Shredmonkey254
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And casamigos wasn’t giving out nipsBack today, pretty hard this morning, sun softened it nice after lunch.
And casamigos wasn’t giving out nips
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Stratton Thread
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xlr8r
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Looks like the Top terminal roof of the Gondola got blown off in the wind.
I was there Sunday, Snow was wonderful Dense Snow and sleet, you could not sink into it if you tried, great to surf ski through. The only summit access was URSA in the morning, but it was closed at about 12:30 due to Ice starting to glaze on it. At that point I figured it was time to get out of there and get home. Woods are buried.
I was there Sunday, Snow was wonderful Dense Snow and sleet, you could not sink into it if you tried, great to surf ski through. The only summit access was URSA in the morning, but it was closed at about 12:30 due to Ice starting to glaze on it. At that point I figured it was time to get out of there and get home. Woods are buried.
ColdRain&Snow
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Wow, didn’t realize that was the issue, shooting star is open this week so I stayed on the sunbowl side.
The Gondola will not be spinning today. Amid the storm recovery, we discovered that winds approaching 100mph blew the roof off the gondola top terminal. Crews and contractors are on site and outlined options to get the gondola running as soon as possible, hopefully by Saturday, but for now, it will not be spinning until then. Stratton crews were able to to bump the gondola and chip towers yesterday afternoon, but there is still cleanup to do in and around the terminal, and repairs to be made, but construction will begin today to enclose the roof as quick as possible.
4aprice
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Stratton's Gondola Temporarily Closed After Heavy Winds Damage Top Terminal
Winds of nearly 100 mph wreak havoc on gondola's top terminal.
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ColdRain&Snow
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They had kidderbrook and a few other trails closed to get the new roof up there.
Bad holiday week for the gondola.
ColdRain&Snow
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Really nice spring conditions Monday and Tuesday, great in the am on the lower and pm on the upper. It rained a bit last night and froze up pretty good this morning, the sun peeked out to help soften it up in spots but basically hard fast day. Looking like a mixed bag of precip next few days, need a few days off.
ColdRain&Snow
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ColdRain&Snow
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Yesterday started super warm and firmed up pretty nice at the end of the day, everything wet yesterday froze rock solid today.
Shredmonkey254
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Thanks for the solid report. Looking forward to afew more days there when it is warm. Or snowing again!
4aprice
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Sun Bowl was my playground on Saturday as well. Had a lots of fun on Eclipse which was in great shape. Lunched outside on the lodge deck in the sun, geared up, got on the chair and entered a whole new world on the way up to the summit with clouds, wind and "grapple". Interesting 180.
ColdRain&Snow
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Big slush pond at sunbowl, couple people said upper mountain was better than expected, not sure how hard it freezes tonight but giving it a go tomorrow.
Shredmonkey254
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How’s spring skiing here? Do they groom everything flat, every night? Do they leave naturals open even if coverage is suspect in places? Do a lot of people even do spring skiing or is the place empty? Are there bumps?
ColdRain&Snow
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Last few seasons most everything open was groomed regularly, the big dumps brought people out but not looking good for that this season. Dump bumps, eventually groomed.
ColdRain&Snow
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Beautiful spring skiing today, everything on the upper mountain solid from the weekend started to turn yesterday and was sweet today, but lots of bare spots popping up. They’re really cutting the trail count tomorrow.
3/11 2:55PM - Tomorrow's plan is going to look a bit out of the ordinary given the changing weather and conditions. Our grooming team will not begin grooming trails until 4am due to today's warm temperatures on the snow pack. This means that we are planning on only having 34 trails open with all 34 groomed accompanied by 8 lifts. With the forecasted drop in temperatures overnight, we do not expect any ungroomed terrain to be open tomorrow.
3/11 2:55PM - Tomorrow's plan is going to look a bit out of the ordinary given the changing weather and conditions. Our grooming team will not begin grooming trails until 4am due to today's warm temperatures on the snow pack. This means that we are planning on only having 34 trails open with all 34 groomed accompanied by 8 lifts. With the forecasted drop in temperatures overnight, we do not expect any ungroomed terrain to be open tomorrow.
Shredmonkey254
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Planning to try spring ”skiing” at Stratton tomorrow. Noticed on report today that only groomed trails were open. Is that to be expected tomorrow? Hoping Sunbowl is still open as we are traveling with the poodles. That and wanting chef Rose’s street tacos. Anyone know if that lodge and lift is open?
Sunbowl lodge is open.
