Ok, I got back about 45 minutes ago. I paid $26. It was okay...there were a decent # of people there. No "lines" per se, but it was not ski on.
Speaking of lines, Asp was bumped up. From the parking lot it looked delicious. It was not. There were no good lines to be found anywhere. I skied the damn thing ~14 times or so, tried every side of every section. Bumps yes. Lines where you could get into a rhythm? No. Best you could do was skier's right the for the first 3/4, then middle for last 1/4. There was also a very weird big hump/hill at the end into a riveted trough that also happened to be in the dark. Have to cut left to avoid it.
Another thing, the light was sub-optimal. They really need a set of lights on both sides of that trail (or, I would guess, most mogul trails). Some of the deepest troughs on the funkiest moguls were in the dark. I fell twice as a result.
I only skied Lower Cleopatra once. Maybe all the new snow filled in the lines on these small seeded bumps, or maybe they weren't that well formed to begin with...don't know, but there wasn't much to them. They were certainly not as good as they were for the second half of last season. Maybe they will improve, dunno.
Had some fun doing 180s in the little terrain park. Skied Upper Cleo and it was in decent shape with skier traffic bumps abounding. Skied the Hump which was actually the iciest trail I've skied anywhere this year. Shocking for the day after a 10-14 inch storm, but I guess the combo of its condition before the snow + skier traffic + the strong wind that was kicking up the last hour or so did it in. Rocket was the only other trail I skied and it was in much better shape.
All in all, I had fun, but without some reports of some bump lines worth their salt, I'll be holding off on going back for awhile, unless I feel like carving.
I snapped a couple photos that I will post tomorrow if I have time.
