xwhaler
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Stowe next Sunday final day. Bush trying for May 1. K TBD
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Closing Dates for New England Mountains - 2015
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steamboat1
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Today is the last day for the Killington gondola. Only the Superstar pod will have lift serviced skiing.
Jcb890
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Already down to Superstar? Damn, that's depressing.
steamboat1
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Shame since there is still plenty of snow on several routes off K peak & Snowdon. It's the runouts getting down to K-1 that are getting washed out. Cascade was still wall to wall & deep when I last skied it Fri.
MEtoVTSkier
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More people riding the Canyon quad today on the webcam, than I've seen all season.
steamboat1
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Likely due to the fact that both Cascade runout & lower Bunny Buster are nearly washed out getting to the gondola. Lower Bunny where it crosses the bottom of Conclusion had very little snow Fri.The loading area for the gondola before the steps is just about washed out. Cascade runout just past the Canyon Quad was getting bare Fri. I don't know if they farmed snow from another area to try to patch it up for the weekend. They didn't do any patch work the 3 days I was there this past week.
steamboat1
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On another note Sugarbush is going to a weekend only schedule after the 24th, conditions permitting.
Those areas are still covered...the area in front of the lodge is done.
That was the place to be all weekend.
steamboat1
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The area in front of the lodge was already toast by Thurs. Good to hear they patched up other areas for the weekend warriors.
180
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Double Dipper was awesome, as was SS
fbrissette
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This week-end has been absolutely stunning, buw it was hard on the snowpack. I coudl see differences in coverage from one run to the next.
Savemeasammy
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Except for the pre-run run out, Highline was good, too.
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steamboat1
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Good news for Killington Midweek Season Pass Holders - starting Saturday April 23, midweek passes are valid 7 days a week for the rest of the season!
The K-1 Express Gondola has now closed for the season. Superstar Express Quad will continue to operate daily through May 1, and then switch to a Friday, Saturday and Sunday only operation mode. Weather permitting, Superstar Express will remain open until 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays for the remainder of the season.
The K-1 Express Gondola has now closed for the season. Superstar Express Quad will continue to operate daily through May 1, and then switch to a Friday, Saturday and Sunday only operation mode. Weather permitting, Superstar Express will remain open until 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays for the remainder of the season.
Sort of...they seem to always target to end daily operations the last full weekend of April and then if conditions allow they "reopen" for one more "bonus" weekend the following week in an attempt to hit May.
Some trails were getting a bit thin this weekend, so I would expect their trail count to start dropping (I'd expect Lower Organgrinder, Birdland, and maybe even Jester and Lower Jester to be done soon). Stein's is still quite deep and shouldn't have a problem making it to May 1st though.
MadPatSki
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Didn't have time to answer as I was gone skiing. What a wonderful weekend, that is what Spring skiing is all about.
Well no one created a thread for 2016 and I don't necessarily like to mention my blog posts if there isn't topic related.
As per my annual tradition, here is my weekly post on the Who, What and Where? (see link for more details)
The best of Spring Skiing – Eastern Closing 2016 – Week 4
https://madpatski.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/the-best-of-spring-skiing-eastern-closing-2016-week-4/
Down to 15 (which now includes the Midwest) East of the Rockies. Only 6 are open daily.
Midwest : Lutsen, Ski Brule
Quebec : Fortune, MSS, MSA, Valinouet, Lac Vert, Comi
Vermont : Jay, Stowe, Bush, Kmart
New Hampshire : Wildcat
Maine : SR, Loaf
WWF-VT
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They should have called Jester and Lower OG done on Sunday. Lots of fast grass and rocks are all that's left in too many places.
I skied Lower OG after the Stein's Challenge was over and was very surprised it was still open at that point on Saturday. I was pretty amazed the scratches on my skis after that run were so minor as I definitely hit a few rocks.
Sons of Thunder
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Your blog has been a great resource to me these past weeks. You should post whenever you update it, as long as its within the rules here of course. Hell, you should have a sticky thread.
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