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Your 2016-2017 Season Thread

WJenness

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27. Pico 2/5 woods were great all around- upper trails got scraped - outpost was rather crusty

Was there too. Upper mountain was nice first thing, and then got beat later on.

My first time skiing there. I was shocked at the amount of woods to be had.

I rather enjoyed the outpost area. Particularly sidewinder and the woods between Sidewinder and Pipeline (Doozie, I think?)

Will definitely go back.

-w
 

JimG.

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Undoubtedly the best $12 purchase of my life. Only a winning lottery ticket could top it.

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Forgot about the $12 lift ticket. Talk about discount powder shots!

I spent a whopping $22 for the day including the $10 I spent on lunch.

Great skiing with you Bob, awesome day.
 

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Was there too. Upper mountain was nice first thing, and then got beat later on.

My first time skiing there. I was shocked at the amount of woods to be had.

I rather enjoyed the outpost area. Particularly sidewinder and the woods between Sidewinder and Pipeline (Doozie, I think?)

Will definitely go back.

-w

Spent most of the day in the woods and yes the upper part of the mountain was nice in the AM. Best part never waited more then 4 or 5 chairs and I had a 2 fer 49 ticket I got at the ski show.
 

thetrailboss

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1. November 26, 2016: Snowbird
2. November 27, 2016: Snowbird (Powder Day--First of the Season)
3. December 3, 2016: Alta.
4. December 10, 2016: Alta/Snowbird (Powder Day)
5. December 11, 2016: Alta (Powder Day)
6. December 17, 2016: Snowbird (Powder Day)
7. December 23, 2016: Alta/Snowbird
8. December 26, 2016: Alta/Snowbird
9. December 29, 2016: Alta
10. January 7, 2017: Snowbird.
11. January 14, 2017: Snowbird.
12. January 18, 2017: Park City/Canyons
13. January 29, 2017: Alta
14. February 2, 2017: Deer Valley (Powder Day)

15. February 5, 2017: Snowbird
 
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WJenness

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Spent most of the day in the woods and yes the upper part of the mountain was nice in the AM. Best part never waited more then 4 or 5 chairs and I had a 2 fer 49 ticket I got at the ski show.

Very nice.

I'm on The Max Pass this year, so no (additional) out of pocket expenses.

Yes, 4/5 chairs was the max wait all day for me as well.

I was worried about other places being busy, which is why I ended up there. It ended up being the right choice, I think.
 

WWF-VT

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Yesterday was day 39 for me at Sugarbush this season. I’ve spent more time at Mt Ellen than Lincoln Peak and have had the good fortune of skiiing on many legitimate powder days.
 

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Day 22 today at Cranmore. It's dead here and snowing with 2-3" down so far. I'm having a great season with a lot of fresh snow days.
 

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1. 12/28 Camelback
2. 12/31 Mt Sunapee
3. 01/01 Loon
4. 01/07 Camelback
5. 01/08 Camelback
6. 01/10 Camelback
7. 01/14 Camelback
8. 01/15 Camelback
9. 01/21 Okemo
10. 01/22 Okemo
11. 01/28 Stratton
12. 01/29 Stratton
13. 02/02 Winter Park (Reaquainted with the Jane + Fresh=awesome)
14. 02/03 Copper
15. 02/04 Winter Park (freshies)
16. 02/05 Copper

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Duncanator24

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1. 12/2 Sugarbush
2. 12/3 Sugarbush (powder day)
3. 12/4 Sugarbush
4. 12/16 Sugarbush
5. 12/17 Sugarbush
6. 12/18 Sugarbush (rain)
7. 1/12 Sugarbush (rain)
8. 1/13 Sugarbush
9. 1/14 Sugarbush
10. 1/15 Sugarbush (snowy)
11. 1/16 Sugarbush
12. 1/26 Sugarbush (on/off snow fall)
13. 1/27 Sugarbush (lots of snow in the woods)
14. 1/28 Sugarbush (BEST POWDER DAY EVER)
15. 1/29 Sugarbush (on/off snow fall)
16. 2/6 Mountain Creek, NJ (actually pretty good snow, but no exciting terrain open to the public)
 

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I'm at Mountain Creek now and the snow conditions are great. Packed powder and some hardpack but no ice or boilerplate that I've seen yet.

That said, it might be crowded this evening because the Special Olympics start here tonight.

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I agree, snow was nice and soft. Plenty carve-able. I did night skiing the same day and it never got crowded really. If only the mountain had some black diamonds to ride. Really only Straightaway and Zero G were open, all of the Bear Peak stuff was reserved for racing the whole night. Kinda wish I ended up going out to Blue mountain instead.
 

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Yesterday was day 39 for me at Sugarbush this season. I’ve spent more time at Mt Ellen than Lincoln Peak and have had the good fortune of skiiing on many legitimate powder days.

