Armchair Quarterbacking

[Greg]

Okay, what changes would you make to any given ski area to radically improve it, at least in your pseudointellectual opinion...? :lol:

 

[AdironRider]

Another intermediate option from the summit of Little Whiteface. Ive never had a problem but it would be nice to get rid of the bottleneck at the top of Excelsior.

And get that Tree Island Pod initiative in motion.

 

[bvibert]

No one else? It seems in other threads you guys are always saying "I'd change this or that here and there". Now you're quiet?? :roll:

I'd build up the summit of my local mountain, Ski Sundown, by a few hundred more feet and add a bunch more trails.

Oh, did you mean changes that were actually realistic??

 

[Greg]

I'd build up the summit of my local mountain, Ski Sundown, by a few hundred more feet and add a bunch more trails.

Oh, did you mean changes that were actually realistic??

Okay. You've inspired me. Here's what I would do with Sundown:

• Seed wall-to-wall huge bumps on Temptor making it live up a bit to its double black designation.
• Move the terrain park to Canyon Run, restoring Stinger as a great groomed cruiser.
• Seed a narrow line of bumps skier's right of Gunbarrel
• Cut some new terrain looker's right of Gunbarrel; a few narrow windy trails.
• Put a small pipe somewhere; maybe on Sensation.
• Grade under lift 1 to make it skiable. Install enough snowmaking to just get a base and then let it run wild the rest of the season
• Maintain the tree run behind the sundeck. I'm going to hike the mountain this summer to scope that area out (never skied it).

 

[ga2ski]

I would move Alta to next door to my house and install a weather system that would make light fluffy powder every night and sun each day. Oh yeah and it would be open 365 days a year.

Not sure if this what you meant though.

 

[thetrailboss]

At Burke:

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  Add snowmaking--three additional lines. One running up Dipper Doodle to Powderhorn and Wilderness. Another one right up Doug's Drop. A third spur down either Lew's Leap or down Camper's Carry/Upper Bear Den.

Sunapee:

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  Steeper terrain.
  Lower Prices

 

[BeanoNYC]

Put more intermediate options off the top of Hunter to eliminate the pinball machine effect on Belt Parkway.

 

[kingslug]

Install a lot more snowmaking at Hunter west so they can open all the runs.
Seeded bump runs there would be good too.
More snowmaking at Plattekill, even though it's nice to ski the real stuff, when they get it.
Open up more terrain at Belleayre, longer runs.

 

[Zand]

First, I'll buy Killington. There would be my plans:

Canyon Access Quad- K1 Base to Canyon Quad Base. This would allow for a much earlier start to the season as they could download from the Glades without trucking. They could start in the Glades, then open up East Fall and Double Dipper into the Canyon for experts. Open up K1 when they can blow top to bottom via a route down Snowdon.

Snowdon Express Quad- It needs it badly.

Skye Peak Express Quad- The 12 minute ride from Bear Base kind of sucks.

Sunrise Express Quad- Bring back all of the old trails and install snowmaking for them.

Rams Head Summit Double- Bring back those trails.

Wachusett:

Cut another trail from the summit to skier's left of Smith. Add lights to Balance Rock. Move Hitchcock beginner park to Frannie's Folly. Seed bumps to skier's right on Hitchcock like 3 years ago. TAKE CARE of the bumps on 10th.

 

[thetrailboss]

First, I'll buy Killington. There would be my plans:

Canyon Access Quad- K1 Base to Canyon Quad Base. This would allow for a much earlier start to the season as they could download from the Glades without trucking. They could start in the Glades, then open up East Fall and Double Dipper into the Canyon for experts. Open up K1 when they can blow top to bottom via a route down Snowdon.

Where have you been, Dude? They have not downloaded at K-Mart for fall skiing in a LONG time. They now are starting later and running K-1 and the Glades area/Mousetrap.

Snowdon Express Quad- It needs it badly.

I agree.

Skye Peak Express Quad- The 12 minute ride from Bear Base kind of sucks.

