Wachusett Mountain Ski Area on Monday, January 15, 2024

		Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Monday, January 15, 2024
		Submitted on January 16, 2024 by snowphoenix (131)
	Session	Night
	Ticket Type	Discount from Ski Area
	Lift Lines	0 minutes
	Trail Conditions	60% open; Loose Granular, Packed Powder
	Glades	A couple inches of snow in the woods. Edges of trails had thin natural coverage but looked skiable.
	Moguls	None observed
	Terrain Park(s)	No features on Hitchcock Trail due to snowmaking. Frannie’s Folly not open yet.
	Run of the Day	Conifer Connection
	Food and Beverage	Did not partake. The lodge sort of reminds me of a shopping mall with its various food options, shops, bar, etc.
	Comments	Made a quick trip to Wachusett last night for a few hours of night skiing. The mountain received a couple inches of new snow in a brief flurry on Sunday but a good portion of that had been skied off since then, leading to loose granular, dust-on-crust conditions during the time I was there. Look Mom in particular was quite icy, while Challenger was closed for racing. Snowmaking was in progress around the base area and the Vickery Bowl as well as Smith Walton (with quite large whales despite only starting on that trail on Sunday), as well as a few other spots around the mountain. Usually only a few-chair wait for the Polar Express and Minuteman Express, though some of the trails felt a little busy at times. The weather was clear and calm with temperatures in the 20s. I reloaded my RFID card from last season on Wachusett’s website with a Session 4 all-lifts ticket, but it would always display “Ticket not valid at this lift” when I tried to get through the gate. Luckily the lifties would manually open the gate for me. I even stopped into Guest Services to get a new card, but even the new one had the same problem. Hopefully they can fix the issue, but I’ll still always prefer paper tickets to RFID cards.
	URL	https://snowjournal.com/discussion/4177/wachusett-2023-24-season
	Report Rating	3