N. OF PIKE Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wildcat with 18 trails open and 115 acres, is that good /fair / pathetic for them? Anyone know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMike Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wildcat with 18 trails open and 115 acres, is that good /fair / pathetic for them? Anyone know It's completely pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Some pics I took yesterday in the bluebird skies... phenomenal presentation by Mountain Ops yesterday despite the lack of snowfall this season. It was classic "loose granular" conditions, which under these circumstances was pleasurable to ski. Its less pleasant right after a thaw when its frozen/loose granular, but after several nights of grooming with the expensive machines, plus some snowmaking, it turns into a pretty good surface. Its like the consistency of beach sand on top of a carvable base...fun to really go fast and strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 What was that fluffy white stuff falling from the sky today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 My buddy was up in Stratton this weekend and said it was pretty nasty. Extremely icy and tons of really thin spots. He's a season pass holder too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 My buddy was up in Stratton this weekend and said it was pretty nasty. Extremely icy and tons of really thin spots. He's a season pass holder too. As per holiday weekend SOP, the afternoon is filled with skid and slam push-piles. It really doesn't seem to matter how good the snow is (though it just lasts longer into the early afternoon and the push-piles get larger) but with thousands and thousands of skiers/riders, you just get skied off areas of ice between the push piles of new snow & sugar/loose granular. I really think this is where not having the whole mountain and trees skiable stands out the most. People can't spread out like they usually do most seasons by this time. Normally, all the locals and experts are in the woods doing their thing, or on the natural snow double diamonds, etc... but I know even those double diamond natural snow headwalls get hosed hard during these weekends even when they are open. The sheer volume of folks on the hill this weekend up here has been astonishing (and awesome from a business point of view). Considering it poured all last weekend and on Monday it was looking as bleak as it ever does in January, I was very surprised at the crowd. This felt like the busiest weekend of the year so far and crowds exceeded anything seen over the Christmas holiday week. I think there is a lot of pent up demand right now... if it really does start snowing or if we get a good 2-3 week run of snowfall and conditions, people will come from all over to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Being cash poor this winter I'm definitely one of those skiers that will stay local until the premier mountains get some natural terrain open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Being cash poor this winter I'm definitely one of those skiers that will stay local until the premier mountains get some natural terrain open.heard Berkshire East was sweet this weekend. SVT got the **** end of the stick, always have been subject to torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMike Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Next weekend I've got a ski weekend at Sunday River. What are the odds mother nature bails me out and I get to snowboard on some fresh snow? It doesn't look good to me right now (cold and dry) but people in the pattern threads seem pretty optimistic. I guess that SR will be refreshing a few trails here and there with the cold temps but I'm thinking that it will be crud on crust all weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Next weekend I've got a ski weekend at Sunday River. What are the odds mother nature bails me out and I get to snowboard on some fresh snow? It doesn't look good to me right now (cold and dry) but people in the pattern threads seem pretty optimistic. I guess that SR will be refreshing a few trails here and there with the cold temps but I'm thinking that it will be crud on crust all weekend. bring the woolies, GEFS do show a storm next weekend though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Ouch for Sugarloaf. Looks like the redheaded stepchild suffers again in the hands of a large ski corporation: Just came in after 2 1/2 hours of skiing ice, with a teaspoon of powdah on top.. if I did not live here I would NEVER buy a season pass, not with 3 million in snow guns sittin idle and only 2 blowing at the top of gauge, hayburner by far was the worst, skiing on race skis with razors for edges was the only salvation. snowstorms will help, but trust in the corporation is dismal at best. maybe too many bonuses for our CEO'S and wanna be CEO'S, and saving money to bail out mountains that have not opened yet like CRYSTAL,, maybe its time for a seasons pass to SADDLEBACK, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Wildcat with 18 trails open and 115 acres, is that good /fair / pathetic for them? Anyone know There's a thread about this season at Wildcat on Alpinezone they had additional technical issues with a snowmaking system that already had them built in basically if I understand it correctly they can only make snow effectively on the lower slopes for the rest of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 And we are back in the game. The snowmaking has been fun, but man did we need this arctic front. Wow, what a sweet day. 7-10" of new snow, with 15" in the past week at the summit. Now this is the climo normal for weekly snowfall up here. The co-op averages 1.7-1.8" per day right now and via snow board we should average around 2.2" per day. So we finally got to an average week of snowfall and it shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 A few more because pow shots never get old to me, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Skied the fancy, store bought snow at Stowe on Saturday. Got in 16 fast groomers between 9 and 1. Our daughter skied today and had a blast in the powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 We skied Wachusett for a couple if hours this evening (wife, 7 year old daughter and I) Squalls came through which was quite fun Some ice but not bad, especially after the groomers went thru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 We skied Wachusett for a couple if hours this evening (wife, 7 year old daughter and I) Squalls came through which was quite fun Some ice but not bad, especially after the groomers went thru. They've done a remarkable job this winter. Skied the fancy, store bought snow at Stowe on Saturday. Got in 16 fast groomers between 9 and 1. Our daughter skied today and had a blast in the powder. How were the