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Your 2016-2017 Season Thread

WJenness

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Got my first ever trip to Stowe in yesterday.

Great day!

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New areas for me this year:

Okemo
Pico
Ragged
Stowe
Stratton
 

Jcb890

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1: Wachusett - 11/26
2: Wachusett - 12/9
3: Wachusett - 12/10
4: Killington - 12/17 - Amazing snow day, Happy Birthday to me!
5: Jay Peak - 12/21
6: Jay Peak - 12/22 - Another great fresh snow day!
7: Wachusett - 12/29 - Car got stuck, had to use un-plowed lower lot and hike up... great snow night!!
8: Stratton - 12/30 - Crowds were absolutely insane.
9: Killington - 1/1/17 - Great snow and small crowds, awesome day and great way to kick off 2017!
10: Loon - 1/2 - 1st time here in 10+ years, great conditions, not too crowded... a nice day of riding.
11: Mount Snow - 1/7 - Hard and fast snowpack day.
12: Copper Mountain - 1/15 - 2-4" of fresh... the altitude here is brutal.
13: Copper Mountain - 1/16 - Altitude still brutal, tried some ungroomed terrain... gnarly!
14: Copper Mountain - 1/17 - Resolution Bowl black diamond moguled hell.
15: Copper Mountain - 1/18 - Amazing "goomer" day, 34.6k vert. and 31 miles ridden... unbelievable!
16: Killington - 1/29 - Good coverage and soft but edge-able snow. Not bad... for New England :lol:
17: Wachusett - 2/9 - Powdah! Last night didn't suck!
18: Loon - 2/11 - Nice soft turns in the AM, PM freezing rain caused us to stop early.
19: Big Sky - 2/15 - What a glorious bluebird day!
20: Big Sky - 2/16 - Adventuring into some trees, great snow, gnarly terrain off the ridge!
21: Big Sky - 2/17 - Amazing "groomer" day - tried for 40k vert., got 34.7k & 33.8 miles, joined 60MPH club!
22: Big Sky - 2/18 - Last day, very sore. Worst ungroomed snow of the trip after wind and freeze/thaw cycles.
23: Wachusett - 2/22 - Spring riding conditions at night in February... fun, but not so good for the snowpack.
24: Loon - 3/5 - Hard and fast all day. Unfortunately some ice and a bit inconsistent snow.
25: Mount Snow - 3/18 - Nice conditions... I wonder how long their season will go.
26: Killington - 3/25 - Snow wasn't bad, a bit hard. Very FOGGY, couldn't see more than 20-30' to start.
27: Mount Snow - 3/26 - Arrived late to scraped off icy snow.
28: Mount Snow - 4/1 - April 1st POW DAY!
 

bdfreetuna

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keep the faith
Jcb890... get those 2 more days man!

I think I'm at 28 too, aiming for 30 this weekend at K and Jay.

Next year I can say will almost certainly not be as ambitious as this year. Looks like the wife and I have a little tunafish on the way!


edit: guess I am at 30 already... most days on the hill I've been able to do if you don't count ski team :D
 

Jcb890

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Jcb890... get those 2 more days man!

I think I'm at 28 too, aiming for 30 this weekend at K and Jay.

Next year I can say will almost certainly not be as ambitious as this year. Looks like the wife and I have a little tunafish on the way!


edit: guess I am at 30 already... most days on the hill I've been able to do if you don't count ski team :D
I'll get there. I was going to root you on as well, but looks like you've already gotten there, so nice work! Probably will go Sunday this weekend and then at least once or twice Easter weekend. Then I'll get to Killington at least once in May hopefully. So, 30+ seems reasonable and doable at this point.

Congrats about the little tuna!
 

deadheadskier

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1. 11/13 Bretton Woods
2. 11/22 Bretton Woods
3. 11/27 Wildcat
4. 12/4 Wildcat
5. 12/8 Wildcat
6. 12/11 Crotched
7. 12/13 Wildcat
8. 12/17 Wildcat
9. 12/22 Attitash
10. 12/26 Wildcat/Attitash
11. 12/27 Crotched - son's first day skiing
12. 12/31 Crotched
13. 1/5 Attitash
14. 1/7 Wildcat
15. 1/10 Wildcat
16. 1/14 Crotched
17. 1/19 Wildcat
18. 1/22 Wildcat
19. 1/29 Wildcat
20. 1/31 Attitash
21. 2/2 Crotched
22. 2/5 Wildcat
23. 2/9 Wildcat
24. 2/10 Sugarloaf
25. 2/11 Sugarloaf
26. 2/12 Sugarloaf
27. 2/14 Wildcat
28. 2/21 Crotched
29. 2/22 Crotched
30. 2/25 Crotched
31. 3/9 Wildcat
32. 3/12 Crotched
33. 3/15 Wildcat
34. 3/16 Attitash
35. 3/19 Wildcat
36. 3/21 Attitash
37. 3/24 Crotched
38. 3/25 Wildcat
39. 3/30 Attitash
40. 4/1 Crotched
41. 4/2 Wildcat
42. 4/8 Cannon



