Sugarloaf drive by picture 04-14-08

[loafer89]

Warren and I spent the afternoon driving up to ski at Sugarloaf this week and we took this picture of Sugarloaf at 6:30pm this evening:

 

[deadheadskier]

Nice shot

Loaf does get the title as most aesthetically pleasing ski area in the North East IMO. There's a reason it's called 'Oh My Gosh Corner'

 

[wa-loaf]

Covers looking kinda thin. ;-) :-D

 

[loafer89]

Covers looking kinda thin. ;-) :-D

My son and I played the lets find a bare spot game, there are some on Whiffletree and a few on Ripsaw, but amazing coverage for mid-April. The next four days should be stellar.

 

[wa-loaf]

Have a great week. I'm jealous.

 

[Terry]

Looks like you are in for some great weather this week. Enjoy. Wish I could be there with you.

 

[snowmonster]

Thanks for the pic. Heading to the 'Loaf this weekend for my annual spring pilgrimage. I am stoked!

 

[Vortex]

Thanks for the pic. Heading to the 'Loaf this weekend for my annual spring pilgrimage. I am stoked!

1st weekend in May is on the agenda. April 28th also.

 

[tekweezle]

that;s just incredible. wish Sugarloaf wasn;t 8 plus hours/462 miles from my door. they seem like the only game for even a hint of midwinter conditions in town and not enough people know about it. probably the same w/ sunday river.

what would be cool is if they could run a charter tour bus to pick you up from the airport in portland or bangor(i think?). Maybe they could attract more non locals and keep the season going.

 

[SIKSKIER]

How about Rangley International Airport?

 

[wa-loaf]

How about Rangley International Airport?

There is an airport in Carrabasset Valley. You could prob charter a flight directly, maybe only 1.5 hrs from Boston or Manchester.

 

[tekweezle]

wish i owned a Cessna!

seems like a bit much of a hassle for a weekend ski trip though. what we need is for Sugarloaf to host the Winter Olympics or something like that and get the travel infrastructure built up. 4 lane highways for all! just kidding.....

 

[snowmonster]

that;s just incredible. wish Sugarloaf wasn;t 8 plus hours/462 miles from my door. they seem like the only game for even a hint of midwinter conditions in town and not enough people know about it. probably the same w/ sunday river.

what would be cool is if they could run a charter tour bus to pick you up from the airport in portland or bangor(i think?). Maybe they could attract more non locals and keep the season going.

It looked -- and felt -- like a February day in Sunday River last Sunday. I agree on the bus to the Loaf. Jay does something similar from Montreal to attract the local crowd turned off by the drive.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I was just kidding about the Rangley INTERNATIONAL part but I have picked up my freind there a few times when he flew his plane in.

 

[bigbog]

...

Bring the fall-line carvers guys, the occasional wet-snow/rain the area received in the past couple weeks did thin down the cover, particularly on the trails...imo. Mornings are hard stuff...gradually softening up some for decent conditions for mid-April in New England.

 

[Phildozer]

How about Rangley International Airport?

Just because a Canada Goose grazes on the grass along the runway, it isn't international...

 

[Vortex]

Bring the fall-line carvers guys, the occasional wet-snow/rain the area received in the past couple weeks did thin down the cover, particularly on the trails...imo. Mornings are hard stuff...gradually softening up some for decent conditions for mid-April in New England.

We never found you last weekend.

 

[tekweezle]

It looked -- and felt -- like a February day in Sunday River last Sunday. I agree on the bus to the Loaf. Jay does something similar from Montreal to attract the local crowd turned off by the drive.

wish someone provided a bus service trip to Jay from the NYC area.....

 

[SIKSKIER]

wish someone provided a bus service trip to Jay from the NYC area.....

I have a Volkswagon Bus for rent.

 

[loafer89]

On a scale of 1-10 I give the skiing at Sugarloaf today a 12, it's epic with incredible warmth, great corn snow and nearly 100% snow coverage.