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Bolton Valley Saturday, January 11, 2025 | |
Submitted on January 12, 2025 by snowphoenix ( 152) | ||
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Session | Full Day |
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Ticket Type | Indy Pass |
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Lift Lines | 3 to 5 minutes |
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Trail Conditions | 60% open; Packed Powder, Variable Conditions |
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Glades | The lower-angle glades such as Moose Woods were all really good, I think I went into at least one of them on almost every run. Steeper glades had some thin areas to watch for. Wilderness Woods and Cobrass Woods were the best in my opinion. |
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Moguls | Bumps on Vermont 200 and Preacher were soft, though those trails also had thin sections which were tricky to get past. Lower Showoff was good and felt less sketchy than those other two trails. |
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Terrain Park(s) | Hideaway Park seemed to be getting a good amount of use. I don't believe Valley Road/Moonlight Park has seen snowmaking yet. |
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Run of the Day | Cobrass Woods |
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Food and Beverage | Did not partake |
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Comments | Despite the weekend crowds, yesterday was the best day of my season so far! I arrived a bit later than I intended and had to park in the furthest lot from the lodge, then wait for 25 minutes or so to redeem my Indy Pass and get an RFID card. While waiting in line, someone was walking around with a QR code that you could scan with your phone to fill out a waiver. Seemed like a lot of folks were using the Indy Pass yesterday (you can only get regular pre-purchased tickets at the pickup boxes). The Vista Quad was busy throughout the whole day (about 2-3 minutes in the singles line, longer in the main line) while Wilderness and Mid-Mountain had a wait of a few chairs. It looked like Snowflake was ski-on the entire day. I skied mainly off the Vista Quad with a few runs off of Mid-Mountain and Wilderness to change things up. I only rode to the summit of Wilderness once since Peggy Dow's was the only way down from up there. Despite the lift lines, the trails didn't feel particularly crowded. Most of Wilderness and Vista Peaks were open except for TNT, Schuss, Lower Wilderness, Upper Crossover and the trails off of it, and all trails off of the Snowflake Double except Sprig O' Pine. Snowmaking was in progress at the base of Timberline and the access trail to it. There was plenty of terrain to explore especially with the glades in play, and the narrow and winding nature of many of the trails made the mountain ski bigger than its vertical drop would suggest. The snow was dry packed powder over a hardpack base with thin cover on some of the natural terrain due to skier traffic and windy conditions over the past few days that blew snow into the woods. Some of the steeper groomed runs got a bit icy in the afternoon but weren't terrible. Bolton Valley was reporting something like 27'' in the last week and also picked up another 1'' from gradual snowfall throughout the day. Not really much wind and no visibility issues apart from at the very top of Vista Peak in the afternoon. Pretty scenery with snow and rime ice on all the trees. The skiing was definitely worth the waits to redeem my pass and get on the lifts. Let's hope these good conditions continue! |
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URL | https://snowjournal.com/discussion/4443/bolton-valley-1-11-25/ |
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Report Rating | 4
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