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I’ve had the distinct pleasure of spending my summer hobbling around after blowing out my patella. I’m sure others here have had similar knee issues. As far as skiing after a knee injury - what do folks recommend for a knee brace while skiing? Sent from my iPhone using AlpineZone

Three days - three seasons at Sugarloaf. Like everyone even the Loaf is an ice box at this point. They need snow and no more rain freeze cycles. Tuesday was rainy and foggy. But we had the right gear and skied some great soft snow all over the mountain. Loads of snow over at King Pine...

Spring skiing all three days. Friday and Saturday were Bluebird mornings and cloudy flat afternoons. 4 inches on the mountain Friday night made for a mid 40s and sunny epic day on Saturday. Picabo's Street was the run of the day. Soft creamy and bumped up. Baldy from the resort Upper...

Going up Monday and will avoid the super cold of this weekend. And the good lord would never let it pour rain all day in mid February on a ski mountain right?!?!? RIGHT?!?!? So with teenagers what is there to do in Rutland when pre mature snow really starts to come down? And all of us like...

Hi Looking to do a family reunion over Christmas at Copper. Anyone been to Copper? We are a mix of intermediates to low expert skiers. Anyone done a rental in Frisco - how was the shuttle bus service? Thanks

Hi Does anyone have any first hand experience with Tremblant during Christmas week? We bought the Intrawest pass and this gives us 6 days up there. We always wanted to go and are thinking about heading up there after Christmas. I fully expect crowds etc. But what's the snow coverage like...

Just wanted to share some pics. Words won't do it justice. I'll just say if you get the gold pass for Loon, Sunday River and Sugarloaf then get yourself out to Big Sky. Lots of powder, steep, glades etc. Not a ton of nightlife, but you are here to ski. Lone Peak from the access road Bad...

With Christmas coming I'm looking to upgrade the 8 year old Sony Cyber Shot to a new point and shoot for pictures on the mountain. I've looked at the "rugged" offerings from Panasonic (Lumix DMC TS3) and Cannon (Powershot D10) and they all guarantee no freezing up to 14 degrees (I have no use...

Just got in from the morning. Pictures next week - but wanted to write that this place is amazing today. Cold but no wind. Lots of powder in the trees and sides of trails. Amazing conditions. Can Am looks filled in (blowing snow on it right now) Commit to the drive and get up here!

Date(s) Skied: 12/29/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Ragged Mountain Conditions: Packed Powder, Frozen Granular, Au Natural Bumps (really!) Trip Report: Grabbed the kids for a day trip to Ragged after seeing they had opened up Lower Ridge and Raggae Glade after the recent snow. Pulled into...

Date(s) Skied: 12/20/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Waterville Valley Conditions: Packed Powder Trip Report: Drove away from snowy southeast MA at 5:30am with the 5 year old to view the brown and snow free state of NH yesterday. Fortunately, all ski areas have had primo snow making conditions...

Date(s) Skied: Feb 17 - 22 Resort or Ski Area: Steamboat Conditions: Powder, Packed Powder and one 2 by 2 foot patch of ice on Vagabond Trip Report: Wow. First trip out west – went with another family for a total of four adults and 7 kids ranging from ages 4 to 12. The locals had...

Just back from Steamboat and the locals crying about "only" having a 6 foot base was ridiculous. They somehow managed to man up and "deal" with the horrible 2 to 5 inches of powder each day. In addition, the complaints about scratchiness and ice left we East Coast skiers scratching our heads...

Date(s) Skied: 1/24/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Pat's Peak Conditions: Packed powder to loose inch to inch and a half on less skiied trails Trip Report: Wanted to get out and enjoy the great conditions one more time before the rain kills it all. Pulled into the parking lot at 8:05 and got...

Date(s) Skied: 1/16 - 1/18 Resort or Ski Area: Sugarloaf Conditions: Packed Powder to a few inches of powder on MLK day Trip Report: Back to the mountain where the whole family learned to ski - the Loaf. After getting snagged by Maine's finest outside of Portland (4 Mainers and 1 M*sshole...

Date(s) Skied: 1/1/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Gunstock Conditions: Packed powder to skied off scratchy Trip Report: First time to Gunstock. Pulled into the lot at 10am and we were already directed to the one near the Pistol lift. (Far left, took the bus back to the lodge) Crowded. My...

Date(s) Skied: 12/23/2009 Resort or Ski Area: Ragged Mountain Conditions: Packed Powder Trip Report: First trip to Ragged and I have to say it was great. Pulled in around 10am to blue skies, little wind and - bonus - still parked in the second row. After my son and I popped on the...

I'm sure everyone has noted the "creative" writing (or lack of writing at all) that the resorts use on their web sites when describing their mountain's snow conditions. I've found some, like Sugarloaf, to be truthful. Aka - you really don't have to read between the lines. If things are icy and...

The kids have off this Friday and I was hoping to do a day trip to Sunapee. But the forecast for rain on Wed and Thursday, makes me think that anything south of Cannon will have craptacular conditions. I know that Wildcat has the $9 deal on Friday, but I'm really not up for a 4 hour run up to...

Left the Cape at 5am for a day of skiing with my son and godson. My godson had been at Loon the prior weekend and said the snow was mostly skiied off and crusty. But expectations were high with the new 5 to 6 inches they got in the last two days. Our goal was first chair at 8am but a surprise...