Awesome day at Mount Snow today. We ended up arriving earlier than expected and were able to snag two freebie shirts they were giving away for the new lift.
We took two runs on the Grand Summit Express. The new chairs are nice....they now have footrests on the bars.
Mt. Snow usually opens with edge to edge coverage on the trails and a decent base depth. They opted to open with a little less than usual to make the Saturday opening. The fanguns were ripping the entire time, so conditions got better as the AM went along. I'm always amazed with how much snow those things lay down.
We ended up in line for the Bluebird around 8:40? They had a mic and did an opening ceremony which was nice. One of our friends and his family received a golden ticket in his t-shirt and they rode up on the second chair. All the lift bubles are blue...except #50 which is gold to match all the other gold chairs on the other lifts.
The lift is impressive! It moves a lot of people in short order. It's smooth quiet and buffers the wind very well. I think this lift will be a huge hit at the mountain.
Pics!
Early AM:
Lift ops prepping the base area:
Mrs. Glenn clicks in for the first time this season:
When we arrived at the top of the Grand Summit, we saw them peeling off the protective film on chair # 50...very cool:
Looking down Long John, South East direction:
Just as we got in line for the new lift to open:
Mt Snow did a great job today and with getting this lift up and running despite some serious weather "issues" this past summer. Awesome job!
We took two runs on the Grand Summit Express. The new chairs are nice....they now have footrests on the bars.
Mt. Snow usually opens with edge to edge coverage on the trails and a decent base depth. They opted to open with a little less than usual to make the Saturday opening. The fanguns were ripping the entire time, so conditions got better as the AM went along. I'm always amazed with how much snow those things lay down.
We ended up in line for the Bluebird around 8:40? They had a mic and did an opening ceremony which was nice. One of our friends and his family received a golden ticket in his t-shirt and they rode up on the second chair. All the lift bubles are blue...except #50 which is gold to match all the other gold chairs on the other lifts.
The lift is impressive! It moves a lot of people in short order. It's smooth quiet and buffers the wind very well. I think this lift will be a huge hit at the mountain.
Pics!
Early AM:
Lift ops prepping the base area:
Mrs. Glenn clicks in for the first time this season:
When we arrived at the top of the Grand Summit, we saw them peeling off the protective film on chair # 50...very cool:
Looking down Long John, South East direction:
Just as we got in line for the new lift to open:
Mt Snow did a great job today and with getting this lift up and running despite some serious weather "issues" this past summer. Awesome job!