The NEW Magic Mountain

[JoeB-Z]

Magic has a dismal snow report today due to an inversion. They took Monday skiing off the calendar. It would seem Sunday is very sketchy.

 

[Keelhauled]

It's going to get really ugly really fast all over.

 

[Hastur]

doubt if they'll be open 1/1 or 1/5-1/8 for that matter. no opportunities to blow

 

[slatham]

Overnight snow loss was amazingly disappointing. Sorcerer went from very good to barely makeable in 24 hours. Hopefully they have enough to keep Green running.

Models consistent with colder air mass arriving Thursday, so there is hope for the weekend of Jan 7th if they can get 36+ hours of snowmaking, and the system runs ok.

 

[doublediamond]

Thanks for the info up thread. While we’re talking about snowmaking, do they have a 100 and 200 line too? 500?

 

[slatham]

Thanks for the info up thread. While we’re talking about snowmaking, do they have a 100 and 200 line too? 500?

No. Pretty sure they refer to 300 and 400 due to horse power of pumps.

 

[IceEidolon]

There used to be a 200 line for the learning area, but that's been gone for a decade plus.

 

[Newpylong]

Is the new Learning Area line stabbed off the Wizard upline now vs direct from pumphouse?

 

[Hastur]

looking again at the forecast, they should be able to resurface beginner area, park and main base area and probably get Wand to showoff back online by next weekend. I think that would be best case scenario for them.

 

[skithetrees]

looking again at the forecast, they should be able to resurface beginner area, park and main base area and probably get Wand to showoff back online by next weekend. I think that would be best case scenario for them.

Agreed. It’s a real shame. All natural snow will probably be gone by the weekend. I am eternally positive, but is hard to be when the skiing is what it was today. Second weekend in January and we are only going to be skiing the green chair, if even that. Current report says they will start making snow Friday night—not sure how that will work for a Saturday opening. They have three months to make money and are blowing two of the three best opportunities (MLK and Christmas) yet again. If it wasn’t a holiday weekend, they probably wouldn’t have even opened today, the skiing was that thin in places. But at least they banked a bunch of snow in the snow park for the broken handle tow. The deck is nice, but make sure the other stuff works first. I want to bring friends here, but is hard when I have to time it to a snow storm and I am fielding questions every year about when will the quad be ready—I tell them every year it will be next year.

 

[IceEidolon]

Is the new Learning Area line stabbed off the Wizard upline now vs direct from pumphouse?

Yep, runs off of Wizard (and you can run it without charging the rest of West Side).

 

[Hastur]

why no blt on 1/1?

I figure they would have a decent nfl bar crowd at least. open at 11 for bloodys . I'm sure you could make 10k.

Magic has been described to me multiple times as a bar with a ski area attached.

 

[Newpylong]

Yep, runs off of Wizard (and you can run it without charging the rest of West Side).

Thanks. Do you have a piping map for them?

 

[Bubba]

Agreed. It’s a real shame. All natural snow will probably be gone by the weekend. I am eternally positive, but is hard to be when the skiing is what it was today. Second weekend in January and we are only going to be skiing the green chair, if even that. Current report says they will start making snow Friday night—not sure how that will work for a Saturday opening. They have three months to make money and are blowing two of the three best opportunities (MLK and Christmas) yet again. If it wasn’t a holiday weekend, they probably wouldn’t have even opened today, the skiing was that thin in places. But at least they banked a bunch of snow in the snow park for the broken handle tow. The deck is nice, but make sure the other stuff works first. I want to bring friends here, but is hard when I have to time it to a snow storm and I am fielding questions every year about when will the quad be ready—I tell them every year it will be next year.

I get the frustration, I’m with you. But a comparable Mtn to Magic is Mad River and they have suspended ski operations today as well. If they don’t get a storm by next weekend they won’t open either. They cannot help this weather pattern.

 

[AdironRider]

The only thing comparable between Magic and Mad River is that both places have basically zero snowmaking currently.

 

[Bubba]

The only thing comparable between Magic and Mad River is that both places have basically zero snowmaking currently.

You ever ski Magic? You ever ski Mad River? You ever make it off the groomers? The terrain is very similar. Also the local community is similar. And Magic has a better bar.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

He means from an operational competency perspective.

 

[slatham]

Thanks. Do you have a piping map for them?

No. But my recollection from that section is via hiking/glade clearing. And BTW that "upper" black line pipe doesn't seem connected to anything. Seems the line comes down Witch and Blackline and dead-ends just after the ledges section, where the 300 line goes up to before heading east to the traverse, through Wand, into Showoff.

 

[foofy]

You ever ski Magic? You ever ski Mad River? You ever make it off the groomers? The terrain is very similar. Also the local community is similar. And Magic has a better bar.

Yes, yes, and yes. Disagree on all three of your assessments.

 

[Smellytele]

Yes, yes, and yes. Disagree on all three of your assessments.

I do call it the MRG of the south. Terrain wise, don’t know the culture of either and really not a fan of the blt.