Ski Sundown
Jan 31 05 | 3:31 am
I went to Ski Sundown today. It’s not a very big mountain, but we hadn’t gone in two years and it was a Sunday, so why not. Woke up bright and early at 7:00 and got there for 9:00 when the lifts started. I thought that someone there was Amy, as the person looked like her and I knew Amy had two free passes to Sundown, but it turned out not to be.
Skiing there is kind of boring because it takes like no time at all to get the bottom and then you have to ride the slow lifts back up. My boots and I are not cooperating, and I caught an edge a coupe of times because there wasn’t as much control as I like. The only black diamond there is now half terrain park, and the other half was slalom practice, so there was a little tiny icy patch down the middle for me.
What is always the most amusing is listening to people talk when you ride singles. First there was this women who managed a restaurant but also taught ski lessons but had just started skiing 5 years ago. Then there were these two young engineers discussing how much work sucked because of long hours and how they were planning to cash out and retire. Then were these two older people speaking Swedish or Finnish or something like that. I don’t know what they were saying.
Hey, me too! But I guess you can kind of assume that.
Lots of accidents today, especially between 3 and 5. Carnage and backboards everywhere. I didn’t get to really do the scenes besides the tail ends, but I brought sleds up and such.
The moguls on Nor Easter though were pretty damn fun, you should have played on those. Sundown’s really not too fun unless you’re highly amusing to yourself (like me) or you freeski. I like going on Tom’s and seeing how many butters I can do before the way down, or see how long I can kayak before I hit a bump and lose my balance.
I agree with the liftlines. First I talked to some lady about MCC who inspired me about my choice next year. She went to MCC for two years, got a full scholarship to UHart, then went to Europe to study for two years. Then was some mother that we were talking about something, and my friend got two guys who were talking about drinking, and two girls talking about sex the whole way up. Each ride is actually rather unique.
I hope you had a good time.
Comment by punkrockpnces — Jan 31 05 | 4:18 am
What about robotics?
Comment by Pelan — Jan 31 05 | 4:37 am
greg was only trying to simulate a skiing experience for the robot he is going to build.
Comment by nikankwon — Jan 31 05 | 4:38 am
Umm, yea robot too, but I figured I’d keep the entry concise.
Ashleigh: I got a 4 hour pass, and why do they have to use those darn laser things? I couldn’t tell what time my pass ended!
(they don’t scan the singles line of the far lift…)
Comment by civman2 — Feb 01 05 | 12:21 am
Yeah theres minor bugs. Get snow on your pass too, and sometimes if its wet it doesn’t scan either. I promise you the liftees hate it as much as you do, haha. Or you can do what I do and just do a canoe tuck under the ropes and ski right in front to grab a lift. People in line don’t like that too much, though.
Comment by punkrockpnces — Feb 01 05 | 11:25 pm
Uh no, I don’t appreciate it when people cut me in the lift line, especially at Sundown because the lifts are super-dee-dooper slow (although the shortness makes up for it in a way).
Comment by civman2 — Feb 02 05 | 2:31 am
I can only do it because I’m ski patrol
Comment by punkrockpnces — Feb 03 05 | 12:47 am