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Pretty good out there today. Natural trails held up much better than expected. Great to have Slide Brook again - not so great to be stuck on it for 20 minutes at its highest point.

Call me crazy but I've always felt as though Inverness is the fastest of the fixed grips at Sugarbush, and a simple math calculation proves this. Granted this is not entirely accurate most likely but by dividing the length by the ride time, it gives you 493 ft/min, and in recent years it has...

They could take an approach like Superstar where it really hugs the ground for a little while, but that would close off a good portion of the trail which I'm not sure would be a good idea either. Personally I haven't noticed Heaven's Gate's reliability issues this year but maybe I've just been...

Interesting to hear that Heaven's Gate is getting replaced, or at least is planning to be. I really don't think a fixed-grip quad would be a huge upgrade, but we'll see.

They've been everywhere in Europe ever since the '80s. Americans have an obsession with always putting the bubble down but ideally you only put it down in poor weather. I think they're a great option, and don't necessarily need to be a fancy, heated Doppelmayr D-Line one either.

Personally of the trails that aren't groomed this season, I think that Steins, Cliffs, Birdland (upper) should be groomed. I always find that Steins rarely has enough natural snow to get bumped up and ski well, and once they have made snow on it, its usually an icy mess. I haven't skied it in...

Totally agree.

Last I heard it’s because due to the shortage of maintenance staff this summer, lifts did not receive all of their routine maintenance. Not sure, but that’s what I heard.

Lower Domino, Moonshine, and Semi Tough are the best practice bumps in my book. The upper section of Lower FIS is relatively steep but you can always cut in on South Bound and bypass that section.

FIS is quite bumped up now. This was it on Saturday.

When Otten put the lift in he signed a contract to never build in the basin. Now, even if the lift was never installed, the bear habitat would prevent the area from development and the lift would not likely be able to be built if it were now. As it is, I believe it can't run from May until...

Don’t know if it’s been posted yet, but this pretty much sums up the state of things over there… a ski jump next to a bunch of coal-fired plants.

The reality is that ever since Glen Ellen became Sugarbush North, there were ambitions to connect the sides of the resort. In the summer of 1995 there were a total of six lift projects, 4 of them being new installs. Significant oversights were made in terms of evac access and permitting that...

Last weekend really showed the issues with not having it going on such a busy weekend. The bus stops at both sides were packed. There was only one bus running the route and was at least 10 minutes late by the time it arrived. There was a long line of traffic going into the Ellen base so the ride...

I have no clue why and this was my only time ever seeing it, but during January/February of the 19/20 ski season, the skier's right had what seemed to be man made snow covered in a sheet of ice. Nobody was skiing that side due to it being practically unskiable. Instead, people were skiing the...

Last time I skied it in 2020 the skier’s right was pure ice and the skier’s left was much nicer in comparison. All of Sunday River’s natural trails with snowmaking were pure ice when I skied them compared to the ones without which were rather pleasant. Last year a bit of snow was made on FIS...

To be fair, nobody really skis the part of FIS that they blow snow on. That typically becomes pure ice and everyone resorts to the skier's left side of the trail with natural snow. It's virtually impossible to create a good, non-icy surface on a natural trail with snowmaking unless it is groomed...

Just off the basic Weather Channel forecast it looks like 1-3" on Thursday, 5-8" on Thursday night, and 5-8" on Friday. Even at the low end this could be a foot. Certainly something to keep an eye on.

Thursday and Friday seem to have some big potential for snow. Fingers crossed.

I take it for granted, but North Ridge is really crucial to the skiing experience at Ellen. You avoid the runout at the base and get to ski the mountain's best terrain on a fast, relatively high capacity lift. Hope it's back up soon.