Hitman

Ummmm, 33F here.  Wtf?

Gallows humor

definitely spring.  misery mist in the 40's with strong winds.  joy.

Up to 3.5” in April after roughly 7” in March.  I can live with a soggy spring but come May I hope things dry out a bit.

On 4/6/2024 at 2:52 PM, gravitylover said:

Thanks Rob. We didn't have the greatest relationship and for the last year or so he wasn't texting much because he couldn't always remember how. I did go to see him pretty often, we'd sit and talk,maybe get a bite at his favorite diner but what does a sick 80 year old guy really want to do? Sit and be left alone. I was even further from my mom. That said, it's going to be an adjustment not having either of them to lean on when no one else wants to listen and other stuff... Hey, he went on his terms and that's what was important to him and now it doesn't hurt anymore.

Sorry for your loss

23 minutes ago, vtski said:

On 3/29/2024 at 8:54 PM, psuhoffman said:

[mention=3254]vtski[/mention] and why are they replacing a triple that works fine when they have major infrastructure issues on Ellen?  I never experience the number of lift issues anywhere else that I do at sugarbush. But it’s not the HG lift. Plus can Lincoln peak even withstand the increased traffic from a quad?  There aren’t many runs off the summit. There is so much about this that seems off.  It the unforgivable part is the lack of communication. 

HG had issues at the beginning of the season, and it's definitely showing its age. Fwiw, they are aiming to replace Northridge in 2025.

Hg needed to be replaced and 80% of skier visits r at Lincoln peak.  Mt Ellen is open 2 months less than LP.  That’s why but the north ridge is a real issue and can’t be replaced soon enough.  Hopefully in ‘25.

6 hours ago, bwt3650 said:

We have very different views on skiing.  I find it relaxing, exhilarating and an escape from the rat race of work, kids, and running a business.  It is my escape and happy place whether by myself or with my family.  I can still have a blast lapping 300 feet of vertical with my kids as I watch upper mountain lifts sit idle due to winds. It sucks, but I can't change it.  So it's not so much defending them, as it is listening to their explanation, accepting that I can't change it, and looking toward the positive that there is about to be 2-3 feet of Snow coming and some of the best April conditions in several years.  You are looking for an angry mob, which is fine; but it doesn't make my view wrong.  

I’m with you but that being said I’m heading to mt snow for this one.

31 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Wait what, Josh has 27-54”?

That was from 1st thing Monday morning.  Update this afternoon was 12-24”.

I went up to vt to catch the snow.  On the way back this evening along the taconic from Chatham down almost to Jackson corners rd was totally glazed with ice.  Everything encased.  Quite magnificent in the light from the sun going down.

Can confirm.  I was at mt Ellen.  Never seen it so packed.

definitely top ten all time day.  Bluebird on fresh winter snow.  

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

This had to be the busiest ski day in New England in a long time.  Busiest ski weekend.

The holiday weekends had nothing on this region wide.  We ran out of parking both days, even with the paid parking economic control.  Saw Bolton, Jay, Smuggs, MRG, Killington, etc all say they were at capacity and videos of traffic and parking going viral on social.

Even Sugarloaf, way the hell up there, was seeing traffic jams.

What a day for New England skiing and riding.  The overall visitation numbers have to be near record levels.

45 minutes ago, LaGrangewx said:

Live in Summit County now and have skied every resort extensively so I'll throw in my 2 cents. I would say A-basin is my favorite in the area but it's for the reasons you mentioned. The hike to and expert alpine terrain is the best in this area by a decent margin. Breckenridge would be a fairly close 2nd with the six senses, lake chutes and peak 7 areas. E-chair is also fun. Copper is a very solid mountain and has a good consistent fall-line and variety of terrain. It now dominates the park scene around here as well. The East Wall is great but requires some effort. The steep gullies are fun and in my opinion slightly exaggerated in terms of danger and no more so than some of the upper east wall stuff. The gullies are very rocky though and you will hit them even with good coverage. #2 or #4 are probably the most consistent. The Pali terrain at A-basin is also great and has some of the most challenging tree skiing and narrow cut steep runs in this area. A-basin is generally my favorite on nice sunny days in April when coverage is the best. Vertigo can be a real issue there on bad visibility days since most lifts go above tree-line.

its funny, I skied abasin copper and wp.  Loved abasin so much, the steeps, the trees and most of all the vibe.  hiked up the east wall.  I left there wanting to ski more of it.  WP was way above my expectations.  We skied MJ 90% of the time.  But I was bored at copper. Caveat, Abasin and WP I skied with my son who is hard charging non stop ski anywhere.  Whereas at Copper I met some old friends who ski blues so I skied with them mostly to be social.  Also, the light was bad when I skied copper bowl.  Also, found copper to be too disneyfied for my tastes.

On 2/6/2024 at 4:10 PM, the_other_guy said:

Whiteface is hands down the best ski area in the region. if you could ski that, you could ski anything. On a good day it is spectacular. On a bad day it presents some of those most challenging skiing around at a marked trail resort

That may be so, but it doesn’t get nearly the snow, especially the nickel and dime refreshers which are key to good skiing conditions, that the northern greens get.

Went out for a drive.  Roads r pretty good already.  Not a lot of shoppers at Lowe’s.

got another inch since the last measure so im going to call it an even foot.  Feels nice to get the long end of the stick for a change.

11.5" and counting

About 2" in the last hour in Croton.  10.5" otg

pounding now.  10.5" otg

So this is how a snowstorm works.  who knew?

cranking now.  just over 8"

found the ruler.  6.5" otg

beautiful

32/31 sn+

eyeballing 5” (can’t find the ruler)

Sight for sore eyes

Down to 33/30 here

NWS point forecast updated to 10-12".  Oh how I pray.  be happy with half that.

F the Euro.  My p&c is up to 9-15”.  I’ll believe that when i see it.

14 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

So, does this incoming mess feel like it's gonna be a wet > white 3" slopfest to anyone else? Can we just shoot this one in the ass and move on to spring? I need shit to start leafing out and suck this ground dry not more wetness. #snowornothing! ? 

 mid 40’s going into the event is not ideal but that being said, gotta have hope.