Being One Of Only Twenty People At The Place

Submitted by Anonymous Skier on Fri, 03/03/2000 - 7:05pm
User Demographics
Age: 
29
Gender: 
Male
Ability: 
Expert
Trip Specifics
Resort: 
Ski Sunrise
Start Date: 
3 Mar 2000
Duration in days: 
1
Hours: 
Day
Equipment: 
Alpine
Overall rating: 
5
Primary snow surface: 
Hardpack
Secondary snow surfaces: 
Slush
Secondary snow surfaces: 
Thin
I loved: 
Being one of only twenty people at the place.
I hated: 
Only 300 vertical open.
Lift/trails closed: 
The poma from the bottom and all of the associated steeps.
Liftline waits: 
None.
Quality of moguls: 
None.

Snow started out harpacked but softened to slush by noon, with occasional thin
spots. The base is closer to 12-24 (Sunrise reporting 30-40).
The poma is shut down until they get the cable inspected - I doubt that will
happen this year. That means only 300 vertical of green and easy blues are
open. Still, I would rather ski 300 vertical with no lift line than 1200
vertical with a half-hour wait.
The parking lot had twelve cars, and only ten people were ever on the hill at
once.