Your Official 2007-08 Ski Season Breakdown Thread

Zand · Apr 27, 2008, 7:57 PM

Wachusett: 25
Mount Snow: 7
Stowe: 2
Berkshire East: 1
Okemo: 1
Mad River Glen: 1
Sugarbush: 1
Total: 38

Personal Records:

Most Days: 38 (Previous: 31 in '06 and '07)
Earliest Day: 11/12 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 11/25/05 @ Wachusett)
Latest Day: 4/27 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 4/10/05 @ Wachusett)
Most Days at Wachusett: 25 (Previous: 21 in '05 and '07)
Most Days at a place not named Wachusett: 7 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 3 @ Waterville in '06)

AZers met (I'll probably miss a few but here goes):

Greg
2knees
awl170
JimG
Jonnypoach
Powhunter
Bvibert
Grassi21
Win
KingM
Marc
Waloaf
WJenness
Madskier6

Jonni · Apr 27, 2008, 8:25 PM

Here's mine:

http://www.jon-gallup.com/other/0708SkiSeason.xls

I try to keep as much track as possible about my season, and it seems to work pretty well with this handy dandy excel spreadsheet. I still want to get out for some earned turns before I really call the season finished, but I'm not sure yet how well that will work.

drjeff · Apr 27, 2008, 9:37 PM

Stick the fork in me, today was it.

Season total: 51 days (goal was 40 so I'm happy!

)

45 Days at Mount Snow (pass worked out to $16.67 a day)
3 Days at The Canyons (2 out of 3 were powder days!)
3 Days a Deer Valley (again 2 out of 3 powder days)

Now I'll just have to start thinking/rethinking about next years goals!

Zand · Apr 27, 2008, 10:27 PM

My annual mini recap:

1. Mount Snow 11/12: AZ Day, great snow on Chute
2. Wachusett 11/23: Opening Day, Crowded and narrow Conifer, skied with Austin for a bit
3. Mount Snow 11/24: Very crowded with few trails, horrible conditions, rude people
4. Wachusett 11/29: Mini AZ Day, 10th open with a kicker that Marc was doing 90s off of
5. Wachusett 12/6: Smith open, excellent early season conditions
6. Wachusett 12/9: Vickery Bowl opens early due to absence of Minuteman
7. Wachusett 12/14: Minuteman opens, Smith ungroomed 2 days after snowstorm, Vickery liftline skiing
8. Wachusett 12/20: Light powder day, more Vickery liftline
9. Wachusett 12/22: Bumps debut on 10th, Polar Express breakdowns
10. Mount Snow 12/28: Crowded, Great tree skiing for December
11. Wachusett 1/4: Crowded Friday night, last before thaw
12. Wachusett 1/7: Warm January afternoon
13. Wachusett 1/15: Halfpipe opens
14. Wachusett 1/17: Rare (for me) day session... crappy grooming after snowmaking from night before
15. Wachusett 1/18: Wet snow from night before freezes solid
16. Mount Snow 1/21: Cold, awesome bumps on Fallen Timbers and great snow on Freefall, good Beartrap
17. Wachusett 1/25: Park reopens for good
18. Wachusett 1/27: Light powder night, crowded and cold
19. Wachusett 2/4: VERY dense snow
20. Wachusett 2/8: More new snow
21. Wachusett 2/12: Snow late
22. Wachusett 2/14: Couple hours with Austin... very scraped... also a run with waloaf
23. Mount Snow 2/20: More fun in the Trials as well as other natural trails I hadn't skied before
24. Berkshire East 2/23: Powder day (even though they groomed most of it), mini AZ day
25. Wachusett 2/27: Deep golf balls
26. Wachusett 2/29: 24 hours of skiing, most crowded day in Wachusett history (at 1 AM), lights out
27. Okemo 3/7: Great early spring day... soft snow, warm, good glades and bumps all over, 100% open
28. Wachusett 3/10: Cold March night, yo-yo runs
29. Stowe 3/15: Fun in the woods, DEEP snow
30. Stowe 3/16: Very foggy and icy, but still great in the woods
31. Mad River Glen 3/20: Mostly closed due to breakable crust, mini powder day, disappointment to hit it that day
32. Sugarbush 3/21: AZ Day, Powder day, lots of Castlerock
33. Wachusett 3/26: Soft snow in the afternoon
34. Wachusett 3/28: Wet PS that became awesome cruising snow, good in the park too
35. Wachusett 3/29: Teens and January PP in late March
36. Wachusett 4/6: Closing Day, cold and foggy
37. Mount Snow 4/19: Still a lot open, even some woods, awesome Ripcord and Ego Alley, 80 degrees
38. Mount Snow 4/27: Mini AZ day, closing day, Freefall and Ripcord good for late April

**Greg** · Apr 28, 2008, 8:23 AM

Probably my best season yet. My goal was 35 days and I got in 41 as follows:

