Easter Weekend - Where Are You Skiing/Riding?

[dlague]

Take what Colorado gives you! :lol:
(sorry, had to do it)

Oh I will straight into June!

 

[Jcb890]

Oh I will straight into June!

Hell yeah!

 

[2Planker]

Fri - The Cat
Sat - The Cat
Sun - The Cat, weather dependant
Mon - The Cat

 

[ss20]

Killington. Northern VT/NH/Maine looks wetter Sunday than K.

Hopefully the snowpack freezes tomorrow night. You need temps below freezing at night for the snow to set-up, or you get ridiculous melting. That's what killed us in Feburary... a week + of above freezing temps at night.

 

[deadheadskier]

Wildcat on Saturday.

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[Glenn]

These last few days in SoVT did a number on the snowpack. Things looked good at Stratton Sunday...hardly a bare spot. Then you look at the mid mountain cam this AM. Yikes! I will say, they made the right call to close Sunday on a high note.

 

[kingslug]

Weekend not looking too good

 

[shwilly]

Mt Snow sits really far south and really low. It's almost entirely west of home on back roads for me living in the Boston suburbs.

Yeah. Conditions aside, from the Boston metro area, spending your driving miles heading west to get to ski areas closer to NYC doesn't make much sense crowd-wise most of the time.

We'll be up at SR for the long weekend. It's probably our last hurrah for the season.

 

[Smellytele]

Weekend not looking too good

Matters where and which day.

 

[abc]

Take what Colorado gives you! :lol:
(sorry, had to do it)

Which is not at its best.

Even though I'm in Colorado right now. 1) I wish I'm somewhere else (UT/CA). 2) I'll decide each day after the previous day's experience. While skiing beats not skiing, I have to say the current condition is quite a bit below average.

 

[catskillman]

If Hunter opens Saturday, I will be there. They were supposed to announce today, but as of now (5:30pm) there has been no announcement either way..........

 

[180]

If Hunter opens Saturday, I will be there. They were supposed to announce today, but as of now (5:30pm) there has been no announcement either way..........

Based on the web cam, they are not opening. Nothing left at mid

 

[urungus]

Was planning on using my last of a 4-pack of Mount Snow tickets this weekend, but based on the carnage on their web cam, will be eating the ticket and heading to Killington for first time ever on Friday. Any recommendations on which of the remaining trails will have the best coverage, or are a "must"? I'm not a tree skier and probably won't be going down any double blacks (only place I've been able to ski double blacks is Flatton).

 

[ss20]

Was planning on using my last of a 4-pack of Mount Snow tickets this weekend, but based on the carnage on their web cam, will be eating the ticket and heading to Killington for first time ever on Friday. Any recommendations on which of the remaining trails will have the best coverage, or are a "must"? I'm not a tree skier and probably won't be going down any double blacks (only place I've been able to ski double blacks is Flatton).

Superstar pod will have best coverage- they blow deep over there. The pitch on lower Superstar may be maxing out your ability...but you can check it out from the lift so you'll know. Bittersweet and Skyelark are hard blues/easy blacks. North Ridge will also have the best coverage with its elevation, short blues up there. Drop into the Canyon via Lower East Fall...another one of the "harder" blacks but there's a short trail that avoids the top part, which is pretty steep. You might find something navigable on Snowdon but that's about it. North Ridge and Snowdon areas will be your best bet for natural terrain.

BTW, if you're feeling up to it, Cascade is the "easiest" double black at K. Certainly don't try out Ovation without skiing another double diamond first. Stratton's expert trails don't hold a candle to K's, but the best time to try pushing your ability is in the spring...soft snow= edgable trails and little chance of an uncontrolled slide.

 

[Bostonian]

I'll be at Wildcat Saturday!

 

[skimagic]

I will also be relocating to Killington from Mt snow for Friday Saturday. Mt snow lost 21 "trails" in 3 days. North face down to 3. Kudos on their park though, it looks to be in great shape.

 

[bdfreetuna]

Killington doesn't look to have lost very much at all compared to last weekend.. might be up for another day Saturday

 

[urungus]

Superstar pod will have best coverage- they blow deep over there. The pitch on lower Superstar may be maxing out your ability...but you can check it out from the lift so you'll know. Bittersweet and Skyelark are hard blues/easy blacks. North Ridge will also have the best coverage with its elevation, short blues up there. Drop into the Canyon via Lower East Fall...another one of the "harder" blacks but there's a short trail that avoids the top part, which is pretty steep. You might find something navigable on Snowdon but that's about it. North Ridge and Snowdon areas will be your best bet for natural terrain.

BTW, if you're feeling up to it, Cascade is the "easiest" double black at K. Certainly don't try out Ovation without skiing another double diamond first. Stratton's expert trails don't hold a candle to K's, but the best time to try pushing your ability is in the spring...soft snow= edgable trails and little chance of an uncontrolled slide.

Thanks for the tips, looking forward to my first visit!

 

[Jcb890]

Superstar pod will have best coverage- they blow deep over there. The pitch on lower Superstar may be maxing out your ability...but you can check it out from the lift so you'll know. Bittersweet and Skyelark are hard blues/easy blacks. North Ridge will also have the best coverage with its elevation, short blues up there. Drop into the Canyon via Lower East Fall...another one of the "harder" blacks but there's a short trail that avoids the top part, which is pretty steep. You might find something navigable on Snowdon but that's about it. North Ridge and Snowdon areas will be your best bet for natural terrain.

BTW, if you're feeling up to it, Cascade is the "easiest" double black at K. Certainly don't try out Ovation without skiing another double diamond first. Stratton's expert trails don't hold a candle to K's, but the best time to try pushing your ability is in the spring...soft snow= edgable trails and little chance of an uncontrolled slide.

Also, it sounds like both East Fall and Superstar will be groomed, so he may want to give those a shot first while they're still groomed in the AM. I'm not sure about Cascade, I'm sending Killington an FB message now to ask.

 

[bdfreetuna]

Was planning on using my last of a 4-pack of Mount Snow tickets this weekend, but based on the carnage on their web cam, will be eating the ticket and heading to Killington for first time ever on Friday. Any recommendations on which of the remaining trails will have the best coverage, or are a "must"? I'm not a tree skier and probably won't be going down any double blacks (only place I've been able to ski double blacks is Flatton).

ss20 covered it pretty well. I agree East Fall is a must, it's a solid black but it's short, though it feels long, just about the perfect pitch and softens up nicely.

Escapade and Downdraft are double blacks that will have good coverage and they only have a short steep section towards the bottom. Most of these trails would not be rated a double. These should not intimidate you much. Double Dipper you can see from the Canyon Quad, it barely qualifies as a double black also.

You should be able to ski just about the whole available terrain this weekend so just point your skis whichever direction you like. Only trails I'd recommend avoiding if you're looking to avoid true double blacks would be Outer Limits and Ovation.