asnowmobiler
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Great opening day conditions, my legs are shot!
It was worth the 5 hour drive.
It was worth the 5 hour drive.
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Early Season Snowmaking 2017
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asnowmobiler
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slatham
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Nice job for sure. If this weather holds it'll be a great start to the season for everyone.
Nice! Looks like they've been hammering for some time now based on their webcam.
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Jully
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I remember being real impressed by Stratton last year for blowing a bunch of trails top to bottom. Same deal this year!
spiderpig
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I'd be more impressed if they opened earlier than the day before Thanksgiving ever.
drjeff
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As of 7PM tonight, it's currently 21 degrees, with clear skies, and basically no wind at my place across route 100 from Mount Snow. Grilling steaks on the back deck with the sounds of fan guns humming away across the valley!! Tomorrow's going to be a GOOD first day for me!!
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asnowmobiler
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The snow is very dry compared to the man made snow I’m used to, I cannot wait to do a few run in the morning before heading home.
Bostonian
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It was really good! I can only imagine how tomorrow will be too
Jully
Active member
How did crowds end up being? Anyone at K too? Longest I had to wait at Wildcat today was 2 chairs, but that was more or less expected. I wonder if the cold is actually keeping people away.
Jcb890
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See you guys up there tomorrow!
Not Sure
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Cruising past the Fish Hatchery in Allentown spotted someone’s local effort. Nice manicured Walnut tree grove, often thought about a quick poach of their 100’ vert.
asnowmobiler
Member
It wasn’t bad, it went in waves. Sometimes you waited 10 minuets other times it was almost ski on.
Jully
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Final count is 27 acres for Wa and 17 for K haha. Not double, but WaWa has Conifer open off the summit. K's surface is probabky better though and the terrain a touch more interesting. No walking at Wa though haha.
MEtoVTSkier
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Not to mention much less of a drive for most?
Zand
Well-known member
Unfortunately Minuteman decided it didn't want to run so no Challenger for now. Just Conifer, Indian Summer, and Ollies. I'd consider Conifer more interesting than Rime and Reason by a little bit. Longer and more turns/drops. Oh well I'm sure Killington will go nuts once the World Cup preparation is done.
MEtoVTSkier
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Rime/Reason a traverse, Mousetrap, Lower Bunny. Better than nothing, but still nowhere near what the competition is offering. At least it takes the stairs out of the equation if the weather holds. You could see how many cars were parked at K-1 from the Peak Cam yesterday and today. Not an overwhelming crowd by any means. Hopefully now business will pick up since you can ski down to the cooler now! :beer:
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