2016-2017 Resort Opening Dates

[SIKSKIER]

SR opens tomorrow but no ability to purchase a ticket for 11/23 or 11/24 on their site.

I just went through the ticket buying link and got to the page to pay.$50

 

[yeggous]

I am struggling with my options for tomorrow. Mount Snow seems like the winner so far.

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[wtcobb]

I just went through the ticket buying link and got to the page to pay.$50

Looks like it's fixed now. Though their FB ad said it would be $39 tomorrow/Thursday.

 

[Jully]

Looks like it's fixed now. Though their FB ad said it would be $39 tomorrow/Thursday.

Impressed they're going with their traditional rate despite a lot more offerings than usual. Maybe they suspect it'll be tough to capture some of the market this weekend with everyone opening up.

 

[Jully]

Wachusett trying to open Friday too. Everyone is opening up!

 

[wtcobb]

I'm tempted for SR Thursday morning before turkey time. Otherwise I'll look to earn some turns early. Gotta work up an appetite right?

 

[bdfreetuna]

But living near 91 is a game changer!

I'm trying to sell my wife on the idea of moving to the Keene area in a couple years. Shave 50 minutes off the trip.

Okemo tomorrow:

"Our snowmaking team announced earlier today that when our three lifts spin tomorrow morning, the combination of six open trails will provide top to bottom skiing and riding for the third year in a row!

We will have the F10 carpet, Sachem quad, and our Sunburst Six turning at 9am. These lifts will be servicing upper and lower World Cup, Nor'easter, Link, Fairway, and Countdown! "

Effectively that's one mostly top to bottom blue run and one top to bottom black to blue run.

Okemo vs Mt Snow tomorrow= same amount of terrain but with Okemo's offering being more overall "challenging".

 

[Smellytele]

I'm trying to sell my wife on the idea of moving to the Keene area in a couple years. Shave 50 minutes off the trip.

Okemo tomorrow:

"Our snowmaking team announced earlier today that when our three lifts spin tomorrow morning, the combination of six open trails will provide top to bottom skiing and riding for the third year in a row!

We will have the F10 carpet, Sachem quad, and our Sunburst Six turning at 9am. These lifts will be servicing upper and lower World Cup, Nor'easter, Link, Fairway, and Countdown! "

Effectively that's one mostly top to bottom blue run and one top to bottom black to blue run.

Okemo vs Mt Snow tomorrow= same amount of terrain but with Okemo's offering being more overall "challenging".

Never heard these words spoken "Okemo's offering being more overall "challenging"".

 

[cdskier]

Yeah, I skied the one trail last year in Dec., but I was already in the area and it was only an extra 45 minutes. Trying to decide if 1 trail is worth 3 hrs each way.

I mean, I know logically of course it's not. But I'm trying to decide if I'm going anyway!

To a non-skier it would not be logical. To us skiers though, completely different story. Would be a 2 hour trip each way for me...but I'm "saved" from having to even think about making the decision simply due to not having my skis with me. I've done some early season skiing at Belleayre in the past, but I think I usually managed to hold off until they had more than just Onteora open.

 

[skiMEbike]

SR opens tomorrow but no ability to purchase a ticket for 11/23 or 11/24 on their site.

Just checked the SR PM report....They've suddenly changed their tune on "plans for opening day". They went from Barker & Aurora opening to this in the report: "The current plan is to open with top-to-bottom skiing on Aurora Peak, with access into Aurora basin from the Chondola to Paradigm trail. We may even open terrain on Barker, but it will depend upon how much snow we make tonight. "

I am a little annoyed because I would so much rather ski Right Stuff than Northern Lights However they did announce that everything will be left au natural (which may be the first & last time you ever hear that from SR). Either way can't wait to start the season !!

 

[Smellytele]

So Bolton got 25" of snow and still are not opening until 12/10

 

[bdfreetuna]

So Bolton got 25" of snow and still are not opening until 12/10

If Magic got 25" they'd have 39 trails open.

 

[chuckstah]

I was leaning towards SR for tomorrow over Loon, but without Right Stuff, the Loon offering sounds better and it's half the drive for me.

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[john1200c]

Anyone know what's going on at Wildcat? No opening date announced as far as I can tell...

 

[yeggous]

Anyone know what's going on at Wildcat? No opening date announced as far as I can tell...

I know they needed 36 hours of production to get open going into this window. And I know they didn't start at the base until yesterday around 9am, then had to shut down this morning due to warming temperatures. They only recently got restarted. Considering how much lower Sunday River is, I bet they experience the same problem.

 

[deadheadskier]

Bretton Woods reopening day was pretty solid today. Guns blasting all day on Range view, Crawford Blaze, Ben and the learning area. Glazed donut skiing, but the ungroomed area under the lift was skiing great between the little bit of natural they've received and blow over from the guns.

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[Jully]

Bretton Woods reopening day was pretty solid today. Guns blasting all day on Range view, Crawford Blaze, Ben and the learning area. Glazed donut skiing, but the ungroomed area under the lift was skiing great between the little bit of natural they've received and blow over from the guns.

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I'll probably be there on Sunday burning an early season ticket. Hopefully they will have a few more besides Range View open by then if not I'll have a tough time justifying them over Wildcat (assuming they open by Sunday) despite having the prepaid early season tickets.

 

[deadheadskier]

Wildcat plans to open on Thanksgiving. BW should definitely have three unique routes by Sunday. Maybe more

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[ss20]

I'm trying to sell my wife on the idea of moving to the Keene area in a couple years. Shave 50 minutes off the trip.

Okemo tomorrow:

"Our snowmaking team announced earlier today that when our three lifts spin tomorrow morning, the combination of six open trails will provide top to bottom skiing and riding for the third year in a row!

We will have the F10 carpet, Sachem quad, and our Sunburst Six turning at 9am. These lifts will be servicing upper and lower World Cup, Nor'easter, Link, Fairway, and Countdown! "

Effectively that's one mostly top to bottom blue run and one top to bottom black to blue run.

Okemo vs Mt Snow tomorrow= same amount of terrain but with Okemo's offering being more overall "challenging".

Mount Snow you have Cascade-Canyon and Long John TTB with The Gulch as a nice 600 vertical foot option on the lower mountain. I've been watching Okemo closely to see if they'd be in the cards for me. I do like World Cup as a nice trail. Nor'east on the other hand is just a widened lift line from one of the old pomas with no character.

I also think it's really stupid that Okemo can't blow Lower Mountain road. But it's been like that for years. So because of that you have to be shuttled via bus up to the Northstar, or in good years take the carpet at the base to the Sachem quad. The amount of snow it would take to get Lower Mountain Road covered is so minute it's painful when they get multiple routes down from the top but they can't blow the 1/4 of a mile from one of the South Ridge lifts to the Northstar. It's not saving money- instead of running a South Ridge quad they have to run the carpet and Sachem as connecting lifts.

 

[snoseek]

I'll be at the Cat on Sunday I think. Lynx top to bottom will be great for getting my legs back. Hoping maybe they get an additional route like polecat to relieve trail crowding but I don't dare to deal with the mt snow crowds