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Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich  One cool thing about the on-mountain develop is the town will remain the same. The Recreation path will be there..The Bagel will be there..The Rusty Nail and The Matterhorn will be there..I'm glad the McDonalds is now an overpriced Japanese restaurant..and I like how the Subway is tucked away in the back of a steezy mini-mart..
The Forerunner quad is a work-horse and runs more than any on-mountain lift..it's a 1980s High Speed Detachable quad and I could see that being replaced with a new High Speed Quad or Six-pack..A six-pack would mean more crowds on the hill but it would eliminate the long lift lines.
I really wish Stowe joined back up with Smugglers Notch for reciprical lift tickets...The true VT lift served Haute route is from Toll House lift..down to the Mountain triple..then down to the Lookout double then down to the forerunner quad..Up the Gondola..down to spruce..Up the Sunny Spruce Quad..Up the Sunsation quad..over to Smuggs via Snuffys..would require a short hike to the top of the former summit of the old Big Spruce(Big Pig) double..Down to the base of Madonna..Up Madonna 1..Down to the Base of Morse..lunch in Jeffersonville..Up Morse..down to the base of Sterling..Up Sterling..across the frozen pond to Spruce..Cut across #1 to the base of Spruce. Up the Gondola..Down to the Forerunner quad..last run down the Bruce trail..Apres ski at the Matterhorn where you have a car parked..Steezy... |
i did that a few time bak when the pig was still there except i skiped the double and the tripple but substituted it with a run of the chin down to tafts for a snack down to the road. grabed the shuttle over to spruce. up the pig back down into the notch, rode down the road
had lunch at the lodge. then came back over. i took a friend form NJ on the tour and he was amazed that you could do something like that in the US. the only thing like it is the utah tour.