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Finished up my season yesterday at Okemo for closing day. I used my Epic 1-Day Pass that I purchased in the fall but never got around to using until now. Around half an inch of new snow had fallen overnight, but I arrived at midmorning and most of it had melted by then. The weather was a very mixed bag, with sun in the morning followed by a light rain shower around noon, which was snow/sleet at the summit. The afternoon was mostly cloudy with a few breaks of sun, and the rain gradually returned around closing time. Temperatures were mostly in the 40s/low 50s and winds were light.
It was a pretty quiet day, with no line for the B Quad and maybe five chairs at most for Sunburst 6 (the only two lifts running). From the B Quad, Lower Mountain Road, Fairway and Open Slope were open with thin cover and only a snowcat’s width in places. Off the summit, pretty much all the snowmaking trails from Sprint/Moment's Rest/Rim Rock over to Easy Rider were open, and most had generally good coverage. These all funneled into Lower World Cup, Lower Nor’Easter, Wardance, Sel’s Choice, and Lower Arrow on the lower mountain, many of which had chokepoints and large areas of thin coverage. A few crossover trails were also open, though they were quite annoying with the slow, grabby snow.
The snow was very sticky mashed potatoes for much of the day, with icy spots on some trails. I was able to get a good warm-up run in on Easy Rider with some fresh snow on the sides before it melted too much and merged into the base. Wardance also skied well, as did Jolly Green Giant (although it got a bit icy at the end of the day).
Despite a good amount of snow remaining at higher elevations, most of the lower trails are on their last legs so it makes sense that this was Okemo’s last day of winter operations. It was a good day overall and a nice end to my season.
Enjoy the photos, and thanks to all of you for the kind words on all my trip reports! I’m looking forward to sharing more in years to come!
Looking uphill from the Clocktower base area
Riding up the Sunburst 6
View from the summit
Easy Rider
Upper Tomahawk
Whistler
Sel's Choice
Upper Timberline
Lower Mountain Road
Exhibition
Jolly Green Giant
Wardance
Upper Chief
Mueller's Run
Lower World Cup
Nor'Easter
