Sugarbush 4/22/2011

[polski]

I'd planned to take my sons to Sugarloaf, driving up there yesterday evening to ski today, but the logistics wound up not working and it's a little beyond day trip range for me - plus I was a little concerned it might not get quite warm enough at higher elevations there, which from BackLoafRiver's TR sounds like wound up being the case.

So instead we went to Sugarbush - my first time ever skiing Lincoln Peak - for what proved to be an absolutely primo corn day. Got off to a late start but one of the great things about spring skiing is that's not a problem at all. I was a little concerned about the surprise cloudiness most of the way up but we had clear blue skies at the mountain as we boarded SuperBravo about 12:10 p.m. In short it was perfect hero snow, in temps up to near 50 I'd say (I skied in long-sleeve t-shirt), with breathtaking long views. Ripped just about everything that was open and it was all good except parts of Paradise were bony.

Finished our last run at 5:05 p.m. and found the liftie at SuperBravo yelling "let's go people, hurry up" - there were a handful of folks at the chair, still being let on. My sons and I got last chair and we got one more last run. Great way to finish the day. (Though not the season, I hope.)

Too tired to post photos or video now but it was an exhilarating afternoon.

 

[Cannonball]

Nice TR. I love that SB operates 10-5 this time of year. When will the other mtns catch on? 3-6 can be the best part of a spring day.

 

[MommaBear]

My husband I were there as well. Convinced him to swap Friday work day for Saturday so we could enjoy the sunshine predicted for Friday (and avoid the rain predicted for Saturday). Got nervous with the early day cloud cover. But as OP said, the skies cleared beautifully. Views were great.

Moonshine and Lixi's Twist (?) were the only other trails that we skied that you had to pick your way down thru the bare spots. Everything else was covered nicely.

Great day, and for me, great way to end the season!

 

[2sons]

Way to go. I was wondering what kind of shape Paradise would be in.