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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Holy pattootie do they ever need to give these new contractors a talking to. That was the worst "clearing" of pathways I have ever seen. Basically scraped the snow off and left all the ice. 3/4 of the way up a hill they just left a big windrow covering 3/4 of the path, for no reason I could figure out. And everything is ice underneath because they didn't bother to do it when it was slushy and easy to clear.
On the plus side, the horrific clearing led me off piste again today, on a longer steeper run. Had pow flyin up, got sideways a few times, and a couple guys walking the path cheering me on. Got a "mad respect" as I rode past them. 
Worth it! |
So gotta complain too about the MUP between Edworthy and downtown today.... I realize that the recent snow was a "surprise" but a worse surprise was the crap job that was done attempting to clear it. There were huge chunks (ie basketball size), there were windrows in the middle of one lane, huge sections of glaze ice/hardpack, lots of stutter bumps, moguls, some air time, tracks from the machine doing 360°'s (no joke), and generally they made life hard for a few days. So ride your studded tires, at low pressure. It was the most sketchy for this season, and close to the worst from last year.
Oh and then this eve at ~6pm as I was headed west of Edworthy they had the brush-machine out going super slow to ensure a nice even highly polished finish for the morning. sigh...
At least we have a few warm days ahead but Thursday morning is not gonna be fun.