mikestaple
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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 a problem, they basically state it. Update it throughout the day and indicate when ropes will drop.
Some others, like Ragged, don't really bother. Which is fine - small mountain, small staff - don't waste cash on the site.
Others - I'm looking at you Sunapee - claim to have a snow report, but basically have a canned listing of activities and provide no real information. In fact, if you check out this morning, you know they are dealing with icy slopes cus the only place they mention Friday, is in the article heading. (Don't mention today - focus on tomorrow).
So, when you look at various resorts sites for snow info - who do you find to be the most true and who do find to be most "influenced" by the marketing department?
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 a problem, they basically state it. Update it throughout the day and indicate when ropes will drop.
Some others, like Ragged, don't really bother. Which is fine - small mountain, small staff - don't waste cash on the site.
Others - I'm looking at you Sunapee - claim to have a snow report, but basically have a canned listing of activities and provide no real information. In fact, if you check out this morning, you know they are dealing with icy slopes cus the only place they mention Friday, is in the article heading. (Don't mention today - focus on tomorrow).
So, when you look at various resorts sites for snow info - who do you find to be the most true and who do find to be most "influenced" by the marketing department?
)... As for a bad one, I'd say Gore, because you just don't know when their report is from. They say that the report is "for" a given date, but don't tell you the time of the report. I think that they update the report the night before, rather than the morning of, like most other ski areas do (of the ones I check). That unfortunate habit is compounded by the lack of an indication of when the report is from. The type of info on the report is good, and I haven't really skied there enough in recent years to judge the accuracy of their statements (I grew up skiing there but haven't as much in recent years). But the timing issue is very annoying.
