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Their snowmaking capacity is absolutely insane as most on here know however, the FIS does have very specific depth regulations. I wonder with multiple rounds in Europe already being canceled if they make an exception. Either way looks like they will have the ability to start to blow overnight starting next weekend. Should be enough time to get er done but who knows.

I seem to remember that being last year. After a promising late November (seems like that's been the case ever since Killington agreed to host the WC) things really slowed down until late Feb at which point C/NVT received decent snowfall but also endured some large warm ups. I think the Mansfield stake didn't break average until like mid/late April last year haha. I believe it lagged pretty far behind for most of the year.

Totally get that and its an interesting dilemma with no 100% correct answer as to how to remedy the situation without massive capital investments between the mountain/town. Can't make everyone happy and as it stands, this is just one more thing that front line employees will have to deal with. Face the wrath of the paying customer for a year or so until this is accepted as standard practice and then everyone moves on. Quelling demand with high season pass prices was definitely an easier sell, given it directly relates to the premium product that consumers are wanting to access. Obviously that isn't an option any longer and Vail/Stowe were forced to get creative. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Perhaps a few seasons of parking pass revenue can fund this I just feel bad for the parking attendant who has to explain to the stressed out parents of a family of 4 who sat on a conga line of cars on mountain road for two hours, only to be turned away at 11AM on a busy Saturday that their $450 pass doesn't get them a spot in the lot. The @stoweparkinglot instagram account is sure to be hilarious this winter.

Stowe announced a $450 parking season pass which doesn't even guarantee a spot in the lot given it will still be first come first served.... Seems like there are definitely some infrastructure related constraints which makes the situation difficult, but I'm not sure this will be a popular solution.

Got into the ravine last weekend and did Killington this past weekend. Weather definitely cooperated! Excellent corn snow for both outings.

Truly the best out there.

Signing for GFS right now...that could put the Sherb back in play! Gotta keep an eye on next weekend for some alpine fun.

Dude enjoy! Nothing like Utah pow

You have to be really lucky or just take enough ski trips to experience 40"+ in a week out west (50" on the nose at Alta). Safe to say Utah delivered. Two days at Solitude, Snowbird and Alta each with one at Deer Valley (meh, but fun to check out) First two days at Solitude provided 12-14" of blower over a light crust, not quite enough to cover it up but 114mm underfoot and 188cm did enough to keep my 5'10 frame mostly floating above it. 3rd Day at Snowbird it began snowing again and didn't stop for the next 36 hours. The following day at Alta was the deepest of my life, the kind where you can't feel the bottom and have trouble seeing and breathing through all of the powder. Just absolute euphoria and couldn't get myself to stop for pictures while skiing haha. Next two days were bluebird and plenty of leftover powder. Our final day we spent checking out Deer Valley. Definitely a let down from a skiing perspective after the week we had, but still some fun terrain and it was funny seeing all of the little things that make it "the #1 ski resort in North America" . Gonna be tough to top this one.

I have the 2021s! Such a fun ski

Nope. And I saw the banner message but still getting 404 and 502 errors. Suppose I'll just focus on work instead...

Anyone else having issues with Pivotal this morning? Getting a bunch of 404 errors.

Holy shit! That's such a committing skin/boot-pack. Much kudos. Attempted that last year the day after going over from the ridge. At 2800 feet the skins came off and we started booting. 30 minutes and 200-300 vert later of pushing thru waist deep snow we gave up haha. Such a good zone but I don't think I'll ever again attempt to summit if coming from 242, unless the pack is very consolidated. I've found Little Jay to be a better bang for your buck if coming from the road. Lots of cool lines and aspects off of that peak.

Specifically they were short on staff this summer so the yearly inspection/maintenance couldn't take place. Don't know much about the details but apparently you need a certain level of certification to perform this level of yearly maintenance and of course other lifts took priority. Based on what I've heard, the decision was made to not run it long before any sort of an official announcement. Anyways, looks like its really coming down out there. 5-6" up high in the MRV as per about an hour ago.

Mtn ops typically likes a foot of packed down snow on all of the work roads in the Slide Brook basin for snowmobile/snowcat access prior to running that lift. But like you said, I don't think more than a couple of weeks would have been feasible this year. Hopefully inspection can get squared away in the summer and we have even an avg winter next year!

I know you've mentioned this before but are you at the base of the black mountain ski trail or doublehead? I hiked black in early January last season and was shocked at how little snow was needed for it to be skiable. I'm sure conditions up there are great right now.

Was in PFs hood (briefly) on Sat as we got up to the nose via the Teardrop trail on the west side of Mansfield. 0 degree temps and 50+ mph gusts made our stay on the summit a brief one but I managed to break out the phone for a quick picture. The tree skiing on the way down was dreamy! Still some schwack here and there but the vast majority of woods skiing in the Central and Northern Greens is "in" right now. The next day at Sugarbush brought more powder skiing and slightly warmer temps. Had to dig a bit deeper at my old haunts to find freshies after the Sat assault but the old stashes delivered!

That's the thing. Jay does pull snow out their ass at times which is where some of that confusion comes from those who haven't experienced it. Like I've witnessed on more than one occasion skiing there or the immediate BC where point forecasts show 20-30% pop and "less than an inch" per BTV and then bam 4-6" comes flying thru with nothing appreciable on radar. No doubt the Jay cloud is real. It's when these kinds of differences are reported during a synoptic storm that make me think a bit haha. Place is so rad though. Love skiing there.

Jay reporting 8" up top as of EOD. You get out today? I don't scrutinize their totals as much as some but that one does seem a bit suspect to me. Hopefully its legit! I'm up the following weekend.

LOL @ the tiny red dot over Mt Ellen

YNWA

Animals, Obscured by Clouds and especially Meddle are favorites. The latter might be #1 overall for me....hard to beat Dark Side tho

Looks like a hair over 3" so far mid mountain at Sugarbush (they cleared the boards this morning). Coming down decently with mod snow down to the base @ 33 degrees.