Stowe Thread

[kendo]

Great day, few were hitting Spruce!

Upper Main St 'bowl' ... chunky, but plenty deep.

 

[thetrailboss]

Very interesting statistic from this article:

At 88 years old, Stowe is still king of the mountain - New England Ski Journal

There is a very short list of things New Yorkers and Bostonians agree on, and you can add Stowe, Vermont, to that exclusive group.

www.skijournal.com

More than 25 percent of Stowe’s reservations come from Massachusetts (the most popular of visiting states). New York accounts for 17 percent, while 12 percent come from Connecticut, for a combined 29 percent. Talk about an intriguing coming together of the clans. Seems like Yankees and Red Sox fans don’t disagree on everything.

I would have thought more NYers.

 

[pinion]

I would have thought more NYers.

They need to stop around Okemo area because Land Rovers only good for about 280 miles on a full tank. For Bostonians, Stowe is well within the range of most Teslas.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

^lol

most dont go much further than killington. when i was a kid it was like route 4 was the great wall of china. my dad never crossed it with us once. in college a friend's family had a house near st johnsbury and i skied burke, sugarbush, stowe and jay for the first time over winter break, and i was like 'yo dad, what the fuck man?'

 

[abc]

That used to be the case, when lift tickets are just fair game.

Killington is about as good a mountain for most families. And compare with Mt Snow and Okemo, Killington is a pretty good step up in terrain diversity and snow record. I can easily see New Yorkers don't bother looking beyond Killington.

I bet Stowe pre-Vail had an even more lopsided bias towards Bostonians.

That changed with Epic pass. Killington is no longer part of the package. The rest of the Vail offerings in the northeast are pretty poor in both terrain and snow. The only "way out" is Stowe. New Yorkers had gone to Stowe to see for themselves. Some now gravitated towards that over Killington.

 

[tumbler]

Very interesting statistic from this article:

At 88 years old, Stowe is still king of the mountain - New England Ski Journal

There is a very short list of things New Yorkers and Bostonians agree on, and you can add Stowe, Vermont, to that exclusive group.

www.skijournal.com

I would have thought more NYers.

Where do the other 46% come from? Broomfield?

 

[hovercraft]

Once again the mountain was in excellent condition. It is riding really well the past couple of weeks!!!

 

[Kingslug20]

Too bad for Sunday...but a warmup soon after.

 

[hovercraft]

Agreed, thats why I have been getting as many turns as I can this week.

 

[kendo]

Where do the other 46% come from? Broomfield?

New Jersey, of course!

 

[kendo]

My rental has MA plates... didn't drive thru the Bronx on the way home tonight.

Agree with hovercraft... great couple of weeks on the slopes.

 

[Kingslug20]

Dropped down to K today..dumped all day..

 

[Kingslug20]

Snowing a bit here..

 

[TyWebb]

Heading up to Stowe tomorrow with the girlfriend to Ski this Sunday -> Tuesday, haven't been there in 25 - 30 years. She likes to warm up with a few runs of cruising greens and thn we ski all range of blues while together ... tho I'll hit a black diamond here and there alone but not good enough for the double diamonds

Any recs on the not to miss blues to cruise

Also the easier diamonds for myself when she's spent

thanks in advance

 

[hovercraft]

Heading up to Stowe tomorrow with the girlfriend to Ski this Sunday -> Tuesday, haven't been there in 25 - 30 years. She likes to warm up with a few runs of cruising greens and thn we ski all range of blues while together ... tho I'll hit a black diamond here and there alone but not good enough for the double diamonds

Any recs on the not to miss blues to cruise

Also the easier diamonds for myself when she's spent

thanks in advance

Hey:
Off the quad you can warm up on Toll Road, Then you can do ridge view to sunrise which will take you to a few other blues 1/2 way down the mountain which you can take back to the triple, double or Quad. On the Gondola side Perry Merrill is a fun blue cruiser that is wide as well. You can go over to the Spruce side which has plenty of greens and blues to choose from. For Black diamonds you could try hayride, nose dive, and center line.
The most difficult part of nose dive is the top three chutes, after the third one it becomes more of a blue then a black. If you don’t want to do the top of nose dive you can go up the gondola and take cliff trail which is a really fun blue which will dump you on nose dive about a third of the way down. When you get near the end of nose dive you can bear left back to the Gondi (can’t miss it as your will be able to see it plain as day) ior stay on nose dive which will bear to the right back to the quad. Hope this helps….

 

[kendo]

Suggest to ski Nosedive in the morning, as later in the day the top three (short) chutes get pretty scraped off. Hayride holds up well throughout the day and is a fav. Stowe has a great lineup of Blues as mentioned above. Gondolier & Perry Merrill are both great for TTB cruising runs.

 

[Kingslug20]

Check the weather..super warm saturday...super cold sunday monday..take that into account..

 

[TyWebb]

Check the weather..super warm saturday...super cold sunday monday..take that into account..

Thank you @hovercraft and @kendo

Yea @Kingslug20 . -I've been reading on how great the mt.'s been skiing and def a lil bummed but still skiing and def beats Jackfrost/Big Boulder which is 90 minutes from home. Nothing I can do as we booked this 5 weeks ago and still jazzed to go and also check out the town in the evening. Caught the MLK Storm for Sunday, Monday and Tues @ Mt Snow and Okemo which was a great 3 days. Was with my son and even followed him into some trees which i don't do often unless marked Green or Blue.

Let's hope Stowe holds up ok and we'll ski the groomers

 

[Tonyr]

Thank you @hovercraft and @kendo

Yea @Kingslug20 . -I've been reading on how great the mt.'s been skiing and def a lil bummed but still skiing and def beats Jackfrost/Big Boulder which is 90 minutes from home. Nothing I can do as we booked this 5 weeks ago and still jazzed to go and also check out the town in the evening. Caught the MLK Storm for Sunday, Monday and Tues @ Mt Snow and Okemo which was a great 3 days. Was with my son and even followed him into some trees which i don't do often unless marked Green or Blue.

Let's hope Stowe holds up ok and we'll ski the groomers

Your going to have a great time!

 

[Kingslug20]

Get there early..i get there at 7 730 to get a good spot..ski early to get the best conditions..
Lifts open at 8