JF TR 3-17-08 with one photo

[RidgeRacer]

Hey all...just back from an absolutely perfect day at JF...no crowds, blue sky and fast snow. Today might rank up there as one of my better late March days ever. Anyway on to the TR.

 

I got to the lot around 11pm, booted up and hit Thunderbolt. The quad was closed so I rode the East Mt lift all day. The snow when I got there was a fast and smooth packed / groomed granular surface although the wind was blowing uphill which slowed me down a bit. Made my way over to East to do laps on Floyds and River Shot. Floyds was the best it's been since early in the season...not one patch of ice on the trail which is unusual for Floyd's. Next I checked out the Elevator which was extremely fun to ski today and still has a ton of snow in it. I ended up skiing the Lightning / River Shot / Elevator / back onto River Shot combo a number of times today. The only problem with that was fighting the thorn bushes when making my way back onto River Shot The wind also died down which meant it was easier to get speed as the day went on. I made my way over to Challenege and skied that once but I was having to much fun on East today and stayed there pretty much the rest of the day. I didn't ski anything west of Thunderbolt today.

 

It's extremely sad to think that they will be closing on Sunday with the amount and quality of snow thats left on that hill. I may go into JF withdrawl after Sunday. But it is what it is I guess. Hopefully I'll grab 2 or 3 more days at Frost before they close for the season.

 

Still lots of snow on East Mt...

Edited March 17, 2008 by PA Ridge Racer

[Ski]

Cool shot of the base, PARR...shame to waste it...

[bigdaddyk]

Today was a really good day. I woke up early to go to CB and the wind was calm at my house. The closer I got to Lake Harmony, the windier it go. I was concerned about the quads being shut down, so I called CB. I was right, they were on hold, so I got off at the Lake Harmony exit from 80 and went to JF. It was 24 degrees and windy, which made it feel colder, but the sun was out and helped out. I spent most of the day lapping East Mt. until 12:30, then went back and did a few laps on Exhibition. When the wind died down, I left at 1:30 and went to CB. It was 5 degrees warmer at CB and that really made a HUGE difference. The snow was a lot heavier and wetter than at JF. I floated around and found that cliff was the best, so I did a bunch of laps on that and raceway.

[bigdaddyk]

Last Monday of the season at JF .

[Robert2]

I agree.... 11:30 to 3:00 was absolutely perfect.....no crowds, blue sky and fast snow.

A bit windy but it died down.

 

Even with the warm days and rain we seem to be rescued by but a nighttime freeze ..again...and again..and again.

The temp was still below 30 degrees at noon so the surface held up great even in the afternoon sun.

[RidgeRacer]

Today was a really good day. I woke up early to go to CB and the wind was calm at my house. The closer I got to Lake Harmony, the windier it go. I was concerned about the quads being shut down, so I called CB. I was right, they were on hold, so I got off at the Lake Harmony exit from 80 and went to JF. It was 24 degrees and windy, which made it feel colder, but the sun was out and helped out. I spent most of the day lapping East Mt. until 12:30, then went back and did a few laps on Exhibition. When the wind died down, I left at 1:30 and went to CB. It was 5 degrees warmer at CB and that really made a HUGE difference. The snow was a lot heavier and wetter than at JF. I floated around and found that cliff was the best, so I did a bunch of laps on that and raceway.

 

uhh..you were lapping East Mt. @ 12:30 ...had I known I would have looked for you. We must have crossed paths all day long.

[RidgeRacer]

Cool shot of the base, PARR...shame to waste it...

 

It turns my stomach to think how all of that snow will probably go to waste...what makes matters worse is that it may actually snow Tuesday night too.