BenedictGomez
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I can only speak for NJ, but having Easter week off is common. Though kids here dont get a spring break like they do up in Vermont, no town meeting days, no fall break etc....
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Ski Resort Closings 2014
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I can only speak for NJ, but having Easter week off is common. Though kids here dont get a spring break like they do up in Vermont, no town meeting days, no fall break etc....
Tin
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That goes up my ass even more. Ledges or UFO trees in play?
Edd
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As a weekday skier, my anecdotal observations throughout the season imply that there's no limit to the amount of time kids get off from school to ski. Not a single ski day is without children on the hill.
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abc
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Those are just local kids doing their (sometimes school organized) ski days. (I teach those kids at my home hill)
I'm not too concern about crowds on the mountain at that time too much. Slightly more concern about lodging cost/availability near the mountain. I was hoping for nice lodging close to the mountain at significant discount. Competition with school holiday would decrease such deals.
April vacation usually falls in the middle of April. Easter, of course, changes every year. So I guess it would be considered "Easter Week" this year.
And while 9 days off in a row sounds drastic, it's S-S-M-T-W-T-F-S-S, so really only 5 days off.
When I was in elementary school, February was a really short month, since not only did we have February vacation, but also had Washington's and Lincoln's birthday off, which was often two Mondays off in a row. Then they invented the whole "President's Day" thing.
Edd
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I do mean families too. Not being a parent, I'm not aware of the seemingly limitless amount of schools holidays out there.
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abc
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I thought most schools already got a week off in February. So I'm a bit surprised they also have a full week off in April also
steamboat1
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Was always common in NYC. I used to plan our week long ski trips around these two holidays when my daughter was still in elementary/hs.
BenedictGomez
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I think that's more a NE thing? In most of NJ, you get Friday and Monday or Presidents Weekend off, so only 2 days from school.
The actual ledges were toast. If you head towards the ledges but take a sharp right right after dropping off Moon Walk, there were nicely covered glades dropping out onto Milky Way. Darkstar had the best coverage, but I spent most of my time on the glades out past Jupiter's Storm. It was getting a little thin, but the obstacles were easy to see and avoid. Nobody else went into the UFO trees so I'd sink 6"+ into heavy sticky snow, not fun. Overall. it was really nice after skiing mid January conditions at S.R. and Black last weekend in Maine.
Smellytele
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In NH kids get the week after presidents' day off. Most all other New england states get presidents day week off. NH gets the last week of April off and i know Mass gets the week before off but sometimes it is the same week. I believe other states only get some week in March off for what they call spring break.
Smellytele
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As far as this I never plan a ski vaca for April break because it would rarely work out for skiing.
xwhaler
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Was talking to a teacher friend of mine while at Sunapee today. He advocates for just eliminating Feb and April breaks and combining into 1 week in March. I feel this would be great for the ski industry in NH as well as folks would ski right through to March and then book a big $$ ski and stay pkg. I feel you would then have ski mtns try to not only make snow thru Mid March but also provide for great spring conditions thru April
BenedictGomez
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Exactly.
But this year it does.
Except not all the resorts will be open, or in Smuggs' case, they'll only keep 25% of their terrain open. So it looks like I'm probably going to stay at Jay Peak now rather than Smuggs, because they should have 100% terrain open (or close to it) and plenty of snow.
Frankly, now that I think about it, I dont understand why Smuggs doesnt just shut down for the season April 6th, rather than keep 1 lift open to April 20. Clearly with the amount of snow they have, if they shut Madonna it's solely for financial reasons, so why not just close completely and save even more $$$$? Most mountains do just this, close 3/30 or 04/06 and call it a day.
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VTKilarney
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Quebec has the first week of March off from school. It's usually a great week for skiing. Less chance of severe cold compared to February breaks.
Smellytele
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I would not care if they got rid of the April vaca. The way the Feb vaca works for me here in NH it runs into March anyway and doesn't interfere with spring sports. My wife hates spring skiing so later in March would not help out my cause in getting her to take ski vacations.
BenedictGomez
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Smuggs just announced on Facebook and Twitter:
Like it's something new. Which might mean that they mean Madonna and/or Morse too?
It doesnt say, and the message is confusing given we've always known Sterling would stay open until April 20. Hopefully it means what I think it does.
Like it's something new. Which might mean that they mean Madonna and/or Morse too?
It doesnt say, and the message is confusing given we've always known Sterling would stay open until April 20. Hopefully it means what I think it does.
dlague
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Based on my call to them last week, they planned on closing Morse this weekend. They originally planned to just have Sterling open until the 20th but mentioned that they were to add Madonna through til the 20th. Do not really need Morse - only the diehards are out now and they would rarely ski Morse.
We plan on being there this weekend!
BenedictGomez
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Smuggs confirmed today via Twitter that sadly nothing has changed. It's still Sterling only to 04/20 (the FB post today was misleading).
Honestly, still dont get why they even bother keeping Sterling open to 4/20 if that's the case. How many people are going to pay $50 to lap Sterling only as opposed to paying similar money to Stowe or Jay Peak and get tons more terrain?
<---- Not this guy!
dlague
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That's crap on Smuggs! They are confusing people with wording and their staff - they planned on keeping the Sterling side open until the 20th all along and now they put out messages that give the appearance of more! BenedictGomez you are right about that! And you are right about skiing just Sterling - why bother!
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