Stowe vs Sugarbush...

[Greg]

.....or have AZ'ers, collectively, lost their senses of humor ? Seems there used to be more friendly banter, more joking around, and more fun. Maybe it's just my imagination.....or maybe I just need to start taking my meds again.

A serious case of seriousness seems to be going around. I was going to burp the national anthem this morning, but I'd probably get flamed....

I'm off to the Teton Gravity Forums to tell those posers that Western skiing sucks......then I can feel some real love !

Just a bunch of cranky skiers waiting for snow. Very typical this time of year.

 

[smootharc]

Absolutely typical.

Just a bunch of cranky skiers waiting for snow. Very typical this time of year.

Case in point. My dog looked at me kind of funny this morning, and I went off on a 15 minute tirade, berating him for not praying to Ullr enough, for eating too much without pitching in around the house, for not cleaning up his lawn loafs. He just sat there looking stunned, so I sent him to the groomers for a perm.

Odd thing is.....we don't even own a dog !

 

[2knees]

all i know is i want to get back to stowe under better conditions than the one time i did get there.

What i was really impressed with was the length of some of the runs off the gondola. Gondolier was just a great long non stop gs turning run. And that is really not my thing but my thighs were screaming after running it like 3 times. All the good stuff was closed but goat, starr and hacketts specifically looked so promising.

 

[castlerock]

All the facts are here

Between the sillyness, the facts are in here. Deadhead is on most of them. I had a pass at Smuggs for 4 years, skied both sides of the notch, and spent a lot of time skiing Stowe and in Stowe.

5 years ago, I bought a ski house at Sugarbush. I couldn't afford slopeside in Stowe, (had three little kids) and had some friends in the MRV

So now I've had 5 years at Sugarbush. I love both mountains. Mansfield is true big mountain above timberline stuff. It just isn't here at Sugarbush. I also feel that in general the farther north you go the more open the natural glades can be.

If you are just talking skiing Stowe is marginally better (Due to the Mansfield/Notch factor), If you factor in the vibe, and affordability the MRV gets the edge.

 

[JD]

Lift line/National are pretty lame all groomed out. But catch them with a fresh blacket early season, before they are bumps and windblown ice and they are great trails. Left side of National from the top is ussually really good. Left side of lift line is also. Not uncommon after a descent storm to have 3-4 foot drifting along the treeline and they have good consistant pitch down to crossover.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Lift line/National are pretty lame all groomed out. But catch them with a fresh blacket early season, before they are bumps and windblown ice and they are great trails. Left side of National from the top is ussually really good. Left side of lift line is also. Not uncommon after a descent storm to have 3-4 foot drifting along the treeline and they have good consistant pitch down to crossover.

I don't ever remember National being groomed..at least the top 2/3. Liftline is one of the few trails when groomed where you get a crazy good workout. On most groomers I just let my skis run and make big carves//On liftline when groomed..I make alot more turns to maintain my control because if you catch an edge at the wrong spot..you'll be flung into a lifttower or trees. Plus I always like skiing right under the chair..with an audience I feel like I ski better and push it harder.

Halloween of 1997 when I was a freshman at UVM..I managed to score a ride with Jerm from the ski-vermont list for early season earned turns at Stowe. Jerm is an older brother of one of the Meatheads. We hiked up Nosedive..sat on the deck of the Octogon and had a snack..then skied down manmade on upper Lord to National..National was basically untracked but on the heavy side and obviously no bumps..just terra firma under the 18 or so inches of snow. Such great early season turns and then lower down where there was less snowpack..I could get air off some of the waterbars..Mad Steezy Yo..

 

[JD]

National is not machine groomed, but once it's a solid frozen base, all bumped up, it's takes a quite storm to get good coverage edge to edge, and the bumps are always there, lurking under the pow. Not really the same as a nice blanketing of the natural terrain of the trail. I love the section from where it crosses liftling to the top of the steep above midway. Lots of undulation with some great airs.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

bumpity

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

I've never skied Sugarbush, but I have done Stowe a few times. I vote Whiteface!

 

[mattlucas]

I'm happy to have SB, Stowe, and MRG so close to each other, best skiing in the east. If only I could get in more days at all three...

...especially sugarbush!

zing!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Bump for Stoke!!!