Spinning the wheels

Spent Wednesday at Magic Mountain getting re-acquainted with some of the best ski terrain in all of New England.

Magic 12/30/09 from Andrew Weyl on Vimeo.

Of course even the mellow terrain at Magic has the ability to shred your legs and I woke up stiff and sore, and given that there's the potential for a big weekend I decided that it'd be a good idea to get out and spin the wheels a little bit. Plus I figured it'd be a good idea to check what conditions looked like after the rainstorm earlier in the week.


I really had pretty low expectations given the last time I had been out conditions were crusty and thin. However I was pleasantly surprised to find that while the rain had thinned the snowpack considerably, it obliterated any of the remaining crust layer and set up a bombproof base.



The area had picked up 3-4" of snow which made for surprisingly good skiing above 2000'. Below that there was a very definitive rain/snow line and conditions deteriorated accordingly.




Looking forward, I feel very good about the snowpack and with an added 3-6" this weekend hopefully getting our season going for good