hammer
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Don't they usually set that at the beginning of the season? When I had a season's pass a few years back I do remember they stayed open longer because they had the snow and the people...
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Ski Resort Closings 2014
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Bostonian
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I hope wildcat stays open to April 19th so I can ski free on my birthday!
Wildcat right now is claiming that they are aiming for May 1. While they don't have much snowmaking up top, the cold temperatures might just allow it. They were blowing a couple weeks ago on Polecat to patch things up.
I fear that the Cat and other may not shoot for the last weekend in April due to Easter being the 3rd weekend. In the past when Easter falls late in April a bunch of mountains closed "because nobody came". Of course nobody comes when it's Easter, but that does not mean next weekend will be same.
drjeff
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The skiing/boarding community needs to rise up and mount a major campaign about kids spring sports NOT starting until at least May 1st so that more people will want to, and have the weekend time to, keep going to the mountains until the snow finally melts out whenever that may be!!!
polski
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Look, if we need to have this thread every year at least spin it as "Ski Resorts Staying Open The Latest"
4aprice
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The skiing/boarding community needs to rise up and mount a major campaign about kids spring sports NOT starting until at least May 1st so that more people will want to, and have the weekend time to, keep going to the mountains until the snow finally melts out whenever that may be!!!
Good luck with that Dr J. I love spring sports. Nothing beats pulling up to the lift with nobody in line. Killington (and a couple of others) will still be open after I put them away for the season.(Easter this year) As long as there's lift served within a comfortable drive I'm happy.
Alex
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The skiing/boarding community needs to rise up and mount a major campaign about kids spring sports NOT starting until at least May 1st so that more people will want to, and have the weekend time to, keep going to the mountains until the snow finally melts out whenever that may be!!!
Soccer starts April 4th in town. I'm currently planning a trip that weekend. 1st grade soccer can wait a week ...
Are they playing indoors, cause nobody is playing outside by then. Fields are going to be a sloppy mess. And i LOVE that fact.
Yeah, that's their desired start time. I still have 2-4 inches of snow over most of my yard.
Smellytele
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Yup - They have the snow mobile hill climb on the 5th so they can't stay open.
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There will be snow for awhile after the mountains close just going to take alittle effort to get those lines
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Crotched closed on 4/7 last year, this is from 4/21 when I skied top to bottom with 1 small step over. I had a good time climbing, watching the sunset, and skiing down. Did it 8 times last year.
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That's awesome man that's stuff I like to here sounds like u have a real love for skiing
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Tin
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There will be bumps on UFO until May. Hell of a base there. Jupiters has had bare spots almost all year though.
fahz
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Windham is another that has a set date. I believe it is the last weekend in March & they probably will be at 100% coverage too
Soccer started the weekend of 3/9 in my town and softball starts 3/29. Turf fields. Sucks for skiing as its looking increasingly likely that I'm done for the season. Still debating a trip to Northern VT the weekend of 4/11-13.
HD333
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Soccer is in full swing for my girls. Training is year round but now games start back up this weekend, which will force us to come home Saturday nights, or early Sunday morning for the rest of the season....And we will miss Okemo's closing weekend (4/13) altogether because of a tournament in New Jersey, which is NOT sitting very well with me.
Smellytele
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No spring soccer in my town but baseball/softball evals/tryouts start this weekend. Also LAX is starting up as well. Fields still have 2 feet of snow so it will only be indoor for a while...
I feel for you guys getting your season cut short due to sporting obligations from your kids. I think it was 2nd grade I started playing soccer, basketball and baseball. I quit them all by 5th grade as I didn't want to miss out on skiing for any other sport. In HS I played lax and football, but I went to high school in VT, so it didn't cut into skiing so much as the other sports did when we lived down in Mass.
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