crowds Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 There's a thread about this season at Wildcat on Alpinezone they had additional technical issues with a snowmaking system that already had them built in basically if I understand it correctly they can only make snow effectively on the lower slopes for the rest of the season Im not even sure i believe them. Mtns w cheap reputations hopefully see an exodus, they can enjoy putting their families on ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Im not even sure i believe them. Mtns w cheap reputations hopefully see an exodus, they can enjoy putting their families on ice.I dunno if I agree with that attitude. More choices = good, less choices = bad for just about everything in life, skiing included. I know that small, family run resorts like berkshire east simply cannot compete withplaces like kmart.I hope your not saying that you hope they fail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 The coming arctic chill should further widen the gap between thoose who resurface aggressively or those who just "try and get by" Just bad luck for mtns/ eyes all bolton would have ski'd better this pm (or they have a shot to) w some upslope So in reality it's Stowe, SR and Killington vs the rest of NE ski areas. lol Trust me, they are the only ones doing any widespread snow making. February better rock up north or a lot of mountains are going to be in the red financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Ouch for Sugarloaf. Looks like the redheaded stepchild suffers again in the hands of a large ski corporation: Just came in after 2 1/2 hours of skiing ice, with a teaspoon of powdah on top.. if I did not live here I would NEVER buy a season pass, not with 3 million in snow guns sittin idle and only 2 blowing at the top of gauge, hayburner by far was the worst, skiing on race skis with razors for edges was the only salvation. snowstorms will help, but trust in the corporation is dismal at best. maybe too many bonuses for our CEO'S and wanna be CEO'S, and saving money to bail out mountains that have not opened yet like CRYSTAL,, maybe its time for a seasons pass to SADDLEBACK, Brutal year up there so far. My brother and family are pass holders and he is bullsh*t about how poor a job they've done with the snow making. I'm not sure if there has been a single day of glade skiing there this year. You'll save hundreds with a Saddleback pass but don't expect snow making. lol Great ski mountain though. Down my way Mt Snow and Stratton have been brutal by all reports and Magic has barely been open. Berkshire East has had much better skiing than S. VT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Brutal year up there so far. My brother and family are pass holders and he is bullsh*t about how poor a job they've done with the snow making. I'm not sure if there has been a single day of glade skiing there this year. You'll save hundreds with a Saddleback pass but don't expect snow making. lol Great ski mountain though. Down my way Mt Snow and Stratton have been brutal by all reports and Magic has barely been open. Berkshire East has had much better skiing than S. VT. Saddleback has an extensive snowmaking system, but it's airless for the most part. They use mobile fan guns to cover alot of their trails, as a result, snowmaking is slow to move from run to run with the exception of Grey Ghost with it's fixed fan guns. I have two day passes to Magic that I bought at the Boston Ski Expo, what a year I choose to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 So in reality it's Stowe, SR and Killington vs the rest of NE ski areas. lol Trust me, they are the only ones doing any widespread snow making. February better rock up north or a lot of mountains are going to be in the red financially. Okemo, Loon, Sunapee, and others beg to differ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Okemo, Loon, Sunapee, and others beg to differ I have not heard any first hand reports from Sunapee but friends who went to Okemo this weekend were not impressed with conditions on the snow making trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Saddleback has an extensive snowmaking system, but it's airless for the most part. They use mobile fan guns to cover alot of their trails, as a result, snowmaking is slow to move from run to run with the exception of Grey Ghost with it's fixed fan guns. I have two day passes to Magic that I bought at the Boston Ski Expo, what a year I choose to do this. Hopefully things break better but there's a lot of base building that needs to be done. Magic is a great Mountain. Reminds me a little of Burke and Wildcat in terms of trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Hopefully things break better but there's a lot of base building that needs to be done. Magic is a great Mountain. Reminds me a little of Burke and Wildcat in terms of trails. Magic is finally making snow on Wizard and Talisman, at least that something more to ski on if they don't get enough natural snowfall to open up more of the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 They've done a remarkable job this winter. How were the crowds Saturday? It was very busy and people seemed to be enjoying the conditions from what I saw. Might be more accurate to say that people were pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subdude Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Gotta work at Wawa tonight. Gonna be another biting cold night up there. I fully expect the nuts to be out there right up until last lift at 10pm. Been really testing the cold weather gear this season. Tonight is my 7th night working and 4 of them have been 5 degrees or under with negative wind chills. 3-4 runs, in to warm up, rinse and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Subdude, what do you do there? Ski patrol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizoo Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I have not heard any first hand reports from Sunapee but friends who went to Okemo this weekend were not impressed with conditions on the snow making trails. I live in Ludlow, there were 12,000 people on the mountain this weekend. It was literally impossible for anyone to be impressed with the snow conditions after the first 30 minutes. Having said that, conditions are mixed at best. We need snow. Killington skiing about the same right now except for Bear which is skiing better. At this stage of the season snowmaking isn't going to do much except maintain what we have. We need natural snow and we've had too much rain. Okemo is at 69" at 3300 and 57" at 1500 ft, and a lot of that melted. I'm thinking road trip to Stowe if they can start getting their 2-3 inch days, several times per week. Last 3 days look promising up there. Less so here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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