• Welcome to AlpineZone, the largest online community of skiers and snowboarders in the Northeast!

    You may have to REGISTER before you can post. Registering is FREE, gets rid of the majority of advertisements, and lets you participate in giveaways and other AlpineZone events!

Ascutney Mountain Sold!

catsup948

New member
Joined
Dec 6, 2007
Messages
1,026
Points
0
Location
Shelburne Falls, MA
My last memory of Ascutney was in 2008. Warren Miller show gave us three possible Saturday appreciation days and we picked a day with a foot of fresh the night before!
:) Xwhaler was there with me I think! Awesome day.
 

skiNEwhere

Active member
Joined
Oct 29, 2006
Messages
4,141
Points
38
Location
Dubai
I regret not skiing there at least once.....

The HSQ really did them in. They only had 2 trails at the top, one of which was a double black.

It was very slick by 11. They had to start running the lift at nearly half speed, so they essentially had a multi million dollar lift that was in essence a fixed grip quad.

They were going to add another trail at the summit but went under before that happened

It was enjoyable but nothing really stuck out, you didn't miss a ton
 

thetrailboss

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jun 4, 2004
Messages
33,126
Points
113
Location
NEK by Birth
The HSQ really did them in. They only had 2 trails at the top, one of which was a double black.

It was very slick by 11. They had to start running the lift at nearly half speed, so they essentially had a multi million dollar lift that was in essence a fixed grip quad.

They were going to add another trail at the summit but went under before that happened

It was enjoyable but nothing really stuck out, you didn't miss a ton

The HSQ was run at half-speed because they did not have enough money to install the sensors/safety equipment to run it full speed!
 

skiNEwhere

Active member
Joined
Oct 29, 2006
Messages
4,141
Points
38
Location
Dubai
The HSQ was run at half-speed because they did not have enough money to install the sensors/safety equipment to run it full speed!

That's only half the story. One of my roommates in college worked there and told me that. They were probably too embarrassed to admit that they installed a HSQ with a lone blue to serve it
 

xwhaler

Active member
Joined
Nov 26, 2007
Messages
2,943
Points
38
Location
Seacoast NH
My last memory of Ascutney was in 2008. Warren Miller show gave us three possible Saturday appreciation days and we picked a day with a foot of fresh the night before!
:) Xwhaler was there with me I think! Awesome day.

Awesome day. It was actually a Sunday but only I remember those small details haha. Some cool terrain there
 

snoseek

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 7, 2006
Messages
6,424
Points
113
Location
NH
I assume they're keeping the chair to run lift serviced mountain biking.

Trails are already in place and going in at a rapid rate, not profitable like skiing but brings people into town. Trail system gaining popularity fast, closer than KT to many and better variety/tech.
 

thetrailboss

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jun 4, 2004
Messages
33,126
Points
113
Location
NEK by Birth
I assume they're keeping the chair to run lift serviced mountain biking.

Trails are already in place and going in at a rapid rate, not profitable like skiing but brings people into town. Trail system gaining popularity fast, closer than KT to many and better variety/tech.

Bummer that they lost the summit triple.


Sent from my iPhone using AlpineZone
 

snoseek

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 7, 2006
Messages
6,424
Points
113
Location
NH
Bummer that they lost the summit triple.


Sent from my iPhone using AlpineZone
No doubt, may it serve crotched well. For actual biking purposes I think it would be much too steep up there anyhow however.

I don't see them pulling any business at all skiing off that double. Plus its REALLY old and beat up.
 

thetrailboss

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jun 4, 2004
Messages
33,126
Points
113
Location
NEK by Birth
No doubt, may it serve crotched well. For actual biking purposes I think it would be much too steep up there anyhow however.

I don't see them pulling any business at all skiing off that double. Plus its REALLY old and beat up.

The HSQ is at Crotched; the triple is at Pat's Peak now.

I thought that the double looked really old and rough.
 

steamboat1

New member
Joined
Aug 15, 2011
Messages
6,613
Points
0
Location
Brooklyn,NY/Pittsford,VT.
Never skied there with the quad but skied there several times before. I thought it was a pretty good mountain. You did have to pick your days though. Low base elevation & not in the snow belt.
 

Tin

Active member
Joined
Oct 14, 2009
Messages
2,996
Points
38
Location
ZooMass Slamherst
The quad from there has been rough for Crotched, always stopping and I have been there 4-5 days and it has never started. It has still been great for the mountain though. Hopefully the triples don't cause issues for Pats.
 

Quietman

Member
Joined
Jan 7, 2013
Messages
732
Points
18
Location
SW NH
The quad from there has been rough for Crotched, always stopping and I have been there 4-5 days and it has never started. It has still been great for the mountain though. Hopefully the triples don't cause issues for Pats.

Crotched did some electronic repairs on the Rocket in early March that seems to have solved a lot of the stopping issues. I experienced no mechanical stops when I was there the last 3 weekends in March.
 

hammer

Active member
Joined
Apr 28, 2004
Messages
5,493
Points
38
Location
flatlands of Mass.
The quad from there has been rough for Crotched, always stopping and I have been there 4-5 days and it has never started. It has still been great for the mountain though. Hopefully the triples don't cause issues for Pats.
Yup...nice when it's running but the lines can get long when it's down. Didn't it have issues when it was at Ascutney?
 

Tin

Active member
Joined
Oct 14, 2009
Messages
2,996
Points
38
Location
ZooMass Slamherst
Crotched did some electronic repairs on the Rocket in early March that seems to have solved a lot of the stopping issues. I experienced no mechanical stops when I was there the last 3 weekends in March.

Good news. The two best snow days last year the thing was down. Looking forward to some West Ledge action again this year.
 

VTKilarney

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 5, 2014
Messages
5,553
Points
63
Location
VT NEK
Wow. $600 K is short money for 470 acres! How did they get such a price?
The land isn't really good for much. Good luck trying to do anything commercially viable with it thanks to Vermont's environmental regulations. Even logging it would have been extremely difficult. But the state will gladly tax a private owner who owns the land - they just won't let them use the land.
 

HowieT2

Well-known member
Joined
Sep 22, 2009
Messages
1,710
Points
63
I haven't been there, but I hear the mtn biking is good. Perhaps someone can make something of that.
 
Top