March 20/21 Weekend

[SKIQUATTRO]

Annual boys ski weekend. Usually a game time decision on where we are skiing...this year we are looking at Jay, Burke, Whiteface, Gore and some others....will go where has the best snow...

I hear rumors that that weekend is school break for alot of kids in the northeast. Dont want to hit anywhere that will be jammed with folks...

 

[WWF-VT]

I don't think that's a school break time. Most schools have an April vacation and by then there's not a lot of families headed north.

 

[billski]

I hear rumors that that weekend is school break for alot of kids in the northeast. Dont want to hit anywhere that will be jammed with folks...

That's traditionally the start of the private/independent school 2 week break. You'll see kids but not enough to crimp anyone's style. College break schedules are all over the map. Neither should cause you to require avoidance strategies.

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

thanks....thought it seemed late for public school break....

 

[billski]

thanks....thought it seemed late for public school break....

Most publics break for one week in Feb, and one week in April.
The privates only have one break for two weeks in March.
The only public breaks to cause concern are those in the most populous states.

 

[campgottagopee]

Annual boys ski weekend. Usually a game time decision on where we are skiing...this year we are looking at Jay, Burke, Whiteface, Gore and some others....will go where has the best snow...

I hear rumors that that weekend is school break for alot of kids in the northeast. Dont want to hit anywhere that will be jammed with folks...

I'm heading to WF that weekend--skiing will be awesome and we'll get to watch the US Nationals!!!! Pretty psyched myself.

 

[billski]

I'm heading to WF that weekend--skiing will be awesome and we'll get to watch the US Nationals!!!! Pretty psyched myself.

You will probably be able to rub shoulders with some of our top skiers as well. I would have gone, but it is the same time as our out west trip.

 

[deadheadskier]

The privates only have one break for two weeks in March.

3 weeks. unless that's changed in the past 15 years.

At least that was the case in the Lakes Region Division. Vermont Academy (alum) Kimball Union, New Hampton, Proctor, Holderness, Brewster, Tilton, Dublin, White Mountain School

 

[deadheadskier]

nope, still three weeks. March 5th through the 28th. damn do I miss those days. skiing 5-7 afternoons a week during session, almost the whole best month of the season off.

 

[billski]

3 weeks. unless that's changed in the past 15 years.

At least that was the case in the Lakes Region Division. Vermont Academy (alum) Kimball Union, New Hampton, Proctor, Holderness, Brewster, Tilton, Dublin, White Mountain School

I'm pretty plugged into the metro Boston network and it's only 2 weeks here. Been that way for at least 13 years.

 

[deadheadskier]

well, glad my father had the resources for me to go. tuition has tripled since I graduated in 94.

also glad I chose a northern school for that extra week and the proximity to better ski areas

 

[campgottagopee]

You will probably be able to rub shoulders with some of our top skiers as well. I would have gone, but it is the same time as our out west trip.

That's what I'm hoping for. I've never seen a race of this caliber in person----can't wait to hear that freight train goin by me.

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

leaning towards Jay as we've never been, but WF and Gore are in the running as well...already hit MRG, SB, Stowe, Smuggs and everywhere south...will depend on conditions as it draws near

 

[snowmonster]

That weekend is be the end of spring break for some Boston area colleges -- Harvard in particular.

 

[billski]

That weekend is be the end of spring break for some Boston area colleges -- Harvard in particular.

Fortunately most of them head south for warmer climes and intoxicated behavior. :razz:

 

[severine]

3 weeks. unless that's changed in the past 15 years.

At least that was the case in the Lakes Region Division. Vermont Academy (alum) Kimball Union, New Hampton, Proctor, Holderness, Brewster, Tilton, Dublin, White Mountain School

Wow! I know where to go looking for a job when I'm done with school! :-o My SIL teaches at a private in CT but their schedule is on 6 weeks, off for 1 week, throughout the entire school year.

RE: the original question, college spring breaks probably won't affect you... ours is next week. Public schools around here had their time off at Presidents' Day week and around mid-April will be the next.

 

[2knees]

March 20th: Head to sundown, get my ass handed to me in the qualifiers, drunk by 2:00, heckle any remaining az'ers in the comp

March 21st. recover from hangover.

that's my planned weekend.

 

[snowmonster]

Fortunately most of them head south for warmer climes and intoxicated behavior. :razz:

My thoughts exactly, billski. I seem to be in the minority who wanted to head north for (moderately) intoxicated behavior.

 

[snowmonster]

leaning towards Jay as we've never been, but WF and Gore are in the running as well...already hit MRG, SB, Stowe, Smuggs and everywhere south...will depend on conditions as it draws near

I would recommend Jay. I was there 2 weeks ago. They're tearing down the Hotel Jay in May and they have amazing specials with lift ticket, breakfast and dinner thrown in. Of course, there's always the Jay Cloud.

 

[Masskier]

That's what I'm hoping for. I've never seen a race of this caliber in person----can't wait to hear that freight train goin by me.

Another high level race is the Nor Am finals at Burke on March 14+15