Recent content by boston_e

I have not been to either in some time, so i'm only relaying what I have heard from friends who are regular maine skiers and can't say what specific weekends they may have been referring to - just a general comment. I do think there is something to be said that the blackout weekends may almost...

I’ve definitely heard SR and SL friends talk about the ikon swarm being unbearable…

I can’t speak to every parking lot on every day but my observation is that as a general rule the K parking attendants do a pretty good job.

Agree about trail crowding. Experienced K skiers can usually escape the madness- if you are ok skiing the harder trails. Also agree on bear - that’s my go to parking. And while I have not seen people starting to have to park down the bear mountain road - the lot is generally more or less full...

I would say that if people are having to park down by the lookout or illegally park on route, four down by sky ship that yes, as a minimum parking capacity infrastructure is being exceeded… Even if that is only happened on a small handful of days each year. I would also think that if crowding...

On the heels of the K1 lodge behind schedule and over budget, I would not expect a whole lot this year but who knows?

Certainly more expensive for parents if nothing else....

Sa Saddleback is pretty much the same drive time as Jay from Boston.

$10 is funny. From my small sample, it seems like anyone who used their IKON more than just a couple of times is getting $10. I think we used ours 8 days. I was not expecting anything so I'm not complaining, but it is funny. They will probably just raise the price of the IKON next year by an...

Yes… actually 19/20. I edited… thanks. I also got $10 per person.

Check your IKON accounts. If you had a pass in 19/20 you may have some credits depending on how many days you skied.

Well, sort of, but those “deals” are basically just what the normal cost of a day ticket was only 6 or 7 years ago…. But now you have to buy them in October. They are only a deal when compared to the artificially inflated window prices of today.

Global Warming

Agree this was a factor as well. I know a good number of people who chose not to use their vacation days just after Christmas day and held off on coming up until the new years weekend. So the part of the week that would have been the most busy also was when the most snow had melted away.

At least 50% of the time, I am parking closer to a lift than a lodge, and with most tickets / passes now being direct to lift there is no reason (or less requirement) to go to the loge. In those cases, I always boot up at the car. The remainder, I'm a mix of both, but overall I'm probably more...