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[noski]

Re: I've voted

SRO, those are great shots but two questions...

1) How did you get the moon to offer his opinion?

B) What is that building at South? Is that an artist's rendition of what the Lodge was to be?

Gotta get a full moon shot like that, this winter!

Me! Me! pick me! The second shot appears to be the Sugarbush Inn taken from the Pavilion across the street. Am I right, SRO? SRO photography is very very good. Keep up the good work.

It's the Sugarbush Inn from the field down below the SI, next to Southface. Sorry Noski, wrong side of the road.

oh, duh. of course. :dunce: that would have been a good trick to get the mountain behind the inn when facing north, now wouldn't it?

 

[Greg]

Boy, that Greg knows how to start a thread and get alot of bites.

Thanks for the kind words. Experience my friends. I learned it all during the first two years of running this forum when it seemed the only other person I talked to was myself......and occasionally riverc0il.

 

[smootharc]

I'd like to know more....

.....and getting their oversized 'Sugarbush' magazine in 1994, which I still have (as well as the trail map).

...about that Sugarbush Magazine. Anyone know where someone could possibly find one ?

 

[Zand]

I've been to Sugarbush. It's definitely my favorite mountain, and I was only there for a day and only skiied south. One word: Castlerock. Amazing trails up there. There are some great steeps on Lincoln (besides Organgrinder... what a disappointment) and off Gadd. North Lynx is good in the morning and Sleeper is a very fun trail.

This winter, I'm hitting MRV for 3 days: South, North, and MRG.

 

[noski]

I've been to Sugarbush. It's definitely my favorite mountain, and I was only there for a day and only skiied south. One word: Castlerock. Amazing trails up there. There are some great steeps on Lincoln (besides Organgrinder... what a disappointment) and off Gadd. North Lynx is good in the morning and Sleeper is a very fun trail.

This winter, I'm hitting MRV for 3 days: South, North, and MRG.

Are you doing the Ski The Valley ticket available through local lodging?

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Sleeper is a very fun trail.

Sleeper is a fun trail, also Sleeper Chute, all 20 feet of it. :lol:

 

[Birdman829]

Haven't been to either
Sugarbush is a little too far for a day trip at 3.5 hours, Sugarloaf is way to far at 5.5 hours.

If you live in Boston and it takes you 5.5 hours to get to the loaf there's something wrong with your driving. I live in Georgetown which is about 30-40 minutes from Boston and it takes me 3 hours and 15 minutes average. I go I-95 up to exit 44 and then take I-295 through Portland. Back on 95 when 295 ends and exit 112B North on 27 all the way to the access road. I usually average 75ish on the Highway and as fast as possible on 27. I guess knowing the road like the back of your hand helps too.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Last year was my first time at the Loaf and I was expecting the drive to be much longer then it was and thats from NY. Infact from where I get off the ferry in CT Jay or even Stowe is further then the loaf.

 

[loafer89]

How about those logging trucks? Sometimes when I am driving between Sugarloaf and Saddleback, I will get passed on route 16 while I am going at least 60-65mph with snow on the road :angry:

I am more concerned with hitting a moose than sliding off the road, as anyone who has come face to face with one standing squarly in the middle of the road will understand.

 

[Birdman829]

Try to drive safely and not run us off the road, please. We drive speed limit all the way from Portland and it is 2 hours 45 minutes. I could care what you do on the highway, there is a second lane to pass me, but, show a little decorum on 27, please. If it only takes you 3 hours 15 minutes from Georgetown, I'd say there is something wrong with your driving.

Actually, I feel I ought to calm down a bit here. I am as anxious as anyone to get to the mountain. But I don't want to endanger anyone to get there. Nor do I want to drive behind a slowpoke either. If you aren't doing the speed limit, I will pass you. But I will not fly by you, scare you if you are the timid type, or ride your bumper. I may momentarily ride your bumper for when I see a passing opportunity, but only so I may pass. It is winter driving, and there may well be ice and snow on the road. If I lose control of my vehicle, I am well aware that I am not the only person on the road, and I may take out someone else. Please be aware that when you drive "75ish" or "as fast as possible on 27", you may surprise another driver when you zip by them and cause them to run off the road.

Umm. Duly noted but I don't feel that either my highway speeds or my speeds on 27 are unreasonable. For one thing, thinking really hard (ouch) it's probably more like 3.5 hours. Also, on 27, there are some sections (between Augusta and Belgrade, Belgrade and Farmington, and a little between Farmington and Kingfield) where 75 is not unreasonable (most of it I probably go 65).