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ScottySkis

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I think I made 20 days before car stupid ass let to many tickets get license suspended and other stuff I not saying publicly. I live through everyone else's reports. Hopefully I get To move in NY RSS home in few years to Vermont or Colorado or Caly.

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4aprice

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Lake Hopatcong, NJ and Granby Co
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
17. 02/11 Camelback (injury)
18. 02/18 Camelback
19. 02/19 Camelback
20. 03/05 Camelback (equaling last years total and surprisingly good)
21. 03/09 Camelback
22. 03/11 Loon (coldest day I have skied in 30 years- Brutal, but good snow)
23. 03/12 Loon
24. 03/16 Camelback
25. 03/18 Steamboat
26. 03/19 Steamboat
27. 03/20 Solitude
28. 03/21 Brighton
29. 03/22 Solitude
30. 03/23 Brighton
31. 03/24 Brighton
32. 04/01 Killington
33. 04/02 Killington
34. 04/08 Killington
35. 04/09 Killington (what a weekend to close the eastern portion of my season A+
:razz:)

Alex

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medfordmike

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Today was day 42 and likely the end of my season. Great day to end it on weather and conditions wise at Pico. I might get one more Cannon day in next Saturday but if not no complaints. Besides when temps get over 60 I am ready for motorcycle riding season.

Some ups and downs weather wise but this is the most days I have skied in a season even though I lost the first few weeks of the season with an injury. I got good usage out of my Pico and Cannon B&B passes and I bought new skis a few weeks ago and got to break them in the past three weeks on some pretty good conditions which was an unexpected plus. All in all a great season and nice recovery from the last season. I am already thinking about where I will use the Max Pass add on next season.
 

xlr8r

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1. 12/11/2016 Loon
2. 12/17/2016 Wachusett - 6"
3. 12/23/2016 Loon
4. 12/31/2016 Killington
5. 1/1/2017 Killington - 2"
6. 1/2/2017 Okemo
7. 1/7/2017 Wachusett - 4"
8. 1/21/2017 Sunapee
9. 1/29/2017 Wachusett
10. 2/4/2017 Stratton
11. 2/5/2017 Stratton
12. 2/11/2017 Sunapee - 2"
13. 2/17/2017 Wachusett
14. 2/18/2017 Pico
15. 2/19/2017 Pico
16. 3/5/2017 Loon
17. 3/25/2017 Loon - 4"
18. 4/1/2017 Sunapee - 16"
19. 4/2/2017 Killington
20. 4/9/2017 Loon

And that is probably it for my season, unless I get the urge to go to Killington in a couple weeks. Today was a spectacular day to end it on at Loon.
 

Brad J

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Hit 40 today at MRG it was very good with great coverage 3/4 of the way down, Fall line was as good as it gets.
 

Cornhead

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1) 10/28 - K
2) 11/21 - Aqua Terra / earned
3) 11/25 - Greek
4) 11/27 - Hunter
5) 12/04 - Hunter
6) 12/10 - Snow Ridge
7) 12/11 - Whiteface
8) 12/17 - Greek, foot
9) 12/18 - Greek
10) 12/24 - Greek
11) 12/30 - Greek
12) 12/31 - Greek
13) 01/01 - Hunter
14) 01/07 - Greek
15) 01/08 - Greek
16) 01/10 - Greek / night / 4" fresh
17) 01/11 - McCauley Mt
18) 01/14 - Greek
19) 01/15 - Greek
20) 01/21 - Greek
21) 01/24 - Greek
22) 01/28 - Wood's Valley, McCauley, Song
23) 01/29 - Snow Ridge TWO FEET
24) 02/03 - McCauley Mt. TWO FEET
25) 02/04 - Greek
26) 02/05 - Snow Ridge
27) 02/08 - Middlebury, Bolton Valley
28) 02/09 - Stowe
29) 02/10 - Stowe
30) 02/11 - Gore
31) 02/13 - Plattekill Powder Paradise
32) 02/18 - Greek, 50° mid Feb
33) 02/19 - Platty
34) 02/25 - Greek
35) 02/26 - Greek
36) 03/05 - Hunter
37) 03/06 - Holiday Valley
38) 03/11 - Belleayre
39) 03/12 - Hunter
40) 03/14 - Belleayre STELLA !!!
41) 03/15 - Platty STELLA!!!
42) 03/18 - Greek
43) 03/19 - Platty
44) 03/22 - Greek YUCK, sunny at least
45) 03/25 - Greek, closing day
46) 03/26 - Song
47) 03/31 - Windham, brutal
48) 04/01 - Gore, foot o pow, no joke!
49) 04/02 - Gore, sun and 🌽
50) 04/08 - Bolton Valley, another late season powder day.
51) 04/09 - Stowe, Spring skiing at it's finest. 100% open on April 9th, incredible.




