That's still a little different than a power company outright saying "stop using power during these specific hours on this particular day since we anticipate unusually high demand" though.
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That's still a little different than a power company outright saying "stop using power during these specific hours on this particular day since we anticipate unusually high demand" though.
Shredmonkey254
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He needs to go back to wherever he came from. He is clearly not a SB skier.
Bingo. As you said, Killington was on the now-former CVPS whereas GMP provides electricity to the MRV. Different systems, different markets, different deals that were negotiated. Killington also was the 500 lb gorilla for CVPS along with Sister Mount Snow. Now of course both CVPS and GMP are one. I won't comment any further on that travesty other than to say that once again Vermont shows that while it talks about local control when the rubber hits the road big money calls the shots and monopolies rule the state in various industries.
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How is it up there? Sitting in the valley and it's all frozen rain.
Encore!
STREETSKIER
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Sweet morning dense sleet/snow did not get wet lots of laps got chopped and crowded amazing stuff
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Just the type of snow we needed. We feared an inversion but that did not happen at least at the Summit - maybe higher up. The first runs of the day were buttery and the snow is bonding well. It is getting chopped up as the crowd builds. It should all groom in well tonight and it now looks like snow will possibly continue into Wednesday. Early tracks tomorrow will be worth it.
Hawk
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3 to 4 inches of sleet. Actually skied great. I was on the first chair and skied steins. What a difference a day makes. Went up HG 3rd chair and it was a little different up there. The warm air must have moved in over night for a period of time as there was a coating of freezing rain from the top down to about spills. It did break up with skier traffic. Paradise skied great until skier traffic did its damage. I had a great half day.
I know it's just Monday, but what's the prevailing thought on this weekend. Saturday doesn't look good. I was planning to come up (5.5 hours) with my 17 year old daughter. But if it's gonna be rain on Saturday, I'll never hear the end of it.
ducky
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Unfortunately, my iPhone weather forecast says rain Fri 39˚ and rain Sat too 42˚. Subject to change though - stay tuned. Think snow.
WWF-VT
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Mt Ellen was a lot of fun today. Winds blowing hard at the top of North Ridge chair. Nice refill on Exterminator.
Just out of curiosity, is Summit not yet open for the season at the MEllen? Has snow been made up top yet, or was it similar to last year when the temps were better to make snow down low, and then a break in the temps, hence what's happening now? I know the chair doesn't give you much (FIS, BD, Upper Rim Run), but those views on a nice day from the summit can't be beat! From a business perspective, its better probably to have the terrain park and other lower elevation intermediate runs open at this stage of the game. In fact, this was an early opening of the big park.
Probably going to wait until March to make my trip up north for a few days. Next week I have off, but more pressing family issues have come up.
Probably going to wait until March to make my trip up north for a few days. Next week I have off, but more pressing family issues have come up.
kingslug
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Good day today..everything got better as the day went on..murphy glade was cool..run under HG chair was fun way to end the day..more tomorrow
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Ended up doing the Noon-4pm shift at North today. Fantastic skiing. Really happy to get out there after the ice we dealt w/ this weekend.
Shredmonkey254
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Why so popular?
Sugarbush thread is closing in on 700 pages, nearly 900,000 views. No other thread comes close, except big burke, which was a crime site! Why is that?
Sugarbush thread is closing in on 700 pages, nearly 900,000 views. No other thread comes close, except big burke, which was a crime site! Why is that?
How were crowds today? Maybe as compared to an average Sugarbush Saturday?
I'm not there, but anytime I peaked at the webcams I thought it looked surprisingly uncrowded. Super Bravo and HG both definitely looked less crowded than typical mid-winter weekend days.
kingslug
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Minimal crowds..
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