Powder Ridge & MT Tom 1/15-1/16 NELSAP

[skidmarks]

Time to NELSAP while we have the snow. Mt Tom was extra special since we had a gang and I used to work there in the 80's.

 

[mlctvt]

Nice!
Mount Tom is a special place for me since my first date with my wife was skiing there in March 1985.
Also I grew up 30 minutes south of Powder Ridge so I was often there night skiing back in the early 80s.

 

[Greg]

Sweet. You guys seemed to have had a good run this week.

 

[skidmarks]

Sweet. You guys seemed to have had a good run this week.

It was a race against the clock while we had the good snow!!

 

[Glenn]

Great video! I still can't beleive Mt. Tom closed. Didn't they remove a bunch of the lifts as well?

 

[skidmarks]

Great video! I still can't beleive Mt. Tom closed. Didn't they remove a bunch of the lifts as well?

They removed all the lifts!

 

[powhunter]

Nice report!!

 

[Glenn]

They removed all the lifts!

And any hopes of it opening again. :???:

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

And any hopes of it opening again. :???:

I seem to recall reading about a land dispute between the ski area and the quarry right next to it. I dont remember any details but the essence I took is that Mt Tom Ski Area will never again be.

Saddens me too, I learned to wedge there sometime around 1980. "Always white, day or night"

Skidmarks, you must have some great 80's era pics!

 

[thorski]

Isn't Powder ridge being bought by Mt. Southington and reopening next year?

 

[skidmarks]

I seem to recall reading about a land dispute between the ski area and the quarry right next to it. I dont remember any details but the essence I took is that Mt Tom Ski Area will never again be.

Saddens me too, I learned to wedge there sometime around 1980. "Always white, day or night"

Skidmarks, you must have some great 80's era pics!

I only wish I had some pictures.

 

[KevinB]

Isn't Powder ridge being bought by Mt. Southington and reopening next year?

I heard that a couple years back, but I just saw on channel 3 and read that they are having a meeting tonight,they are trying to sell it to some investment group call Alpine Associates.
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2011/01/30/news/doc4d4385d900c99166133243.txt

 

[threecy]

I seem to recall reading about a land dispute between the ski area and the quarry right next to it. I dont remember any details but the essence I took is that Mt Tom Ski Area will never again be.

The ski area property was split up into multiple lots with different owners...highly unlikely that it'll ever reopen.