planb420
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I would have paid to ride AND rented rental that I wouldnt need just to get em there.
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2012-2013 Closings
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steamboat1
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Spruce Peak & the gondola area at Stowe are closing for the season today.
ss20
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From Butternut's conditions page:
SURFACE
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SURFACE
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snowmonster
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I heard that South Peak at Loon was closing yesterday (Sunday). There was tons of snow there with only Ripsaw showing some rocks. Rest of the mountain will remain open for one more week.
MadPatSki
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Not sure SM, I checked this morning (just rechecked now and they're talking only 5 days left).
Latest updated list of ski areas spinning or thinking of it for this weekend. The count is 53 across the whole East. No reason to wait a few more days to post it, not many tentative out there.
A few of the big guns have closing dates floating across including a Jay April date closing due to the Stateside demolition. Sugarloaf and Saddleback are TBD and 3 areas openly having May date mentioned (K, MSS, SB).
The whole list is here.
http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/eastern-closing-thread-2012-13-part-2/
ScottySkis
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Platty this Saturday.
WWF-VT
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Email from Burke today:
With weekend forecasts calling for unfavorable skiing & riding conditions, the mountain will not be open this weekend. We would like to thank all of our guests and season pass holders for a wonderful season and look forward to sharing many more winters with each and every one of you! We are extremely excited to start new developments and mountain improvements this summer and hope to see you on the mountain bike trails!
With weekend forecasts calling for unfavorable skiing & riding conditions, the mountain will not be open this weekend. We would like to thank all of our guests and season pass holders for a wonderful season and look forward to sharing many more winters with each and every one of you! We are extremely excited to start new developments and mountain improvements this summer and hope to see you on the mountain bike trails!
Conrad
Member
Huh, I just checked their weather forecast and it looks like they are going to get a couple inches of snow for the weekend.
from_the_NEK
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Yeah, interesting that they threw in the towel so quickly. There is still a lot of snow on the snow making terrain.
I was hoping to take my daughter over to Burke for a few hours this weekend. I might still do it and introduce her to earning turns
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I was hoping to take my daughter over to Burke for a few hours this weekend. I might still do it and introduce her to earning turns
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drjeff
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Mount Snow is closing, JUST FOR A DAY, tommorrow, Friday the 12th (and given the "interesting forcast" for tommorrow, I don't blame them for that call) and then opening this Saturday the 13th through Monday the 15th, and then after that, depending on the weather and business levels this weekend will decide whether or not to open up the following weekend
C-Rex
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I came home from a business trip on the 6th and saw Sundown from the air on our way in. It looked great! I got all amped up to go the next day not realizing that I was looking at the last chance from the sky. Oh the irony!
Conrad
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Unfortunately Saddleback is closed for the season, not from lack of snow, but from lack of people.
drjeff
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Mount Snow is done for the season. Sure there's still a bunch of snow there on all 4 faces, and folks will be likely hiking for a while, but the crowds are dwindling quickly.
Had a great time today after we had finished skiing for the day sitting out on the deck at Carinthia with Vcunning, Glenn and his wife, my kids, Vcunning's youngest son, a few other friends and Mount Snow's GM for a while just reminissing about what a great season it was. Good friends, good weather and some good turns! That's what its all about!
Had a great time today after we had finished skiing for the day sitting out on the deck at Carinthia with Vcunning, Glenn and his wife, my kids, Vcunning's youngest son, a few other friends and Mount Snow's GM for a while just reminissing about what a great season it was. Good friends, good weather and some good turns! That's what its all about!
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Yesterday was a great day at Mount Snow. I would recommend you don't follow DrJeff's 7-year old son down the features at Carinthia. Glenn has a new nickname "Double Eject". Glenn shot this photo from the deck. Great Day. Great Year. Great Friends & Staff.
Mount Snow is done for the season. Sure there's still a bunch of snow there on all 4 faces, and folks will be likely hiking for a while, but the crowds are dwindling quickly.
Had a great time today after we had finished skiing for the day sitting out on the deck at Carinthia with Vcunning, Glenn and his wife, my kids, Vcunning's youngest son, a few other friends and Mount Snow's GM for a while just reminissing about what a great season it was. Good friends, good weather and some good turns! That's what its all about!
MadPatSki
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The number of ski areas in the more remote places of Quebec shutdown this weekend for the same reason. The same could be said with Smokey Mountain in Labrador.
Encourage ski areas to spin lifts...go skiing if you can.
Conrad
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Someone posted this photo of Sunday River's last day. I guess free really gets people's attention!
Riverskier
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Someone posted this photo of Sunday River's last day. I guess free really gets people's attention!
Yeah, it sucked. Most people were in very good spirits and seemed to have a good attitude, so perhaps I am in the minority with the negativity, but that is not how I wanted to close out my Sunday River season. If they are going to do the free day, they should run more than one lift. Just running Locke or Spruce would have made all the difference. Oh well, my season is not done, and I am looking forward to one final day at Sugarloaf.
Seeing that photo makes me not feel so bad that I had to work yesterday and couldn't go. I could definitely see a Sunday River pass holder being upset that their final day of the season had such massive lift lines. Agree that running Locke or Spruce would've been the right call and doing right by their season pass holders. Last Monday, skiers came out in droves (myself included) for the $17.76 special at Bretton Woods. They only had one lift spinning to start the day and the lift lines were some of the longest I'd been in all season. They ended up opening the Summit Quad after an hour or so (with managers helping run the lifts) as people were visibly upset with the long waits. It made a HUGE difference, and I don't think anyone left the mountain upset that day.
Riverskier
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Yeah, you didn't miss out on anything other than frustration. The skiing was good and they have a ton of snow left, but I simply don't have the patience for lines that long. I really don't understand why they didn't have Spruce or Locke on stand by in case things got crazy. I mean, a free ski day is a marketing thing, and I can't imagine anyone leaving yesterday thinking about how they can't wait to get back there. If I had never been there before I would never want to go back! In the future if they are planning to spin only one lift I will sit the day out. Like you alluded to though, it sucks as a regular/passholder, as I enjoy being there on the last day and closing down the mountain.
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