GolfingOwl
Member
We timed our ski days perfectly as the bad weather, fog and rain arrived on the 26th and 27th. The 23rd was very cold but the 24th and 25th temps were real nice in the upper 20's.
We have skied the 3 days up to and including X-Mas every year the past 5 years and I have to say the conditions this year may have been as good as we have had. As usual, Stratton does a great job blowing snow and grooming so most of the mountain, other than Sun Bowl was open. There was even good coverage in the designated glade areas. There were a couple double-black's like World Cup that weren't groomed and were walls of ice but everything else was in good shape and tended to hold up through the end of the day. Mostly crunchy cord though is some of the high traffic areas, there was ice in middle of trails (not an issue for a family of Pocono regulars).
I understand why Stratton is not a favorite here (Sugarbush and Stowe are my personal favorites) but it has great lifts, snowmaking and grooming and is a great mountain for families. The fact that my 8 year old son and 11 year old daughter can ski nearly the entire mountain isn't a bad thing (I don't have to go ski blacks and double blacks by myself). Also, they do have a good quantity of gladed areas that are really fun (glades are now my son's favorite runs). Also, while their daily lift prices are high, they do have great packages and if you buy tickets online in advance (especially mulit-day), you save a lot.
We have skied the 3 days up to and including X-Mas every year the past 5 years and I have to say the conditions this year may have been as good as we have had. As usual, Stratton does a great job blowing snow and grooming so most of the mountain, other than Sun Bowl was open. There was even good coverage in the designated glade areas. There were a couple double-black's like World Cup that weren't groomed and were walls of ice but everything else was in good shape and tended to hold up through the end of the day. Mostly crunchy cord though is some of the high traffic areas, there was ice in middle of trails (not an issue for a family of Pocono regulars).
I understand why Stratton is not a favorite here (Sugarbush and Stowe are my personal favorites) but it has great lifts, snowmaking and grooming and is a great mountain for families. The fact that my 8 year old son and 11 year old daughter can ski nearly the entire mountain isn't a bad thing (I don't have to go ski blacks and double blacks by myself). Also, they do have a good quantity of gladed areas that are really fun (glades are now my son's favorite runs). Also, while their daily lift prices are high, they do have great packages and if you buy tickets online in advance (especially mulit-day), you save a lot.