MRG: why do you LOVE it....

[bigbog]

Haven't been there, however I'm looking forward to it.

 

[billski]

What I like is the lack of pretentiousness, nobody taking themselves too seriously, small kids skiing down paradise in a "pizza", ski clothes with duct tape repair, a general friendliness all around, everyone is there to ski and an awful lot of really good skiers.

"Mad River's bumper stickers...have become the pirate flag of the ski community" - Michael Finkel

 

[kcyanks1]

They had part of the trail under the waterfall wash out in the fall. They did some rehab work. It sounded like they were going to wait for a deep base before opening it this season. They specifically asked folks not to ski it until it has recovered.

Thanks for the info. Is the closed area just going to be the Paradise trail itself, not surrounding woods? (I've done more on the woods on the Fall Line side of Paradise than the other side, so as not to accidentally get cliffed out not knowing where I'm going.)

 

[bigbog]

What I like is the lack of pretentiousness, nobody taking themselves too seriously, small kids skiing down paradise in a "pizza", ski clothes with duct tape repair, a general friendliness all around, everyone is there to ski and an awful lot of really good skiers..........

Oh I can vouch for that....bootfitting visits, when living around Boston, were to GMOL @Stratton = quite a few days there. Loads of little kids up there, arriving after school, had to have come out of the womb with skis on...visit to the bootguys with plumbbobs probably came before visits to the doctor.

 

[thorski]

Nice terrain, Nice to step back in time and ski a mountain without snowboarders, but let's be honest. No snowboarding bunnies, No halfpipe, no park, and the single lift =LAME. Nice place to visit one time and that's about it.

 

[Cannonball]

I love the terrain. That's all.

I used to ski it a lot. Now that my sliding party almost always includes a rider to two I haven't been there in over a decade.

What I like is the lack of pretentiousness, nobody taking themselves too seriously, small kids skiing down paradise in a "pizza", ski clothes with duct tape repair, a general friendliness all around, everyone is there to ski and an awful lot of really good skiers.

This I disagree with. I have always felt a very unfriendly localism vibe there. Actually very pretentious and WAY too serious. Like if you aren't ratty enough, or don't have the duct taped gear, then you aren't one of the cool kids. I've felt more welcome surfing the north shore of Oahu (supposedly the meca of localism) than skiing MRG.

 

[riverc0il]

This I disagree with. I have always felt a very unfriendly localism vibe there. Actually very pretentious and WAY too serious. Like if you aren't ratty enough, or don't have the duct taped gear, then you aren't one of the cool kids. I've felt more welcome surfing the north shore of Oahu (supposedly the meca of localism) than skiing MRG.

Ha! :lol: I find this very funny because I think you are more likely to see folks wearing "Patagucci" at MRG than duct tape. I see more skinny skis, rear entry bindings, and duct tape at Stowe. As far as localism, I tend to think of that as the "MRV Vibe" rather than the MRG vibe. It isn't MRG's fault its located in the Mad River Valley.

 

[rocojerry]

.... because its a great place to snowboard

I mean tele...