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Where was your unfortunate mishap this year...Stratton, yes?
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Favorite ski area this year?
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Where was your unfortunate mishap this year...Stratton, yes?
steamboat1
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Yep, still recouping. Probably never see me there again.
sooooo, what happened?
steamboat1
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Stratton became my least favorite ski area.
Bene288
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Gore for me. I had about 10 quality powder days there midweek while work was slow. Basically felt like I had the whole mountain to myself most times. I recall coming out of a glade and going to Echo and there not being one set of tracks. It was probably 12:30 - 1:00.
gmcunni
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Stowe for me. 1st time there and will go back for sure.
ScottySkis
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Bump by accident, still Sugarbush this past trip was epic.
Phone did this again I was responding to another thread, WTF.
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4aprice
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Normally my favorite days come out of Big Cottonwood Canyon, at Brighton if its snowing, or Solitude after a storm. Last year however wa-loaf got the goodies the week before I got out there and my week featured no new snow. Not to say I didn't have a good time out there but it was a little different then I was used to. Therefore I give last seasons award to Cannon Mt in New Hampshire. 2nd Weekend in March was great there, weather and snow conditions were super (best I've ever encountered at Cannon) and I really enjoyed myself. 2nd would be a tie between Killington (2nd weekend in April) and a day at the Bird on the Utah trip.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
darent
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discovered smuggs, had a really good day with fresh snow , and these old legs didn't mind the slow lifts!!
MadPadraic
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Vail was my favorite last season, with Kirkwood a close second. My best East Coast run was at Cannon.
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Always love canon. Vail was awesome last year, might try to head back there
Johnskiismore
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Cannon!
skiNEwhere
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Favorite: A-Basin
Biggest let down? Beaver Creek by FAR
Biggest let down? Beaver Creek by FAR
ScottySkis
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Really I liked Beaver Creek granted I skiied it one day on my first West coast Vacation but I thought it had steeps especially compared to Vail. What didn't you like?
Smellytele
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Did California (and Nevada) fall into the sea? :blink:
skiNEwhere
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Where to begin......
I checked the TR, they stated they were 100% open
It was a bad day to begin with, I didn't get to the ticket counter until 1:50PM
So they wouldn't give me a military discount, I guess reservists don't get it, if that's there policy OK, but I bought a military discounted ticket under the same parameters at Breckenridge (both operate under Vail Resorts and have the same policy). If I knew they were gonna do that, I would have got a ticket on liftopia in advance.
Keep in mind at this point my jonesing was off the chart, I had just got back from Afghan and already missed half the ski season, and my gf had moved in with me and I had to unpack and get the dogs situated (all that fun stuff), so I had barley got out.
BC sold a "discounted" lift ticket after 2PM, but since it was 1:50, they wouldn't sell it early, even though the ticket would not scan as active when a liftie checked it, so I had to wait 10 minutes. I got the ticket, took the lift to the top, and did a few runs. Turns out that they closed a few of the glades, so they really weren't 100% open.
But maybe that was for the better, as the trails were sheer ice. I didn't think trails could possibly get that bad in the west, but they were like skiing wildcat on a bad day. I should've brought ice skates (I have videos on my old phone, I'll see if I can find them for you)
I was on a lift with an patroller, and I asked him a simple question about the ice and he gave me a sarcastic answer that I wouldn't have any trouble with it if I went around it, in a sort of condescending manner.
I went back to the ticket window to get a refund within an hour of skiing, but they said this wouldn't do that (not sure if they do it at all, or only not for mid afternoon tickets)
So I tried to salvage the day, and told myself I'll get a free cookie at 3:00. I showed up at 3:10 and asked the ambassador where the cookies were, and he informed me that they are only at 3:00. I don't know how long they serve cookies, or if they were running short, but that was the icing on the cake (I didn't even really want a cookie lol. It was the more the principal of seeing them live up to the reputation they try to push)
All in all, I thought the people who worked there looked down on you if you didn't look like you owned a 7 figure house on their property.
I can deal with a couple of those scenario's, but with all of that stuff, it just left a foul taste in my mouth. Maybe my expectations were way to high?
I know they can't control the conditions, but everything else they could of. Just felt like one of those days when everything is conspiring against you.
Yeah, you had a bad day, go back when the skiings good and its IMO on the better side of things along I-70. They get a different flow. Bring your own cookies
dlague
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Jay Peak
SIKSKIER
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Its always going to be a bad day when you start at 2:00.
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