Brettski
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Date(s) Skied:
----April 4th - April 8th 2005
Resort or Ski Area:
---Smuggler's Notch
---Jay Peek
---Stowe
Conditions:
--- SN: Damaged
--- JP: Stellar
--- ST: Very Hurt
Trip Report:
What a week....that I thought was gonna be a bust.
Monday
Skiied in the Rain at Smuggler's. Snowing mid Mountain and up. Madonna was closed because of Fog. Still Sterling had a bunch of terrain in good condition. Still all, in all a good day, if not a staturated one. Condo is right in the village next to the welcome center...walked in to get my tickets and bumped right in to Hugh Johnson...he gave me the scoop...so I wasn't very excited to here that Sterling was the only mountain open, and I still had to drop mid winter prices for the 5 of us...
Tuesday
Got a late start...and everyone was sore from skiing very hard on Monday...took a drive up to Jay Peek...got there around 11:30...sky had cleard up due to a strong wind....only to find that the tram and the quad "flyer" where un wind hold...only had access to the lower mountain..everyone was pi$$ed..asking for their money back...we hung out until 12:30 (they would sell half day tickets until it's exactly the time for half day)...asked some of the intructors hanging out in the lodge the odds of them opening the tram...."zero or less"...ok...so everyone's leaving...the rain from smugglers was all snow...you could see some track in powder all over the top from the patrol....but no one else...and you can't get there....and then it happened...the wind died...there's no one else left...and they opened the tram.....
Skiing in untracked powder (bout 1/2 foot) alone with the family....goes in to the books as one of the top 10 ski days ever...mountains is open 100%...skiing some glades...Long trail makes a brew for Jay specifically called Tram ale...had to be the best tasting beer I had at the end of the day
Wednesday
Jay peek...100% open...great groomed out snow from the day before.....temps rise to probably 70 degrees...softens up at the bottom near the end of the day.....forgot my sunscreen....not a cloud in the sky...wish I brought my shorts...another stellar day....
Thursday
Rain forecatsed...good, I'm beat...rain never full ymaterialized...ther was more rain on Monday....showed the kids the sites...B&J's, cold hollow, Burlington (When are they gonna get new T-shirts at the Vermont Brew pub)...drove up to Stowe to show the kids the gondola and to check out the mountain...full fare and they are listing some of the trails as Partially open...I have never seen that before...Stowe looked to be in very bad shape...never got down to Mad River....next year kids...
Friday
Back to Jay...hey after seeing the other resorts and how bad a shap they were in....gotta go where the coverage is....everyone is now skiing everything..steeps and bumps..the 7 year old...just takes her time singing to herself...the 9 year old had some confidence problems after a little trouble...hey how was I to know the kitzbuhl was a double fall line natural ungroomed trail...anyway she got down...The 12 year old was now starting to link bunps through the zipper....I was impressed...not very fast....and he wanted to come back to that trail again...wich we did....just the 2 of us, while the wife took the girls back to some steep flat cruisers...everyone was toast by the end of the day....thank god for cloud cover all day....kept the snow much more firm than Wednesday....
What a week.....kids were bummed that smuggs closed most of their activities...well all....so ther fun zone place was closed...but they skiied so hard...there wasn't much energy left anyway...I'll have to download the pix and see how they came out....
Who said the season was over?
As a note, I got a family club card and it saved me a bundle at Jay
AND I saw the expansion plans for Jay....very impressive...should be completed in 3 years....
They have a new marketing director, and I think their direction is for a 4 seasons resort.
Also, they take canadian money on par with the dollar. Had I thought about, I should have made an exchange and used canadian money to save even more.
Anywho....a great trip....the ride back on Saturday was easy and beatiful going through Lake George...I could immediatley tell when I was back in Jersey....there's a distinct difference in the way they drive here...
----April 4th - April 8th 2005
Resort or Ski Area:
---Smuggler's Notch
---Jay Peek
---Stowe
Conditions:
--- SN: Damaged
--- JP: Stellar
--- ST: Very Hurt
Trip Report:
What a week....that I thought was gonna be a bust.
Monday
Skiied in the Rain at Smuggler's. Snowing mid Mountain and up. Madonna was closed because of Fog. Still Sterling had a bunch of terrain in good condition. Still all, in all a good day, if not a staturated one. Condo is right in the village next to the welcome center...walked in to get my tickets and bumped right in to Hugh Johnson...he gave me the scoop...so I wasn't very excited to here that Sterling was the only mountain open, and I still had to drop mid winter prices for the 5 of us...
Tuesday
Got a late start...and everyone was sore from skiing very hard on Monday...took a drive up to Jay Peek...got there around 11:30...sky had cleard up due to a strong wind....only to find that the tram and the quad "flyer" where un wind hold...only had access to the lower mountain..everyone was pi$$ed..asking for their money back...we hung out until 12:30 (they would sell half day tickets until it's exactly the time for half day)...asked some of the intructors hanging out in the lodge the odds of them opening the tram...."zero or less"...ok...so everyone's leaving...the rain from smugglers was all snow...you could see some track in powder all over the top from the patrol....but no one else...and you can't get there....and then it happened...the wind died...there's no one else left...and they opened the tram.....
Skiing in untracked powder (bout 1/2 foot) alone with the family....goes in to the books as one of the top 10 ski days ever...mountains is open 100%...skiing some glades...Long trail makes a brew for Jay specifically called Tram ale...had to be the best tasting beer I had at the end of the day
Wednesday
Jay peek...100% open...great groomed out snow from the day before.....temps rise to probably 70 degrees...softens up at the bottom near the end of the day.....forgot my sunscreen....not a cloud in the sky...wish I brought my shorts...another stellar day....
Thursday
Rain forecatsed...good, I'm beat...rain never full ymaterialized...ther was more rain on Monday....showed the kids the sites...B&J's, cold hollow, Burlington (When are they gonna get new T-shirts at the Vermont Brew pub)...drove up to Stowe to show the kids the gondola and to check out the mountain...full fare and they are listing some of the trails as Partially open...I have never seen that before...Stowe looked to be in very bad shape...never got down to Mad River....next year kids...
Friday
Back to Jay...hey after seeing the other resorts and how bad a shap they were in....gotta go where the coverage is....everyone is now skiing everything..steeps and bumps..the 7 year old...just takes her time singing to herself...the 9 year old had some confidence problems after a little trouble...hey how was I to know the kitzbuhl was a double fall line natural ungroomed trail...anyway she got down...The 12 year old was now starting to link bunps through the zipper....I was impressed...not very fast....and he wanted to come back to that trail again...wich we did....just the 2 of us, while the wife took the girls back to some steep flat cruisers...everyone was toast by the end of the day....thank god for cloud cover all day....kept the snow much more firm than Wednesday....
What a week.....kids were bummed that smuggs closed most of their activities...well all....so ther fun zone place was closed...but they skiied so hard...there wasn't much energy left anyway...I'll have to download the pix and see how they came out....
Who said the season was over?
As a note, I got a family club card and it saved me a bundle at Jay
AND I saw the expansion plans for Jay....very impressive...should be completed in 3 years....
They have a new marketing director, and I think their direction is for a 4 seasons resort.
Also, they take canadian money on par with the dollar. Had I thought about, I should have made an exchange and used canadian money to save even more.
Anywho....a great trip....the ride back on Saturday was easy and beatiful going through Lake George...I could immediatley tell when I was back in Jersey....there's a distinct difference in the way they drive here...
