Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

[CoolMike]

Why don't you tell them? You have the info. It would sound stupid if I called and said "Someone posted on AlpineZone your website is unsafe"

Ryan.schramm@raggedmountainresort.com

Thanks. Will send the email today.

 

[xwhaler]

Blowing on Flying Yankee again last night. They have been at that trail for awhile now. Have to think it opens this wknd

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[Smellytele]

Blowing on Flying Yankee again last night. They have been at that trail for awhile now. Have to think it opens this wknd

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They need it to ease the crowd over there.The Cardigan trail was nastily busy last weekend

 

[dlague]

They need it to ease the crowd over there.The Cardigan trail was nastily busy last weekend

Dislike that trail! Spear only interests me if Flying Yankee, Showboat or glades are open.

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[xwhaler]

They need it to ease the crowd over there.The Cardigan trail was nastily busy last weekend

I agree. It made for shorter lines on Spear since only Cardigan and the glades were open. But other than that it was not so desirable.

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[SnoDevil97]

Thankfully opening up other trails off Spear. I like Cardigan/Turnpike as a relaxing cruiser but not when hundreds of people are on it.

 

[Jully]

Per a picture on twitter Ragged is now blowing on both Showboat and Yankee.

 

[xwhaler]

Ragged was not very good today. They have chosen to bury trails to get them open which will make them last all spring. However they don't go back and re surface on existing open trails. Really slick on a lot of trails.

Glades and natural terrain is done until we get more snow.

Days like today would have been nice to see a re fresh on the open trails they have.

Good news it was ski on both lifts (cold day) and Flying Yankee opens tomorrow.

Showboat was lit up T2B as well

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[Abubob]

Skied Sunday afternoon Jan 8. And just as xwhaler reported for Saturday it is was Extreme HARD pack and a bit colder - mid to low teens with a light breeze. I skied two trails. Newfound Ridge top half was completely scraped off and un-edgable. So I tried Flying Yankee thinking it might have better snow as it was the latest to open. It was only a bit better. You still had to pick your spots where to turn - but I stayed there and just lapped it - bombed it really until closing. I think I was able to make the run in about a minute - so a run every seven minutes for about an hour and a half. I think the vert on that trail is about 1100 ft so I did close to 14,300 vertical feet?

 

[becca m]

I snowboarded there Sun, Jan 8 also, from 1:45-2:45 - same observation - Ridge/main peak was glazed hell - I skooched down the headwall - no way to get an edge anywhere. Had fun lapping Flying Yankee - both sides had some good snow powder collections!!!

 

[Jully]

Skied Sunday afternoon Jan 8. And just as xwhaler reported for Saturday it is was Extreme HARD pack and a bit colder - mid to low teens with a light breeze. I skied two trails. Newfound Ridge top half was completely scraped off and un-edgable. So I tried Flying Yankee thinking it might have better snow as it was the latest to open. It was only a bit better. You still had to pick your spots where to turn - but I stayed there and just lapped it - bombed it really until closing. I think I was able to make the run in about a minute - so a run every seven minutes for about an hour and a half. I think the vert on that trail is about 1100 ft so I did close to 14,300 vertical feet?

I was there Sunday afternoon too. Absolutely agree on Newfound Ridge. It has been like that every day I have been there this year. Don't mind it that much as long as the trail is empty, but very far from ideal. I found Yankee to have pretty great snow though. I didn't notice any hardpack anywhere. Crowds were definitely worse than on Ragged proper though.

Hoping Showboat opens next weekend. Looks like the glades might not open back up for a few weeks given the impending warm up.

 

[xwhaler]

I can;t see Showboat opening next wknd to be honest. Warm Wed-Friday and they still have a lot of work to do.
There is that very large gulch near the bottom that takes a crazy amt of snow to fill up.

What Ragged should be doing is re surfacing existing terrain.
Warm up this week + no new natural + MLK wknd crowds could make for some really terrible conditions if they think they can just hit it with the groomer and call it good.

 

[dlague]

Takes a boat load of snow to open Showboat.

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[Jully]

Takes a boat load of snow to open Showboat.

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I thought they were making good progress on the ravine when I was there Sunday! I could be underestimating the amount required though... I have never been at Ragged early enough to see the snowmaking effort in person before.

 

[Jully]

I can;t see Showboat opening next wknd to be honest. Warm Wed-Friday and they still have a lot of work to do.
There is that very large gulch near the bottom that takes a crazy amt of snow to fill up.

What Ragged should be doing is re surfacing existing terrain.
Warm up this week + no new natural + MLK wknd crowds could make for some really terrible conditions if they think they can just hit it with the groomer and call it good.

I agree a resurface would probably be a better play. I can't see anyone skiing those trails on the main face on MLK Saturday...

 

[SnoDevil97]

Curious if anyone skied Ragged this week - damage due to rain/heat? Ragged was a bit behind before, wonder if this week (& next week's torch) will set them way back? Feel bad for them, of all areas they could've used a snow bonanza this year.

 

[xwhaler]

Ragged claims to be opening Showboat this wknd (not sure tomorrow or Sunday?)
If I had to guess it would be Sunday since they lost all week for making snow so I'd think they would use tonight/tomorrow to blow snow and groom it out.

What will be interesting to see this wknd is whether they start blowing on Exhibition or re-surface existing terrain.
In a perfect world they would be doing both but we'll see how they handle this.

I'll be there on Sunday.

 

[Abubob]

Curious if anyone skied Ragged this week - damage due to rain/heat? Ragged was a bit behind before, wonder if this week (& next week's torch) will set them way back? Feel bad for them, of all areas they could've used a snow bonanza this year.

I did not ski this week but wish I had yesterday with temps in the 40's. I do not plan on skiing there this weekend because historically they do not deal well with thaw-freeze scenarios very well. After skiing there this past weekend it confirmed that they've not changed.

As far as their man-made cover goes during a week or two of warmth I'm not worried. I'll ski there for weeks after they close in April so I'm sure it can withstand some warm weather in January. Especially after the start we've had. I'm less optimistic about the glades. Although, there's still a very solid foot of snow in my yard so I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[xwhaler]

Ragged claims to be opening Showboat this wknd (not sure tomorrow or Sunday?)
If I had to guess it would be Sunday since they lost all week for making snow so I'd think they would use tonight/tomorrow to blow snow and groom it out.

What will be interesting to see this wknd is whether they start blowing on Exhibition or re-surface existing terrain.
In a perfect world they would be doing both but we'll see how they handle this.

I'll be there on Sunday.

Looks like Ragged is blowing on Upper Ridge, Village Green, and the terrain parks.
Also Showboat/Showoff are open today.

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[Jully]

Village green has been a sheet of ice every time I've been there this year. Definitely needed.