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Crystal - 11/29/19 Opening Day!
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29 Nov 2019 15:00 #233079
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Arrived early, but later than normal opening day, got the pole position on CHex (two other folks picked up my fav side)...didn't matter opening day gotta be good and ride the lift with the other 5 front row folks - fun! Last time! Cold in the shade, fairly light early crowd - allowed repeated laps on CHex. Fired up crowd, happy crowd and this year was very similar to last years opening, but maybe a little more room to dodge folks from CHex to FQex. Snow making stuff was pretty firm and got pretty lumpy chunky in places (mainly lower Tinker), best snow was skier left side through the twigs - had been groomed, but the snow was all natural and very happy. Did a few cold high speed laps on CHex and decided I needed to ride Quick (slow and cold) Silver, snow good but not mentally worth many repeats by me.  No real lift lines, but do to limited options got kinda dicey with the late arrivals ripping downhill style. After a very lazy wimpy summer the quads said they were happy with the opening day and TV and the Apple Cup made me quit. Â
Other - Pay lot was way to massive and way to empty when I left, B lot half full and C lot almost 3/4 full ? Lots of tourist for the bucket ride....I did do the bucket to see the sights before it got really crowded - views big, crowd at the base waiting to go up getting bad.
Other Other - Drive up at 5am was a breeze, drive down at 12pm was almost painful with all the dead trees on top of mini vans.Â
Good start, no worse than last year - praise the force!  Hope for more snow, upper mountain looks very nasty.
Other - Pay lot was way to massive and way to empty when I left, B lot half full and C lot almost 3/4 full ? Lots of tourist for the bucket ride....I did do the bucket to see the sights before it got really crowded - views big, crowd at the base waiting to go up getting bad.
Other Other - Drive up at 5am was a breeze, drive down at 12pm was almost painful with all the dead trees on top of mini vans.Â
Good start, no worse than last year - praise the force!  Hope for more snow, upper mountain looks very nasty.
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29 Nov 2019 19:02 #233080
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Ski season is here, thanks to DDK reports! Thanks so much, DDK!
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29 Nov 2019 22:41 #233081
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Game on for now. they were doing heavy grooming earlier this week and it sounds like it helped.
Was anyone climbing the runs above on FQ?
Was anyone climbing the runs above on FQ?
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30 Nov 2019 07:52 #233082
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Lots.Game on for now. they were doing heavy grooming earlier this week and it sounds like it helped.
Was anyone climbing the runs above on FQ?Â
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02 Dec 2019 08:46 #233085
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Is there a first chair photo, TV coverage? Gotta see ddk!
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06 Dec 2019 12:21 #233094
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Pic is out there...Had the pole position...and got a X-tal gift card for being on first chair! Yee Haaa!Is there a first chair photo, TV coverage? Gotta see ddk!
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