Closing Dates for New England Mountains - 2015

Jcb890 · Mar 30, 2015

deadheadskier said:
limited offerings. Toll Road is a 4 mile beginner trail off the Forerunner and it's great, but that's it for the Mansfield side.

Awesome info once again, thank you very much. So looking at the trail map, basically just the left side will be open that weekend?
http://www.skitown.com/gfx/trailmaps/vt20tm01f.jpg

deadheadskier · Mar 30, 2015

Correct. Minus the toll house area. It's still a good amount of terrain.

Jcb890 · Mar 30, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Correct. Minus the toll house area. It's still a good amount of terrain.

So would my best bet for a beginner trail would be?
Toll Road > Lower Toll Road > Ryan's Folly > Lullaby Lane > Crossover > Lower Lift Line (to get back to Fourrunner Quad)

Would any of these require any cross-country snowboarding or do they have enough slope to keep going?

Thanks again for the help deadhead!

CoolMike · Mar 30, 2015

Jcb890 said:
So would my best bet for a beginner trail would be?
Toll Road > Lower Toll Road > Ryan's Folly > Lullaby Lane > Crossover > Lower Lift Line (to get back to Fourrunner Quad)

Would any of these require any cross-country snowboarding or do they have enough slope to keep going?

Thanks again for the help deadhead!

These trails are really hard for a snowboarder unless you are pretty good at flat spotting and retaining speed. Even then this run would be a huge leg burner. Avoid Toll Road in my opinion.

Edit: You'd be much better off on a trail with slightly more average pitch. Toll road is really flat.

drjeff · Mar 30, 2015

Jcb890 said:
For those who frequent Mount Snow - the Sundance Lodge and parking lot is closed. We were pretty disappointed with this on Sunday. We had to park much farther away and people at Sundance just seemed to be a nicer lot from past experiences.

That's been listed on the snow report for about a week now. Mount Snow is currently using the Sundance lot as a receiving area for 50,000 feet of snowmaking pipe for replacement of old pipe this summer - they've already been doing some welding of segments and have begun dragging sections of pipe over the snow after the lifts close to pre position some segments for installation this summer - they had already brought what looked like 30+ sections of pipe over to the Northface and positioned them behind the loading area for both lifts

Sometimes bigger picture progresd comes with short term inconveniences

Jcb890 · Mar 30, 2015

CoolMike said:
These trails are really hard for a snowboarder unless you are pretty good at flat spotting and retaining speed. Even then this run would be a huge leg burner. Avoid Toll Road in my opinion.

Edit: You'd be much better off on a trail with slightly more average pitch. Toll road is really flat.

CoolMike - thank you for your input, that is a good tidbit of information to have. I am good at flat spotting and retaining speed, but my wife being a beginner, is not. So, perhaps a better option would be a nice wide Blue-square trail I can take her on which isn't too bad. One thing she didn't like about Long John @ Mount Snow was that for a good portion of the trail, there is a cliff/dropoff on the side. That made her a bit nervous.

drjeff said:
That's been listed on the snow report for about a week now. Mount Snow is currently using the Sundance lot as a receiving area for 50,000 feet of snowmaking pipe for replacement of old pipe this summer - they've already been doing some welding of segments and have begun dragging sections of pipe over the snow after the lifts close to pre position some segments for installation this summer - they had already brought what looked like 30+ sections of pipe over to the Northface and positioned them behind the loading area for both lifts

Sometimes bigger picture progresd comes with short term inconveniences

Oh I know. I knew that going in. Still, it was disappointing to be required to use the Main Base Lodge.

vonski · Apr 1, 2015

Sundown done 4/2 throwing the towel with lots of snow left but rain Friday so they done.!

chuckstah · Apr 1, 2015

Waterville extending for an extra weekend on the 11th and 12th. Total shitshow there today with crowds and lift issues.

hammer · Apr 1, 2015

chuckstah said:
Waterville extending for an extra weekend on the 11th and 12th. Total shitshow there today with crowds and lift issues.

That's what a $1 lift ticket price will get you...my guess is that tomorrow will be a bit less crowded.

jaytrem · Apr 1, 2015

vonski said:
Sundown done 4/2 throwing the towel with lots of snow left but rain Friday so they done.!

That sucks, I was hoping to get there on Friday. No luck for me when trying to hit new places this year.

Jully · Apr 1, 2015

chuckstah said:
Waterville extending for an extra weekend on the 11th and 12th. Total shitshow there today with crowds and lift issues.

What lift issues do they have? I hadn't heard anything and was considering going after visiting family for easter.

chuckstah · Apr 1, 2015

The main quad was down til about 11, then start and stop all day. This created massive lines on the other lifts, except for the northside double. Valley run quad and Sunnyside were start and stop all day also, probably due to massive crowds. It should be fine this weekend with limited crowds.

billski · Apr 1, 2015

Jcb890 said:
So would my best bet for a beginner trail would be?
Toll Road > Lower Toll Road > Ryan's Folly > Lullaby Lane > Crossover > Lower Lift Line (to get back to Fourrunner Quad)

Would any of these require any cross-country snowboarding or do they have enough slope to keep going?

Thanks again for the help deadhead!

If the triple is running, that is a great place for beginners.

yeggous · Apr 2, 2015

chuckstah said:
Waterville extending for an extra weekend on the 11th and 12th. Total shitshow there today with crowds and lift issues.

Should I expect crowds there on Saturday?

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chuckstah · Apr 2, 2015

I can't speak for crowds as I. Not a Waterville skier, only second time in 8 years or so and don't ski many weekends. The cover was good everywhere, glades open, but skied off conditions by noon. I would think crowds would be light but just a guess.

billski · Apr 2, 2015

Mt. Ellen, SB North - Sunday Apr 5

billski · Apr 2, 2015

Sunapee
How can we close on April 12 with all this great snow still? WE CAN'T! We are extending the season an additional week and will remain open through Sunday, April 19

billski · Apr 2, 2015

Gunstock
We close out the 2015 season with our annual B.Y.O.D.C Pond Skim on Sunday.

billski · Apr 2, 2015

2 for 1 at Great Glen Trails today & Friday!
You can ski, go tubing, try snowshoeing ... or even take the Mt Washington SnowCoach!

billski · Apr 2, 2015

attitash sunday april 5

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