Superstar! - Late April/early May

[roark]

My wife teaches in Massapequa. Right by the mall.

Used to ride my bike by there all the time.

 

[kingslug]

then do a weekend.

Where in LI are you?

I'm in Merrick

Seems like some of us are pretty close, I'm in Freeport. We should go to hunter in April before it closes, or belleayre or both.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Seems like some of us are pretty close, I'm in Freeport. We should go to hunter in April before it closes, or belleayre or both.

I'm on the Nautical Mile often. My best friend just bought a house on Nassau Rd.

 

[ga2ski]

When are we heading to K. I need to plan a trip there and Tucks this spring. both obviously have to be nice warm days.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Who is going to this? Do we have any dates set?

 

[Vortex]

There has been alot of talk, but very little action. I will not be making it there until after Sunday River closes. My hope is May 7th and and 13th. We shall see.

 

[andyzee]

I'm going 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, well you get the idea. :grin:

 

[ALLSKIING]

I hope to make it on one of those dates.

 

[Vortex]

The 29th looks like it will work also for me.
Sr is Shutting down the 23rd and re-opening May 6th for May Day. After the 23rd of April it looks like K may be the only option with my pass.

So i'll be at K the 29th maybe the 30th and the 13th. I hope to go to Bretton Woods on May 7th if they are still open. If not I'll be Killington May 7th .
Again depends of if Killington is open also.
So thats why i have yet to put up a date. I will be a the mountain that has the skiing the latest.
I plan of going to Bretton Woods some Sunday after April 16th with may family also..

 

[andyzee]

Sounds like a plan, except the wheather is looking like crap, hope the snow lasts and they're still open :-(

 

[loafer89]

I hope to make it on one of those dates.

I can make it anytime except for the weekend of the 29th as I have to work that weekend. I can take a day off midweek if the weather and skiing look like they will be better at that time.

ALLSKIING has kindly volunteered to pick me up and do all of the driving:lol: so I am good to go. (just kidding)

 

[SkiDork]

Seems like some of us are pretty close, I'm in Freeport. We should go to hunter in April before it closes, or belleayre or both.

We go to K every weekend - have lifetime passes there. So going anywere else is pretty rare. But once everything else closes, we'll still be skiing and have great hospitality for anyone who wants to join us...

 

[andyzee]

I'm going 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, well you get the idea. :grin:

Well after skiing this past weekend, I may not make it up on the 29th. For that matter, Killington may not make it to the 29th. A lot will depend on the weather and if there are many Alpine Zoners that decide to go up.

 

[Vortex]

I plan on going on Sat for a few hours with my son. We have a family event in Woodstock in the afternoon. I'll check in and see whats up.

 

[loafer89]

I am contemplating going up for the day on monday to get a day in May, but it's a long day trip driving solo. I might try to hike for some turns at Belleayre later in May or ski Bretton Woods if they make it until the May 6-7th weekend.

 

[andyzee]

Yeah, I may still try hiking for turns in May. Best candidates would be Outer Limits or Superstar at Killington, OL still has nice cover. Or yeah, may finally get up to tux, depends on the conditions. This year I was hoping to make June, don't see that happening.

 

[loafer89]

It's kind of retarted that Killington does not offer skiing at Bear if Outer Limits has good snow, they have a lodge there and can operate just the same as at the K base. But then again did anything that ASC does make sense?:roll:

 

[riverc0il]

i would have a hard time paying $39 for two trails at this point, especially given the conditions reports coming in from this past weekend. i would be more than happy to meet folks for turn earning after the lifts close. andy, don't count out tucks in june, there is still plenty of snow up there if you want to earn june turns. you definitely won't be getting more than a few hundred feet of vertical at best, but there should still be snow in a month.

 

[andyzee]

i would have a hard time paying $39 for two trails at this point, especially given the conditions reports coming in from this past weekend. i would be more than happy to meet folks for turn earning after the lifts close. andy, don't count out tucks in june, there is still plenty of snow up there if you want to earn june turns. you definitely won't be getting more than a few hundred feet of vertical at best, but there should still be snow in a month.

Yeah, I really want to get up to Tux, just not sure if this will be the year. Especially since my wife hurt her knee last weekend. Have a doctors appointment for this Thursday, hopefully nothing more then twisted, but we shall see. Did you see this report on tux? http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52021

 

[riverc0il]

andy- i don't regularly review the posts at TGR so i did not see that post yet. i skied GoS on that saturday. i climbed halfway up and essentially had an "oh shit" moment while climbing when i realized that the boot ladder went straight over a section of ice that wasn't allowing for good step kicking. i said to myself "what the hell am i doing up here right now?" and proceeded to find a safe place to put the skis on. certainly was not a good day to be on the rock pile. i remember thinking "things are probably ugly over in tux with the inferno going on." sure enough, the avi reported mentioned dozens upon dozens of folks tumbling down the lip. thank goodness no one was severely injured. suffice to say, that isn't normal for tucks in the spring time... but you gotta assess conditions and be ready not to ski despite the long slog up. yea, i was bumming about only getting half a run, but it just isn't worth it when things aren't soft enough for safe climbing. here was my report from saturday:
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=2055