Newpylong
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Hopefully the coverage is better up top and extremely limited tickets. I would never attempt to open on what I see on the webcams.
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Per Channel 5: Wachusett Opening Friday
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Jully
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Definitely thin around the base! Normally I love a sketchy early open, but the fact that this is November 20th is just depressing.
180
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Not the first time this has happened, but I think Epic is trying to coordinate the openings.
I was looking at the webcams this afternoon after I saw the posts here that they were opening...still no idea how they're managing it. Looks like it would be insanely thin cover at least towards the bottom.
Zand
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Base cams looked similar to opening day in 2017. Narrow cat tracks at the bottom but the trails were in good shape.
Smellytele
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I’d go but being from NH I would have to quarantine for 14 days first.
Zand
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Not yet....although I'm sure it's coming in the next week. NH, VT, ME, and HI are the four holdouts.
kingslug
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Guess I'll have to put them on this list for day trips..never been there but if its like Plattekill then its worth the trip.
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Quite a power move by Wachusett to be one of the first to open. Glad to see they didn't hold back and opened as soon as possible.
drjeff
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Fixed it for you
Just saw on their social media feeds that as of a few minutes ago, their 1st chair of the season went up.
Zand
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Plattekill? Hahahahaha
Think Hunter but half the size.
On my first lift ride of the year!
kingslug
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Hunter has 1600 vert..this place 1K.
Newpylong
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Fixed it for you
Just saw on their social media feeds that as of a few minutes ago, their 1st chair of the season went up.
Killington loaded quarter till 9, likely a little before Wachusett. Not that it really matters.
drjeff
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Going to be splitting hairs on this one with the marketing departments I'm sure.
About 8:45 I saw the post on Wachusett's feeds with the requisite "first chair" banner, and that post had already been up for 5 minutes.
This may turn out into the marketing department battle about who had customers sliding downhill on the snow first, rather than just sitting on the chair heading up, and with the length of the HSQ's a Wachusett, they might win based on that nuance!
Now can we all just talk about say longest steepest widest vs longest, steepest, widest and the accuracy of say the Jay ruler
For today at least, we have a ski season in the Northeast! Given everything going on in the world right now, that is a great thing!
urungus
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Wachusett posted this at 8:45
Just an odd thing I noticed...Why is there no one in line behind them waiting for the next chair?
Zand
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Early report: Nice soft snow as temps are around 50 and mostly sunny. Not the widest coverage I've ever seen on opening day but there is barely anyone here so plenty of room on the trails. Here till noonish.
Get up here!
Get up here!
urungus
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Bought a ticket online for $44 yesterday and had a nice time this afternoon, blue skies, pleasant temps, pretty solid coverage, hardly anybody there, skiied straight onto the lifts (no problems with Minuteman)
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