nhskier1969
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Then you would have loved the post from unofficialsugarbush facebook two years ago. They had ice skates and hockey sticks, playing around at the base of summit chair at Ellen.
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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Then you would have loved the post from unofficialsugarbush facebook two years ago. They had ice skates and hockey sticks, playing around at the base of summit chair at Ellen.
ThinkSnow
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There ya go-- no need to build anything.
spring_mountain_high
New member
Love the first part. Would love to see some of these ideas turn into investors.
There was a day this year a few weeks back where is was almost the same. The groomers did a remarkable job of getting in back to all white with a couple of nights of grooming.
Yup. Our top lift operator notified Patrol when he saw that. One of the features about the new RFID gates is that there are cameras that record everyone through the gates, so having the description of that guy in the green and black jacket we can go back and look at the photos at the Gatehouse lift and likely identify who it was if we have a photo in the system which we do for all passholders. Had be been hurt poaching that trail, it would have been very unfair and dangerous to have our patrollers skiing down to help him.
If we had the right location for a Tubing park with the ability to make snow on it, it could make a lot of sense. But taking away an existing trail s not something we want to do.. Agree that we would love to have more of the non-skiing activities. It is all a question of priorities for CAPEX.
SIKSKIER
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Love that.Have not seen it on tv this year.
BenedictGomez
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If Sugarbush / MRG get..... say... 10" from this storm, will that be enough to put all trails and the woods in play?
My question too! I'm all for 10" but i'm being greedy and saying I need those 10" on the ground by tomorrow night not by end of day Sat as SB conditions report today mentions.
ETA: I do think 10" will get them back to almost 100%. Should be enough to open Castlerock I would think!
BenedictGomez
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Not sure where their report is getting that, but the bulk of this storm will be over by tomorrow evening, and BTV has Sugarbush at 12"
https://www.weather.gov/images/btv/winter/StormTotalSnowWeb1.png
I don't see anything in their snow report mentioning an amount or that they wouldn't receive said amount until end of Saturday. They say snow may continue into the weekend (which is true from remnants and upslope potential).
As for would 10" be enough...I suppose it depends on the density. Some of the stuff at the bottom of the mountain was pretty damn thin prior to this. I'd say 10" should be good for the top 2/3 of the mountain. The bottom 1/3 I'm not quite as sure about. It might be enough. Even so, I'd still tread very lightly in any lower elevation woods and trails.
Hawk
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This is the NWS Forecast map as of an hour ago. It show 12" for the MRV. The Key word is Forecast.
Hawk
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It is hard to say what the will open. Trails like Paradise, lift line, Rumble and sections of Middle Earth are really steep and were patches of ice with rocks and dirt showing last week. I would bet Spills, castle rock run, Domino and maybe lexi's and moonshine might open. The woods are totally sketchy and I myself would be really hesitant to go in.
It all depends on how eager you are to ski in the woods. There were people skiing birdland with 3 inches on top of nothing. If they get the 15-30" that SCWB was talking about yesterday (over the next 3 days) that could be a different story
I think Mt Ellen might be faring better than Lincoln peak. This past Sunday the woods between rim run and looking good skied pretty darn good all things considered. And while I didint go in them, the bravinator woods looked great, at least from where I stood at the drop in. All to say that I think 10 inches would solidly reopen the top 2/3rds of mt Ellen (to borrow cdskiers fraction). But yeah, lower third will remain sketchy on the natural trails and in the woods. Walt’s and semi tough were almost completely barren this past weekend.
FWIW, Spills and Paradise are already reopened (not saying I would ski them yet...but they're open)
BenedictGomez
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Weather wonks seem to think this BTV snowfall output has a big chance of busting outside of s.VT. I sure hope they're wrong.
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