Hi all, first post here. I've got a long-planned trip to Smuggler's Notch starting this coming Saturday, through Tuesday. So, main skiing days will be Sunday and Monday. This is the first time I've skied in 5+ years, and we're taking our 4 year old for the first time. I'm dying with the weather this week, and getting very nervous about whether the trip will be a complete bust. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether Smuggs is likely to be mess in this timeframe? I've heard that it is not a great place to go when conditions are poor. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Need Advice re: this Weekend--Talk Me Off the Ledge
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mattchuck2
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Supposed to get 1-3" tomorrow night, and maybe a little on the back end on Friday . . . Also will be decently sunny this weekend, and if you don't go, you'll just be sitting home regretting it.
billski
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How about ballroom dancing lessons? (sorry, I had to be a smart*...)
Anyways, are you committed on your tickets? My take would be to see who recovers best: smuggs, stowe or jay and then take your skis and your money there. If you are flexible, you could bail and go to another area and just stay at smuggs. I know it's a hassle and you lose a lot of the benis of smuggs daycare, etc. Maybe try smuggs day 1 and then bail if it's not working out. Just trying to make lemonade.
Anyways, are you committed on your tickets? My take would be to see who recovers best: smuggs, stowe or jay and then take your skis and your money there. If you are flexible, you could bail and go to another area and just stay at smuggs. I know it's a hassle and you lose a lot of the benis of smuggs daycare, etc. Maybe try smuggs day 1 and then bail if it's not working out. Just trying to make lemonade.
SKIQUATTRO
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hey...we'll be up there Friday Night-Wednesday....we've been going in Jan (this time frame) for the past 4 years....the 1st year we started skiing on Saturday in 60+ degrees, water running down the mtn, by that afternoon it was puking snow and snowed everyday...Smuggs does a great job blowing and moving snow...it is what it is....temps are going to be getting colder with snow in the forecast...we;ll have our 5yr old in ski camp and our 2.5 yr old in Little Rascals on Snow....see you on the hill!!!
Can't comment on conditions, but I know Smuggs has a REALLY good cancellation plan if you're staying up there
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^^^ What he said ^^^
Your 4 year old will be psyched to just spend some time with you. Also, if you haven't skied in 5 years, you probably will just be easing back into. Have fun and please post a trip report. Oh.....and welcome to AZ!
Geoff
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At the moment, I'm planning to sit this weekend out. I've skied every weekend since the first weekend of November. It gives me a chance to touch base with people I usually don't see until the snow melts. I also have a substantial amount of chores I've been putting off until May that I can start getting to.
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Not really sure how this helps the OP, but knock yourself out... :roll:
WWF-VT
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Go and have fun..if you don't spend much time on the slopes it's good family time and you'll have a chance to explore the area in VT
Geoff
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OK. Then my advice:
This weekend, if you're on the ledge, I think you should jump and end it all.
I see no point in bothering this weekend. It's gonna be friggin' awful compared to the last two months.
RISkier
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We're skiing next week. Don't know what it is about us but our ski weeks always seem to coincide with warm spells. Guess we need to quit. I think the snowmaking trails and groomers will likely be fine by Sunday. The natural snow trails, trees, etc. got hurt. I know that Stowe had almost every black trail closed as of this morning, but they had almost all their blue and green terrain open. Places will blow snow, and perhpas pick up a few inchs of natural, and the groomers can work their magic in a few days. Go and have fun. Last year there was a downpour the day we drove up for our ski week. Conditions were MUCH more dire than now. We still had a great ski week.
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That's my point. The OP hasn't been out in 5 years so they don't have the past two months to compare it to...
SKIQUATTRO
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RI .... same thing with us...we always hit Smuggs either during or on the tail end of the thaw.....always had a good time though...was stoked 'cause i thought Robin Run and some of double blacks would be open (Robins is one of my all time fav trails) but looks like thats not gonna happen
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Took the family to smuggs for a week in April in 1999
We got thwere on Saturday and it rained from Saturday until Thursday
The middle child got the flu and was down all week, so the wife stayed with her
I took the kids to every factory in Northern Vermont all week, then to the fun zone
Except for my poor daughter, it was GREAT
This was at a point where none of the kids skiied yet
Went there the next 4 years in a row and had mid winter conditions
The kids can now ski just about anything
Well worth the effort
GO!
We got thwere on Saturday and it rained from Saturday until Thursday
The middle child got the flu and was down all week, so the wife stayed with her
I took the kids to every factory in Northern Vermont all week, then to the fun zone
Except for my poor daughter, it was GREAT
This was at a point where none of the kids skiied yet
Went there the next 4 years in a row and had mid winter conditions
The kids can now ski just about anything
Well worth the effort
GO!
billski
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why are youse guys taking your vaca during January when you know there will be a thawwwwww
RISkier
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My wife's work schedule basically limits us to going sometime in the first three weeks of January and then again for a week in later March. She simply can't get away from work at other times.
