Greek Peak Conditions (2016 - 2017)

Thanks man. Seems like chair 5 is not running; gonna check out Trojan

Brownski wrote

Thanks man. Seems like chair 5 is not running; gonna check out Trojan

Yeah, my guess is chair 5 will probably be opened tomorrow, but there's not enough people there today to justify opening it and running the shuttle.  Hopefully they will push out the snow they made on Upper Mars to provide a path to it.

Wish you could've experienced GP when everything is open.  There's so much good terrain out there sitting closed.

Turd Ferguson wrote

Brownski wrote

Thanks man. Seems like chair 5 is not running; gonna check out Trojan

Yeah, my guess is chair 5 will probably be opened tomorrow, but there's not enough people there today to justify opening it and running the shuttle.  Hopefully they will push out the snow they made on Upper Mars to provide a path to it.

Chair 5 is opening tomorrow. They ran the groomer on Upper Mars to chair 5 and on Poseidon for the trip back so the shuttle shouldn't be needed.

Turd Ferguson wrote

There's so much good terrain out there sitting closed.

This^^^^

 The groomed trails were frozen cord and extremely rough. Everything ungroomed was nice and soft!

And closed!

@Brownski - It was nice meeting you and your son out there today! I'm sorry you guys drove so far to ski on less than "optimal" conditions. Hopefully you can try again when we have  more snow and more of the mountain is open.

when's the annual geek peak geek fest?  

ScottyJack wrote

when's the annual geek peak geek fest?  

Whenever you can make it

No worries guys. We had a great time. I can see what you're talking about with terrain and the groomed snow softened up a lot in the afternoon. Me and Junior agreed that chair number two is the boss.

Also I'm really glad we bumped into each other Pro. It was very cool. Thanks  for all the guidance guys.

I skied GP Friday morning.  Everything groomed was firm and hard.  If you were able to find anything ungroomed, that was the place to be.  
After a few runs on some of the groomed terrain, I figured that if I looked for the "closed" signs, the best snow on the mountain was just beyond them!  I was right.

The run of the day was definitely Olympian.  I lapped it at least 6 times.  Nice snow on skier's right on Elysian Fields as well.  
Looks like they are getting ready to blow snow on Hercules for the next snowmaking window as they had their portable generator set up at the base.  

pro2860 wrote

ScottyJack wrote

when's the annual geek peak geek fest?  

Whenever you can make it

BwaHA! Take that Mr. Weed Grower

Super Bowl Sunday will make the 16th Annual A18 Pre Game Party  over at chair 5

It's just how we roll

Joneski73 wrote

 I figured that if I looked for the "closed" signs, the best snow on the mountain was just beyond them!  I was right.

I found this to be true as well

Joneski73 wrote

they had their portable generator set up at the base.

Is this how they normally do it? I saw that thing sitting out in middle of the trail.

They use the portable generator to power the fan guns in the areas where there isn't any electric power.  Nice job hiking up Atlas to find some untouched snow!  The thought crossed my mind when I looked up there, but decided against it.

Joneski73 wrote

They use the portable generator to power the fan guns in the areas where there isn't any electric power.  Nice job hiking up Atlas to find some untouched snow!  The thought crossed my mind when I looked up there, but decided against it.

I thought about it also , was seriously considering it, then my son noticed on the board that Lift 2 would start spinning at 3 so I waited

Wow what a difference a couple of days make! Greek has made an impressive  amount of snow the past couple of days along with 5 or 6 inches of natural added in for good measure!
Fields, Stoic, Christys, and Trojan were blowing  top to borttom and a bunch of miscellaneous ground and fan guns were going as well. They were setting up along Iliad and  the top of chair 4 to blow some more for the Mars Hill connector. Looks like full on winter ! Nice job Greek snow tribe!

I will echo my buddy Pro. Greek has been lit the eff right up this week --- BOOM

Atten GPPArtner's:

If you guys around hit up chair 5 on Sunday and we'll buy you a beer

Looking great up there--

Is there parking at chair 5 or do you ski over?

Nice big parking lot over there, or you can ski over, whichever your heart desires. I'll be on my sled -- BRAP!