It is always hard following Mike with the First Trax reports. He is the master at the keyboard, but I will do my best not to let you down.
We are having a great weekend for skiing and riding at the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic resorts. The temperatures are very comfortable and the snow is GREAT. As many of you know, I was at Wintergreen yesterday and it was pretty spectacular. I’ll get a full trip report up tomorrow, as soon as I get back to home base.
There was a light snow coming down and the slopes were covered with a nice fluffy surface. The crowds were light in the morning, but picked up as the day went on.
It was a great day to be at Wintergreen. If you are up there today you are in for a treat 
as they are having the Blue Ridge Double Cross at the main terrain park. It is going to be another great day on the mountain, so head up today if you can!
It was a pretty easy task updating the snow reports this morning. About all that changed were the temperatures. Our member resorts are operating at peak condition right now. No new snow to report today, unfortunately, but there is some snow in the forecast for later today at the West Virginia resorts. It looks like we’ll have a storm move through the area the first half of this week.
Cupp Run Challenge Results
Snowshoe finally got the results of the Cupp Run Challenge up. The top 5 for each category are…
Women's Snowboard Overall
Rank Bib Name Class Time
1 2 Bouchard, Shae U20 /96 02:52.1
2 3 Doll, Samantha U20 /94 03:18.0
3 Frey, Elizabeth U30 /89 03:29.6
4 6 Schneider, Ashley U30 /88 03:39.3
5 5 Hamilton, Sherry U30 /90 03:55.4
Men's Snowboard Overall
Rank Bib Name Class Time
1 162 Valach, Michael U30 /84 2:24.19 (1)
2 150 Willis, Thurston U30 /87 2:24.30 (2)
3 158 Leonard, matt U40 /80 2:38.47 (3)
4 199 Hammer, Max SR /69 2:40.96 (4)
5 173 Reeves, Grant U20 /94 2:42.18 (5)
Women's Ski Overall
Rank Bib Name Class Time
1 41 Kitkat, U50 /68 01:55.3|
2 38 Johnston, Rebecca U15 /01 01:57.9
3 34 Perkinson, Emily U20 /95 01:58.1
4 141 Given, Helen U30 /93 01:59.0
5 45 Kosmala, Emily U30 /92 01:59.4
Men's Ski Overall
Rank Bib Name Class Time
1 Poore, Keith U40 /80 01:38.0
2 Oliver, Ian U20 /95 01:43.3
3 Woody, Trey U20 /97 01:45.5
4 Bragg, Matthew U20 /96 01:45.8
5 McAlister, AndrewU20 /97 01:46.5
Sochi Olympics
The top 3 countries so far as the medal count goes are
- Norway – 2 Golds, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze
- USA – 2 Golds, 1 Bronze
- Canada – 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
The big news for us is that Bode Miller botched his medal run at the Downhill and ended up in 8th place after putting together the fasted training run.
There’s a full line up today. Men’s Ski Jumping is on at 1pm, and the prime time show will include the Men’s Downhill as well as Women’s Slopestyle, and more Men’ Ski Jumping.
Take Care out there today. If you can’t make it to the hill, you at least have it on the TV.
Tim Bahlke
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