Skyward is a great trail and a very important trail at our mountain. That said, Upper Cloudspin (IMO) is the best trail on the mountain. Most people I know prefer it to Skyward.
This season Upper Cloudspin was hardly open at all. I do know that part of the reason why was problems with the snow making equipment on it.
Here’s are my take for Upper Cloudspin:
Next season blow snowmaking on UCS first
I understand it makes accessing Lower Skyward a little harder, but it’s still doable. When UCS is open my crew either uses Lower Switchback or a hard left turn and skate up to get to Lower Sky all the time.
UCS could have been open a lot more this season with just the natural snow it got.
Even in the spring when the middle was brown, the sides where very skiable. Put up a thin cover sign when skier safety is not a concern and let people decide for themselves.
There may be several reasons that I am not privy to why this suggestion makes no sense from a management standpoint, but why not through it out there for forum discussion?
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