Mount Snow (2X): 11/12, 4/17
Hunter (3X): 11/25, 12/14, 1/21
Mohawk (1X): 12/1
Killington (2X): 12/4, 1/28
Sundown (22X): 12/9, 12/13, 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/27, 12/28, 12/31, 1/2, 1/8, 1/14, 1/24, 2/12, 2/20, 2/22, 2/24, 3/1, 3/11, 3/12, 3/14, 3/16, 3/30
Sugarbush (7X): 1/18, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6, 3/21, 4/25
Catamount (1X): 1/26
Mad River Glen (1X): 2/8
Magic (1X): 2/28
Okemo (1x): 4/6

Again, an awesome season. Highlights:

Getting my five year old daughter skiing independently and linking some turns
A day at Sundown with my wife. We hooked up with Grassi and his wife for a bit
New skis: K2 Cabrawlers and Dynastar Legend 8000s
Great opening day bumps at Mount Snow on Chute
Early December 16" powder day at Killington with JimG.
December powder day at Sundown
Hunter AZ gathering
December bumps at Sundown on Nor'easter
Skied in the MRV 8 times
Manmade blizzards on Claire's and Lower K-27 at Hunter
Introducing ALLSKIING to MRG on a sweet powder day
Introducing ALLSKIING to Magic on a sweet powder day
Newly seeded bumps with fresh powder on Temptor at Sundown on 2/22
A week at Sugarbush with family and friends. Lots of Hyde Away takeout!
Sundown Mogul Competition
Sundown's closing day
OkeMoguls!
Finishing the season with 180 and family on perfect bumps at Sugarbush
Longest season ever: 11/12 - 4/25
Latest day: 4/25
Most number of days: 41
Skiing with a ton of AZers. Thanks everybody!

polski · Apr 28, 2008, 9:15 AM

So I did knock Sugarloaf off my to-do list after all.

In my previous post I should have had Smuggs and SB/LP on my to-do list in addition to Burke. Oh and Suicide Six too. And Mount Greylock. And ...

My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

2knees · Apr 28, 2008, 9:27 AM

Done as of yesterday. 23 total, most since i had kids

11 Sundown
4 Mt Snow
2 Okemo
1 Killington
1 Hunter
1 Bromley
1 Magic
1 Sugarbush
1 Berkshire East

**Greg** · Apr 28, 2008, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polski

My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

I don't want to burst your bubble, but that's 5.5 months. You went one day longer than me though...

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Apr 28, 2008, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polski

My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

That;s 5.5 months...AZers are not known for their math skills..

**Greg** · Apr 28, 2008, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

Probably my best season yet. My goal was 35 days and I got in 41 as follows:

Mount Snow (2X): 11/12, 4/17
Hunter (3X): 11/25, 12/14, 1/21
Mohawk (1X): 12/1
Killington (2X): 12/4, 1/28
Sundown (22X): 12/9, 12/13, 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/27, 12/28, 12/31, 1/2, 1/8, 1/14, 1/24, 2/12, 2/20, 2/22, 2/24, 3/1, 3/11, 3/12, 3/14, 3/16, 3/30
Sugarbush (7X): 1/18, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6, 3/21, 4/25
Catamount (1X): 1/26
Mad River Glen (1X): 2/8
Magic (1X): 2/28
Okemo (1x): 4/6

Again, an awesome season. Highlights:

Getting my five year old daughter skiing independently and linking some turns
A day at Sundown with my wife. We hooked up with Grassi and his wife for a bit
New skis: K2 Cabrawlers and Dynastar Legend 8000s
Great opening day bumps at Mount Snow on Chute
Early December 16" powder day at Killington with JimG.
December powder day at Sundown
Hunter AZ gathering
December bumps at Sundown on Nor'easter
Skied in the MRV 8 times
Manmade blizzards on Claire's and Lower K-27 at Hunter
Introducing ALLSKIING to MRG on a sweet powder day
Introducing ALLSKIING to Magic on a sweet powder day
Newly seeded bumps with fresh powder on Temptor at Sundown on 2/22
A week at Sugarbush with family and friends. Lots of Hyde Away takeout!
Sundown Mogul Competition
Sundown's closing day
OkeMoguls!
Finishing the season with 180 and family on perfect bumps at Sugarbush
Longest season ever: 11/12 - 4/25
Latest day: 4/25
Most number of days: 41
Skiing with a ton of AZers. Thanks everybody!

Here is my 2007-08 Season Video. Enjoy.

