Stowe Thread

[Kingslug20]

Its Vail...why ask...

 

[thetrailboss]

Why aren't they running the double? Holiday. Crowd. Wind hold on everything else.

They want to keep that stock price up.

 

[kendo]

It's a Riblet evac'd a couple years ago... along with the recent Wildcat/Riblet situation, prolly spiked their insurance premium.

 

[hovercraft]

Why aren't they running the double? Holiday. Crowd. Wind hold on everything else.

They referenced that yesterday after 4 pm they did an update on the web site saying they weren’t going to run it. No idea why….

 

[hovercraft]

Good question, if I had the option of one or the other I'd probably go to Sugarbush over Stowe on Monday. They are much more consistent at opening lifts and new terrain up.

Our plan is to ski a few hours on Monday then leave around noon. If the weather is bad (for driving) I'll get up early and head home on Tuesday instead. Monday should be good I'm just concerned about the long drive back later in the day.

I agree with new terrain being opened up as far as lifts go thats not my experience. For example last Sunday SB had most of lifts closed and Stowe had everyone open. SB does have the advantage of having the lower lift option though. Sometimes it just comes down to which direction the wind is coming from..

 

[Tonyr]

I agree with new terrain being opened up as far as lifts go thats not my experience. For example last Sunday SB had most of lifts closed and Stowe had everyone open. SB does have the advantage of having the lower lift option though. Sometimes it just comes down to which direction the wind is coming from..

I've always found Sugarbush to be much more aggressive at opening trails than Stowe is. Your right about the lifts, it does depend on how the wind blows.

 

[Tonyr]

I just got back in today, went out from 1 to 3 pm. There was no wait whatsoever in the singles line going up the mountain triple. Stowe had all of the intermediate trails open around that lift and that was it for today. I lapped the Christy Glades which were thin but skiable and Gulch about half a dozen times under decent conditions.

I'm not a big critic of Vail but not opening atleast the Gondola was BS. They gave the old "it was too windy" excuse but it wasn't windy at all at the top of the mountain triple this afternoon. I rode up the lift with 3 sets of people that bought day tickets at over $150 a pop and they were all disappointed with the lack of terrain opened. I don’t blame them, if I had bought a day ticket to ski Stowe today I'd be pissed too.

 

[Tonyr]

That photo is the terrain off of the Gondola in the background. The sun was directly hitting most of the trails over there. It would have skied great but for whatever reason Vail never opened it and I don't believe for one second that it was a wind issue. It wasn't windy this afternoon. If Vail is going to sell day tickets at $150 a pop but only a third of the mountain is opened then they should be selling those tickets at a third of the price not full price.

 

[mbedle]

That photo is the terrain off of the Gondola in the background. The sun was directly hitting most of the trails over there. It would have skied great but for whatever reason Vail never opened it and I don't believe for one second that it was a wind issue. It wasn't windy this afternoon. If Vail is going to sell day tickets at $150 a pop but only a third of the mountain is opened then they should be selling those tickets at a third of the price not full price.

I can tell you that the wind speeds at the top of the triple are going to be much different than the wind speeds at the top of the quad or gondi.

 

[thetrailboss]

I just got back in today, went out from 1 to 3 pm. There was no wait whatsoever in the singles line going up the mountain triple. Stowe had all of the intermediate trails open around that lift and that was it for today. I lapped the Christy Glades which were thin but skiable and Gulch about half a dozen times under decent conditions.

I'm not a big critic of Vail but not opening atleast the Gondola was BS. They gave the old "it was too windy" excuse but it wasn't windy at all at the top of the mountain triple this afternoon. I rode up the lift with 3 sets of people that bought day tickets at over $150 a pop and they were all disappointed with the lack of terrain opened. I don’t blame them, if I had bought a day ticket to ski Stowe today I'd be pissed too.

Aren’t the windchills crazy cold?

 

[kendo]

Aren’t the windchills crazy cold?

Similar as Tues with -33 am and -17 afternoon windchill. They had Sunny Spruce quad open Tues and closed today??

I'd be pissed if the only lift running serving any vert was the Mountain Triple.

Sensation was closed both Tues & today but is pretty well protected and only gets gusty up near the top.

 

[hovercraft]

Similar as Tues with -33 am and -17 afternoon windchill. They had Sunny Spruce quad open Tues and closed today??

I'd be pissed if the only lift running serving any vert was the Mountain Triple.

Sensation was closed both Tues & today but is pretty well protected and only gets gusty up near the top.

Sensation takes more wind then any other lift on the mountain

 

[Kingslug20]

The wind at the top us way more than than the triple..another world up there..

 

[Tonyr]

I can tell you that the wind speeds at the top of the triple are going to be much different than the wind speeds at the top of the quad or gondi.

I would normally agree with that statement, although the problem I have is that there was almost zero wind in the afternoon riding up the triple. There was also no wind when you got to the top of the mountain triple.

You don't go from non existant wind riding the triple to heavy winds on the Gondola or the four runner which I believe could have been opened as well. Without a doubt the Gondola should have been opened this afternoon, Vail screwed their customer base at Stowe today. There is absolutely no way of getting around that in my opinion and I'm normally partial to Vail.

 

[MadKitty]

Looks like it didn't gust above 30mph at 3900' today. I'm sure vail/stowe saved a little money though!

https://www.windfinder.com/report/mount-mansfield

 

[Tonyr]

Looks like it didn't gust above 30mph at 3900' today. I'm sure vail/stowe saved a little money though!

https://www.windfinder.com/report/mount-mansfield

I went out at 1 pm today, I can confirm that wind was a ZERO factor riding up the mountain triple the rest of the afternoon.

 

[Kingslug20]

Going to SB tomorrow..

 

[abc]

Going to SB tomorrow..

Vail will be glad there's 1 less skier in their mile long queue!

 

[thetrailboss]

Vail will be glad there's 1 less skier in their mile long queue!

Vail already got his money.

 

[abc]

Vail already got his money.

That's why Vail is glad he's not there!