Catamount NY/MA 2-27-22 & 2-28-22

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Sunday 2/27

Pulled into the lot around 8:00. 2nd row, decent amount of people, and a lot of race team folks similar to a Blue Mountain weekend morning. Cold 10 degrees but full sun. Redeemed my Indy ticket from the window and then eventually made my way to the lift after checking out the facilities. 8:30 opening and a few dozen people in the lift line for the start. Most of my first runs were spent on the NY side of the mountain, skiing Glade, Catapult, and Chute which was ungroomed. The snow that they got the few days before opened up some of their natural snow trails - thin, but still skiable. 

After that I went to explore the more mellow side of the mountain since lines were starting to form at the quad. Trails on the MA side are definitely nothing special, but the glades were skiable and fun. Everything under Walter's Way through the birches was pretty fun. A few free base grinds and slow lift rides sent me back to the NY side.

Stopped for a quick beer, took a few more runs on the NY side, and then called it for the day.

Monday 2/28

Pulled into the lot around 8:30 for a 9:00 opening. Same deal as Sunday but with significantly less people. The place was a ghost town and I was pretty much riding solo all morning. Most of the morning was spent on the NY side on Sidewinder and all of the little trails that shoot off of it like Fishers, Shawenon, Marty's. The snow was great again. Good grooming. Just some really fun runs on this side of the hill.

Before ending the day I hit Catapult a few times since that is such a good steep groomer. Back over for two runs on the mellow stuff and then ended my day to head home.

I would definitely come back here again, especially with a better snow year and all of their natural trails open. It definitely seems like some significant investments are being made here with new lifts going in, new trails being cut, and snowmaking upgrades. They definitely have some interesting old school fan-gun-looking things at this place. 

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Nice to see the report. Considered being there Sunday then made a last minute call to hit Magic instead, which was a great day and I am glad to have made that call. Hope to hit Catamount later this year, likely 2nd weekend in March.