2025-2026 Ski season thread

[Angus]

I have lots of opinions about LV but I don't fault her. She skied just fine a few days earlier. Her line was too high, she got caught in the gate, got twisted around and blown up. She had plenty of medical advice & care. They need to get medical clearance but there is definitely a tension there between medical staff and skiers. I've skied a bunch of these WC and Olympic DH courses- making many, many turns - they are all insane when you consider the skiers are basically straight lining.

[GCWarrior]

https://www.wcax.com/2026/02/11/smugglers-notch-resort-forms-partnership-with-burke-mtn-owners/

[radarman]

5 hours ago, GCWarrior said:

https://www.wcax.com/2026/02/11/smugglers-notch-resort-forms-partnership-with-burke-mtn-owners/

The Beast pass getting better by the year

[HoarfrostHubb]

10 hours ago, Angus said:

I have lots of opinions about LV but I don't fault her. She skied just fine a few days earlier. Her line was too high, she got caught in the gate, got twisted around and blown up. She had plenty of medical advice & care. They need to get medical clearance but there is definitely a tension there between medical staff and skiers. I've skied a bunch of these WC and Olympic DH courses- making many, many turns - they are all insane when you consider the skiers are basically straight lining.

I have no problem with her decision. It doesn’t appear the ACL thing caused her crash. She caught a gate wrong.  She earned that spot. 
I am not wired like her at all so I can’t comprehend it.  Takes guts and some hubris I suppose.  
 

im just happy to make it down the trails. I finally got my first turns in last night. Been battling a nagging knee things since July.  Actually feels pretty good today. 

[GCWarrior]

The Beast pass getting better by the year

See what they do next year. Burke and Smuggs ownership is a bit different than Beast and Catamount. Bousquet is also in the Berkshire summit pass mix and they aren’t owned by either. Could see a nice partner program or some tiered options with full access at a premium.


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[mreaves]

31 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I have no problem with her decision. It doesn’t appear the ACL thing caused her crash. She caught a gate wrong.  She earned that spot. 
I am not wired like her at all so I can’t comprehend it.  Takes guts and some hubris I suppose.  
 

im just happy to make it down the trails. I finally got my first turns in last night. Been battling a nagging knee things since July.  Actually feels pretty good today. 

I agree. She earned her spot on the team and was skiing well in the practice runs. Sucks that she caught that gate. 

[Angus]

Skied at Sugarbush on Thursday. It was very good. At Killington yesterday and found similar conditions. Stuck to groomers but peeking into woods coverage looked excellent. On the lifts, met multiple people from Midwest who had pivoted from western resorts to the east because of the lack of snow in the west. It should be a big week with vacations.

[GCWarrior]

Mount Snow was excellent yesterday! It looked and felt busy but most lifts were ski on. They got about 8” of new snow the previous couple days and it really helped conditions. Natural snow trails and woods skied very well. I managed a nice loop around the hill hitting both on map and off spots from all lifts until I had to jet to go get my youngest at school. Great day overall!

I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t really been able to go anywhere else besides what I can access around here but I will say it’s been excellent. Hope we can get another storm or two in February and avoid any big warmups and or rain.







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