Ontario Snowboarding
Night Turns At Blue Mountain: Redux
A couple of weeks ago I headed to Blue Mountain on a Sunday evening for some night turns. I was pretty excited to go, as I expected a Sunday night at Blue to be relatively empty. Unfortunately, the hill was completely packed, and I had a less-than-stellar time. Given Blue always seems to be busy, I publicly lamented that I might start going to Moonstone more.
Fast forward a couple of weeks, and I made a last-minute decision to head up to Blue on a Sunday evening once again. I wanted to get another day or two of riding in before the season ended and, well, beggars can’t be choosers when you’re not the driver. So off to Blue my buddy Josh and I went.
What I forgot to factor in, I think, was the Easter holiday; ’cause when we got to Blue, it was completely empty! There was ample parking, no lift lines, empty hills and places to sit inside. These are things that are difficult to experience at Blue on a weekend.
The net result was that after about three and a half hours we were completely exhausted. With no lines and no crowds, we were bombing runs, riding up, and bombing them again. We tossed some terrain park jumping action in just for fun, too. It was a great time; in fact, it was pretty much the complete opposite of my previous trip.
Because I wasn’t hitting any glades, bowls or otherwise, I decided to forgo the helmet as well. Instead, I picked up a neato toque from Red Devil Sports with a badass pom-pom on top; nothing says ‘badass’ like goggles and a pom-pom toque.
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How did the pompom toque go over at home?
Hmmm…. I wonder how conditions will be this weekend? Perhaps I’ll feel under the weather this Friday and not go in to work
thats what im sayin
The pompom hat.. not a winner.