The NEW Magic Mountain

[KustyTheKlown]

family ski trip next weekend thurs-sun. my parents, my sisters and their husbands/kids, and my partner and me. very nice airbnb house in winhall. i would really love to steer my fam's a la carte day ticket + rentals + lessons for the kids + food and bev at magic instead of stratton at least for 1 day. looking pretty promising. i also think the scale of magic and the vibe are a lot more fun for everyone than stratton. non skiers have the blt and the deck. the nephews are right in front of the deck. the skiers can all tak the lift together and always wind up back at the same place.

 

[RH29]

family ski trip next weekend thurs-sun. my parents, my sisters and their husbands/kids, and my partner and me. very nice airbnb house in winhall. i would really love to steer my fam's a la carte day ticket + rentals + lessons for the kids + food and bev at magic instead of stratton at least for 1 day. looking pretty promising. i also think the scale of magic and the vibe are a lot more fun for everyone than stratton. non skiers have the blt and the deck. the nephews are right in front of the deck. the skiers can all tak the lift together and always wind up back at the same place.

I'm thinking about going to Magic with my passholder friend on Sunday. But I also think the place is going to be absolutely mobbed and natural cover will be thin and skied off to the point where I won't enjoy it. We'll see.

 

[NYDB]

No doubt the natural will be thin by Sunday, but probably worth a trip in my opinion.

I’ll let you know how it’s looking tomorrow. I’ll be out for a few hours.

sunday never really crowded unless it’s a pow day or the middle of holiday weekend.

 

[letitsnow1]

The sub zero wind chill should keep the crowds down. The base on the natural trails is bulletproof, I don't think there will be any thin cover this weekend

 

[Magicsnowboard]

There is a race on Sunday, which typically increases the crowd in the parking lot and lodge. However, they will all be on Showoff when skiing.

 

[NYDB]

Decent day

they are working on getting more open. 4 patrollers there today.

 

[slatham]

Decent day
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they are working on getting more open. 4 patrollers there today.

Sure was. See trip report.

 

[JoeB-Z]

They are opening plenty of West side trails tomorrow. It was really nice everywhere today. Too cold for me tomorrow. The natural base was holding up at the bottom of Goniff which always gets beat up. I am breaking in a new knee so that was out!

 

[NYDB]

frigging ghost town here today bub. it doesn't even feel that cold.

 

[ne_skier]

Will be a candidate for best day of the year. As far as I saw 100% open by the end of the day, conditions depended on the trail but overall really good. Zero crowds. Hit all 3 liftlines and Upper Magician, but trail of the day was probably Goniff.

 

[NYDB]

everything ended up open and good today somehow.

 

[tnt1234]

Wow - looks awesome.

Eyeing first or second weekend in feb. for a trip to manchester. Sucks that it rains this week...maybe I should pan on the second weekend to give them more time to recover from this warm up.

 

[oldfartrider]

I’m in southern vt. Maybe I’ll hit Magic tomorrow

 

[slatham]

Was lucky to get 2 runs on Up Your Sleeve right after opening. Given pow (6”) vs crust vs pitch, UYS was the perfect trail and was Magical (sorry).."….

 

[ne_skier]

Any Rangers fans here?

 

[NYDB]

Anyone else worried about the business level at the mountain this weekend?

They missed xmas and MLK, and crowds were light this weekend after recents snows and rain in the forecast next week.

Don't get me wrong, I'll happily take ski on red lift with magic 100% open and skiing great on a mid winter saturday. There was a 1-2 minute line at one point mid day.

Was it just the cold? Bar didn't seem that jammed either.

 

[tnt1234]

Wonder how they'll do with this warm up...

We're gonna try to send some business their way.

 

[urungus]

Anyone else worried about the business level at the mountain this weekend?

They missed xmas and MLK, and crowds were light this weekend after recents snows and rain in the forecast next week.

Don't get me wrong, I'll happily take ski on red lift with magic 100% open and skiing great on a mid winter saturday. There was a 1-2 minute line at one point mid day.

Was it just the cold? Bar didn't seem that jammed either.

I think it was the cold, I went to Windham and Hunter on Saturday, then Killington on Sunday and crowds were very light at all three places, even Hunter.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Wonder how they'll do with this warm up...

We're gonna try to send some business their way.

i really want to do this saturday but dont know if its the right move following the wet. stratton will certainly recover better...

 

[AdironRider]

Anyone else worried about the business level at the mountain this weekend?

They missed xmas and MLK, and crowds were light this weekend after recents snows and rain in the forecast next week.

Don't get me wrong, I'll happily take ski on red lift with magic 100% open and skiing great on a mid winter saturday. There was a 1-2 minute line at one point mid day.

Was it just the cold? Bar didn't seem that jammed either.

Most areas had their best weekend of the year this past weekend, even little joints like Dartmouth. Don't think it was the cold but rather their reputation of incompetence.