Conditions Report
It was a beautiful bluebird day at Turoa. Conditions still fall into the ‘early season’ category, but the skiing was fun and there was plenty of good snow around. A big thank you goes out to the snowmaking crew who have been working around the clock to get as much terrain opened as possible.
Clarry’s track was officially ‘re-opened’ to the public today for top to bottom skiing at Turoa. It was technically opened all week, but had a warning sign at the top and tons of rocks scattered at the bottom. It was so bad, that you weren’t allowed to ski it in uniform. I didn’t let that stop me, obviously (yea rock skis). After picking my way through a rocky Boneyard all week, I was shocked to see a nice, soft, white run there this morning (big props again to the elves who sneak into the resort overnight and make snow for us). In the afternoon, the Boneyard started to turn into soft powdery bumps that were pretty damn fun to ski on.
My first and only free run of the day happened at 3:50pm, after a full day of shredding with little dudes. I traversed hard skier’s left, just passed the boundary line to get a closer look at the Girdlestone. **No ropes were ducked for the writing of this report** Turoa has an open boundary policy that allows you to leave at your own risk as long as there are no ropes up. Never duck a rope people!!!
After snapping some pics I saw some steezy teens ski by and felt compelled to follow. It was a good call, as IÂ ended up at the top of my first cliff drop of the season. I think it was in the Blackhand or Hamilton’s area, but I’ll have to confirm that once I ski it again with someone who actually knows this mountain. Stay tuned…
The next few days look quite promising for some new snow. Down under, where everything is backwards, they celebrate Christmas in July. I’ve asked Santa to please dump some soft white stuff all over me; we’ll see what he comes back with…
