Ragged gets a new GM

[ericfromMA/NH/VT]

Loon is really only 15 minutes further away from Concord (just an example as it is on 93). Not sure where you are coming from.

Edit: I was thinking Ragged not sunapee as this is a ragged thread.
2nd Edit: Sunapee vs Loon is the same as Ragged vs Loon. (46 vs 1:01)

I'm in Londonderry. Ragged is 1:20 minutes from my house. Loon is 2 hrs from my house. And the pass I could afford got me 10 tix at loon. Sunapee is 1 hr from my house.

That's why ragged on the IKON would be great for me as i'll do the minimal extra drive time for the usual weekend trips and get to go to sugarbush whenever.

I loved ragged, my kids really learned how to ski there. I'll be back this year at some point.

I hope they get enough show to open U/L easy winder and mikes, loved that area. And those rollers they put in at the end of birches last year was a great move.

 

[thebigo]

I'm in Londonderry. Ragged is 1:20 minutes from my house. Loon is 2 hrs from my house. And the pass I could afford got me 10 tix at loon. Sunapee is 1 hr from my house.

That's why ragged on the IKON would be great for me as i'll do the minimal extra drive time for the usual weekend trips and get to go to sugarbush whenever.

I loved ragged, my kids really learned how to ski there. I'll be back this year at some point.

I hope they get enough show to open U/L easy winder and mikes, loved that area. And those rollers they put in at the end of birches last year was a great move.

How on earth is loon two hours from londonderry? You get off 93 at the 100 mile marker and the speed limit north of concord is 70 with traffic typically moving faster.

Ragged is never going to be on ikon, you need to buy two passes. Fairly certain ikon base includes five days at loon.

Between the four ragged passes I early bought for my family, we have more buddy tickets than we could ever use. If someone wants to try the place out at a discount, send me a PM.

 

[thebigo]

Six is running smooth this am. Showboat below the last couple towers was pushed out last night.

 

[Newpylong]

Looks like they got more down than I expected. I don't know how they push that trail out without a winch cat. No thanks.

How's Wanna be Wild look? They gotta be chomping at the bit to get the other carpet going with these crowds. If they even have someone to work it :/

 

[thebigo]

The line today was at barnyard, carpet was only a half dozen people. The other carpet has not been pushed out yet. They opened showboat about half way down via yankee midday, after lunch they opened showboat from the top with a large 'experts only'. I didn't get to ski it, had my hands full between my 75 year old dad, 5 year old daughter and older u10 daughter. It was cool though to have three generations, spanning 70 years, on one chair.

 

[thebigo]

At the risk of talking to myself, the mountain posted a picture of my nine year old with her friends on their fb page, I am guilty of zooming:

 

[Abubob]

At the risk of talking to myself, the mountain posted a picture of my nine year old with her friends on their fb page, I am guilty of zooming:

Skied by that little group. My brother Chris photographed their poles.

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[machski]

I'm in Londonderry. Ragged is 1:20 minutes from my house. Loon is 2 hrs from my house. And the pass I could afford got me 10 tix at loon. Sunapee is 1 hr from my house.

That's why ragged on the IKON would be great for me as i'll do the minimal extra drive time for the usual weekend trips and get to go to sugarbush whenever.

I loved ragged, my kids really learned how to ski there. I'll be back this year at some point.

I hope they get enough show to open U/L easy winder and mikes, loved that area. And those rollers they put in at the end of birches last year was a great move.

First off, I'm in Litchfield and Crotched is 55 mins, Sunapee 1:15, Ragged probably 1:20 and Loon is a flat 1:30 (well, ok, to South Peak. Main base is probably 1:35). Secondly, what pass gets you ten days at Loon? Never heard of one that gets you that there.

 

[ericfromMA/NH/VT]

First off, I'm in Litchfield and Crotched is 55 mins, Sunapee 1:15, Ragged probably 1:20 and Loon is a flat 1:30 (well, ok, to South Peak. Main base is probably 1:35). Secondly, what pass gets you ten days at Loon? Never heard of one that gets you that there.

The Ikon pass is now only 7 days at loon, the base pass is 5.

and you must drive alot faster than me!

 

[Smellytele]

The Ikon pass is now only 7 days at loon, the base pass is 5.

and you must drive alot faster than me!

Check on google maps and you can see the time difference.

 

[machski]

The Ikon pass is now only 7 days at loon, the base pass is 5.

and you must drive alot faster than me!

I only do about 8 over posted speed limits, so.... Ikon has never been more than 5/7 at Loon. In fact, originally it was going to be 5/7 COMBINED across Loon/SR/SL, then it went to that for EACH. Loon has never had a 10 day deal with anything.

 

[Newpylong]

Was just watching all 4 cats (they have a fifth, an old BR-400 utility cat as well) heading up Village Green side by side. It's pretty awesome to see a hill of that size putting that much equipment out trying to polish this turd of weather.

 

[thebigo]

Here with my five year old daughter today, have only skied barnyard and the green route off the six but the surface is well in excess of expectation. We did not encounter any ice, everything is edgeable. We could have skiied loon or ragged today, chose ragged because they have recovered from freeze/thaw better this year.

Cats still in the park midday, snow making in the barnyard Park, second carpet, showboat and show off. Haven't been up spear but does not appear they have started cardigan, sure it will be soon.

 

[Newpylong]

That is great to hear that their work paid off. We went from 40 to 10 overnight all I could think about is the boiler. Should be over again Sat PM with some first timers, hopefully the big carpet has coverage by then it's such a great learning hill.

I'm not sure how long Showboat still needs but I also would suspect at some point soon theyll.begin shifting over to Cardigan. It can be set up as a down line off Showboat so once the guns begin to be turned off there and they still have the flow they can change Cardigan and light it up.

 

[Abubob]

I avoided Ragged today because in the past they hadn’t handled the thaw freezes well. Glad they seem to have a handle on it.

 

[thebigo]

They pulled off a miracle today. Their pass is underpriced, they are offering a premium experience and should charge for it.

 

[Newpylong]

I think they're still trying to find where the demand and supply curves cross for them. They've gone up $20 every year since the $249 Mission Affordable started in 2016 and this past year they went up $50 which was the biggest hike yet.

Still dirt cheap for what you get, but I would think at some point they'll find that target pricepoint and it's likely still up quite a bit. Hopefully it doesn't get so high as to price the local markets out.

 

[thebigo]

Pushing an impressive volume of water up the hill this AM, they have created the only cloud in the sky.

 

[Newpylong]

Be there tomorrow. We're they able to get that open on only 1 day's snowmaking over a lot of it?

 

[thebigo]

Be there tomorrow. We're they able to get that open on only 1 day's snowmaking over a lot of it?

The dust and run operations may have opened Cardigan today but the bury the trail attitude at ragged had a different idea.