Loon South Peak Expansion

[LoafSkier19]

Tomorrow shows six lifts and most open terrain in NH. thinking loon is my best option tomorrow, then cannon over the weekend to dodge loon crowds.

Yep. Saw that last night and decided to make the trip. Really good conditions up top and a lot open already. Kanc trails are going to need another groom or two with all the ice marbles. But overall a great start for Loon

 

[sugarbushskier]

Yep. Saw that last night and decided to make the trip. Really good conditions up top and a lot open already. Kanc trails are going to need another groom or two with all the ice marbles. But overall a great start for Loon

Second that! Saw the first groom on these trails, and while expected, knew that they needed more attention to be good. Nice to see the expansion. Even yesterday's options were plenty more me.

 

[thebigo]

Loon tends to push trails out quickly, the result is often uneven grooming and death cookies for a couple days after opening a trail. They are however absolutely dominating their competition when it comes to getting snowmaking terrain open. It is not dust and run, everything open is DEEP. I would guess they start blowing cruiser and timbertown this weekend.

Open acres as of December 5:

Loon: 186 acres
Bretton Woods: 131 acres
Waterville: 75 acres

Not the same market but for comparison:

Killington: 211 acres
Sunday river: 208 acres
Stratton: 146 acres
Sugarloaf: 149 acres

 

[bigbob]

Come on, can't you guys find something to complain about other than a first groom. How about the Kanc opened 20 minutes late today! Great day today other than a cool start. Not crowded and pretty much ski on with few on the trails. Did I forget no wind....

 

[bigbob]

DHS, I was at Loon on Tuesday and they were building the park and had a cat pushing snow into the pipe at the bottom to the west of the gondi line. Almost all the mountain with the exception of the East Basin trails and Ripsaw were open or had snowmaking on them. Pretty impressive.

 

[deadheadskier]

DHS, I was at Loon on Tuesday and they were building the park and had a cat pushing snow into the pipe at the bottom to the west of the gondi line. Almost all the mountain with the exception of the East Basin trails and Ripsaw were open or had snowmaking on them. Pretty impressive.

Did you mean this message for someone else? I rarely ski Loon simply because of the crowds. I go early season some years as long as the day tickets aren't outrageous.

I like the mountain, think it's run well and I'm excited to see what the full build out for South ends up looking like.

 

[bigbob]

No, it was ment for you. I think it was last year you had commented that they and other areas don't build pipes any more. Just sharing that it looks like they will be opening the pipe this season.

 

[deadheadskier]

No, it was ment for you. I think it was last year you had commented that they and other areas don't build pipes any more. Just sharing that it looks like they will be opening the pipe this season.

Maybe? There certainly seems to be less and less of them. Not that I'm still riding them like I did as a teenager anyway.