Report #44 Details

Report-ID: 44
Submitted: 02/22/00 18:08:49
Host: laproxy3.transamerica.com
Date: 02/20/00
Days: 1
Resort: Heavenly
Hours: Day
Equipment: Alpine
Rating: 8
Primary-Surface: Packed powder
Secondary-Surfaces: Hardpack, Powder, Slush
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Ability: Expert
E-mail: crockeraf@aol.com
Loved: Mott & Killebrew, much more snow than '90 and '94 visits
Hated: Zoo in some California areas
Closed: None
Liftline-Waits: 10+ min Sky, 5 min Dipper, 5+ min Calif. access lifts
Moguls: Very good

Details:

Strange weather: Nevada side in fog with occasional flurries most of the day,
Calif. high overcast, but clear visibility across the lake.  Thus Sky was
already busy when we got there at 9:30AM. Surface was packed powder and
chopped powder with an inch of new everywhere in Nevada, and on upper half of
Calif.	At 2:30PM we went over to ski Gunbarrel: nice well-spaced bumps,
packed on top, slushy at the bottom. The Patsy's/Groove beginner area was a
disaster of slick snow and downed bodies everywhere; if there's a worse place
to learn skiing or boarding, I haven't seen it.  Mott's/Killebrew was the
opposite extreme: great snow, very few people, and good visibility in the
trees despite the weather.

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