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Scott summed it up well. Pabst Peril was the bump line du jour that he mentioned, and Sunder was a blast, but with gaping bare spots on such a narrow trail. Highlights: 1. Meeting up with Scott and his friend Katie. We had a blast. Always nice to meet more plaid in person, and Scott's a heluva nice guy and a heluva skier. 2. My kid actually having to wait for me on our last bumper down Peril. I was pooped. He's only been skiing 15-20 times now, and this was a first. A terrific first. 3. Losing the sunglasses that I bought in Courchevel, only to discover later on that someone had turned them in to Lost & Found. They're cheap sunglasses <cue ZZ Top here>, but they have a sentimental value. Hats off to whoever turned them in. 4. Having lunch on the deck in the 51-degree sun. 5. A repeat of Sugarbush's friendly staff, even in the face of holiday crowds. Smiles and encouraging comments all around from the staffers at Bromley. Lowlights: 1. <cue the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz here> "I'm melting. Mellllllllting!!!" Dang, it was going fast. 2. The aforementioned human slalom. 3. Losing Scott & Katie at lunch, only to finally find them again on the last run of the day. (Geez, Scott, we weren't getting in the way, were we?? <vbg>) 4. That darned fuzz leading the whole way from Bennington to Manchester as I'm trying to make up for a late start. 5. Again ripping out the edge that I just paid $50 to have fixed. 6. The painfully heavy eyelids on the drive home. One day this season I'll have to try skiing on more than 4 hours of sleep. Looks like we'll be back at Bousquet tomorrow night after work...if they have any cover left. ---- Marc Guido, Editor and Publisher First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine 16 Wertman Ln Loudonville, NY 12211 USA V: 941.587.9664 F:419.793.8108 V & F: 866.293.9107 (toll-free from the US) [log in to unmask] http://www.FirstTracksOnline.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Vermont Skiing Discussion and Snow Reports > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Scott Braaten > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 7:21 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [SKIVT-L] Bromley 12/29 > > > We got a late start to the day, I figured it was alright since we'd let > the snow soften up from its overnight freeze. We got there around 10ish > and the holiday crowds were there as well, but certainly not as bad as it > probably was on Saturday and Sunday. > > In the lift line, I feel a little tap on my helmet...as it turns out Marc > Guido is right behind me as well along with his son. Its their first run > too. Cool. As it turned out, I was only a few cars behind him on the > drive here. There were too many speed traps and police on rt. 7...luckily > neither one of us got nailed, but thats only because we were following one > of Bennington's finest. > > Looks like we didn't have to wait for the snow to soften. It was above > freezing at the higher elevations all night apparently. The snow was > going fast. I don't know trail names at all, but there was one or two > good bump runs off of the Blue Ribbon quad which had no line all day. The > HSDQ from the base had a line all day, but nothing more than 5-10 > minutes. > > Snow was very soft with the manmade base under it which led to a little > scraping between the mushy bumps. Three-quarters of the runs were of the > human slalom variety, but the empty ones we found were great. Plus, its > always fun to run gates around people isn't it? You never know what their > next move is going to be. Maybe that will eventually be a new X-Games > event...a GS with moving gates. > > Weather was awesome for spring skiing. It was nice at the time with temps > in the low 50's at the base and sunny all afternoon...but in hindsight, it > is late December so it shouldn't be time for the sunglasses and stuff just > yet. > > > -Scott > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. > > To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html