Sundown article

[Greg]

Stumbled upon this. Nice article with a lot of quotes from Bob:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2303&dept_id=478843&newsid=20246613&PAG=461&rfi=9

There's even a mogul mention in there.

 

[ctenidae]

I propose a challenge for you, Geg- one week, no use of "Sundown" and bumps, moguls, or zipper in the same post.

 

[Greg]

I propose a challenge for you, Geg- one week, no use of "Sundown" and bumps, moguls, or zipper in the same post.

No way!

And to anyone that feels compelled to :roll: over another Sundown post, you can eat it. :razz: I love that little hill.

 

[ctenidae]

No way!

And to anyone that feels compelled to :roll: over another Sundown post, you can eat it. :razz: I love that little hill.

The Wife and I did a half day there a couple weeks ago. Enjoyable, but at 1.5 hours from Stamford, hard to make it a regular trip. Nice place, though.

 

[gmcunni]

The Wife and I did a half day there a couple weeks ago. Enjoyable, but at 1.5 hours from Stamford, hard to make it a regular trip. Nice place, though.

is there somewhere closer? or do you (like i used to) just suck it up, if you ski, you drive 3 hours each way, end of story.

 

[ctenidae]

is there somewhere closer? or do you (like i used to) just suck it up, if you ski, you drive 3 hours each way, end of story.

Pretty much suck it up. I'm usually in Boston on weekends, so most skiing is based from there. I'd liek to have gear here, too to hit up Sundown some nights, but my average departure time from work has been 8 pm, so I don't think that's going to happen.

 

[drjeff]

I propose a challenge for you, Geg- one week, no use of "Sundown" and bumps, moguls, or zipper in the same post.

Baby steps cten, let's start with 1 DAY

 

[thorski]

Why doesn't sundown have a little or medium sized half pipe?

 

[severine]

Where would they put it? I imagine that when they expand, they may consider it. But for now, there's really no more space to give up.

 

[thorski]

I think you could fit a small one at the mid area of canyon run.

 

[severine]

As an intermediate skier who's still learning, I have to say that would be pretty intimidating. You'd be leaving intermediates with no strictly-blue trails. The narrowness on Nor'Easter because of the bumps leading into Temptor are something that takes time to get over when you're newer to the sport; if you take away Canyon (which is nice and wide), then you have no gradual way to progress from greens to the more challenging blues. JMHO, but that's something to keep in mind because at a feeder hill, you should be concerned about new skiers and boarders; you have no future without them. I think they have the right idea in keeping the park stuff on one trail, but there's really no room over there for what you're proposing.

 

[thorski]

I think they could fit a small one off to the side.
Years ago powder ridge had a small one that was fun to learn on.

 

[thorski]

A half pipe doesn't have to be scary big to be good.

 

[severine]

I think you're missing the point here; it's not even just the half-pipe itself. It's the narrowing of the trail going around it, it's the increased trail traffic of boarders and skiers who, no offense, tend to be a bit more reckless that would be the issues, IMHO. You'd have no intermediate trail that didn't have some sort of obstacle to ski around. A risky gamble when there's so little real estate to work with.

It's likely to come up under expansion, but I doubt it's likely as Sundown currently exists.

 

[thorski]

Sundown=lame

 

[severine]

Because they don't have a half-pipe? Are you serious? Think about what you're saying.. you're talking about a feeder hill with 650ft vert in CT. What are you expecting at such a locale? Compared to the alternatives in the area, they do quite well. Do you see half-pipes at Mohawk? Woodbury? Southington? Let's be realistic here... There's limited terrain to begin with. I think they do a decent job of trying to offer a little of something for everyone. But that's the thing; you can't please everyone. No worries... you don't like it, don't ski there.

 

[thorski]

I think all mountains are lame in the lack of small and medium sized pipes.

 

[Greg]

Sundown is maximizing their limited terrain as it is. There really is no more room for any other terrain features. A half pipe is in the expansion plan.

 

[jarrodski]

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2009/01/20/the-main-event-series-ski-sundown-ct/


yep . . . Lame

 

[Greg]

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2009/01/20/the-main-event-series-ski-sundown-ct/


yep . . . Lame

Uber lame.