there...
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