WWF-VT
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Bail Out from Castlerock. If you are already there you just keep lapping the HG chair assuming that once you go to the base you're not coming back.
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Stowe or Mt Ellen Tomorrow (Thursday)?
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Bail Out from Castlerock. If you are already there you just keep lapping the HG chair assuming that once you go to the base you're not coming back.
WWF-VT
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Why do you feel obligated to update us on the lift status at Sugarbush? It's windy and there are windholds and it only matters if you are at the mountain and not sitting on your computer posting in a ski forum.
abc
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Sour grapes syndrome perhaps?
I was at Sugarbush north. Wind only came up late in the day. North Ridge triple was halted for a while mid-afternoon (2-3?) but then re-started after 3. Bottom lift was super windy too but that kept on running. The Summit quad wasn't too windy for the most part, except after 3pm, at which point it was stop-n-go quite a bit. By then, my legs were close to done and I decided to call it a day with the good ending.
Snow condition at the top half of the mountain was FANTASTIC all day long! Not quite blower cold smoke but certainly not heavy (lower mountain was heavy though). When the wind came up in the afternoon, we got quite a lot of "powder re-fill" on selected trails. You just need to get lucky to find it, then lap it as long as your legs allow!
All in all, one of the best day I've had experienced in the northeast for quite some time.
Tomorrow is expected to be even better at Stowe (it was snowing big flakes the whole time on my drive from Sugarbush up to Waterbury). Can't wait!
Sour grapes syndrome perhaps?
I was at Sugarbush north. Wind only came up late in the day. North Ridge triple was halted for a while mid-afternoon (2-3?) but then re-started after 3. Bottom lift was super windy too but that kept on running. The Summit quad wasn't too windy for the most part, except after 3pm, at which point it was stop-n-go quite a bit. By then, my legs were close to done and I decided to call it a day with the good ending.
Snow condition at the top half of the mountain was FANTASTIC all day long! Not quite blower cold smoke but certainly not heavy (lower mountain was heavy though). When the wind came up in the afternoon, we got quite a lot of "powder re-fill" on selected trails. You just need to get lucky to find it, then lap it as long as your legs allow!
All in all, one of the best day I've had experienced in the northeast for quite some time.
Tomorrow is expected to be even better at Stowe (it was snowing big flakes the whole time on my drive from Sugarbush up to Waterbury). Can't wait!
Glad to hear you had a good time. Tomorrow should be a powder day. Upslope special tonight. With any luck, you'll have 6"+ of Champlain blower pow tomorrow morning. Don't be concerned if there isn't anything in the valley or even at base elevation.
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Glad you had good conditions at Mt Ellen. Have fun at Stowe tomorrow! Save some snow for me and Scotty. Looking forward to skiing with you again.
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abc
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If there's ANY doubt of the upslope special, it's buried in the snow now!
I went in to take a shower before heading across the road for dinner. My car had already got in inch on it! Need to be super careful to drive that 1/4 mile back to the hotel when I finish dinner... the roads got a thick coat of snow on it and I can hardly see any lane marking or even edge marking!!!
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