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Played my first 9 yesterday. Missed a 5 footer for a birdie on the first hole. Got a triple on the last. Lol.

Made good contact and was able to work the ball surprisingly well considering i haven't swung a club since early November.

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Got this email yesterday...

 

Hello All,

 

Berkshire East will be closed tomorrow, Thursday April 1, and unless we experience an Easter miracle equivalent to a rabbit laying colored eggs, it looks like this will be it for the season. We held out hope of cold weather and snow shifting 70 miles east and bringing a foot of snow, though no forecasts are calling this. We stock piled a bunch of snow to get as far into the spring season as we could and I would not have guessed we'd get wiped out this fast, but I don't foresee us withstanding another inch of rain tomorrow.

 

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I thought it was a 70 year old women who died 

It was. I was talking about another incident yesterday.

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Not really.  I hurt my knee so done for the year but Berkshire was great last week.

That sucks, sorry to hear. Anything serious?

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Yikes. Are conditions that icy?

No, it was hard fast groomed. It happened on upper exhibition, a trail that was roped off and closed. There were a few features on it along with a few piles of snow that were tracked up and pushed around. I'm sure you know how it is, there's a population of skiers and riders that will flock to hit any rails or bonks and do anything to tag them, including ducking a rope.

The trail looked like it hadn't been groomed in a few days, it was shiny, rock solid glacier. Well... except for the single stripe of newly minted groom in a failed attempt to cover up what looked like a bloodbath.

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There was a bad one this morning. ... they had to bring out the cat to cover the blood. Know nothing about it other than the view from the exhibition lift was gruesome.

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Berkshire East was pretty sweet yesterday. Natural is still holding on pretty good in places.  Likely after today there will not be much left.  I just went out for lunch and it feels hot with the increasing dews!

Slush fest today. Not sure any amount of wax would help.

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Guns firing up at Berkshire East, Catamount and Bousquet according to facebook.  Great stuff.  Daily operations at Berkshire east through 3/28 I'd assume unless we really get some major rain, high dews and warmth.

Can confirm.



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I've got a ping G30, 9 degree that needs a shaft. (Don't ask). Otherwise it's a club that I loved. I'd send it to you if you were interested.

Yeah, I'm down for a golf gtg as long as work permits.

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I was heading up the lift today at Berkshire east around 4pm and I was noticing how scratchy liftline was, especially on the steep upper parts and by the lift towers. ... then I noticed a guy fearlessly crushing it. I yelled, "Hey, Pete!" But I don't think he heard me.

 

... so I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of the infamous SkiMRG. He's the only guy I know that actually thrive to aggressively ski barely there lines.

 

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I know at WaWa, due to pass and ticket restrictions, mid week has been almost as busy as the weekends.   We went last night for a bit, after Feb school vacation, mid week, and the lines were pretty long.  Not as bad as some other years due to restrictions but suprising.  The warm, sunny weather played a role I am sure.
It was so nice...snow was perfect, plus we hit a couple of runs right after their afternoon/evening groom...fresh cord at 6PM

Lol. Afternoon/ evening groom... What's that?

That's my one complaint about night skiing at Berkshire east. There are some nights that can be downright sketchy that could certainly use a little help come dusk.

... then again, I'm a corduroy guy. Everything else, naso much. I'm happiest if I'm going Mach 3 down a green or blue groomer with a perfect surface.

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Obviously i love all the praise you guys have for Berkshire east. It's such a gem.

Yes, there's still many whales for them to continue to push out, I see them going strong for a while. Honestly I'm surprised they made a much as they did as late as they did considering their mountain biking is really taking off and I have no doubt they want to get that up and running as soon as skiing is no longer profitable.

I haven't gotten out nearly as often as I'd like, typically only 2-3x per week there.

Haven't put together a ski gtg in a while. Next year, for sure! Thought about throwing something out there for everyone here this year, but covid....

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January sucked but otherwise it has been good

I feel bad that it's been a few years since i tracked my snowfall. I'm typically a few inches above hippy due to my elevation.

I think there were 2 events that were better out east, so I'm not sure I'm quite there, but I'd guess fairly close.

Hippy, what are you at for a seasonal total?

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Yeah, the snow was really packing onto Green River Road nicely.  I was watching cars fish tail.
How much did you get at home?

Probably close to 3" of paste. Not really sure. Trees and lines are sagging.

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91 is a hot mess from Greenfield to the vt border.

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Skied Bretton Woods today for the first time.

It was pretty good, but I can only imagine how it was before Tuesday's storm. Everything that wasn't groomed was very firm, and some trails were groomed late yesterday but before things tightened back up, and were basically boilerplate. Pretty glad I put a fresh set of edges on our skis before this trip.

The views were outstanding once the rockpile cleared out around 9am...



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This is the grinchiest storm i've ever seen. **** 2020.

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Visibility down to a few hundred feet.  Horrible night to be traveling on I-91 I imagine.  

It wasn't bad. My son has his learner's permit. I came home from closing the restaurant tonight and yanked him away from his video games and threw him behind the wheel. Drove all around Greenfield and finished up on 91 to head home.

He did great in some of the heaviest snow he'll ever drive in. Of course, nobody is on there road. ... that's one of the main reasons I felt confident taking him out.

He said it was terrifying and fun at the same time. Yup!

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Sweet! No doubt we've crossed paths.

I'll be bumping chairs there every Thursday.

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Not sure. I'll know tomorrow...

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I've been teaching ski lessons there since I moved back to western mass in 2010.  Nice gig for me and them.  I'm an elementary school gym teacher as my full time job so I'm pretty good at wrangling children.  I show up on time and don't complain and I'm willing to teach school groups.  I live 15 minutes away so it really works out!

Sweet! No doubt we've crossed paths.

I'll be bumping chairs there every Thursday.

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Im a part time employee, I live only a few minutes away.  They have been hammering away.  We have some training this weekend.  They have no day tickets on sale until next Saturday so I'd assume that is opening day.  Seems good for snowmaking after this weekends warm up.  I think they would like to open with a decent amount of terrain even if it's on all manmade snow.  The storm next week won't help unless it takes a track like the 12z Euro. 

What do you do there?

I ran these rental shop about 10 years ago and lately have just been parking cars on the weekends for passes. I can't do that this year due tp my 'real job' schedule but plan to work in some capacity there.

Kinda a blessing in disguise, as the lot this year will be a shit show with people gearing up at their cars. There's a science to maximizing the Berkshire east parking lot and I enjoy the challenge, but it's time to pass the torch.

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Ok... I think I may be seeing some sort of mix. Hoping for some heavier precip to make it in to assist.

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36° moderate rain. Just took a drive up to around 1200’ in Colrain, Surprisingly no mixing up there yet either.

Yeah. Bullshit. Lol.

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Gotta say, even though it's there dreaded white ribbon of death, I'm pretty jealous.

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Lol wondering if it's worth it to head to the course for my standing 9am tee time. Better dig around to find some non-white golf balls lol.

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