Report #15 Details

Report-ID: 15
Submitted: 03/07/02 13:52:12
Host: 63.108.112.2
Date: 03/02/02
Days: 1
Resort: Sugar Bowl
Hours: Day
Equipment: Snowboard
Rating: 2
Primary-Surface: Icy
Secondary-Surfaces: Icy
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Ability: Intermediate
E-mail: mhc310@hotmail.com
Hated: the icy slopes.
Closed: All the black runs as well as some blue.
Liftline-Waits: 2-5 minutes
Moguls: icy, extremely firm.

Details:

It had to have been the worse condition that I encoutered so far. I saw three
guys being attended to by the ski patrol in the terrain park. One of them had
to be air lifted out. The slopes were extremely firm and icy. The black runs
were closed until late afternoon b/c of it. Excluding couple of runs, none of
the trails were groomed. Even those runs had its share of ice. I was very
disappointed with the trail condition. Alas.. is the season over? Well,
hopefully, the snow from last couple of days may extend the season, but I am
sketical. For snowboarders out there, watch out. Unlike skies, icy snow leave
little room for mistakes. I highly recommend getting a helmet as one of my
buddies hit his head pretty hard and had the good sense to discontinue his run
early in the day.

-Michael

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