dlague
Active member
Well we decided to make the trek to Sugarbush ffrom New Hampsire! Our attitude - we will ski what ever we get since it is a free ski day after all! We arrived with temps around 70 at 11 am. We were stoked to make a few runs and call it a season so we booted up in the parking lot and headed for the lift. It was a shorts and t-shirt (or on my wifes case a skirt and t-shirt day). I have to say a skirt with ski boots on - well that is hot!
As we got past the buildings we realized that the lift that was operating was close to the Wunderbar - to the hike up continued! As we rounded the corner, we thought - holy lift line! The line was about a 20-30 minute wait which is when we decided that two runs and done. We got on the lift and we were super excited about the season we have had - 36 days. I know - there are many of you who killed that number but it was our personal best and that was skiing twice each weekend through most of the winter and a couple night skiing sessions! Mid week is not usually in the cards due to work!
As we got off the lift and looked down Stein's Run - and my wife's first reactions was "this is a double black?". She never skied anything marked as a double black so panic set in! I basically told here to use her skills and use the bumps and the entire trail for control! dropping in was probably the most terrifying for her - but after that she did great! In fact, it skied rather easy since the huge bumps from earlier in the season were much smaller - so the classification as double black was probably more intimidating than the actual trail for her. After that first run she felt confident enough to give it one more try and then we called in a season! Waiting in line was expected but twice was good for us!
We headed into Castlerock Pub for a bite and a beverage and the vibe was cool, relaxed and there were smiles everywhere! It was a great way to end the season and my wife found out that she can ski better than she thinks! Although she still hates bump skiing!
Thank you Sugarbush!
Moderate bumps!
Lift Line (more people behind us)
Stein's Run to the right!
Skiing in a skirt!
Definitely a shorts day!
As we got past the buildings we realized that the lift that was operating was close to the Wunderbar - to the hike up continued! As we rounded the corner, we thought - holy lift line! The line was about a 20-30 minute wait which is when we decided that two runs and done. We got on the lift and we were super excited about the season we have had - 36 days. I know - there are many of you who killed that number but it was our personal best and that was skiing twice each weekend through most of the winter and a couple night skiing sessions! Mid week is not usually in the cards due to work!
As we got off the lift and looked down Stein's Run - and my wife's first reactions was "this is a double black?". She never skied anything marked as a double black so panic set in! I basically told here to use her skills and use the bumps and the entire trail for control! dropping in was probably the most terrifying for her - but after that she did great! In fact, it skied rather easy since the huge bumps from earlier in the season were much smaller - so the classification as double black was probably more intimidating than the actual trail for her. After that first run she felt confident enough to give it one more try and then we called in a season! Waiting in line was expected but twice was good for us!
We headed into Castlerock Pub for a bite and a beverage and the vibe was cool, relaxed and there were smiles everywhere! It was a great way to end the season and my wife found out that she can ski better than she thinks! Although she still hates bump skiing!
Thank you Sugarbush!
Moderate bumps!
Lift Line (more people behind us)
Stein's Run to the right!
Skiing in a skirt!
Definitely a shorts day!