BenedictGomez
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How are the conditions there in general lately, good firm snow or is it pretty icy? Any bare spots yet or is the base still going strong?
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Snow at whiteface
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How are the conditions there in general lately, good firm snow or is it pretty icy? Any bare spots yet or is the base still going strong?
There r always bare spots. The snow was corning up Sunday. You r skiing down frozen waterfalls in spots. Its slide skiing. Its not that hard
4aprice
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They weren't open this past weekend. Or at least on any of my trips to the summit. Whiteface was also living up to its nickname (particularly Sunday PM) but I had a good time anyway. Plenty of snow up on top. Kinda surprised they are going to close 4/10 but in thier defense there were very few people there this weekend. They would seem to have a pretty good set up for late season skiing with down loading on the quad. (if that's possible) and skiing off the summit. Cannon in NH has a similar set up but will also be closing. The downside of being run by the goverment.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
I think most places were pretty firm on Sunday. Sat was good but still a little firm.
Some buddies went out to slide 5 on Sunday and said it was a mess. Just frozen left over tracks. It was dead Sunday cause of the weather.
They are going to close on the 10th and go weekend by weekend. I am hoping they get to Easter but that is about as likely as seeing the Easter Bunny.
gorgonzola
Active member
x2, saturday was nice, sunday a little scratchy. damn too bad i didn't know you were up there, me and my son were up sat and sunday but i din't spend any time on the interwebz to line up any connections with folks this trip :sad: shoulda taken camps advice and tried to hook up with the wf crowd but it was a spur of the moment kinda thing
Booo, don't say that! What makes you say that? You think coverage will be gone by then, or they just won't push out that far because of lack of interest? We hope to head up April 21, 22, 23 and hope we can get a day or two in (Fri and Sat - if they consider Fri as part of the weekend?). Heck, I've skied the slides as late as April 20, and they do have a lot of snow up there this year, and it isn't getting all that warm yet. The storm track for the next few weeks also could result in some additional snow given the cold air in place that isn't moving out all that quick.
Golf and skiing in the same trip would be nice. When do the courses open up there?
When I've been up in April there is usually more trouble with the summit than there is down low, and not because there isn't a lot of snow in places on the summit. However, the headwall on Skyward often loses snow, and even though the rest of the trail can be accessed other ways, it can lead to the trail being closed. Things do get mushy and wet down low, but coverage wasn't a problem the years I was there late.
4aprice
Well-known member
Oh man Gorganzola. I would have loved your company as I was skiing mostly alone.(Son was in the races that were going on). Was wearing my yellow jacket so you might not have been able to pick me out. There was a nice set of bumps on the lower section of the summit lift to have fun in. Ran into Andrec10 in the base lodge as his son was racing as well but didn't ski together. We'll definately get together at Blue or CBK next year. Sunday was mofo cold.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Two soft days at the hill this weekend. Sat was softer than Sunday but both were just fun spring skiing. There is a lot of snow on the hill. The woods are choked and every trail is skiable. The slides did not open this weekend, which is horse crap. customers should let them know.
kcyanks1
New member
Why are all the glades (and a couple trails) marked closed on the website? Mistake or they are actually closed?
The Sugar Valley glades are closed. From the top they look pretty good, and they are. the trail is over a mile down and by the time you get to the bottom there is no snow. I saw tracks of people ducking it this weekend they must have been surprised when they got down low.
All the other glades were open this weekend. If they are closed today I am guessing its just because they don't have enough patrol to cover them. Can not imagine there are more than 100 people out today. This time of the year you can duck just about anything and not have a problem.
Empire was closed all weekend, keeps the riff raff out. Hoyts was closed, very thin cover as most of the trail baked away. where it did have snow there was a ton of it. The slides were closed. I think whoever is in charge of openeing them should be re interviewed for the job next year. They also were skiing pretty good from what I hear
What makes you guess no? Coverage issues, or business issues? It's not like they've never been open through April 20 something. A few years back I skied there April 20, including the Slides. 'Course, the economy might have been a little better back then.....
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