Stratton Question

Tin · Feb 10, 2012

There is a $65 bus trip coming up on a weekday and I was thinking about doing. After looking at the map and some reviews it appears to be a challenging mountain but according to their report all of their expert trails they have groomed and only one has moguls on it. Anyone been there recently? I enjoy bumps and glades so any insight will be helpful. Thanks

Angus · Feb 10, 2012

It's not particularly steep and I'm sure the place is groomed out wall to wall but not sure if you'd want to ski bumps this weekend anyway. It's a good place to go and see how the other half live.

check out

http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=107056

and

http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=107171

for TRs from this week.

oakapple · Feb 10, 2012

There are Stratton advertisements in the New York subway system, and they show skiers cruising down relatively flat perfectly groomed corduroy. Rightly or wrongly, that is the perception of Stratton.

GolfingOwl · Feb 10, 2012

Tin said:
There is a $65 bus trip coming up on a weekday and I was thinking about doing. After looking at the map and some reviews it appears to be a challenging mountain but according to their report all of their expert trails they have groomed and only one has moguls on it. Anyone been there recently? I enjoy bumps and glades so any insight will be helpful. Thanks

Stratton has some really nice glades at all levels (green to double black) but I have no idea what the conditions are. Most trails tend to be groomed but they usually leave bumps on World Cup, which is where they hold bump competitions. The wide trail under the Gondola (forget its name) is sometimes half groomed with half bumps. When conditions are prime, they may let one or two more go au natural.

Stratton isn't the most challenging but it is a fun mountain and probably gets an unfair rep.

gladerider · Feb 10, 2012

was in the glades about 3 weeks ago. was great but that prolly was bcoz they got like 6" fresh that day. Wasn't deep, but deep enuf that day. Now that was 3 weeks ago. Weather didn't help over the last couple of weeks plus don't think they got any new pow, so I'd be surprised if you can safely go in there. Good luck.

riverc0il · Feb 10, 2012

You are not going to find good bump skiing any where in New England this weekend so go where ever you want and enjoy the groomers. If you are dead set on skiing scraped hard pack bumps, go further north.

skiersleft · Feb 10, 2012

Stratton is very fun and has impeccable grooming. However, it is not challenging at all. Its double blacks ski like easy blacks or hard blues at places like Stowe, Whiteface or Killington.

deadheadskier · Feb 11, 2012

skiersleft said:
Stratton is very fun and has impeccable grooming. However, it is not challenging at all. Its double blacks ski like easy blacks or hard blues at places like Stowe, Whiteface or Killington.

true......but it's tree skiing is vastly underrated.

that said, you won't find tree skiing or bumps at Stratton right now. But, for $65, that sounds like a good deal to me. I'm sure the groomers at Stratton are skiing as good as anywhere in the Northeast right now. It's actually a pretty good place for groomers. Better than Killington IMO.

Highway Star · Feb 11, 2012

Great lift system and best cruising south of stowe.

skiersleft · Feb 11, 2012

deadheadskier said:
true......but it's tree skiing is vastly underrated.

that said, you won't find tree skiing or bumps at Stratton right now. But, for $65, that sounds like a good deal to me. I'm sure the groomers at Stratton are skiing as good as anywhere in the Northeast right now. It's actually a pretty good place for groomers. Better than Killington IMO.

I agree, but as you say, trees are not open there, so it's not part of the equation right now. What he's going to get is fun cruising, but no challenge on the open terrain.

Cheese · Feb 12, 2012

Skied Stratton on Saturday (2/11) and Okemo Sunday (2/12). Okemo definitely blew Stratton away in the grooming category. Stratton's groomers took a very thin bite so the groom was very thin and the crowds wiped away what little they had for easily carvable snow by 11am. Okemo's groom was deeper so actually felt like corduroy on a good snow year. Yes, Stratton has more uphill capacity but on the way down they have more crowded slopes, dangerous intersections and mountain safety employees posted all over the mountain reprimanding anyone who they feel is traveling too fast. I have no affiliation with either mountain but given the choice to go to either mountain tomorrow, I would return to Okemo.

Highway Star · Nov 14, 2014

Tin said:
There is a $65 bus trip coming up on a weekday and I was thinking about doing. After looking at the map and some reviews it appears to be a challenging mountain but according to their report all of their expert trails they have groomed and only one has moguls on it. Anyone been there recently? I enjoy bumps and glades so any insight will be helpful. Thanks

So, you've learned about all the secrets of Stratton by now? Good for you!

mriceyman · Nov 14, 2014

Highway Star said:
So, you've learned about all the secrets of Stratton by now? Good for you!

Its not like its a difficult mountain to discover. Just one peak and not a sprawling layout. We skied every inch of the mountain in the 6 days we were there last year and probably could have done it in 3 if we tried. Liked stratton alot.

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Tin · Nov 14, 2014

He funniest part of all this is you're inability to pick up on sarcasm.

Highway Star · Nov 14, 2014

I had a pass there in '00-'01 and skied all of the big powder days. I know where all the off the map stuff is.

Highway Star · Nov 14, 2014

Tin said:
He funniest part of all this is you're inability to pick up on sarcasm.

What's funny is that you think Magic has better tree skiing than Stratton.

mriceyman · Nov 14, 2014

Highway Star said:
I had a pass there in '00-'01 and skied all of the big powder days. I know where all the off the map stuff is.

You should start a pay website where people cAn get all your secrets.. You seem to know alot about everything.

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Tin · Nov 14, 2014

Stratton has amazing tree skiing, no debating that.

slatham · Nov 14, 2014

I've always liked Stratton as a mountain and on non-crowded days it is a lot of fun. It has some great glades too.

However, this is utterly false:

"What's funny is that you think Magic has better tree skiing than Stratton."

You obviously have not skied the un-marked glades at Magic. Or is there some sarcasm going on here that I am not picking up on?

But Magic glades vs Stratton glades is pro ball vs single A.

Newpylong · Nov 14, 2014

Highway Star said:
So, you've learned about all the secrets of Stratton by now? Good for you!

What do you do for work where you can sit there and resurrect two year old topics on ski forums all day?

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