Mount Sunapee 3/5/2016

NewEnglandSkier13

It was a very icy day at Sunapee today! There were about 50 trails open and they were all trails with manmade snow. It was clear most of the day with temperatures in the 20s. When they day started the trails were nicely groomed with only a few patches of ice, but it didn’t take long for much more ice to show itself. Most trails were extremely icy by the end of the day especially Lynx and Blast-Off. The moguls on Flying Goose had a very thin dusting of snow on top of solid ice. While riding up the North Peak Triple I witnessed a skier lose control about ⅓ of the way down the moguls and slide down about 300 vertical feet picking up speed throughout the moguls and being launched off each on like a jump. The skier didn’t stop sliding until after exiting the mogul field. On the very next ride up the chairlift, while the first skier was still being helped by ski patrol the exact same thing happened to another skier. This time the skis rocketed down the slope like projectiles. At one point there were about 5 active incidents on that one trail and it was shut down for about 45 minutes until ski patrol could clear all of the fallen skiers and various equipment scattered around the trail. It was a crazy day for sure! Lift lines were not bad on most lifts, but the Clipper Ship Quad and Sunapee Express Quad had longer line up to 10 minutes long. I’m off to Jay Peak tomorrow and I expect more of the same ice. It was still a great day for anyone with sharp edges!

MrMagic

I suspect you’ll find better conditions at Jay either way thanks for the report

ciscokid

Great pictured report as usual Sam! My fav is the lake pic, what lake is it? Don’t care for the brown ones but what you gonna do Keep up the great trip reports( and pics)

riverc0il

<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“MrMagic”>I suspect you’ll find better conditions at Jay either way thanks for the report </blockquote>

That is for sure. Jay got 8″ last Sunday, conditions were extremely good and it was my best day of the year. They were 100% open last time I checked and most off map woods are skiable and in good shape. I was at Smuggs today and conditions were surprising good but nowhere near as good as Jay was last week. Certainly it will be much better than your trip to Sunapee.

ADKskier

awesome report, gee wonder why it was so icy though  ;)). I was lucky both times I went this season, Whiteface picked up about 6 inches the day before, and McCauley picked up about 6 the night before. Makes a huge difference. Most of the winter was freeze saw cycle, such a rough winter….

NewEnglandSkier13

<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“ciscokid”>Great pictured report as usual Sam! My fav is the lake pic, what lake is it? Don’t care for the brown ones but what you gonna do Keep up the great trip reports( and pics) </blockquote>It’s Lake Sunapee.

I’m leaving at 4:30 to get to Jay, so I’m glad it will be worth it! :D

becca_m

Excellent report!  I was there also yesterday - started on my board for a couple hours but when the ice really showed, I switched to skis for the extra grip.   Views were outstanding, as they are there!!!   I saw ski patrol pull one person out of the woods (must have skied over the berm?) in the sun bowl using a rope, then, later taking pics of the spot.   The extraction took at least a half hour.    

NewEnglandSkier13

<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“becca_m”>Excellent report!  I was there also yesterday - started on my board for a couple hours but when the ice really showed, I switched to skis for the extra grip.   Views were outstanding, as they are there!!!   I saw ski patrol pull one person out of the woods (must have skied over the berm?) in the sun bowl using a rope, then, later taking pics of the spot.   The extraction took at least a half hour.    </blockquote>I saw a few people over the berms across the mountain, but I do specifically remember that one in the Sunbowl.

ski_it

Thanks too for the excellent reports! It looks empty or were these taken early?

I am feeling slightly slighted Ciscokid

http://snowjournal.nplas.com/discussion/557/sunapee-sunday-2-7-2016#latest</div><div>;)

NewEnglandSkier13

Thanks too for the excellent reports! It looks empty or were these taken early?

I am feeling slightly slighted Ciscokid

http://snowjournal.nplas.com/discussion/557/sunapee-sunday-2-7-2016#latest</div><div>;)

</blockquote>It was defintely not empty. I usually try to take my photos early in the day.