Mt Snow This weekend, Fri, Sat, or Sun

[Newpylong]

They did run the guns on the upper half of Snowdance like Vini says - last week. Only for a little bit.

I would agree with everyone, wait until Sunday, every minute of snowmaking after this crappy weather week will help!

 

[reefer]

Pretty sure Sunday for me based on all your reasons. Let them make some snow after today's monsoon.
Silver lining - the snowmaking ponds are full again.................

 

[bvibert]

I haven't started to re-jones yet...

Well that's apparent from the multiple threads in the T&E forum about the possible first weds night session at Sundown... :roll:

 

[Greg]

Well that's apparent from the multiple threads in the T&E forum about the possible first weds night session at Sundown... :roll:

that's just simply happy anticipation vs. pissed off jonesness...

 

[bvibert]

that's just simply happy anticipation vs. pissed off jonesness...

Gotcha...



Back on topic; if I had the opportunity to head up to Snow, or anywhere this weekend, I'd shoot for Sunday...

 

[tequiladoug]

they still charging $59 this w/e?

mountsnow.com: 3 p.m.: still snowing, 2" and counting. More snow tonight, plus snowmaking on all 12 open trails.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I skied Mt. Snow today and they were making snow all day on Upper Canyon plus it snowed pretty much all day long, sometimes heavily. It was definitely worth the 7 hour round trip. I think that after they are through with the snowmaking tonight it will be really good conditions for the weekend.

 

[Greg]

Well? No more TRs from the weekend? Noticed this on the snow report:

Everything’s getting groomed tomorrow except Chute (those “classic New Englanders” love a good ungroomed black diamond, tell ya what).

Glad to see Snow is continuing to offer ungroomed terrain. Good stuff.

 

[MountSnowReporter]

new for Thanksgiving week at mount snow

 

[ts01]

Quick TR - skied Mt. Snow Sunday 11/18 from about 9 a.m to 3 pm. Great opening day - I don't usually ski Mt Snow so I can't recall specific trail names but there was one long cruiser open from the top of mountain down to the base, which joined up midway down the hill with a trail down from a triple. Also you could around to the north side of the mountain on a shortish cruiser, which was empty and pretty nice most of the day until the afternoon when the sun was cut off. The most amazing thing though was the bump run on the north side - must have been Chute. Got kind of nasty by the end of the day but mid morning in the sunshine the bumps were really nice. And it was a genuine long, ungroomed, challenging (to me) bump run - not bad for November!

Conditions were excellent on what was open and it was a sunny, mid-twenties to low thirties day. Crisp air, great views, sunlight sparkling on snow and crystallized tree tops.

Crowds - not bad. A few choke points where trails merged, and towards midday when it got crowded and the snow chopped up a little more there were some "battle fields" (bodies littered everywhere). Almost got taken down at one point by a falling snowboarder (this was nature's way of reminding him I had the right of way as downhill skier). But also plenty of wide open moments when you could let loose.

Overall: Best opening day ever on the east coast. People were overwhelmingly positive and happy to be out there. The extra mileage and expense was well worth it compared to the one open trail that was promised at Belleayre (last minute change in plans). (Re expense: tickets were discounted -- $49 adult, $39 teen.)

 

[ts01]

Glad to see Snow is continuing to offer ungroomed terrain. Good stuff.

EARTH TO JIMINY PEAK -- SEE ABOVE !!!

 

[Greg]

Great stuff, Luke, Nice job again. You guys are doing a fantastic job with the positive PR and vids. Good stuff. I have a better feeling about Mount Snow lately than I have in years.

EARTH TO JIMINY PEAK -- SEE ABOVE !!!

Indeed. Don't hold your breath though. Jiminy has stripped most ungroomed terrain away. Cutter and the sides of a few select trails is it.

I love that Mount Snow is striving to offer something ungroomed this early while most areas just want to pin that base down with a groomer. Yuck. Who says manmade snow can't support bumps...

 

[ts01]

I love that Mount Snow is striving to offer something ungroomed this early while most areas just want to pin that base down with a groomer. Yuck. Who says manmade snow can't support bumps...

What was really strange about the bumps though is how they really seemed to change shape and texture over the day. Texture, I'm used to variability with sunlight and temp, as you go from hard frozen to sugary and end the day with hard patches and softer shaved bits down below. Shape -- these bumps transtitioned from fairly normal size and shape in the a.m., which the better bump skiers were skiing zipperline style (looked like some freestyle team kids), to very long ridges with very long flat scraped off portions by the p.m. I mean like 15 feet long, impossible to get a rhythm going. I would chalk it up to the of snowboarders who turned up mid day, but I wonder if it being mostly manmade snow made a difference?

 

[BeanoNYC]

I saw you shooting on the summit. Had I known it was an AZ celeb, I would have said hello. My favorite Luke snow report quote:

"With wind chill it's negative 40 at the summit. If your skiing today, your hardcore and I respect that."

 

[drjeff]

"With wind chill it's negative 40 at the summit. If your skiing today, your hardcore and I respect that."

I was there that day last February, I remember it very well, my wife just picked up her new skiis the night before and was psyched to get some runs in on them. Then, my 3 year old daughter really, really wanted to ski that day to (she was about the only kid in cub camp that did that day), so my entire skiing family was on the hill that day. I'm most proud of my 3 year old for that one

 

[BeanoNYC]

I was there that day last February, I remember it very well, my wife just picked up her new skiis the night before and was psyched to get some runs in on them. Then, my 3 year old daughter really, really wanted to ski that day to (she was about the only kid in cub camp that did that day), so my entire skiing family was on the hill that day. I'm most proud of my 3 year old for that one

Me too. I bought these huge Marmot mittens that looks like lobster claws that morning.

 

[drjeff]

Me too. I bought these huge Marmot mittens that looks like lobster claws that morning.

Marmot gloves/mitts rule! Warmest stuff I've ever warn, and they even keep my wife's hands warm!

 

[Greg]

http://news.alpinezone.com/20208/

 

[Newpylong]

I picked a crappy time to move... this year would have been fun up there...

 

[Marc]

I'm thinking Sunday. I'm guessing the crowds will be smallest and the conditions will be superior to the other two days.