RUMOR - Mount Snow not opening on Thanksgiving Weekend...

[marcski]

Umm....HS and Dirk, the original poster of SJ's thread...kind of...at least IMHO, have similar online personalities. Take that as you may.

 

[Highway Star]

Umm....HS and Dirk, the original poster of SJ's thread...kind of...at least IMHO, have similar online personalities. Take that as you may.

I don't post on SJ. Really.

 

[Rogman]

Not exactly a news flash, but Mt Snow lacks the elevation and the latitude of K and SR. What's the big deal? They go for it when they can, take their lumps when they can't. >>yawn<<

 

[drjeff]

I draw the line at a jib yard on a beginner slope. It's just not real skiing. Maybe if they didn't have the jibs...

Killington has previously offered real skiing (bump skiing no less) in mid-october, and in all likelyhood they will again in coming years..

You guys might not see anything like this at Mount Snow for a while, so here's a reminder of what it looks like:

HS, here's a pic of some paying folks doing some not real snow sliding at Mount Snow on October 17th. Just thought I'd post it since you guys at K haven't seen any lift served October stuff in a while

 

[bvibert]

Also, it seems to me that this thread runs up against the AZ policy against trolling. Esp. since it appears that the orig. poster intentionally entitled the post "Mount Snow not opening on Thanksgiving Weekend...", requiring the casual reader to click on the post to see the "...........?" continuation.

Why would anyone do this other than to insight the ire of Mt. Snow fans?

I'm not quite sure if it crosses the line into trolling, but it's definitely annoying. I took the liberty of adding RUMOR to the title, so those not familiar with HS's posting 'style' will know what to expect.

 

[Highway Star]

HS, here's a pic of some paying folks doing some not real snow sliding at Mount Snow on October 17th. Just thought I'd post it since you guys at K haven't seen any lift served October stuff in a while

I don't see any sliding on snow in that pic, just a bunch of standing around not actually skiing.

 

[marcski]

I don't post on SJ. Really.

Yes...I was trying to say that Dirk is the HS of SJ.

 

[Highway Star]

I'm not quite sure if it crosses the line into trolling, but it's definitely annoying. I took the liberty of adding RUMOR to the title, so those not familiar with HS's posting 'style' will know what to expect.

Well, it's certainly a rumor, thanks for clarifying. We'll see what happens.

 

[jarrodski]

BOO THIS WEATHER! With connecticut being real toasty right now, i was getting stoked to get some use out of my mount snow pass... boo!!!!

hockey slush and street rails it is! (real skiing!)

 

[jaywbigred]

You guys might not see anything like this at Mount Snow for a while, so here's a reminder of what it looks like:

See now that, to me, sounds like a troll:

Trolling: Any message deemed a "troll" post made only to instigate debate or conflict will be permanently deleted. Chronic offenders of this policy will be warned one time. If the behavior continues, the member may be banned.

I'm not quite sure if it crosses the line into trolling, but it's definitely annoying. I took the liberty of adding RUMOR to the title, so those not familiar with HS's posting 'style' will know what to expect.

"RUMOR" addition appreciated.

I don't see any sliding on snow in that pic, just a bunch of standing around not actually skiing.

There seems to be some sliding going on in this video.

 

[Highway Star]

There seems to be some sliding going on in this video.

uke:uke:uke:uke:uke:uke:

 

[sLoPeS]

I'm not saying its the same as top to bottom skiing, but when you start with the "___________ just isn't real skiing," its a slippery slope. They were open, they drew thousands of people who rode lifts with boards strapped to their feet and then slid downhill on snow for hours on end. That is more "real" skiing than anything Kmart did at the same time/earlier.

that was not skiing. i can go to an ice rink, get snow and set up a jib in the middle of summer. that does not count as a day of skiing.

 

[sLoPeS]

haha......yea, id that is NOT skiing. unless u ski/ride park, MS is a joke of a hill.

 

[Newpylong]

haha......yea, id that is NOT skiing. unless u ski/ride park, MS is a joke of a hill.

The October opening is definitely debatable as an opening (I don't count it), but who are you to call any hill a joke?

 

[Newpylong]

You guys might not see anything like this at Mount Snow for a while, so here's a reminder of what it looks like:

Why don't you try flip flopping some more? You praise MS when they made snow when Killington didn't and now you're bashing them when they can't. You try so hard to make everyone take you seriously but it's hard to when you come up with this stuff... what a joke.

 

[Highway Star]

Snowmaking continues this afternoon at

Kind of hard to tell, but it doesn't look like the fan gun is running in this picture.

Agreed.....but I'm pretty sure they are running all K3000 guns down there, which are better in marginal temps....? Maybe it's too warm for the fan gun right now?

Actually the fan gun should be the best out of all the available guns they have in marginal temps....

Nope, wrong, you've been drinking too much of the Mount Snow kool-aide again......ROFL.
K3000's can certainly make snow when fans can't due to the chilling effect of the huge amount of compressed air they can be run with. Not the least bit economical, but evidently the beast doesn't seem to care about that at the moment.......since they are trying to actually be open for thanksgiving, unlike some other mountains.....

 

[Highway Star]

Why don't you try flip flopping some more? You praise MS when they made snow when Killington didn't and now you're bashing them when they can't. You try so hard to make everyone take you seriously but it's hard to when you come up with this stuff... what a joke.

How is that flip flopping? :blink:

I praise the places that are making snow - Killington is going all out right now to be prepared for thanksgiving, which is very impressive.

You know, I guess it's good that Killington still has like 20+ huge diesel compressors.......didn't Mount Snow get rid of some of their's?

 

[deadheadskier]

haha......yea, id that is NOT skiing. unless u ski/ride park, MS is a joke of a hill.

come on now; joke of a hill? That's a bit pretentious.

Do you say this because you're a Killington skier? If you were a Jackson Hole skier or even Stowe for that matter, would you call Killington a joke of a hill?

Such thinking, goes against the spirit of the sport in my opinion. I see it on the music message board I frequent. My favorite band is the best, your favorite band sucks. Pretty stupid if you ask me. My preference in the east is Stowe, that said, there really isn't a single area I'd call a 'joke' if there are people out there enjoying themselves there. Hell, Tenney was my 'home' mountain last winter. Had a blast there. It's not Stowe, but almost every time I headed home for the day, I was psyched to have spent the day out playing on the snow.

 

[jerryg]

come on now; joke of a hill? That's a bit pretentious.

Do you say this because you're a Killington skier? If you were a Jackson Hole skier or even Stowe for that matter, would you call Killington a joke of a hill?

Such thinking, goes against the spirit of the sport in my opinion. I see it on the music message board I frequent. My favorite band is the best, your favorite band sucks. Pretty stupid if you ask me. My preference in the east is Stowe, that said, there really isn't a single area I'd call a 'joke' if there are people out there enjoying themselves there. Hell, Tenney was my 'home' mountain last winter. Had a blast there. It's not Stowe, but almost every time I headed home for the day, I was psyched to have spent the day out playing on the snow.

+1

 

[Glenn]

haha......yea, id that is NOT skiing. unless u ski/ride park, MS is a joke of a hill.

Quoted for irony...since your avatar is a pic of skiing in CT. I'm not bashing CT or the mountain...but c'mon here.