Ragged Mountain Resort on Sunday, February 26, 2017

		Ragged Mountain Resort Sunday, February 26, 2017
		Submitted on February 27, 2017 by newenglandskier13 (712)
	Session	Full Day
	Ticket Type	Discount from Ski Area
	Lift Lines	0 minutes
	Trail Conditions	35% open; Variable Conditions, Ice
	Glades	Very, very thin cover with walking required in many spots
	Moguls	Bulletproof moguls on Exhibition
	Terrain Park(s)	None open
	Run of the Day	Birches
	Food and Beverage	Decent turkey sandwich
	Comments	After a rain storm the night before it was a day of poor conditions at Ragged. The weather situation presented a unique challenge to mountain ops and unfortunately I cannot say I'm very impressed with how they dealt with it. When I arrived at 8:00 the snow report listed over 30 open trails. However the groomers had only touched Flying Yankee, Cardigan, and Barnyard so far, and not even the base area had been groomed yet. When I asked about the status of opening I was told, in a rather rude manner, that the Six-Pack would have a delayed opening. The Barnyard Triple and Spear Mountain Express Quad opened a few minutes late and the only options down from Spear were Flying Yankee and Cardigan. Showboat had plenty of cover, but no ungroomed terrain was opened all day. What had been groomed was frozen granular with some ice patches and the ungroomed edges of trails were bulletproof ice. The ski patroller at the bottom of the Six-Pack said that it wasn't open yet because there were snowcats still on the trails. He also said something about wind which was obviously just an excuse because they were cycling the lift like they normally do before opening and when it finally opened, around 10:30, it was just after the snowcats finished on Exhibition. Two runs were open from the Six-Pack, Exhibition and Birches. The grooming was obviously done in a hurry and was not very consistent or smooth. Exhibition Glades were open, but had ridiculously thin cover and many areas required walking. Basically four trails were open until around 2:00 when they finished grooming and started opening a few more trails off the Six-Pack, but they never came close to the advertised 30+ trails open. There were never any real crowds and lines were never more than a chair or two long, but trails became skied-off because of the minimal terrain open. By the time more terrain was opened many had already left for the day which made for some good skiing later in the day. Temperatures were in the 20s and 30s throughout the day, but a light wind made it feel colder.
	URL	http://snowjournal.com/discussion/1149/ragged-2-26-2017#latest
	Report Rating	4