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The inversion today was wild. 
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Stratton Mountain - New Snow Bowl HSQ
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ghughes20
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Great picture and a great day on the mountain. Very glad to see they didn't groom Spruce, Upper Standard, Bear Down. Soft bumps all day long. I just wish my legs were in mid-season form. Big crowds today too. i wonder if this is more related to the IKON pass, the great conditions, or both?
I heard some scuttlebutt on the mountain today that there may be a problem with the state which could push back opening of the lift.
Here's a few pictures.
Zermatt
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Today was insanely good, honestly felt like Colorado. So many soft bumps, warm temps, bluebird skies (above the clouds). I have serious doubts that lift is going to open this season, if it doesn't get me in on the class action lawsuit.
No problems with the State, just some construction setbacks with the weather, a stump dump and a damn bird. Heard the splice is scheduled for Dec 15, should be good to go for XMAS week.
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ghughes20
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That news is almost as good as the conditions today!!!
Jully
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Where's next usually for Stratton? Also how'd the trees fair in the rain?
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West side/snowbowl trails are next, except for liftline because of the ongoing lift construction. The extra intermediate terrain is sorely needed. They have the natural snow trails closed, and the troughs of the bumps in the trees were getting a little bony by end of day Saturday, so I assume that it’s going to take some significant new snow to re-cover obstacles. Im sure there are doable lines in there, but some well skied areas will be dicey at best.
We sat out this weekend. Went up to VT Sunday in the rain....Monday didn't look all that great so we opted to work around the house and prep for winter.
Jully
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Helpful and pretty much what I expected (sadly). Thank-you!
Probably a good call. The day after a rainstorm is rarely good lol.
Good day on the mountain today, a bit cold but plenty of available terrain. Snow Bowl lift is moving right along.......
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sull1102
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Idk this seems like a ridiculously behind schedule project at this point. Like a month behind if not a little more.
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Newpylong
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Yeah that's what happens when it's been below freezing since the beginning of November with several 8"+ storms
ss20
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They thought they'd be ready the 15th...:lol:
Stratton already needs all the help it can get capacity-wise midwinter weekends. There was roughly 120 or so chairs on that lift iirc? 60 chairs going uphill full is 240 people that will now be funneled elsewhere on the mountain. Holiday is gonna be rough.
benski
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probably over 480, since there will be fewer people on the slope, and then there are the people who would have been in line for the lift.
Took this Saturday. If you look closely, you can see one of the workers in the top terminal.
Skiing was good. Scratchy on the steeps. They were blowing a lot of snow over on Sunbowl; you could hear it when skiing Upper Middlebrook.
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Zermatt
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They weren't working on the lift today.
First few runs were great this morning but got skied off very quick. Gondola running slow due to wind, a-hole snowboarders being a-hole snowboarders as usual.
Super nice skier helped my son who fell on a steep section on pure ice. I was hiking back up but he got him up and coached him through the tough turns.
First few runs were great this morning but got skied off very quick. Gondola running slow due to wind, a-hole snowboarders being a-hole snowboarders as usual.
Super nice skier helped my son who fell on a steep section on pure ice. I was hiking back up but he got him up and coached him through the tough turns.
Yes they were! Crew was busy over in the Sun Bowl getting the haul rope loaded on a trailer and ready for transport.
I wish I took a picture a few weeks back. They had a really cool military tractor (truck) hooked up to a flatbed in Lot 2. Imagine that was used in some phase of the project.
billo, glad someone stopped to help your son.
billo, glad someone stopped to help your son.
sull1102
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Jackass skier being a jackass skier right here... You realize that little ski racer kids are as bad usually way worse than boarders doing their little tuck and straight line everything routine. What a jackass comment by you honestly.
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