WP/Mary Jane Weekend Trip Report II

Not much to report over a 4-day ski weekend except for the fact I got many first runs down many newly opened Mary Jane trails for the first time this season. It was killer a Thursday to say the least.

Here we go with a few photos (click on thumbnail for a larger view):
Here are my past tracks...


And some future ski tracks...


I park here every week for your standard apres' ski tail-gating action. The infamous C-Lot on the Jane side...


Sometimes, I take a break at the Sunspot Lodge with a view looking directly at Byers Peak.



Well, I can't go too long without a guest appearance from thee Joe Public of them all... Here are some short ski video clips of the original Joe Public. PLease click on the thumbnails to view the videos

Take a look at this guy hitting the Jane Trail:


And one more random Mary Jane video:

Winter Park Weekend Wire I

What a weekend at the Wanker! Over 30 trails open. A plethora of lifts. 40” base. All before thanksgiving. And, to boot, Mary Jane will be opening very soon. In fact, MJ should’ve been open last weekend; however, I imagine there weren’t enough foreign nationals in town to man all the lifts.

Highlights of my weekend include:
-Cruising down the old Apollo lift line on Bradley’s Bash. Perfect semi-large powdery bumps that tamed my newly tuned skis perfectly. WOW. Great to be skiing again.
-The small tree run between Sunspot lodge and the Quick Getaway run were outstanding even though it’s only about 100’ of vert.
-Jabberwocky and Cheshire cat we’re loaded with pow on Saturday – enough for me to get stuck and tip over a few times. However, on Sunday, both runs we’re bumped out. This is good though. No one was up for skiing them. Man, people are such chickens about bumps these days. They missed out on the soft snow that was packed in between every single bump. It was really cool skiing Cheshire bumps because this run is usually reserved for slalom skiers which require a very smooth surface. In other words, Cheshire is always groomed.

Bonus Pub Report: I’m sorry, but if your bar was actually organized and managed properly, people might actually show up and fill up every seat by 5pm. Although they do a good job at keeping the beer flowing.

Here's a few shot from this past weekend:

They even had the snow guns fired up everywhere. I guess you can't have enough snow.













And here's Jaberwocky loaded with freshies.













Lower Hughes snow making.













Here's a random shot of the Sunspot lodge. Yea, I took a nice hour or so break to rest my tired dogs.













One last shot of snow covered trees from the Looking Glass lift.













Check back on Monday. I'll have many new photos from a nice 4-day weekend of skiing.

Cloud Requisite Photos

Thanks TTips... got the idea from here.

Winter Park - Opening Weekend

This will be me in 3 days...


Please check back for a full Winter Park opening weekend shenanigans report.

ZippyVideos - Free Video Hosting Hook-up

I've gone through and switched all of my Telemark and ski related videos over to a faster hosting service. What does that mean for my paying customers? Quicker load times i hope...
Thank you ZippyVideos.

Der Bridge Photo

More pics to come!