View Poll Results: How many days did you ski (or will you ski) this season?
0 Days	0	0%
1 - 10 Days	8	7.84%
11 - 20 Days	20	19.61%
21 - 30 Days	20	19.61%
31 - 40 Days	15	14.71%
41 - 50 Days	6	5.88%
51 - 60 Days	9	8.82%
61 - 70 Days	2	1.96%
71 - 80 Days	4	3.92%
81 - 90 Days	2	1.96%
91 - 100 Days	3	2.94%
101+ Days	5	4.90%
I don't count days.	8	7.84%
Voters: 102. You may not vote on this poll

Apr 27, 2008, 7:57 PM	#81 (permalink)
Zand Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leicester, MA Posts: 1,820	Wachusett: 25 Mount Snow: 7 Stowe: 2 Berkshire East: 1 Okemo: 1 Mad River Glen: 1 Sugarbush: 1 Total: 38 Personal Records: Most Days: 38 (Previous: 31 in '06 and '07) Earliest Day: 11/12 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 11/25/05 @ Wachusett) Latest Day: 4/27 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 4/10/05 @ Wachusett) Most Days at Wachusett: 25 (Previous: 21 in '05 and '07) Most Days at a place not named Wachusett: 7 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 3 @ Waterville in '06) AZers met (I'll probably miss a few but here goes): Greg 2knees awl170 JimG Jonnypoach Powhunter Bvibert Grassi21 Win KingM Marc Waloaf WJenness Madskier6 __________________ 2003-2004: 21; 2004-2005: 27; 2005-2006: 31; 2006-2007: 31 2007-2008 Days- 38 Wachusett: 11/23; 11/29; 12/6; 12/9; 12/14; 12/20; 12/22; 1/4; 1/7; 1/15; 1/17; 1/18; 1/25; 1/27; 2/4; 2/8; 2/12; 2/14; 2/27; 2/29; 3/10; 3/26; 3/28; 3/29; 4/6 Mount Snow: 11/12; 11/24; 12/28; 1/21; 2/20; 4/19; 4/27 Berkshire East: 2/23 Okemo: 3/7 Stowe: 3/15; 3/16 Mad River Glen: 3/20 Sugarbush: 3/21

Apr 27, 2008, 8:25 PM	#82 (permalink)
Jonni Top of the Sunapee Express Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sunapee, NH & Lyndonville, VT Posts: 261	Here's mine: http://www.jon-gallup.com/other/0708SkiSeason.xls I try to keep as much track as possible about my season, and it seems to work pretty well with this handy dandy excel spreadsheet. I still want to get out for some earned turns before I really call the season finished, but I'm not sure yet how well that will work. __________________ Northeast Regional Moderator of Skilifts.org http://www.skilifts.org Lift Drive Foreman - Mt. Sunapee, NH Curved Ski Poles n. 1. Expert skier's poles bent at the factory to fit around the body and thus improve control and reduce air resistence. 2. Beginner's poles bent during use to fit around trees, trail signs, snowmaking equipment, lift towers, and other skiers.

Apr 27, 2008, 9:37 PM	#83 (permalink)
drjeff Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn, CT Posts: 3,400	Stick the fork in me, today was it. Season total: 51 days (goal was 40 so I'm happy! ) 45 Days at Mount Snow (pass worked out to $16.67 a day) 3 Days at The Canyons (2 out of 3 were powder days!) 3 Days a Deer Valley (again 2 out of 3 powder days) Now I'll just have to start thinking/rethinking about next years goals! __________________ Thrill you kids! www.cedarworks.com

