The "Sugarbush Thread"

Kingslug20 · Dec 27, 2022

Busy on Lincoln today...
I'll give it a try tomorrow..maybe we get lucky and get a few inches..

cdskier · Dec 27, 2022

Kingslug20 said:
Busy on Lincoln today...
I'll give it a try tomorrow..maybe we get lucky and get a few inches..

Did you end up making the hike to Castlerock today?

Kingslug20 · Dec 27, 2022

Nope...looks like a long one...maybe with someone...my lungs took some damage building the new world trade center...can't hike like I used to.

KustyTheKlown · Dec 28, 2022

It’s a 15 minute hike with barely any uphill sections. It’s not strenuous

Hawk · Dec 28, 2022

It's not 15 minutes unless you hike very fast and do not stop. It's 20-25 minutes if you take it slow and steady with short rests at the top of the 2 uphill sections. By the way the vertical rise on the hike is about 300 feet between the couple of ups so it is uphill. Just being accurate.

Hawk · Dec 28, 2022

The blackout is doing a nice job at keeping the crowds down. It is really not that bad. I waited maybe 5 minutes at Bravo once or twice. No line at Valley house or Heavens gate all day. Demo-ing skis yesterday and today. Blizzard Ruslter 10's, Nortica 104 Inforcers and the Black Crow Artis.

Hawk · Dec 28, 2022

urungus said:
90 Minutes / 4 = 22.5 minutes per hike, isn’t that about average ? Took me close to an hour last year for a single trip, as I am old and out of shape - now that’s a slow hike.

I was kidding. Just busting on him. That is the average.

KustyTheKlown · Dec 28, 2022

Hawk said:
It's not 15 minutes unless you hike very fast and do not stop. It's 20-25 minutes if you take it slow and steady with short rests at the top of the 2 uphill sections. By the way the vertical rise on the hike is about 300 feet between the couple of ups so it is uphill. Just being accurate.

Fair. But we can agree as to “not strenuous”, yes? Especially compared to literally any hike-to out west. Assuming slug has dabbled at least a little in his travels.

1dog · Dec 28, 2022

KustyTheKlown said:
Fair. But we can agree as to “not strenuous”, yes? Especially compared to literally any hike-to out west. Assuming slug has dabbled at least a little in his travels.

If you get a little speed at top of Paradise and no one on trail, saves a 100 or so steps, then, when hiking with groups of people you get into a rhythm.

15 mins at best, I avg 20-25 mins but if crowded - 20 or more on trail, taking off and placing on boards/skis requires more time.

Its not a race, and the Church views are worth a stop. Sure beats 12,000' oxygen hike out west.

Sounds like the trails are well-skied in over there.

raisingarizona · Dec 28, 2022

As a regular ski tourer at high elevation over the years that doesn’t look hard at all.

It’s downright chill honestly.

HowieT2 · Dec 28, 2022

Hawk said:
The blackout is doing a nice job at keeping the crowds down. It is really not that bad. I waited maybe 5 minutes at Bravo once or twice. No line at Valley house or Heavens gate all day. Demo-ing skis yesterday and today. Blizzard Ruslter 10's, Nortica 104 Inforcers and the Black Crow Artis.

I love my rustlers (11s).

Kingslug20 · Dec 28, 2022

Just hiked out of lower fis at Ellen..so I imagine the hike to CR is no big deal.
Finding some good natural lines here..
I guess they really mean it when they say...long runout...

Kingslug20 · Dec 28, 2022

KustyTheKlown said:
Fair. But we can agree as to “not strenuous”, yes? Especially compared to literally any hike-to out west. Assuming slug has dabbled at least a little in his travels.

I used to climb baldy at Alta...not recently though...that was killer...

Hawk · Dec 28, 2022

Comparing this to hiking out west at elevation is not the conversation. Sounds like Mr. Slug does not hike a lot lately. I do the castlerock hike quite a bit and when I did it in 15 minutes it was basically as fast as you can hike, short of a jog. I was in zone 4 for most of that and a sweaty mess at the top. The question/conversation is can he do it. The anwswer is yes he will be fine. All you younger types have to cut us old guys some slack.

Kingslug20 · Dec 28, 2022

Need to hike more...used to a lot all year.
Now that I live up here I'm sure I'll be doing it more.

Kingslug20 · Dec 28, 2022

Ellen...what a difference from Lincoln. I was able to bounce around every natural slope they have...conditions are great...and empty.

I'm kerploopt...

shadyjay · Dec 28, 2022

I really miss my days at Mt Ellen... almost always a ghost town. It seems even moreso with NRX down still... any word there?

machski · Dec 28, 2022

Slug, was that the NRX chairless?

thetrailboss · Dec 28, 2022

Love North. I’m skiing at Burke tomorrow.

thetrailboss · Dec 28, 2022

machski said:
Slug, was that the NRX chairless?

Looks like Slide Brook judging by the towers and lifting frames (Doppelmayr). NRX is Poma.

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