Ski Sundown Was Closed But Now is Open

[bvibert]

FYI for all you Ski Sundown fans; The mountain will be closed today and will reopen tomorrow....

http://www.skisundown.com/conditions/

Updated: January 10, 2008, 9:17 pm

WE WILL BE CLOSED ON FRI., JAN. 11; WE
WILL REOPEN ON SAT., JAN. 12 AT 8AM
MESSAGE FROM MOUNTAIN
OPERATIONS: "We knew it was coming....this
typical January thaw. When temperatures were low
last week snowmaking operations ran round the
clock for 96 continuous hours. Currently
there are over 100 reserved piles of snow on the
mountain, still waiting to be distributed and
groomed into existing surfaces, as needed. 100%
of our terrain will be open for the weekend."

 

[severine]

That message was up, slightly tweaked, the other day saying they would remain 100% open. Interesting....

Can't say I blame them, though. With heavy rains all day today and high temps, it can't be helping. I think the news said 1" of rain. Imagine how much snow that would have been!

 

[Greg]

Say bye bye to those bumps. That's my prediction.

 

[tcharron]

Say bye bye to those bumps. That's my prediction.

Bumps? Those aren't bumps!.. Those are "Snow Reserves". :-D

 

[drjeff]

Don't know what's rolling through Central CT this AM, but if some similar storms that have been rolling through Eastern CT this AM are near Sundown today, they'd need to stop the lifts periodically for thunder and lightening holds! Really weird stuff. Let's just hope from a precipitation standpoint that once the air mass goes back to cold, that we keep this active storm pattern!

 

[bvibert]

Say bye bye to those bumps. That's my prediction.

I'd be REALLY surprised if they survive...

 

[Greg]

I'd be REALLY surprised if they survive...

Ex is kind of beat anyway. I'm sure those will be mashed down. Nor'easter was skiing pretty good except for the burned out troughs. I'm not concerned though. We're still way ahead of when we got bumps last year. I got 8 days in on them so far so it's all gravy as far as I'm concerned. Once winter returns, it's time to start concentrating skiing up North anyway. I haven't been away from Sundown since the Hunter gathering...

 

[WJenness]

Not so good at Wa today either:

TODAY'S NEWS
We will have a delayed opening today due to Lightning Strikes. We will be opening today at noon. For more information please call the Snow Phone at 1-800-SKI-1234 for Updates.

-w

 

[MRGisevil]

Well, I guess if there were a week this winter to get sick, I picked the right one...

 

[o3jeff]

Anyone plan on going to Sundown tomorrow? Please post a report so I know if I should keep my plans of going there Sunday morning.

 

[wa-loaf]

Not so good at Wa today either:


-w

Skied there last night and conditions were pretty good considering. Very spring like with lots of loose granular to push around that was bumping up a bit in spots. Scratchy in between.

 

[bvibert]

Anyone plan on going to Sundown tomorrow? Please post a report so I know if I should keep my plans of going there Sunday morning.

I'll be there tomorrow, doubt I'll get out on skis though. I'll let you know how it looks from the base at least...

 

[WJenness]

Skied there last night and conditions were pretty good considering. Very spring like with lots of loose granular to push around that was bumping up a bit in spots. Scratchy in between.

Glad to hear it. Due to life getting in the way, I didn't make it out skiing this week... I think I had an okay week to be busy as hell though (all things considering). Depending on what happens with these two possible storms, I'll be at Wa sometime next week (If it dumps up north, I'm taking a couple days and going up that way however).

-w

 

[bvibert]

They're closed again today, due to the impending niar event...

CLOSED TODAY. WE WILL REOPEN ON
SATURDAY, FEB. 2 AT 8AM

Mountain Conditions
Status: FRIDAY'S FORECAST: Sleet...freezing rain with a
chance of snow in the morning...then freezing
rain...rain and sleet in the afternoon. Total
accumulation around an inch. Ice accumulation
around one quarter of an inch. Highs in the mid
30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.

 

[MRGisevil]

 

[2knees]

They're closed again today, due to the impending niar event...

smart move on their part. they werent gonna make any money opening today.

 

[MrMagic]

ugh to bad, dont want to see that, esp a one season resort, what we need is some real nat. snow, and those bumps will be back up!

 

[Grassi21]

i started ready this thread from the beginning and was really freaking out when i read 1" of nair. then i noticed the dates of the post.

MrMagic, how was "The Valley?"

 

[bvibert]

i started ready this thread from the beginning and was really freaking out when i read 1" of nair. then i noticed the dates of the post.

MrMagic, how was "The Valley?"

Sorry, guess I should have started a new thread.... I didn't really think about it since I use the button to bring you to the first new post in a thread...

 

[Grassi21]

Sorry, guess I should have started a new thread.... I didn't really think about it since I use the button to bring you to the first new post in a thread...

Now biggie. Its Friday at work and I'm not so patiently waiting for Sunday.