Apr 27, 2008, 10:27 PM	#84 (permalink)
Zand Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leicester, MA Posts: 1,820	My annual mini recap: 1. Mount Snow 11/12: AZ Day, great snow on Chute 2. Wachusett 11/23: Opening Day, Crowded and narrow Conifer, skied with Austin for a bit 3. Mount Snow 11/24: Very crowded with few trails, horrible conditions, rude people 4. Wachusett 11/29: Mini AZ Day, 10th open with a kicker that Marc was doing 90s off of 5. Wachusett 12/6: Smith open, excellent early season conditions 6. Wachusett 12/9: Vickery Bowl opens early due to absence of Minuteman 7. Wachusett 12/14: Minuteman opens, Smith ungroomed 2 days after snowstorm, Vickery liftline skiing 8. Wachusett 12/20: Light powder day, more Vickery liftline 9. Wachusett 12/22: Bumps debut on 10th, Polar Express breakdowns 10. Mount Snow 12/28: Crowded, Great tree skiing for December 11. Wachusett 1/4: Crowded Friday night, last before thaw 12. Wachusett 1/7: Warm January afternoon 13. Wachusett 1/15: Halfpipe opens 14. Wachusett 1/17: Rare (for me) day session... crappy grooming after snowmaking from night before 15. Wachusett 1/18: Wet snow from night before freezes solid 16. Mount Snow 1/21: Cold, awesome bumps on Fallen Timbers and great snow on Freefall, good Beartrap 17. Wachusett 1/25: Park reopens for good 18. Wachusett 1/27: Light powder night, crowded and cold 19. Wachusett 2/4: VERY dense snow 20. Wachusett 2/8: More new snow 21. Wachusett 2/12: Snow late 22. Wachusett 2/14: Couple hours with Austin... very scraped... also a run with waloaf 23. Mount Snow 2/20: More fun in the Trials as well as other natural trails I hadn't skied before 24. Berkshire East 2/23: Powder day (even though they groomed most of it), mini AZ day 25. Wachusett 2/27: Deep golf balls 26. Wachusett 2/29: 24 hours of skiing, most crowded day in Wachusett history (at 1 AM), lights out 27. Okemo 3/7: Great early spring day... soft snow, warm, good glades and bumps all over, 100% open 28. Wachusett 3/10: Cold March night, yo-yo runs 29. Stowe 3/15: Fun in the woods, DEEP snow 30. Stowe 3/16: Very foggy and icy, but still great in the woods 31. Mad River Glen 3/20: Mostly closed due to breakable crust, mini powder day, disappointment to hit it that day 32. Sugarbush 3/21: AZ Day, Powder day, lots of Castlerock 33. Wachusett 3/26: Soft snow in the afternoon 34. Wachusett 3/28: Wet PS that became awesome cruising snow, good in the park too 35. Wachusett 3/29: Teens and January PP in late March 36. Wachusett 4/6: Closing Day, cold and foggy 37. Mount Snow 4/19: Still a lot open, even some woods, awesome Ripcord and Ego Alley, 80 degrees 38. Mount Snow 4/27: Mini AZ day, closing day, Freefall and Ripcord good for late April __________________ 2003-2004: 21; 2004-2005: 27; 2005-2006: 31; 2006-2007: 31 2007-2008 Days- 38 Wachusett: 11/23; 11/29; 12/6; 12/9; 12/14; 12/20; 12/22; 1/4; 1/7; 1/15; 1/17; 1/18; 1/25; 1/27; 2/4; 2/8; 2/12; 2/14; 2/27; 2/29; 3/10; 3/26; 3/28; 3/29; 4/6 Mount Snow: 11/12; 11/24; 12/28; 1/21; 2/20; 4/19; 4/27 Berkshire East: 2/23 Okemo: 3/7 Stowe: 3/15; 3/16 Mad River Glen: 3/20 Sugarbush: 3/21

Apr 28, 2008, 8:23 AM	#85 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 7/18 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 19,231	2007-08 was awesome! Probably my best season yet. My goal was 35 days and I got in 41 as follows: Mount Snow (2X): 11/12, 4/17 Hunter (3X): 11/25, 12/14, 1/21 Mohawk (1X): 12/1 Killington (2X): 12/4, 1/28 Sundown (22X): 12/9, 12/13, 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/27, 12/28, 12/31, 1/2, 1/8, 1/14, 1/24, 2/12, 2/20, 2/22, 2/24, 3/1, 3/11, 3/12, 3/14, 3/16, 3/30 Sugarbush (7X): 1/18, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6, 3/21, 4/25 Catamount (1X): 1/26 Mad River Glen (1X): 2/8 Magic (1X): 2/28 Okemo (1x): 4/6 Again, an awesome season. Highlights: Getting my five year old daughter skiing independently and linking some turns A day at Sundown with my wife. We hooked up with Grassi and his wife for a bit New skis: K2 Cabrawlers and Dynastar Legend 8000s Great opening day bumps at Mount Snow on Chute Early December 16" powder day at Killington with JimG. December powder day at Sundown Hunter AZ gathering December bumps at Sundown on Nor'easter Skied in the MRV 8 times Manmade blizzards on Claire's and Lower K-27 at Hunter Introducing ALLSKIING to MRG on a sweet powder day Introducing ALLSKIING to Magic on a sweet powder day Newly seeded bumps with fresh powder on Temptor at Sundown on 2/22 A week at Sugarbush with family and friends. Lots of Hyde Away takeout! Sundown Mogul Competition Sundown's closing day OkeMoguls! Finishing the season with 180 and family on perfect bumps at Sugarbush Longest season ever: 11/12 - 4/25 Latest day: 4/25 Most number of days: 41 Skiing with a ton of AZers. Thanks everybody! __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Apr 28, 2008, 9:15 AM	#86 (permalink)
polski Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NE MA Posts: 93	So I did knock Sugarloaf off my to-do list after all. In my previous post I should have had Smuggs and SB/LP on my to-do list in addition to Burke. Oh and Suicide Six too. And Mount Greylock. And ... My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

Apr 28, 2008, 9:27 AM	#87 (permalink)
2knees The big pig @ Forrest Park Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,763	Done as of yesterday. 23 total, most since i had kids 11 Sundown 4 Mt Snow 2 Okemo 1 Killington 1 Hunter 1 Bromley 1 Magic 1 Sugarbush 1 Berkshire East

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