Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, March 9

[hiroto]

Damm, I totally forgot about the new DST rule.

I think it should be mentioned here so nobody miss the first chair this Sunday.

 

[2knees]

and i believe starting the following weekend, magic stays open till 5:00pm on weekends.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Sweet..it's great going skiing after work and having lots of runs in sunshine

 

[snowmonster]

I hope other mountains keep the lifts spinning for one extra hour and close at 5. Best part of DST is the drive home at dusk. Nice to see the road in sunlight.

 

[Greg]

I love the new daylight savings time. Like GSS says, better chance at some day light in the evening and also day light for the drive home when further north.

 

[Warp Daddy]

It is a great thing !!! nice to drive home in daylight

 

[hiroto]

I feel a little mixed about this. In spring, it is often the case it is icy in the morning, loose up later in the day as it warms up. In spring, glades don't get opened unless it is warm enough and egeable. This new rule will delay the warming of mountain by one hour.

 

[hammer]

I feel a little mixed about this. In spring, it is often the case it is icy in the morning, loose up later in the day as it warms up. In spring, glades don't get opened unless it is warm enough and egeable. This new rule will delay the warming of mountain by one hour.

Good point...but another way to think of it is that you can sleep in a bit longer now on ski days.

 

[WJenness]

I feel a little mixed about this. In spring, it is often the case it is icy in the morning, loose up later in the day as it warms up. In spring, glades don't get opened unless it is warm enough and egeable. This new rule will delay the warming of mountain by one hour.

Read the first editorial here: http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/187608/

I am guessing that most places will stay open an hour later on good days... so it should be a wash.

-w

 

[jaywbigred]

Was at Ascutney this weekend. They will be staying open til 5, FWIW.

 

[snowmonster]

Other benefit of spring is that I don't have to drive like a maniac getting to the slope to get there before it's all tracked out. An hour or more of sunlight turns bulletproof ice into nice edgeable corn.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Damn, I lose an hour of sleep on my birthday.

 

[drjeff]

I now use this event as a planning point when I goto Utah for a week. I plan it so that I fly home the day before (the Saturday) that it kicks in, thus, instead of being a 2 hour time change when I get back home to CT, the next morning when I wake up it's just a net 1 hour change - MUCH easier on the kids this way

 

[billski]

Happy Birthday!

Damn, I lose an hour of sleep on my birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Thanks. Looking forward to skiing tomorrow.

 

[ctenidae]

Annoyingly, I saw this thread, but didn't think of it- on the flight home last night, they had the moving map with "Time at Destination." We arrived at 7.15 last night, but while standing in line for Immigration we saw 8.15 on the clock. We were thinking "Geez this has been a long line" until the agent said "No, we changed the clocks last night." I guess British Airways didn't get the memo...

 

[kcyanks1]

Damn, I lose an hour of sleep on my birthday.

Happy belated birthday!

 

[snow*angel]

Dst

and i believe starting the following weekend, magic stays open till 5:00pm on weekends.

yup yup it does!!! can't wait!

 

[ALLSKIING]

and i believe starting the following weekend, magic stays open till 5:00pm on weekends.

Thats a great move by them....I wish more places would do this.

 

[reefer]

I think the whole daylight savings time thing sucks. It's taking an hour of skiing away. Was at Mt. Snow the past three days and things didn't get good until 10:00/11:00. They sure as hell didn't stay open after 4:00. I haven't heard of anyone other than Magic and Ascutney doing it. Just give me 4:30.
And screw the ride home. Get the priorities right.
Anyway the skiing was great at Mt. Snow. Three classic spring skiing days. Got plenty of vertical in. I'm just sayin'.........
Few pics from yesterday, (reposted from Jisch's thread):
Bear Trap (complete with revamped sound system), a couple of the woods, (plenty of cover still in there), and Chute.