Presidents vacation week

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

when do you get your winter break? In May? :dunce:

No spring break in PA either..Easter Vacation which is also a long weekend..February Holiday is a NY/New England thing..I don't care whether the resorts do well Presidents week..it's the survival of the fittest..if certain resorts can't hang..then NELSAP they will go..as long as my top three...Blue, J-Hole and Stowe stay in business..I'm happy..

 

[hammer]

when do you get your winter break? In May? :dunce:

Where I grew up on the Jersey Shore, the schools never had a week off in February...all we had was Good Friday and the week after Easter. Still got done about the same time of year, too.

 

[4aprice]

I live in Northern NJ. Up till this year my kids have gotten Presidents Day week off. Last May they had a vote in town and because most people around here don't do anything in winter took away the week cutting down to just 2 days. We used to use that week to go out west. This year obviously no go. My daughter is in high school and therefore in a different district then my son. She has the week off. She is a ski instructor at Camelback and is hoping to make some money that week.

Spring break this year for both kids is actually a week earlier then normal and falls the 2nd week of April. God willing we get a good late Feb - March we will take advantage and do some skiing then.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[SkiDork]

For those thinking of K-ton or any other mountain that draws the Brit kids on their holiday week, this year that coincides with our Presidents week. Normally it is the week before. Killington, and others, will be stacked!!

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

gotta know where to go

 

[yaraj]

Going by the economy over here, there aint gonna be too many Brits jumping across the pond this year!

Add to that the fact that all 5 Scottish resorts and even some English hills are running and have plenty snowpack for a while yet, I'd be surprised if many are over. Any late break types will probably come up here this year

 

[loafer89]

Going by the economy over here, there aint gonna be too many Brits jumping across the pond this year!

Add to that the fact that all 5 Scottish resorts and even some English hills are running and have plenty snowpack for a while yet, I'd be surprised if many are over. Any late break types will probably come up here this year

I am just curious if you could tell me a few of the English ski areas that are opened for snow skiing. Most of what I have seen involves skiing on plastic matting.

Enjoy all the snow, I heard at one point 80% + of Ireland and Great Britain were snow covered, that's fairly remarkable for a maritime climate.

 

[loafer89]

Cool stuff:

Record low temperatures for Scottish resorts

Tuesday 10 February 2009
Temperatures dipped as low as -18C overnight in parts of the Highlands on Sunday night, preserving some of the best powder conditions the Scottish resorts have seen in over 10 years.
http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/reports/overview/default.asp?intPageID=6

Cairngorm - Sunday
(c/o Mike Jardine)​

Cairngorm-Monday

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Clearing the car park in The Lecht - Monday​

According to our snow reports, between 10 and 20cm of fresh snow fell at all the Scottish resorts we report on over the weekend and they were all able to offer skiing to the thousands of visitors who flocked there.
The Cairngorm website reported that "there have been around 5500 people on the hill in the last three days enjoying the best conditions we have seen for a long time."

Car parks in Glenshee, The Lecht and Glencoe were also reported to be full by mid morning on Sunday, and the Nevis range had over 1000 skiers on its slopes.
Mike Jardine from Rare Management in Edinburgh went skiing in Cairngorm on Sunday and told us, "I've been skiing on Cairngorm for 44 years and I can't
remember the last time there's been so much snow there."

AND THERE'S MORE TO COME

A combination of sunny and cloudy weather is forecast for the Scottish resorts this week, and further light dustings of snow could fall but these will not be as heavy as last week. The temperature is forecast to remain below freezing, which will help to preserve the excellent snow cover.

 

[yaraj]

There's a few club fields in the Lake District and Northern England that are basically run by volunteers when there's enough snow to ski on. Been open for the best part of a week I think, when they usually can only open for a day or two at a time. They do only consist of one or, at the most, two Poma's.

It's been -10 to -20 degrees C the past few nights in the Highlands so the snow isn't going anywhere fast!

 

[loafer89]

Telemark skiing in Northern England at the Raise Ski Area:


YouTube - Telemark skiing

It's like the backside of Sugarloaf in a really poor snow year.

 

[lerops]

How north would you need to go to get decent conditions this weekend?

 

[freezorburn]

Weather is setting up nice for ICE skating.

I may take break from skiing this holiday weekend. Crowds and less then stellar conditions seam to be the case this weekend.

 

[vcunning]

I gotta love the Connecticut School system. We get:

- February break (2/16-2/10) and
- Spring break (4/13-17)
- 3-day weekend in March

April skiing rocks!

 

[Bumpsis]

Well, I'm already commited for a week at Sugarloaf, so I guess I'll get skunked on conditions - I absolutely hate skiing on ice.

On the positive side, they have a really superb XC center and once those trails get groomed, they stay in decent conditions for a whole day so I'll be happy running around on my skinny sticks.
We'll cook a lot of good food and drink a lot of wine. Either way, it beats working.

 

[loafer89]

Be sure to give Saddleback a try if you have not yet been there.

 

[hardline]

For those thinking of K-ton or any other mountain that draws the Brit kids on their holiday week, this year that coincides with our Presidents week. Normally it is the week before. Killington, and others, will be stacked!!

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

you should see stowe

 

[billski]

this weather sux
I'm going pond skimmin

 

[billski]

How north would you need to go to get decent conditions this weekend?

Northwest passage ......

 

[Bumpsis]

Be sure to give Saddleback a try if you have not yet been there.

I've been to Saddleback and I really do like the place, but I don't think that snow is going to be any less hard over there. Who knows, there is some long shot forecast talking about possible snow by late next week.

 

[gladerider]

for the first time in 8 years, we are not skiing next week although the kids are out of school for the week. this weather sux. my kids always get the pres week off. last year pres week sucked as well. was at stowe. the rain on that monday killed condition for the whole week.

 

[Zand]

Wachusett had good cover on all of the runs when I was there last week including the natural ones. For the most part the mountain was flat and icy groomers. The moguls on 10th Mountain where bulletproof.

I think they are done with snowmaking for the season as well?

Nah, they'll make snow into late March.