Sugarbush Opening Day: 12/6/09

thetrailboss · Dec 7, 2009

Resort: Sugarbush

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009

Conditions: SM/Variable

Weather: Cold, clouds with some sun

Report #: 1

Report: At long last, my season started. Though things are off about two weeks, it felt like forever. There have been some naysayers in here, but there were only smiles at the mountain today.

My plan was to get to the mountain at about 9:15 or so, to allow folks to break up any frankensnow so that I would get soft turns. It was a good plan.

I will admit that I was a bit :roll: at having not one but three "Sugarbush Sirens" approach me between the car and lift, warning of doom and gloom at the top, "big snow whales," and "experts only" terrain. I was :blink: as to if I had a sign that read "gaper" or something. They were well intentioned, but it made me wonder....was it that bad? I was prepared for the worst. Just before boarding Bravo, one of the lifties looked at me and said, "welcome, thanks for coming out."

Well, here are Win's "sketchy" conditions...I'll let the pics do the talking.

thetrailboss · Dec 7, 2009

Pretty rough going! Edge to edge coverage, nice soft snow...especially from about 10-11 or so...and not too crowded.

Sandy even did a photo shoot at the summit:

I skied about 10 runs before taking lunch and skiing one more. At 12:45 it was getting kind of icy and the bumps were getting odd. It was not bad at all IMHO. I downloaded and headed home after visiting with SRO. A good day and thanks for opening!

Warp Daddy · Dec 7, 2009

Hey NOT bad at all for Day # 1 ----

-- some nice shots or the snow starved

thetrailboss · Dec 7, 2009

Here is that picture that Sandy shot:

PomfretPlunge · Dec 7, 2009

Nice day, TB!

Cheers
Plunge

WWF-VT · Dec 7, 2009

It was a fun day yesterday. I was on the sixth chair up the mountain and you can thank me for breaking up some of that "frankensnow". First run on Downspout the snow was like styrofoam in a few places. Good news is that is did soften up and was skiing quite nicely by 10 AM. Conditions were better than expected. Looks like there was pretty good natural snow building up on Spillsville and lets hope for more terrain options opening soon.

Zand · Dec 7, 2009

Looks nice... I'll be on snow by 12:30 today. Looking like 2-4" of refresher later on and a big storm Wednesday.

RootDKJ · Dec 7, 2009

Great pics TB! TR's really bump up the stoke factor!

rocojerry · Dec 7, 2009

thetrailboss said:
Here is that picture that Sandy shot:

This one looks like frontpage marketing material.... Nice one!

bigbog · Dec 7, 2009

Nice pics TB....conditions anyone would gladly accept for an opening day.
Finally...some consistency in air temps...:roll:

snowmonster · Dec 7, 2009

Good on you, TB! Maybe my standards are pretty low but, if that is sketchy on opening day, I don't know what you call what I had to endure last month.

Re: Sandy's picture -- unless the final shot came from another part of the mountain, the slope angle looks much steeper in Sandy's shot than in TB's.

thetrailboss · Dec 7, 2009

snowmonster said:
Good on you, TB! Maybe my standards are pretty low but, if that is sketchy on opening day, I don't know what you call what I had to endure last month.

I was being

because the mountain was saying that things were sketchy...and as you can see they were not at all!

Re: Sandy's picture -- unless the final shot came from another part of the mountain, the slope angle looks much steeper in Sandy's shot than in TB's.

They were taking the shot at the Upper part of Organgrinder...which is where the old gondola used to end. I am pretty sure that I did take the picture of Sandy "taking a picture of" that guy. It is a decent pitch there.

All I can say is that my head is much clearer thanks to a day of skiing!

snowmonster · Dec 7, 2009

thetrailboss said:
All I can say is that my head is much clearer thanks to a day of skiing!

You can say that again!

In my case: All I can say is that I am less crankier around the office thanks to a day of skiing. My officemates thank the Rivah!

St. Bear · Dec 7, 2009

rocojerry said:
This one looks like frontpage marketing material.... Nice one!

Ask and you shall receive. www.sugarbush.com

bvibert · Dec 7, 2009

Looks crappy, sure am glad I didn't go... :roll:

Seriously, nice pics! It looks damn good! :beer:

Pennskier · Dec 11, 2009

"66 days for the 2007-2008 ski season!!!!"

Wow, I'm in the wrong line of work... I would kill for half that many days!

Great pics by the way!

billski · Dec 11, 2009

St. Bear said:
Ask and you shall receive. www.sugarbush.com

Wow another famous internet skier ("south"). After your TR, I'll be the place is mobbed F-S-S. Nice report.

rocojerry · Dec 11, 2009

St. Bear said:
Ask and you shall receive. www.sugarbush.com

Funny stuff!

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