Stowe Thread

[MidnightJester]

Stowe just announced 11/18 opening on 4 Runner Quad - which I think means top to bottom.

If they make this will they be 1st in Northeast?
Anyone else announce a date yet - other than announcements made too long ago to take current weather into account?

They will have to blow snow like crazy starting Sunday night and they might make it. They will be starting at near nothing if not zero snow on the ground by the time the weekend finishes.

 

[Kingslug20]

Going to be cold the rest of the week..we shall see

 

[jimmywilson69]

If Stowe can get open others will too. While I'm in PA I just raked leaves and mowed (hopefully for the last time) in shorts. I was in a full drenched sweat stacking firewood yesterday...

 

[mbedle]

I don't see it happening.

 

[cdskier]

Stowe just announced 11/18 opening on 4 Runner Quad - which I think means top to bottom.

If they make this will they be 1st in Northeast?
Anyone else announce a date yet - other than announcements made too long ago to take current weather into account?

0 chance Stowe is first in the Northeast.

 

[skiur]

No way K lets stowe open first. Stowe may be open top to bottom before K, but K will be open on the stairway before stowe opens.

 

[slatham]

Don’t know enough about Stowe to comment on 18th, but based on current forecast I’ll take K open before 18th.

 

[cdskier]

No way K lets stowe open first. Stowe may be open top to bottom before K, but K will be open on the stairway before stowe opens.

I'm not even sure if Stowe will be able to get top to bottom by the 18th. (And if Stowe isn't T2B, they can't open). The reason I say this is I'm not so sure we know what the base temps will be like during the day next week. Yes it will be cold at night and maybe at the summits and upper mountain areas during the day next week, but will the base temps support enough snow-making runtime to get open to the base by the end of next week? I wouldn't count on that just yet...

 

[gittist]

Is there a 'lodge' by the Toll House Conference Center that my non-skiing wife could hang out while I ski during a weekday? I don't care about food as long as there's someplace warm for her to stay. The other question is whether or not that lift runs during the week.

Thanks.

 

[cdskier]

Also another point, why are we making a big deal about Stowe "announcing" they're opening 11/18? Wasn't that the date that Epic had announced a while ago? So this isn't anything "new" and I really don't think this is necessarily updated to account for current weather forecasts. So I wouldn't get too excited about it.

 

[hovercraft]

I hope they do, if they can plenty other mountains can as well. So we all should be !

 

[Kingslug20]

Last year I started on the 26th in a blizzard..

 

[raisingarizona]

I'm not even sure if Stowe will be able to get top to bottom by the 18th. (And if Stowe isn't T2B, they can't open). The reason I say this is I'm not so sure we know what the base temps will be like during the day next week. Yes it will be cold at night and maybe at the summits and upper mountain areas during the day next week, but will the base temps support enough snow-making runtime to get open to the base by the end of next week? I wouldn't count on that just yet...

If the temps were like you're saying then why not blow all of your snow on the upper portions with more favorable temperatures and simply push it down hill with your groomers?

 

[Keelhauled]

The distance you can effectively push snow is measured in hundreds of feet, not thousands. Besides, if you're hypothetically making snow for the whole trail on only half of it you have to run for twice as long, so you might as well wait for the weather to turn and do it all at once.

 

[mbedle]

Is there a 'lodge' by the Toll House Conference Center that my non-skiing wife could hang out while I ski during a weekday? I don't care about food as long as there's someplace warm for her to stay. The other question is whether or not that lift runs during the week.

Thanks.

There is not a lodge at Toll House base area (they got rid of that years ago). There are bathrooms in the admin building, but I don't know if there is any public seating available. The Toll House double only runs during the core season and typically not after any type of icing / melting event.

 

[hovercraft]

Stowe is still saying opening day is the 18th……

 

[slatham]

And they have a chance to make the 18th…….

 

[Kingslug20]

Are they...BLOWING...yet?

 

[hovercraft]

Are they...BLOWING...yet?

They are. I am assuming they will have to stop on Friday and Saturday with the warm weather and rain. Late Saturday night it turns cold and stays that way for the foreseeable future. I agree that they can make it…….

 

[Kingslug20]

Cool...I'll be there..I want my free sandwich..