The "Sugarbush Thread"

vtboarder · Thursday at 5:20 PM

Some very hostile winds at Ellen this arvo, though it did seem to blow some snow out of the woods and onto which way, which was quite OK. Nothing too scoured as it was mostly a cross gale.

slatham · Thursday at 7:10 PM

vtski802 said:
Ok, so they reported 8" yesterday morning. Claiming 5-6 overnight - bringing them to.. 12" in the last 48 hours?

They can't even add correctly. At least they cleared off the mid-mountain snow stake properly!

Pre-open morning report I read before heading to mountain Wednesday was 6”. They updated it later in the day to 8” because it snowed 2”. So my guess is they misstated today’s report that they got 5-6” “overnight”, where it was actually “since yesterday mornings report”.

Splitting hairs. Lots of snow, skiing great, go ski.

cdskier · Thursday at 9:33 PM

vtski802 said:
No "State of the Mountain" since Mid-January. I really, really do not like the people running this mountain. The patrollers, lifties and mechanics I have huge respect for.

Sugarbush needs to start taking lessons from their neighbor to the south. This is how you write a blog post about mountain ops topics: https://www.killington.com/the-moun...log/snowmaking-during-an-extended-cold-front/

MrGlen · Thursday at 10:30 PM

Anyone have insight as to what was going on with slidebrook? Sugarbush’s lift network is starting to really fall apart. Lots of lifts approaching maturity at the same time…

vtski802 · 2026-02-13T07:22:45-0500

cdskier said:
Sugarbush needs to start taking lessons from their neighbor to the south. This is how you write a blog post about mountain ops topics: https://www.killington.com/the-moun...log/snowmaking-during-an-extended-cold-front/

And Sugarloaf: they had their main lift down for a while (along with a transformer issue affecting snowmaking), their GM posted detailed updates.

We get "planned maintenance" and ZERO details. Unacceptable.

vtski802 · 2026-02-13T07:25:40-0500

slatham said:
Pre-open morning report I read before heading to mountain Wednesday was 6”. They updated it later in the day to 8” because it snowed 2”. So my guess is they misstated today’s report that they got 5-6” “overnight”, where it was actually “since yesterday mornings report”.

Splitting hairs. Lots of snow, skiing great, go ski.

I don't disagree, but measuring and reporting snowfall is one of the easiest, most transparent things you can do. They have webcams and presumably a ruler as backup. Perhaps my dissapointment with their lift/communication issues is spilling over into their snow report, but that kind of ties into their communication issues.
At least it's not at the Jay Peak level of chicanery (yet).
Stowe is setting the bar for honest, timely snow reporting.

Lotso · 2026-02-13T08:26:38-0500

vtski802 said:
I don't disagree, but measuring and reporting snowfall is one of the easiest, most transparent things you can do. They have webcams and presumably a ruler as backup. Perhaps my dissapointment with their lift/communication issues is spilling over into their snow report, but that kind of ties into their communication issues.
At least it's not at the Jay Peak level of chicanery (yet).
Stowe is setting the bar for honest, timely snow reporting.

MRG never misses either as far as reporting honesty

Lotso · 2026-02-13T13:30:19-0500

Another short stint at ME before reality struck and I had to head home. Which Way as nice as I have ever seen. Exterminator was ridiculously fun, as was Walt's. Finished with Lower FIS again after a screamer down Rim Run...what a hoot. What a gorgeous day to be outside, ahead off the masses, though it was busy for Mt. Ellen on a Friday.

Get out and get it!

Lotso · 2026-02-13T13:48:33-0500

Oh, and "Slide Brook is closed for the day". That's it. Too bad. Would have been a nice day to ride the carnival ride and ski CR.

solar · 2026-02-13T16:51:53-0500

vtski802 said:
No "State of the Mountain" since Mid-January. I really, really do not like the people running this mountain. The patrollers, lifties and mechanics I have huge respect for.

You asked. State of the Mountain 2/13/26 is up. And it's... breathtaking.

State of the Mountain 2/13/26 - SugarBlog

After another foot of fortuitous pre-holiday snow dropped in the last 48 hours, we're now sitting pretty at 178" on the year.

blog.sugarbush.com

Lotso · 2026-02-13T16:54:17-0500

solar said:
You asked. State of the Mountain 2/13/26 is up. And it's... breathtaking.

State of the Mountain 2/13/26 - SugarBlog

After another foot of fortuitous pre-holiday snow dropped in the last 48 hours, we're now sitting pretty at 178" on the year.

blog.sugarbush.com

meh

Nice sunrise pic but the rest is pablum

slatham · 2026-02-13T18:30:06-0500

Ha that provides “no inside the mountain” information. Anyone on this blog could have written it.

Lotso · 2026-02-13T18:38:43-0500

slatham said:
Ha that provides “no inside the mountain” information. Anyone on this blog could have written it.

This guy wrote it:

MrGlen · 2026-02-13T19:17:22-0500

Based on the pass two days, could slidebrook be down for the weekend?

thetrailboss · 2026-02-13T20:13:27-0500

Lotso said:
Oh, and "Slide Brook is closed for the day". That's it. Too bad. Would have been a nice day to ride the carnival ride and ski CR.

"Money Hold"?

thetrailboss · 2026-02-13T20:15:15-0500

solar said:
You asked. State of the Mountain 2/13/26 is up. And it's... breathtaking.

State of the Mountain 2/13/26 - SugarBlog

After another foot of fortuitous pre-holiday snow dropped in the last 48 hours, we're now sitting pretty at 178" on the year.

blog.sugarbush.com

slatham said:
Ha that provides “no inside the mountain” information. Anyone on this blog could have written it.

The more I see of John the more I think that he is just a man of few words.....which is hard coming on the heels of Win.

solar · 2026-02-13T20:26:14-0500

thetrailboss said:
The more I see of John the more I think that he is just a man of few words.....which is hard coming on the heels of Win.

Bleh, Hammond, or both?

thetrailboss · 2026-02-13T20:29:29-0500

solar said:
Bleh, Hammond, or both?

Oh good point. Both now that you mention it.

vtski802 · 2026-02-13T21:08:47-0500

solar said:
You asked. State of the Mountain 2/13/26 is up. And it's... breathtaking.

State of the Mountain 2/13/26 - SugarBlog

After another foot of fortuitous pre-holiday snow dropped in the last 48 hours, we're now sitting pretty at 178" on the year.

blog.sugarbush.com

Wow, that was awful.

"100% of trails and lifts"

I'm going to hold them to that. I don't want to see any "Slide Brook is closed for the day" at 1:36pm.

vtski802 · 2026-02-13T21:09:40-0500

slatham said:
Ha that provides “no inside the mountain” information. Anyone on this blog could have written it.

I think I saw some copy/pasting from the snow report

The "Sugarbush Thread"

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Member

Active member

Active member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Member

Moderator

Moderator

Member

Moderator

Active member

Active member

Similar threads