opening day

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- December 11, 2005 at 2:23 am #5997
  
  zack
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  So… how was it? I have the bad fortune to be away right now. Tell me everything!
- December 14, 2005 at 3:29 pm #14380
  
  huckin eh
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  Opening day wasn’t bad, but not great either.
  At least both sides of the mountain were open this year.
  General consensus seems to be that it was a day for the boarders. The untouched snow was variably wind crusted. Skiers found themselves having 1 turn in nice soft stuf and then riding up onto wind crust on the next , only to break through at times unpredictably. If your legs were in great shape you could have done some hard fast tailride freeriding, but I had to be cautious and stop often due to lack of endurance!
  Need another dump!
- December 14, 2005 at 4:51 pm #14381
  
  griz-boy
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  I had a pretty good opening day weekend to. Boarded and found some good powder stashes in trees that didn’t get wind. In all a good time. Even the groomers were fast and fun. I didn’t hear one complaint, cept the Timber chair stopping 3 times thoughout the weekend and the Bear once. It was like I was a magnet for getting stuck on chairs! I hope they resolve the issue of the sensor or whatever made it stop.
  
  It seems that the grooming has stepped up a notch this year. Anyone else feel this is the same?
- December 14, 2005 at 5:36 pm #14382
  
  huckin eh
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  I have to agree with you Griz Boy about the groomers. I have never felt groomers that were so soft underfoot. Maybe that was due to the fact that it was early season and the snow was not packed down hard. If the only weight to pass over them was with the cats then maybe thats why. It was my first opening day anywhere so I have to assume thats why the groomers were the way they were. But Im not a groomer run kinda guy so I won’t be trying to analyse them anymore.
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