mrg vs sugarbush

[2knees]

just poking around websites since i barely skied this year, but how does the bush report 221" ytd and mrg 112" - 161"?

 

[deadheadskier]

marketing upslope or maybe downslope. depends who you ask. :razz:

 

[thetrailboss]

I think one begins their measurements when the first snow comes and the other begins when they open the area.

 

[mister moose]

Psssst, 2knees:

Here at Killington, the natural snow trails are covered well, except the south facing ones. With less traffic, being farther north, MRG should be fine.

 

[2knees]

Here at Killington, the natural snow trails are covered well, except the south facing ones. With less traffic, being farther north, MRG should be fine.

no doubt. i was asking as a psuedo newbie. just wondering how two areas 10 miles apart with roughly the same elevation can report such drastically different totals.

I'm sure the skiing kicks ass at both right now.

 

[KevinF]

no doubt. i was asking as a psuedo newbie. just wondering how two areas 10 miles apart with roughly the same elevation can report such drastically different totals.

I'm sure the skiing kicks ass at both right now.

Spent last Saturday and Sunday at Sugarbush. Coverage was thin on the natural snow trails, and was surprisingly worse the higher up you went. i.e., upper half of Castlerock was a rock garden, lower half was fine. That's not to say it wasn't fun -- it was -- but our skis were taking a beating for sure.

Spent last Monday at MRG. Way, way better conditions at MRG then at Sugarbush. In fact, MRG was the best I've ever seen it.

I trashed my edges at Sugarbush and then didn't hit a thing at MRG.

 

[HowieT2]

I think one begins their measurements when the first snow comes and the other begins when they open the area.

I think they both report snow from the beginning of the ski season. The difference being that because of snowmaking, sugarbush's season started before thanksgiving while MRG didnt open until around New Years and then closed again in january after the thaw.

 

[thetrailboss]

I think they both report snow from the beginning of the ski season. The difference being that because of snowmaking, sugarbush's season started before thanksgiving while MRG didnt open until around New Years and then closed again in january after the thaw.

Yeah, but that does not explain why their natural snow totals are so different.

 

[HowieT2]

Yeah, but that does not explain why their natural snow totals are so different.

I think it does because sb counted the snow in November and December when mrg had yet to open and therefore did not include that in their total.

 

[steamboat1]

I think it's because someone is exaggerating.

 

[HowieT2]

I think it's because someone is exaggerating.

I'm there a lot and they are very conservative with their snow reporting. if anything they under report. also there is a guy on americanwx.com who tallies the reported amounts from the green mtns and SB and MRG are always within an inch or two of each other. secondly, if the issue was exaggerating, the difference wouldnt be 50-100".

 

[skifree]

sounds like too much jim beam & purple erkle.

damn...i gotta get north!!!!!!

 

[riverc0il]

I think it does because sb counted the snow in November and December when mrg had yet to open and therefore did not include that in their total.

That might account for 30" tops...

 

[thetrailboss]

I think it does because sb counted the snow in November and December when mrg had yet to open and therefore did not include that in their total.

OK. Got it now.