Magic 12/27

Face shots all day, but also many close calls due to hitting hidden objects with 0 base. Caution was definately needed. 18-20 was the norm, but sometimes much deeper. The steepest stuff could not be skied. Tried the woods more than once in different locations........no go

Very cool place

Magic is a favorite, but I've had that same zero-base experience there during the early season. Were there enough people that they had both the red and black chairs running?

No just the red and ski on all day

Hard to believe more people didn't hit it.

It really was ground zero for snowfall.

Pretty cool situation you've got - roaming free throughout NY and VT.

Nice get skimore.

skimore wrote

I was supposed to go yesterday, but either everyone had something else they wanted to do or didn't want to go. I ended up being called into work, and then went in today and I have no idea about tomorrow. I was told I was working 9-7. After an hour today,  they told me they were overstaffed and asked for people to volunteer to leave. I did, got to magic by 12:45. Rode up solo, but found a friend there after my first run. Had no idea he was even gonna be there.

We skied the woods a bit, the main trails were pretty beat from the wind. Lot's of stuff is hiding just below the surface. Third run in the woods, fourth run of the day I snagged my ski, and came scary close to blowing out my knee. I couldn't get out, or even click out of my binding myself. My friend had to do it for me. About 200 feet down the trail I thought I was going to brake my leg. "Luckily" it's just pretty badly bruised/swollen. Called it a day after that.

That snow was a one day and done deal. Plus the wind picked up a bit towards the end of the day. Without the base you needed to be the first track on each run. Which we did all day.