Mount Snow: Inside Track

[Glenn]

To quote Jay-Z himself, "allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is...." Jaywbigred...

Wow, it has been a bunch of years. Since we bought our condo at Mount Snow in 2009, and especially since Mount Snow started offering a Season Passholder Forum (I think 2013 or so) I haven't really used AlpineZone much. But it seems like Mount Snow closed down the Passholder forum after the Vail purchase, and I feel a void in my life! I was hearing bits and pieces of info on the lift shutdown this weekend, and a lightbulb went off "I bet folks are posting on AlpineZone on this!"

Glad to see Dr. Jeff and Glenn still active in here! Cheers everyone!

Welcome back! Good to see you here again!

[chuckstah]

I'm here today. Patrol said Ridge/expansion for the weekend. Did a quick run down each open trail. All good, but Chute is the place to be. Immature bumps getting carved into soft whales with a 2-3 inch sugar coating. No reason to leave the north face til it's time to hit the car. ChuteScreenshot_20191119-131242.jpg

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[jimmywilson69]

that looks tasty

[ss20]

I know you all hate me and think I know nothing but that lift from day one has been an issue due to the lift maintenance staff just not knowing it. In general that entire lift maintenance crew is very sub par and it’s scary. That new 6 pack is so next level different then the rest of the ancient garbage. It comes down to more training needed. Better wages. Vail will address this.

Actually I think you're very qualified on this matter. You probably learned some ins-and-outs regarding the lift maintenance staff while you were bumping chairs at Mount Snow. As each chair passed the hatred for Peaks within you grew and grew. You become determined to one day be free and share your infinite knowledge of the terribleness of Peaks on an online ski forum. Now your dreams have been answered by Vail, as the Reign of Peaks Terror slowly fades away into our memories, never to be repeated again.

[jaywbigred]

Actually I think you're very qualified on this matter. You probably learned some ins-and-outs regarding the lift maintenance staff while you were bumping chairs at Mount Snow. As each chair passed the hatred for Peaks within you grew and grew. You become determined to one day be free and share your infinite knowledge of the terribleness of Peaks on an online ski forum. Now your dreams have been answered by Vail, as the Reign of Peaks Terror slowly fades away into our memories, never to be repeated again.

Poetic! Love it.

[urungus]

A friend sent me advance scouting report on N.E. Time / Snowdance :

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[urungus]

Also a couple shots from Chute. Whales are starting to get a little icy:

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[Edd]

Skied Chute on Thursday, which was a lovely day. It was 80% scratch by that time.


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[bdfreetuna]

You were there Thursday too Edd? Might have had a chat with you on the chair and not even knew it, pretty few people there.

I skied from about 9:30 - 1:30... Chute was the worst run, the whales were a disaster, scratchy and sloppy

Everything else skied really well. Canyon was a lot nicer than the week before.

[Edd]

You were there Thursday too Edd? Might have had a chat with you on the chair and not even knew it, pretty few people there.

I skied from about 9:30 - 1:30... Chute was the worst run, the whales were a disaster, scratchy and sloppy

Everything else skied really well. Canyon was a lot nicer than the week before.

Ah, shit, I almost posted in the meetup thread, too. That would’ve been cool because I skied alone. Met a few nice locals in the bar, though.