Stowe Thread

[Kingslug20]

I know..but this is nuts..way worse than last season..cold all week and they blow 1run on spruce..niw tomorrow a million people are goint to show up due to the recent snowfall and get crammed down the same runs. Going to be a shitshow..
Ill be painting my house..

 

[Tonyr]

Heading up over MLK weekend hoping that Stowe has substantially more than 40 trails open. I've been skiing there the last 5 or 6 seasons and this is the worst opening that I've seen. Normally the mountain has been or is near fully opened by MLK weekend.

 

[Kingslug20]

Theres a good amount of snow on plenty of roped off trails that just need a grooming..that isnt happening either...

 

[kendo]

I know..but this is nuts..way worse than last season..cold all week and they blow 1run on spruce..niw tomorrow a million people are goint to show up due to the recent snowfall and get crammed down the same runs. Going to be a shitshow..
Ill be painting my house..

Sucks they weren't blasting Liftline or Hayride all week. Guess no night shift.

Subzero High temps on Tues with maybe snowmaking on Liftline is going to really suck. Yep, I'll be skiing regardless!

Same hyper rope policy as last couple of years.

 

[JimG.]

Killington is generous with natural snow openings. Even Belleayre is ski it if you can as long as you don't disrespect patrol and duck ropes right in front of them.

 

[abc]

I'm glad Vail doesn't open too many trails early season last year. I had an injury in February. Thanks to their late opening of trails, I hadn't used my Epic pass much at all. Well, the picture of crowds in various southern mountains (Hunter, Snow) also discouraged me from "opening" my pass.

So when it comes time to ask for an injury related refund, the fewer days one uses the pass, the more money one gets refunded. Granted, I was skiing back country and cross country when my pass was black out over Christma-New Year too. So, even though I had a decent season in that half season, Vail didn't get much of my money! Haha!

Seriously, at $70/day per day used in the event of refund, I did calculate whether it's worth using it when there's only a handful of t2b trails open...

 

[Kingslug20]

Deciding...deciding...wind is howling outside..SB supposed to get freezing rain..Stowe snow...but same shit open...
And im just damn tired...

 

[kendo]

Yep. Going to be a real sporty drive N from NJ today.

Be safe everyone and hope this precip is nothing but snow on the hills.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

i skied stratton yesterday after driving up friday night at 4 AM (good for stratton, lots open, easy lines). had hotel 40 min south in bennington. got to hotel at 4. showered. popped over the border to buy some cannnabis products. got back. got dinner. sat down to chill at 8 PM, pulled weather, saw ice, said fuck that, drove home and was in my apt by midnight. most stratton lifts are closed today. i am so glad to not be white knuckle driving this morning either to skiing or from skiing.

this season sucks tho.

 

[Kingslug20]

My wife has to come from ct to here today...she might need a hitel 1/2 way
This sux..but at least the movers are coming tomorrow
Thus season. Sux

 

[JimG.]

Wanted to go to Plattekill today but woke up to freezing rain and black ice on my driveway.

It was hazardous walking the dog this morning.

 

[Kingslug20]

My truck is a popsicle...this is just ybe bestesest

 

[BenedictGomez]

Amazing..Sugarbush is dropping ropes all over the place and Stowe is opening one run on spruce...what the fuck are they doing?
And they git more sniw today than SB

Research a company called Vail Resorts, Inc.

 

[kendo]

My wife has to come from ct to here today...she might need a hitel 1/2 way
This sux..but at least the movers are coming tomorrow
Thus season. Sux

Hope she made it.

I91 was really greasy from Hartford to White River Jct. Passed 14 salt trucks on the southbound side and only 1 on our side headed north?! We were back up to 70+ on I89. Overall a good trip.

Slopes are covered with something white and skis are waxed.

 

[RISkier]

I was told how many persons would typically be on the snowmaking crew at Stowe and how many actually are right now. The person who told me is a long time Stowe local, though not a snowmaker. Even if I add 50% to the number actually working reduce the number needed by 50% they still would only have about half the needed crew. Ski school is also way understaffed and swamped.I know the pandemic and lousy weather have caused havoc, but the Vail owned resorts seem to be doing an exceptionally poor job adapting.

 

[Kingslug20]

Its fucked..thats it...

 

[hovercraft]

They were blowing snow all the way up lift line today. It was a nice to see. Snow was actually good today, Winds died down around 12:30 it was a pleasant afternoon. I was surprised that all lifts besides sensation were open all day.

 

[Tonyr]

I was told how many persons would typically be on the snowmaking crew at Stowe and how many actually are right now. The person who told me is a long time Stowe local, though not a snowmaker. Even if I add 50% to the number actually working reduce the number needed by 50% they still would only have about half the needed crew. Ski school is also way understaffed and swamped.I know the pandemic and lousy weather have caused havoc, but the Vail owned resorts seem to be doing an exceptionally poor job adapting.

When I was out in Vail last week I spoke to an employee on the chair lift and he had said that the company mandate along with lack of employee housing, as well as people getting Covid and calling out sick has limited the already tight labor pool for employees. It's appears this issue is a nationwide problem as alot of Vail's resorts are severely under staff and under opened. The crowds last year were bad due to the reduced lift capacity but atleast they were able to open terrain when it was ready. I'll take last year's experience over this year's experience any day.

 

[Kingslug20]

Yet they sold 2 milion passes....knowing there woukd be issues...
They have your money..why should they care..as long as the lines are long...

 

[hovercraft]

Last year sucked as far as crowds went. It was a Saturday almost every day until spring rolled around. Besides not getting snow blown on Lift line and hayride last week I think they have done a reasonable job on the mountain. Not saying I like Vail but given the circumstances of the weather pattern so far not sure what else they could have done. We need snow!!!!