skef
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Looks like it's wrapped but not yet sheathed (Superstar webcam). I vaguely remember reading somewhere its opening would be delayed thanks to the pandemic.
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urungus
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Yea...pretty sure they pushed the timeline for finishing it back another full year. So next year...
Smellytele
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ss20
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Day tickets available on the website starting this Saturday. Snowmaking on North Ridge and the top quarter of Superstar above Launch Pad. The real fun will be Wednesday night with a low of 24 degrees and no wind.
*sigh* I love(d) watching them make snow and trying to figure out when my first day would be. Everything happens so fast in the NE. Watch weather a few days out....get a good stretch of snowmaking temps...boom....you're skiing when a week ago it didn't look it. 69" down at Alta already in natural already.... I won't miss WROD season!
*sigh* I love(d) watching them make snow and trying to figure out when my first day would be. Everything happens so fast in the NE. Watch weather a few days out....get a good stretch of snowmaking temps...boom....you're skiing when a week ago it didn't look it. 69" down at Alta already in natural already.... I won't miss WROD season!
Abubob
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Amen to that. Areas rush to open with little terrain, poor conditions, and skiers lap it up. (pun not intended) Then abruptly close with full coverage because ... skiers aren't interested? There's just no accounting for people's thinking.
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It's a lot easier to justify spinning one lift for a long line than all your lifts (and spring grooming, which often involves big push projects to save the base area/thin spots even if most of the mountain is ok) for no lines. Props to Killington for Superstar.
Looks like Killington is on their way for this weekend. Any more thoughts on Sunday River? I may be over in that general direction on Sunday and if the skis just happen be in the car I may want to check things out...
drjeff
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If the forecasted temps stay in the general range they're thinking now over the next few days, and there's not some crazy inversions happening to them, then it sure seems like some turns at the River this weekend is likely
machski
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Whatever the River does, you must be a pass holder, Ikon pass or to clear pack holder. SR will not be selling day tickets super early season again this year.
machski
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Unless they are running an old video loop, nothing going on this morning or overnight at the River.
Smellytele
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Sugarbush said they were supposed to start blowing today 11/3.
ss20
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It was always a very marginal setup for SR. It's marginal for K and they're going to be a few degrees cooler than SR. This scenario is one where Killington can really kick everyone's ass hard. Looks like they'll be the only northeast player for at least a couple weeks as next week looks super warm
machski
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Yes, some people like to complain about the Peak Stairway, but it is a decent solution to their early season connection. SR has good ability up on upper Locke to get a decent product down fast (I've seent hem go from zero to really good skiing in under 24 hours up on T2, with an acceptable Upper Punch coming online later on opening day) but the download using only every 10th chair is a horrible experience with any type of crowd. To the point that I do not believe Brian Heon really wants to open just off the midstation. They realigned and regunned a ton of the lower Punch and Barker Basin this summer. I do not think that was just for midseason. It seemed to me much of what they did was to take care of lower mountain issues they have had super early season. I'm betting they will only midstation IF they have to (like mid month and they can't get temps to open otherwise). The only way to fix the Locke download would be a detach with a full midstation and I don't see them doing that there. The ROI just woudn't be there for what is a reliever lift the balance of the season.
Puck it
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Upper Cannon, Upper Ravine and Links under the guns.
ss20
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....just....why.... not an early season player and it's all going to melt next week when this cold snap ends. Either go all-out like K and get open to sell tickets or don't bother. JMO
Smellytele
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At night it will be below 32 up through next Tuesday and only in the low 40 during the day up there. Not nuclear
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Bretton Woods is firing up the system today. Hopefully they have a food pantry day this weekend as they always did pre pandemic.
Smellytele
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Usually a weekday I think
They'll stack it up. They don't play the first to open race but they sure do get aggressive early season getting stuff open in the past couple years
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