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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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Sunrise for one and Middle Earth for the other picture
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Tin
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Think it is better that happened at MRG than Bush. Would have ended up 50' from the base of the Church, stuck up in a tree dead. Going to try to get to Bush Friday!
rocks860
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Ah well right peaks, wrong trails. Thursday I thought castlerock run was a lot better than middle earth. Middle earth was a bit icier.
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Duncanator24
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Mountain was great this weekend! Quite crowded on Saturday at Lincoln peak but it died down after around 11am. Plenty of powder if you knew where to look. Sunday at Mt Ellen though was even better. Completely deserted so it was a non-issue that North Ridge lift was down. This was the first time I spent some time exploring Inverness as well. Walt's, Semi-tough, and Brambles (and all of the woods in between) were spectacular. Surprised how good those were actually!
benski
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MT Ellen was probably deserted Saturday due to the lack of north ridge.
I still question how many people truly realize it is down. On Saturday in line at Summit someone was complaining that "I can't believe NRX is down. It wasn't even mentioned in the snow report". I turned around and said that it has been mentioned in the snow report for the past few weeks. Just goes to show how people don't really read that carefully (which is what I said earlier in this thread).
Overall it was a great weekend for sure. I keep dreaming of how absolutely amazing this winter would have been if we hadn't had those damn warm-ups over and over.
Jcb890
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I would guess that the vast majority of skiers/riders don't read the snow reports at all, never mind carefully.
I'd agree, although if you're going to make a comment that something isn't in the report, you should at least make sure that really is the case before opening your mouth quite loudly in a lift line
Jcb890
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Haha yeah, I'd agree with that statement.I'd agree, although if you're going to make a comment that something isn't in the report, you should at least make sure that really is the case before opening your mouth quite loudly in a lift line
SkiingInABlueDream
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
Maybe I got lucky and avoided crowds or had very low expectations but I didn't think Saturday at LP was terribly crowded. Busy yes not crazy. Sunday at ME was verrry empty until 10:30/11 ish but never got too busy. Ppl I talked to on lifts Sunday said ME was pretty busy on Sat but not as bad as LP.
Castlerock competitors had a rough course.
Anyone know why Heavens Gate was down for a while on Sat?
Maybe I got lucky and avoided crowds or had very low expectations but I didn't think Saturday at LP was terribly crowded. Busy yes not crazy. Sunday at ME was verrry empty until 10:30/11 ish but never got too busy. Ppl I talked to on lifts Sunday said ME was pretty busy on Sat but not as bad as LP.
Castlerock competitors had a rough course.
Anyone know why Heavens Gate was down for a while on Sat?
Duncanator24
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LP was only actually crowded while heavens gate was down. Before and after that it was fine. Something mechanical, it went down while I was on it actually. 5-10 minutes later it moved in "limp mode" until I got to the top. When I got to the bottom of paradise, the lift was non moving and mechanics were working on it. Was back up by like noon though so it must not have been too serious.
Castle Rock looked pretty decent compared to how it was for the last month. Lift Line ran pretty well (pretty soft, good cover) on Saturday so I imagine it was alright on Sunday. I bet it got beat down pretty good by the end of it though!
SkiingInABlueDream
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Guess I was doing lunch during the worst of the crowds.
Castlerock liftline looked pretty ok to me except for the top sections, which are always at least a little rocky but I thought looked very rocky on sat, especially for hosting a comp. unless the comp was so extreme that ppl hucked the whole section in one shot.
Castlerock liftline looked pretty ok to me except for the top sections, which are always at least a little rocky but I thought looked very rocky on sat, especially for hosting a comp. unless the comp was so extreme that ppl hucked the whole section in one shot.
Guess I was doing lunch during the worst of the crowds.
Castlerock liftline looked pretty ok to me except for the top sections, which are always at least a little rocky but I thought looked very rocky on sat, especially for hosting a comp. unless the comp was so extreme that ppl hucked the whole section in one shot.
Well it is called the "Castlerock Extreme Challenge" after all. There was some big-time hucking off the rocks going on in the pictures Sugarbush posted on Facebook, although not sure if it is the exact same section you're talking about.
kingslug
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Maybe I'm not used to it but it was pretty busy Saturday. Went over to Ellen for a while to beat the crowds.
SkiingInABlueDream
Active member
^^ it was meant tounge in cheek.
But yes I have no doubt there was serious hucking in the comp. I was tempted to head over there to watch.
But yes I have no doubt there was serious hucking in the comp. I was tempted to head over there to watch.
^^ it was meant tounge in cheek.
But yes I have no doubt there was serious hucking in the comp. I was tempted to head over there to watch.
By the time we got to Sunday my legs wanted no part of anymore bumps so even thinking about taking a ride up CR to watch was out of the question for me.
I wonder how many quad pack tickets were used up this weekend? I'd be willing to bet quite a few. I'm (selfishly) hoping most are now used up so people are less tempted to come up the rest of the season. :-D
SkiingInABlueDream
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I have to believe the majority of quad packs are used up after this past weekend. I and a friend burned mine but that doesn't mean I won't be at the bush again this season.
Here's the answer:
"One of our ski patrol teammates spotted rubber fraying on a sheave wheel and quickly brought it to the attention of our lift mechanics. The lift was stopped immediately for safety reasons until a lift mechanic could get there and physically observe the tower. It was then deemed safe to run but slowly to clear the line. At which point the mechanics were ready to climb the tower and replace the sheave wheel which was done in 10-15 minutes At that point the lift reopened for the day"
Duncanator24
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Wow Thursday had some great conditions thanks to the closed lifts on Wednesday. Currently snowing again right now on Friday morning so it's looking like this weekend should be pretty good! Hopefully not too many wind holds today but either way it's nice to see winter still fighting to stick around.
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