• Welcome to AlpineZone, the largest online community of skiers and snowboarders in the Northeast!

    You may have to REGISTER before you can post. Registering is FREE, gets rid of the majority of advertisements, and lets you participate in giveaways and other AlpineZone events!

Hunter, Stowe, Sugarbush 12/12-12/15

Loaf Nut

New member
Joined
May 8, 2013
Messages
26
Points
0
Location
Brookfield, CT
Date(s) Skied: 12/12/14 - 12/15/14

Resort or Ski Area: Hunter, Stowe, and Sugarbush

Conditions: Powder, Packed Powder

Had a weekend trip planned for Stowe and Sugarbush, and decided last-minute to stop by Hunter on the way up.


Hunter 12/12: Echoing what's already been posted in other reports, Hunter was well worth the detour on Friday. Very heavy snow and low visibility, but great coverage, even on the "closed" trails. Runs of the day were Lower K27 and Claire's Way / Taylor's Run, plus the glades on the west side:

IMG_2764.jpg


Stowe 12/14: The snow was tracked out on Mansfield by Sunday, but we had several nearly untouched runs off the Sensation Quad. Stowe didn't get quite as much snow this week as Hunter or Sugarbush, but the mountain was still almost fully skiable... just a few more rocks and roots to dodge. Snow was also much lighter in Vermont than in the Catskills.

IMG_2813.jpg


Sugarbush 12/15: We were staying in Stowe village, so we planned to ski at Stowe again on Monday, but the Sugarbush mountain reports proved too tempting to pass up. Although the drive was cloudy all the way down through the valley, the sun was shining on Lincoln Peak almost biblically when we arrived. The fresh inch of snow didn't hurt, either... conditions were much softer than the day before. Runs of the day were Paradise (above the clouds) and Spring Fling (nice drifts piled up in the moguls down the right side).

IMG_2865.jpg


IMG_2909.jpg


IMG_2936.jpg
 
Last edited:

skiMEbike

New member
Joined
Jul 29, 2014
Messages
346
Points
0
Location
Maine
Nice Tour, report, and Pics.....Sugarbush is on my bucket list. Really need to get over to the Valley and tour MRG, the Bush, and Stowe.
 

JimG.

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Oct 29, 2004
Messages
11,989
Points
113
Location
Hopewell Jct., NY
Excellent trip and report.

I had to laugh when I saw one of the lines I skied Thursday in your shot from Hunter.
 
Top