Recent content by mbedle

Heading up for closing weekend on Friday. Should be a good time in the parking lot...

OMG - love it.

Yes, earlier in the season they did open up a lot of those trails (November - December). But since January, its been a different story. Also, I am talking over the entire time Vail has owned Stowe. It is nowhere near as liberal as it was back when the AIG owned it.

Saying Stowe is a Sh*tshow is an understatement.... Its turned into a dump on the Mansfield side. I just about puked using that bathroom at Mansfield last week. They cut back on trail openings to the point they should just let the front four grow back in.

As a 30+ year alpine snowboarder on different types of carving boards over those years, I feel the need to comment on this thread. From my own experience, I never initiate a blind carve on a trail (either front side or backside). One of the advantages of having a true alpine setup is my feet are...

I don't believe they would get any lodging. It doesn't appear that Smugg's owns any lodging (I didn't go through every unit's ownership info, so they might own a couple of condos), they do appear to manage all of the rentals.

Good point about having a plan to get people back to each resort. I believe that Stowe has a small fleet of busses available.

No, it doesn't. However, from a business standpoint, it would be better if it was accessible to all skiers. With the current setup at Spruce, it's limited to expert only during most of the season. Keep in mind that Vail is the company that turned the runs on Upper Spruce to expert and also...

I'm not really sure how much real estate they would have actually gotten. Spruce peak was pretty close to full build out except for the One Spruce Peak and some private residences. The Lodge was already sold and operated by a major chain. They might have been a little pissed they didn't get the...

As far as sterling, that's tough to keep open with no snow making. Plus, you have to walk up hill at the base of the Sensation Quad to get back to the Spruce base lodge (unless racing is not occurring and the cat track is open across Main Street). In addition, with just a cross over gondola (and...

I think the base to base gondola is going to be ultimately necessary. There is no family friendly terrain from the top of spruce/sterling. On Spruce, you are stuck with diamonds to ski back to the Spruce base. If the connector is put in, and without any new trails put in on Spruce, there is...

Ikon is a ridiculous $110 per day at any of their resorts for a 4-day pass.

Amazing that you can now buy the epic day pass including those two resort for as cheap as $41 per day and $48 per day including holidays. Haven't seen those prices since the 90s.

Does Hunter have snowmaking on the north and west trails? Find it amazing that both areas are closed (at least according to the website).

I know the season has been pretty bad as far as snow and temps, but I did some math and as off today, Vail only has 45% of their expert terrain open at their northeast resorts and 40% at the mid-atlantic resorts. Its been a rough year!