bdfreetuna
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I'm a long time Berkshire East skier, well, 32+ years since I was a kid and probably first skied it. It took me a while to get used to not seeing double chairs there, and there being easy trails off the back. I digress.
I went to Berkshire East on Monday and also today (Friday), as well as another time a few weeks ago. This is a highly unusual pattern of skiing local for me. I also skied Wachusett this year but I was very bored and left after skiing all open runs once or twice.
Not Berkshire East. I will return again! In fact I will return again with complete confidence, even if we're in recovery mode after bad weather.
This is not the Berkshire East of yonder years, or as you may have heard it "Berkshire Iced".
I am frankly amazed, for how few people actually ski there on week days, how much perfection they are delivering.
$22.50 for a full day pass with Ride and Ski Card btw
So the last 2 days up there have been better than any times in history at Berkshire East except powder days. Now, it's only about 2/3 of the terrain. For blacks you have Upper Comp, Flying Cloud, Chute (a small section in Mohawk). For blues you have Big Chief, Mohawk, War Dance. For greens you have Outback, Exhibition and Bolt/Thunder.
But the inspirational work they've done to produce a silky consistent surface on all this terrain makes many of these trails easy "let's do that again!" prize winners.
Damn, Big Chief is a good trail!
The surface was 100% consistent across every inch of open terrain. The man-made snow they are pumping out is next-level quality. There are fan guns set up in many places piling it up. I could tell lots of snow was made last night and groomed in.
Jon Schaefer if you read this, please take my highest compliments and may you be blessed financially and with help from the weather.
I went to Berkshire East on Monday and also today (Friday), as well as another time a few weeks ago. This is a highly unusual pattern of skiing local for me. I also skied Wachusett this year but I was very bored and left after skiing all open runs once or twice.
Not Berkshire East. I will return again! In fact I will return again with complete confidence, even if we're in recovery mode after bad weather.
This is not the Berkshire East of yonder years, or as you may have heard it "Berkshire Iced".
I am frankly amazed, for how few people actually ski there on week days, how much perfection they are delivering.
$22.50 for a full day pass with Ride and Ski Card btw
So the last 2 days up there have been better than any times in history at Berkshire East except powder days. Now, it's only about 2/3 of the terrain. For blacks you have Upper Comp, Flying Cloud, Chute (a small section in Mohawk). For blues you have Big Chief, Mohawk, War Dance. For greens you have Outback, Exhibition and Bolt/Thunder.
But the inspirational work they've done to produce a silky consistent surface on all this terrain makes many of these trails easy "let's do that again!" prize winners.
Damn, Big Chief is a good trail!
The surface was 100% consistent across every inch of open terrain. The man-made snow they are pumping out is next-level quality. There are fan guns set up in many places piling it up. I could tell lots of snow was made last night and groomed in.
Jon Schaefer if you read this, please take my highest compliments and may you be blessed financially and with help from the weather.