If Whitetail tries to groom at this point, they risk fetching rocks, sod and soil up into the snow base. The snow base needs to be built back up to a reasonable depth before grooming can resume.

All un-groomed seems like a step-up to me, why i don't think i've every experienced that at WT! I still wonder about those VW sized moguls ever making a comeback on BD... ah well.

2 cold night on tap soon (Friday and Sat). What do you think WT can do to recover in 2 nights?

They can really blow a lot of snow in a short amount of time. It could be a very different Whitetail by Sunday.

I sure hope they blow major amounts of snow, because short term forecasts for next week are for another warmup. Interestingly if you look at the temps for the past two weeks. The daytime highs are not the problem. They have averaged around normal. Its the overnight lows that are way above normal right now. Next week both daytime and nighttime temps are supposed to get fairly warm.....say upper 50s for a high and mid 40s for a low.

It'd be great if they blow snow (in general) but I really hope they leave the moguls until atleast saturday.when I'm heading up. I love bumps and will be a bit dissapointed if they're all gone by then...

I am fine with a run with bumps (they are nice for a change) however it is very disappointing to loose a nice cruiser like farside to bumps

The only reason Whitetail has any advanced skiing is because of bumps. That said, the big problem with mogul skiing in the Mid-Atl is there is usually only one or two bumped runs on a mountain, so anyone who wants to attempt a mogul run skis the same, "expert only" terrain. This makes the terrain dangerous in ways it shouldn't be- eg avoiding crying seven year old children, things like that.

I'd like to see more intermediate terrain with moguls on it. Gunstock up in NH does this. At Whitetail, they could do this by leaving a portion of, perhaps, Limelight ungroomed so intermediates would have a place to learn.

I'm anti bump. One trail per mountain is enough to waste on bumps.

kennedy .. I'm with ya. Too many 'bumped' runs already.

There are lots of 'bumps' on all MidA runs, especially on Saturday and Sunday mornings .. they are called 'never-evers' and 'more-guts-than-brains' and are present in all shapes, sizes and colors. Since they are also moveable, they are much more challenging to negotiate. Once you place these specialty 'bumps' on iced trails, they multiply exponentially and can become static at a moments notice, creating the ultimate in dynamic mogul fields.

The guns are finally blowing....

http://www.skiwhitetail.com/camera.htm

Looks like WT blowing snow on the bumps on Exhibition. I hope they don't groom it. The webcams are deceiving thou, I skied Exhibition a bunch today and the bumps are pretty small and spaced a long way apart. WT needs to keep blowing snow on Exhibition, so the bumps get bigger & bigger, & bigger, ......

Hi everyone - new guy here. I live out in Frederick and I'm in the Terrapin Ski Club at UMD. Just got my first set of skis yesterday (K2 Omni 5.5) at Ski Chalet - tired of renting. I was at Whitetail today from 4p until 9p.

The mountain was in very rough shape. It wasn't a very pleasant trip. The blowers were on after 5p and we were starting to notice a little difference as the night went on. The whole mountain was hard ice with a thin layer of ice granules - no real snow to have fun with. The top third of Exhibition was manageable but then the bottom two-thirds was, again, in dire need of snow. But then again I'm a pretty mediocre skiier so what do I know!

Congrats on the K2's, sorry about being stuck as a Terrapin (I'm a Blue Devil). I own skis pretty similar to the Omni 5.5's (Apache X's), and they are quality sticks for a reasonable price. Not sure if those are your first skis, but they should serve you well, as they work for a great range from intermediate to expert.

Too bad about WT, as I was considering heading up there this morning, but it looks like a good thing I didn't go.