Sunday was day 20 for me at Sugarbush. I've only been at ME for 2 of those days though.
 

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Sunday was day 20 for me at Sugarbush. I've only been at ME for 2 of those days though.

Oh man, you have been missing out! I have made it a point to spend at least 1 full day there every trip. Always the highlight of my trips there too. Sure I can find more challenging stuff at LP but no lines and the excellent flow of ME always brings me back.
 

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Oh man, you have been missing out! I have made it a point to spend at least 1 full day there every trip. Always the highlight of my trips there too. Sure I can find more challenging stuff at LP but no lines and the excellent flow of ME always brings me back.

Going to ME means driving right by LP for me, so unless I see it is crowded or expect it to be crowded I usually just start there. When Slide Brook is running I'm more likely to split my day between LP and ME. Two weeks ago when we had that powder Saturday I headed straight for ME. Even at 8AM the LP lot was filling up quickly so it was a no-brainer that day to keep on going to ME. I really haven't hit much in the way of lines at LP.

Also to be fair, a number of my days were in December before ME even opened.
 

Smellytele

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1. Killington - peasants opening day - 10/26
2. Bretton Woods - 11/13
3. Killington - 11/20
4. Cannon - 11/26
5. Bretton woods - 11/27
6. Killington 12/10
7. Pats peak 12/11
8. Bretton Woods 12/12
9. Smuggler's Notch 12/17
10. Pats Peak 12/22
11. Sugarbush 12/23
12. Pats Peak 12/27
13. Cannon 12/28
14. Pats Peak 12/30
15. Pats Peak 1/1
16. Ragged 1/2
17. Wildcat 1/8
18. Pats Peak 1/13
19. Pats Peak 1/15
20. Pats Peak 1/16
21. Pats Peak 1/18
22. Ragged 1/21 - Not bad - spring like. Still issues with the bar.
23. Pats Peak 1/25
24. Bolton Valley 1/27 -wind holds
25. Pats Peak 2/1
26. Bolton Valley 2/4 - great conditions in and out of the woods. They got 14" the day before
27. Pico 2/5 woods were great all around
28. Pats Peak 2/7 powder then freezing rain around 6pm
 

dlague

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October 23rd A Basin
October 30th A Basin
November 13th Loveland
November 20th Loveland
November 27 Keystone
December 2nd Eldora
December 10 Keystone
December 11 Breckenridge
December 18 Keystone
December 25 A Basin
December 30 Breckenridge
January 1 Vail
January 13 A Basin
January 14 Loveland
January 21 Breckenridge
January 28 Cooper
February 5 Keystone
 

thetrailboss

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1. November 26, 2016: Snowbird
2. November 27, 2016: Snowbird (Powder Day--First of the Season)
3. December 3, 2016: Alta.
4. December 10, 2016: Alta/Snowbird (Powder Day)
5. December 11, 2016: Alta (Powder Day)
6. December 17, 2016: Snowbird (Powder Day)
7. December 23, 2016: Alta/Snowbird
8. December 26, 2016: Alta/Snowbird
9. December 29, 2016: Alta
10. January 7, 2017: Snowbird.
11. January 14, 2017: Snowbird.
12. January 18, 2017: Park City/Canyons
13. January 29, 2017: Alta
14. February 2, 2017: Deer Valley (Powder Day)
15. February 5, 2017: Snowbird

16. February 8, 2017: Brighton.
 
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Dickc

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1 Friday, November 25, 2016 Sunday River
2 Saturday, November 26, 2016 Sunday River
3 Sunday, November 27, 2016 Sunday River
4 Saturday, December 3, 2016 Sunday River
5 Sunday, December 4, 2016 Sunday River
6 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Sunday River
7 Saturday, December 10, 2016 Sunday River
8 Sunday, December 11, 2016 Sunday River
9 Saturday, December 17, 2016 Sunday River
10 Sunday, December 18, 2016 Sunday River
11 Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Sunday River
12 Wednesday, December 28, 2016 Sunday River
13 Thursday, December 29, 2016 Sunday River
14 Friday, December 30, 2016 Sunday River
15 Saturday, December 31, 2016 Sunday River
16 Sunday, January 1, 2017 Sunday River
17 Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Sunday River
18 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Sunday River
19 Saturday, January 14, 2017 Sunday River
20 Sunday, January 15, 2017 Sunday River
21 Monday, January 16, 2017 Sunday River
22 Saturday, January 21, 2017 Sunday River
23 Sunday, January 22, 2017 Sunday River
24 Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Sunday River
25 Saturday, January 28, 2017 Sunday River
26 Sunday, January 29, 2017 Sunday River
27 Saturday, February 4, 2017 Sunday River
28 Sunday, February 5, 2017 Sunday River
 
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