frenchgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It is supposed to have a high of 58 Wednesday, day of my class. What is the highest temp you have skied on the mountain/hill?
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What is the highest temperature you have skied?
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MaineSkiLady
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
72 degrees mid-mountain at Snowbird, February, 1986. In t-shirts.
(The next day we had "thunder snow" at Alta.)(complete with lightning!
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(The next day we had "thunder snow" at Alta.)(complete with lightning!
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Nautique Girl
Certified Ski Diva
Timberline Lodge, Summer Skiing
Timberline, one of three ski resorts on Mt. Hood, Oregon has access to runs at the highest in elevation. When you have an option to ski on a glacier, your snow ski season is way extended. Timberline Lodge ski area in Oregon offers the summer training camp for future Olympiads and for those of us die-hards. I've skied 75 degree days, in June. (The transition time of year between snow skiing and water skiing!) They usually start off to be cold mornings and the ski run is like ice. This time of year access is available to the top of the mountain via the Palmer chair (*finally open). Then, there's that one perfect run but it is icy at the top and slushy at the bottom. By late morning the slush moves up the hill. It's bizarre, but extreme-spring skiing! Cold nights are needed for great corn snow for spring & summer skiing, if chunky, groomed often. Don't let the warm days deter you, use lots of red wax for sticky snow!
*The top of the glacier is usually accessed by snowcat for skiers during the winter months (included in lift ticket) because of so many mt. climbers that making their way to the top of the summit. Plus the weather at times can pretty nasty up there so the Palmer does not open until later in season.
https://www.timberlinelodge.com/search/palmer s:bounce:ummer skiing
Timberline, one of three ski resorts on Mt. Hood, Oregon has access to runs at the highest in elevation. When you have an option to ski on a glacier, your snow ski season is way extended. Timberline Lodge ski area in Oregon offers the summer training camp for future Olympiads and for those of us die-hards. I've skied 75 degree days, in June. (The transition time of year between snow skiing and water skiing!) They usually start off to be cold mornings and the ski run is like ice. This time of year access is available to the top of the mountain via the Palmer chair (*finally open). Then, there's that one perfect run but it is icy at the top and slushy at the bottom. By late morning the slush moves up the hill. It's bizarre, but extreme-spring skiing! Cold nights are needed for great corn snow for spring & summer skiing, if chunky, groomed often. Don't let the warm days deter you, use lots of red wax for sticky snow!
*The top of the glacier is usually accessed by snowcat for skiers during the winter months (included in lift ticket) because of so many mt. climbers that making their way to the top of the summit. Plus the weather at times can pretty nasty up there so the Palmer does not open until later in season.
https://www.timberlinelodge.com/search/palmer s:bounce:ummer skiing
50s. In January and February. I feel like my entire season at home last winter was spring skiing, complete with dodging fallen branches, roots, and bare spots. It was in the 50s this weekend at the local bump here, but at least this year there is more than a 8" base. Friends went up; I didn't and went to a yoga workshop instead. The crazy part is that it was 15 degrees on Wednesday!!
playoutside
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
70 degrees in late March at Sugarbush. A really warm day that arrived out of nowhere. Lots of melting with deep puddles near the lifts. Great day of snow and water skiing!
gr8outdoors
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
70 degrees at Whiteface in late March of 2006. Lots of fun, not great snow!
WildKitten
Certified Ski Diva
We skied Okemo March 06 in about 50 degree weather. It was an extremely low natural snow year there and the conditions were horrible. Very early morning the top 1/3 of the mountain wasn't bad, but the bottom 2/3 was absolutely mashed potatoes. We still laugh about it. It's the only ski vacation where we've gone home early because of bad conditions.
Missouri is known for erratic weather. It was 72 last Friday when we took two buses of kids to our local hill. I skied through a pond of water and called it quits. My son works at the terrain park here, he calles it Peanut Butter conditions...the snow gets all brown and sticky. It also seems that every trip I take to Colorado is pretty warm. I can usually only go during school spring breaks so it is March. Last March in Steamboat it got up to about 66. The snow wasn't quite so bad though, and the temps dropped the next day.
skimomma24
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
When I was about 15-16yo, I skied at my local bump and it was at least +15C. I had shorts under my ski pants, and a t-shirt. There was a small lake a the bottom of the runs, and it turned into a contest day to see who could get the biggest splash, or go all the way across without stopping, etc. Just like one of the old Warren Miller movies. ;) It was a blast!
lady_Salina
Diva in Training
65 F at Bristol Mountain, NY in early March, around 1995/96 (can't recall exact year). I had a one piece Couloir on, the top half I slipped off and went to one shirt. It was cold the day before and was one of those fluke spring days. They called for high 40's, was cold in the morning and climbed all the way to 65.
Spent the afternoon on Great soft bumps in the shade! Lots of people ended up in the shorts that day.
Spent the afternoon on Great soft bumps in the shade! Lots of people ended up in the shorts that day.
