You have 1,000 Blazers skiing in there every weekend, (that 1,000 families every year) - trust me everyone knows about it.
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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You have 1,000 Blazers skiing in there every weekend, (that 1,000 families every year) - trust me everyone knows about it.
Duncanator24
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And either way, the majority of people on the mountain just want to hit groomers and maybe ski down castle rock a couple times. The people going in the woods are few and far in between, we dont have to worry about the snow getting skiied off back there. Besides, if you really want the good stuff, you are gonna go over to MRG anyways.
Tin
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Tin
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I think posting about it in a forum like this maybe accounts for 1% of the increase in traffic. 99% of the increase is due to things more like what you are mentioning. You also have a general increase in interest in tree skiing combined with a very open woods skiing policy at SB. People are just naturally exploring and following tracks into the woods when they see them. And then you have word of mouth. Forums are the least of the worries for adding traffic.
I don't agree with that at all. I think at Sugarbush you have a huge number of people that are interested in much more than just groomers. I also see tons of people in the woods, so saying they are few and far between is definitely not accurate.
Hawk
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Whatever guys. it is a free country so post what you want. The time honored tradition was word of mouth and nothing on the internet. But since everybody needs to prove they know everything, post away. This generations need to be so inclusive baffles me.
Hawk
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There are 43 blazers in the program. So slightly less that 1000. LOL. I will agree that they go everywhere and track the crap out of a lot of places. This weekend I saw them in a place that I never thought I would never see them. I guess it is frustrating for myself and others that spend so much time in the woods maintaining those lines in the summer but it is what it is. At least they have trained people overseeing them. I can't tell you how many people I saw this weekend in the woods way over their heads and by themselves.
I haven't skied it in a while, but I remember President's Day weekend probably three years ago and it was medium sized powdery moguls for the entire run. I was exhausted after doing it once. Really a treat.
kbird
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Excellent area, wish I lived closer so I could ski SB more! The upper elevation trails felt too windswept for me so I stuck to blues that had better coverage. Skied both summits, Lincoln on Saturday and Ellen on Sunday. I would've enjoyed skiing more glades than we did, but I was content none the less.
Very beautiful scenery, photos seriously just don't do it justice. Hoping to make it back there in the spring time for sure. I certainly would love to walk out on my balcony every morning and see this…
Very beautiful scenery, photos seriously just don't do it justice. Hoping to make it back there in the spring time for sure. I certainly would love to walk out on my balcony every morning and see this…
kbird
Member
A few more from this weekend, it was hard not to just stand there and simply zone out to all that beauty :-o
There are 50 blazer groups with apprx 10-15 kids/group- most of them do go in the woods. Maybe my 1000 number was off - but its way more than 43 (I assume you are referring the the Mountaineering Blazer Group) Anyway - I have no issue with the kids in the woods and could care less who goes in there.
benski
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Its my phone home-screen background.
I really wish they would get rid of the chairs in the gate house bag storage room. I'm tired of going in there at the end of the day and getting looks and attitude from people who have to move so I can get to my bag, like it's their own personal changing room. There's has been plenty of seats open in the lodge each time this has happened. Rant over.
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kbird
Member
Yeah it is! It's nothing like what we have around here. There was a really good vibe there too, and that says a lot about a place!
Are you using my photo from this weekend or a different one? I don't mind, I was just curious.
I wanted to take more photos, but my phone didn't like the cold lol
kbird
Member
Here's my Lincoln Base Pano I put together…
Yes, the vibe of the mountain and the entire Mad River Valley area is awesome.
I use a portable USB charging stick plugged into my phone when on the mountain...otherwise the battery dies in no time. I really only use it for GPS on the mountain though (or checking the webcams). I usually have a separate camera with me for pictures. I bought a new camera back in the summer and am loving the pictures I'm able to take with it.
On the subject of backgrounds, my home computer and work computer both have pictures I've taken at Sugarbush. My home computer has a picture of the top of the Summit Chair at Mt Ellen on opening day several years ago where it and all the trees at the top are covered in heavy rime with a blue sky above. My work computer has a picture of a great powder day in Paradise from several years ago. The Heaven's Gate chair was having issues at the time that week, so all the powder piled up for the most part. Then the day I took the photo it opened for a bit, but had issues again and I ended up being one of the last people to load on it that morning before they closed it. Had a minimally tracked Paradise almost to myself.
kbird
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It was really windy too, was afraid a gust would blow the damn thing out of my hand LOL
Sunday I think was worse, there was a wind hold on slide brook.
Sunday I think was worse, there was a wind hold on slide brook.
kbird
Member
Thanks for the tip too!
Sorry, it's a couple days late... but for what it's worth here are a copule pics that I snapped in the 3:00 hour on mt ellen just after it had finally stopped snowing... my son is in the distance in the second and third... It was seriously an absolutely amazing day (followed by the worst weekend, but I won't bore with you that)
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