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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
29. Pats Peak 2/9 Powder afternoon
30. Pats Peak 2/12 (change of plans but worked out okay) Powda afternoon
31. Pats Peak 2/13 17" of powder skied everything and everything in between and outside the lines.
32. Wildcat/Attitash 2/18
33. Whaleback 2/19
34. Whaleback 2/20
35. Whiteface 2/27 Top started out good but got scrapped off by 12:30. bottom was soft spring turns all day.
36. Whiteface 2/28 great bluebird AM. Warm soft snow all day. better of the 2 days
37. Gore 3/5 surprising that the steeper stuff off the top (Rumor, lies and open pit) were the least scraped off. North side blues were good as well.
38. Pats Peak 3/10
39. Middlebury SB 3/11
40. Attitash 3/12 (Wanted to go to Wildcat - closed because of wind and cold)
41. Cannon 3/13 great man made - groomers were skiing great - not ice at all!
42. Sunday River 3/16
43. Sugarloaf 3/17
44. Sugarloaf 3/18
45. Pats Peak 3/26 - closing day with 100% coverage
46. Waterville Valley 3/31 - dollar day
47. Crotched 4/1 - 13 inches of snow!
48. Crotched 4/2 - very sticky must have had the wrong wax on!
49. Mount Snow 4/9- can't see myself skiing here much on my pass next year. Front side is very boring and almost too flat to keep going in the sticky snow.
 

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)
17. 2/9 Blue Mountain, PA (powder day!)
18. 2/18 Sugarbush (that recent powder dumping left some nice stashes everywhere)
19. 2/19 Sugarbush (very warm spring day)
20. 2/20 Sugarbush
21. 2/24 Sugarbush (Soft morning very warm, very rainy afternoon)
22. 2/25 Sugarbush (Spring day with 60+ temps, super soft moguls)
23. 2/26 Sugarbush (Mini powder day, despite the 40 degree temp change)
24. 3/18 Sugarbush (Lots of powder stashes in the woods)
25. 3/19 Sugarbush (Even more powder stashes at Mount Ellen)
26. 3/23 Sugarbush (leftovers from closed lifts powder day)
27. 3/24 Sugarbush (POWDER DAY)
28. 3/25 Sugarbush (difficult crust on everything, but lots of deep snow under it)
29. 4/7 Sugarbush (So wet at the end of the day, but at least it was snow falling!)
30. 4/8 Sugarbush (Powder day. Best day of the season actually)
31. 4/9 Sugarbush (I am so sunburnt, but it was so worth it!)

I have finally reached my goal of over 30 days of skiing for this season. And man what a weekend to accomplish that! By far the best ski weekend of the whole season. Every day included soft turns and tons of deep snow everywhere we looked. True powder on Saturday rather than the heavy wet stuff we usually get. And then crazy soft moguls under a warm Spring sun to end the season on Sunday. I might make one more trip up or do something out West in May/June, but I am more than happy to end the season on this trip.

Brings my season pass to a grand total of $12.07 per day. Definitely my favorite way to think about that!
 

WJenness

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Had one of my best Spring days in memory at Sunday River yesterday.

Absolutely incredible.

Next weekend: 'Loafing it... (hopefully).

-w
 

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
February 12 Breckenridge
February 17 Keystone
February 19 Keystone
March 5 Beaver Creek
March 12 A Basin
March 17 A Basin
March 19 Breckenridge
March 26 A Basin
March 31 Keystone
April 2 A Basin
April 8 Breckenridge
 
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