I don't buzz by other cars and am NOT a bumper rider (I hate those guys). I pass only in passing zones (not so with some people on that road), and slow down considerably if the visibility or road conditions are less than perfect. At least half of my driving on that road has been during the summer when there is no one on the road so that makes a difference too. I generally consider myself a good and courteous driver who happens to make better time than most on 27 because I know the road.

 

[deadheadskier]

My vote went to Sugarbush and it was a difficult vote to make.

Sugarloaf is an incredible mountain, just monsterous in skiable terrain.

The only reason why I gave my vote to Sugarbush is that its closer to me in Vermont and has more consistent natural snow fall.

If the poll was concerning what mountain, all things being equal and available terrain open, has the greatest lift accessed in bounds skiing terrain, I'd give the nod to Sugarloaf. I've certainly expressed my entusiasm for Stowe on these boards, but in terms of in bounds variaty and breadth of terrain - the Loaf is King on the east coast - amazing place.

 

[RossiSkier]

I have never been to either Sugar. Can you imagine that? It may be years before I ever get a chance to also. But I can live vicariously through the experiences of others since there's always a Sugar Thread going here at the AZ.

 

[andyzee]

Love the Bush, for all the skiing me and my wife do, we have to look for bargains. As a result we have been at Killington most of the time due to the All For One pass. Before ASC came out with that pass we would split our time between Sugarbush and Killington. We still hit Sugarbush at least a couple times a year, great mountain. I would love to check out Sugarloaf, but it's just too far, about 7.5 hours for us. Rossi, I'm suprised you haven't checked out the Bush, only 45 miles north of K.

 

[madskier6]

Da 'Bush vs. Da 'Loaf

I voted for Sugarbush, mostly because of proximity to where I live, but I recognize that Sugarloaf is a damn great mountain.

When I was in college in Maine in the 80's, it was the only place we skied. The terrain is great, although I haven't been there in quite a long time.

Now that I live in Western Mass, Sugarbush is my top choice. I also own a condo there so I'm a little biased. For me, it's much more accessible than Sugarloaf (3 hour drive vs. 6 + hours), there's more snow at the Bush, I love the Mad River Valley and you have a bonus with MRG right up the road. No contest for me although I would like to get back to Sugarloaf at some point real soon.

This may be a topic for another (new) thread but what are people's opinions on Sugarloaf vs. Sunday River? I've never been to the 'River but would like to try it someday. Which Maine ski resort do you prefer?

 

[mattchuck2]

Sugarloaf is the pick here.

All other things being equal (weather, snow amount, temperature) Sugarloaf blows Sugarbush out of the water. But since Sugarloaf is cold, windy and in the middle of nowhere, the contest is a little closer.

But, Sugarloaf's terrain and people put it above Sugarbush. You can't get the snowfields on Sugarbush, but you can find tight twisting glades like the Castlerock area on Sugarloaf.

Sunday River is useless. That mountain has short runs, no vertical, and every gaper from Boston who doesn't have the good sense to drive the extra 1.5 hours to Sugarloaf.

- Matt

 

[loafer89]

Sugarloaf is the pick here.


Sunday River is useless. That mountain has short runs, no vertical, and every gaper from Boston who doesn't have the good sense to drive the extra 1.5 hours to Sugarloaf.

- Matt

:lol: sssshhhhhh, lets leave Sugarloaf as uncrowded as we all like it to be. :wink:

 

[Greg]

SugarBUMP

 

[skibum1321]

Stil haven't been to the Loaf. And I still heart Sugarbush.

 

[loafer89]

Hopefully winters in Maine will improve after the near disaster this season. Since I started skiing Sugarloaf again in the 2003-2004 season, the snow and cold have been exremely erratic, hopefully this trend will not continue.

I really wanted to go there this winter, but the conditions just did not warrant spending the money and the time to get there, I feel really sad about it.:sad:

 

[ski_resort_observer]

How about those logging trucks? Sometimes when I am driving between Sugarloaf and Saddleback, I will get passed on route 16 while I am going at least 60-65mph with snow on the road :angry:

I am more concerned with hitting a moose than sliding off the road, as anyone who has come face to face with one standing squarly in the middle of the road will understand.

Driving a snowy road at 60--65 mph it's no wonder you would be worried about a moose in the road.