Freeze Your Butt off Weekend at Mad River Glen

[KingM]

Mad River Glen just announced Freeze Your Butt off Weekend prices this weekend at $25 for a full day lift ticket or $20 junior/senior prices. It's hard to beat that. Just bring the boot warmers and your heaviest gear.

www.madriverglen.com

 

[thetrailboss]

LOL :lol: That is great!!!! I recall last season, when it was like -30F, Jay was offering free hot chocolate and coffee for those that braved the elements and bought a lift ticket. That was brutal then...they might have been opening themselves up to unneccessary injuries and frost bite, etc.

But it should not be as cold this weekend.

 

[Greg]

You beat me to it!

http://news.alpinezone.com/3002/

 

[beswift]

LOL :lol: That is great!!!! I recall last season, when it was like -30F, Jay was offering free hot chocolate and coffee for those that braved the elements and bought a lift ticket.

I thought paying $2.25 for a cup of coffee at K-1 was steep, but the price of a lift ticket for a bottomless cup seems rather ridiculous. It's like playing golf when it is over 90 degrees. Sorry, I'll pass.

 

[KingM]

Yeah, it's going to be cold, but not like that Artic Circle stuff we braved last winter. Conditions were about a 6/10 on Wednesday, but we picked up 4-5 inches that night, and it sounds like they've improved.

 

[beswift]

I just finished an hour and a half on my little x-c sprint track out my back door. It was cold here on Cape Cod. I used blue wax which served me well, so it could definitely have been colder. I don't like it much colder than this for downhill. At least with x-c you don't have to sit on some elevated chair slowly twisting in the wind and watching your nose fall off. It's often very fast once you get down to a green wax and all that cardio-vascular energy keeps you nice and warm. Nevertheless today I didn't even break a sweat while yesterday I was over-dressed.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

read the fine print

$25 is a great price but my advice is to bring your rock skis with sharp edges, if not, plan on a p-tex party for that evening. MRG reports 100% open but you need to read the fine print.