Agree. :wink:

Sunrise Express Quad- Bring back all of the old trails and install snowmaking for them.

Rams Head Summit Double- Bring back those trails.

Yep. Agree here as well.

Wachusett:

Cut another trail from the summit to skier's left of Smith. Add lights to Balance Rock.

Yes, they need another route off the summit. Won't happen though in our lifetimes. :roll:

 

[Geoff]

First, I'll buy Killington. There would be my plans:

Canyon Access Quad- K1 Base to Canyon Quad Base. This would allow for a much earlier start to the season as they could download from the Glades without trucking. They could start in the Glades, then open up East Fall and Double Dipper into the Canyon for experts. Open up K1 when they can blow top to bottom via a route down Snowdon.

I'd relocate the Devil's Fiddle quad to upper Cascade instead. Upload on the K1. Ski the new lift and the Glades. Download on the K1. That would be both the fall and the May/June lift like it used to be.

Snowdon Express Quad- It needs it badly.

No! Too much uphill capacity. Personally, I'd rather have a high speed triple where the quad is today and get rid of the fixed-grip triple entirely

Skye Peak Express Quad- The 12 minute ride from Bear Base kind of sucks.

I'd just install a footrest and be done with it

Sunrise Express Quad- Bring back all of the old trails and install snowmaking for them.

OK. I always enjoyed The Judge and Nor'easter on powder days and the Back Behind was great for lunch & a cocktail or 3.

Rams Head Summit Double- Bring back those trails.

I'd rather they did the interconnect plan where the lift to the top of Rams Head comes up from towards Pico.

At Killington, I'd also:

Limit ticket sales

Run the K1 and Skyeship gondolas as 6-seaters. I'd reduce other uphill capacity significantly, too. 20 years ago, the skiing surface at Killington was much better than it is today due to all the traffic. I'd yank every 3rd chair on most of the lifts and load the quads as triples.

Turn the downstairs of the peak lodge into a nice restaurant

Plant trees on: Double Dipper, Downdraft, Superstar, Devil's Fiddle. Those trails are all far too wide. I'd also put trees on Mouse Trap to fix that trail intersection mayhem on Snowdon.

Put the South Ridge midstation back.

Put toilets at the bottom of Needles Eye

 

[ga2ski]

Sunday River - Blow a good base on Agony, groom it, blow more snow and then let it bump up for the rest of the season.

Put a warming hut with rest rooms at the base of Jordan. Sure you can to the Jordan Grand, but some of people I ski with get cold by the time we get there and are too cold to ride up the lift and ski down Lollapalooza to the hotel. (names not included to protect the guilty):lol:

Leave the sides of more trails ungroomed.

 

[Zand]

Where have you been, Dude? They have not downloaded at K-Mart for fall skiing in a LONG time. They now are starting later and running K-1 and the Glades area/Mousetrap.

They stopped uploading because they didn't like trucking people up. Now they'd have lift serviced all the way up.

 

[SnowRider]

Jay

I would most definitly do something about the green mountain flyer at jay. It offers some of the mountains best terrain but its so damn cold! Maybe those plastic cover that come over you or something? Open more challenging terrain at Okemo. Make the sunbowl quad at Sunapee a high speed.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Open more challenging terrain at Okemo.

Wow, you can say that again. My wife LOVES that mountain. I like it too and Ludlow is a nice town, but I would never buy a season pass there because this intermediate skier gets bored quickly there.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

I'd close Killington and Mount Snow on the Weekends,every weekend.

I'd also universally increase he size of the Joey Berm at all ski areas to at least 18"

 

[BeanoNYC]

I'd close Killington and Mount Snow on the Weekends,every weekend.

I'd also universally increase he size of the Joey Berm at all ski areas to at least 18"

Hey! How will us Teachers get to ski!

I had to look up the definition of Joey Berm (The lip a groomer makes at the edge of a trail?) .... could you explain the reason behind an increase? I'm assuming its for safety.