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Aaron Evetts
1 reviews on 1 places
What a great day, good skiing at the end of March. Conditions were very icy. I expected sloppy spring skiing and got mid February conditions as we had a major cold snap and it froze everything. The place was beautiful, both chalets were amazing, both in architecture and in feel. There are beautiful spaces to be in although I do like the wooden one a little better.
There was a great variety of runs, I skied all that were open. Alot of leg burners, good bumps and jumps, fun moguls to ski and a really good terrain park. I tried the super kicker and almost ate my knees on landing, huge kicker unlike anything I tried, it was fun and scary at the same time. Lots of blacks and a few dbl black diamonds (the majority were closed) to keeps your legs burning, good lifts and lifties, fun triva by the lifties, almost all lifts were high speed quads, that ripped fast. You were up in no time. Although somewhat busy, I never waited more then 2 or 3 chairs before loading, that's the beauty of a private club. All the people I met were very nice. Alot of families were there skiing together as well. It seemed as though everyone knew each other as well. People all happy talking in the lines, in the chalets, on the chairs and across the slopes. It seemed to be a very friendly place where all got along, alot of holding doors, allowing you to go ahead in line, that kind of thing. Lots of parking, no trouble there at all. Good food, pub type, but I am sure they offer more high end. I just had a burger and fries, but it was very good, very tasty, big serving of fries, I was stuffed after. I did not drink there at all but they do seem to have a good tap selection as well. I was told that they have a great wine selection to go along with it all, but once again, I did not partake.
Craigleith has one of the most beautiful views of the lake I have seen, it is really a beautiful place to ski. It was very clear in the morning and you could see clear across the bay. The sunset as I was leaving was spectacular.
So why only four starts, well, one third of the resort was closed. So I will add a star once I get to ski the closed slopes, save something for next time. Cheers!
There was a great variety of runs, I skied all that were open. Alot of leg burners, good bumps and jumps, fun moguls to ski and a really good terrain park. I tried the super kicker and almost ate my knees on landing, huge kicker unlike anything I tried, it was fun and scary at the same time. Lots of blacks and a few dbl black diamonds (the majority were closed) to keeps your legs burning, good lifts and lifties, fun triva by the lifties, almost all lifts were high speed quads, that ripped fast. You were up in no time. Although somewhat busy, I never waited more then 2 or 3 chairs before loading, that's the beauty of a private club. All the people I met were very nice. Alot of families were there skiing together as well. It seemed as though everyone knew each other as well. People all happy talking in the lines, in the chalets, on the chairs and across the slopes. It seemed to be a very friendly place where all got along, alot of holding doors, allowing you to go ahead in line, that kind of thing. Lots of parking, no trouble there at all. Good food, pub type, but I am sure they offer more high end. I just had a burger and fries, but it was very good, very tasty, big serving of fries, I was stuffed after. I did not drink there at all but they do seem to have a good tap selection as well. I was told that they have a great wine selection to go along with it all, but once again, I did not partake.
Craigleith has one of the most beautiful views of the lake I have seen, it is really a beautiful place to ski. It was very clear in the morning and you could see clear across the bay. The sunset as I was leaving was spectacular.
So why only four starts, well, one third of the resort was closed. So I will add a star once I get to ski the closed slopes, save something for next time. Cheers!