The "Sugarbush Thread"

[KustyTheKlown]

the weds-thurs storm that was just a little guy is now a big guy. sat-sun remains a big guy. it could get good.

 

[tumbler]

i wasn't going to post this, but your post commending sugarbush lifties made this more apropos...

i had a different experience with sugarbush lifties the weekend before last. mainly, they werent cleaning the half inch of snow off of any of the chairs. this was on gmx, and the small lift by the park, at mt ellen. so each time i took the chair, i had to kind of anticipate it and brush the snow off so the back of my legs wouldnt freeze. not a big deal, and not even worth posting but for your post.

I had the same thing at VH that weekend while three lifties sat outside. One eventually got a broom and did a tiny bit of clearing. The other was on that Sunday seats were coming into Bravo flipped up from the wind that the liftie wasn't paying attention to. The chair is slow enough through the terminal that we could flip it down before sitting. No biggie.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

not flipping the seats down kind of is a biggie. you were aware, but plenty of people arent, and that could really fuck you up. i was pretty unimpressed with the lifties when i was there. i get it, its a peanuts hourly wage, generally being worked by a south american kid on a work visa, but these are the employees who guests interact with the most. they weren't friendly (not a big deal), but they also werent doing the basic tasks of their job (bigger deal). they just sat inside every time i saw them. one of them was constantly scanning the ipad. so they are looking for pass poachers but dont care to clean the chairs or flip down the seats.

 

[Greg]

Wow... I skied the Mall last Tues, and Wed. :-o They lost a lot. Hoping for a quick recovery,

Shocking. You could see it happen over the weekend on the webcams. Hopefully we're past it for now!

 

[Orca]

the weds-thurs storm that was just a little guy is now a big guy. sat-sun remains a big guy. it could get good.

I am seeing the predicted snow totals retreating a bit

 

[crazy]

I am seeing the predicted snow totals retreating a bit

Sugarbush is now forecast to 2-4" Wednesday night and 3-7" during the day on Thursday, while they are only supposed to get 2-6" now on Saturday night. Thursday will be the better powder day, except that there isn't much of a base for the natural trails.

But we're still a few days out. Those numbers could go back up, or they could keep going down. Who knows.

 

[STREETSKIER]

The "Sugarbush Thread"

What happened to roger ? Haven’t seen him in a while ?

Big dust on crust holiday weekend the base is like early November Will there be hiking to castle rock? Can’t see how ,but this year standards are really low
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[baseconsolidation]

Thanks for the report ducky!


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[ducky]

Improving conditions. Today's groomers were pretty nice if a bit glazed down low. Got warm and sticky below 2000' by lunchtime. Mountain Ops have been resurfacing but stopped due to temps and guns are set up all over inc Murphy's, Birdland, Jester, Lower OG just waiting for the super cold coming Friday, if not sooner. We'll get a few inches tonight and more during the day Thursday. Optimistic.

This pic looking up Birdland around 1:00.

 

[smac75]

Question for Win - were blazer groups asked to refrain or cut back on using ski school lanes at the lifts? Were there complaints?

 

[WinS]

i wasn't going to post this, but your post commending sugarbush lifties made this more apropos...

i had a different experience with sugarbush lifties the weekend before last. mainly, they werent cleaning the half inch of snow off of any of the chairs. this was on gmx, and the small lift by the park, at mt ellen. so each time i took the chair, i had to kind of anticipate it and brush the snow off so the back of my legs wouldnt freeze. not a big deal, and not even worth posting but for your post.

Good comment. We will speak to them about this

 

[WinS]

Question for Win - were blazer groups asked to refrain or cut back on using ski school lanes at the lifts? Were there complaints?

No.

 

[WinS]

Looks like some good natural snow tonight and also temps will allow snowmaking to get back on. At LP we will be on Murphy’s, Birdland and Stein’s and Whichway and Sugar Run at ME. Thursday and Friday have really cold temps. More snow this weekend, so we should be vastly improved over last weekend. Taking the red eye back from Squaw where the NSAA Board meeting and winter shoe was held. They are getting dumped on tomorrow so hopefully this continues East.

 

[smac75]

No.

Glad to hear it. Thanks!

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Good comment. We will speak to them about this

thanks win. i was with a buddy who doesnt read/post here. and i jokingly said something to the effect of "oh boy you better believe win is gonna hear about this". always appreciate your participation here. thanks. enjoy the new snow.

 

[CastlerockMRV]

Flakes still flying but no real accumulation on the snow stake since they cleared off the 6" that fell overnight this morning. Mad River is showing close to 10" on their cam but I think there may be some drifting driving that number up a bit. Most of the projections seem to be in the 5"+ neighborhood for Sat/Sun. Keep the snow dances going!

 

[Orca]

Cheddar at SB

 

[KustyTheKlown]

reporter should learn how to pronounce the place she is talking about. its the nev-el-eee. not the nev-elle. the nevele (eleven backwards for its 11 original owners) was not really a "ski resort". it was a catskills borscht belt spot that happened to have a lift and a few trails. it was a 4-season resort that had golf, tennis, a nice pool compound, and two hotels on the property (the fallsview was next door). i wouldn't attribute the downfall of the nevele to ski economics. the whole catskills borscht belt thing peaked in the mid 20th century and all of those places shuttered as people (mainly nyc and suburbs jewish people who were the clientele for these places) started using airplanes to travel more.

i went to summer camp 20 min away from the nevele and my parents would stay there every summer for visiting day weekend and they would take us out of camp and to the hotel pools. the fallsview next door was the site for a lot of youth group convention things i attended in middle and high school. i got to third base for the first time at the fallsview, ohhh yea.

i'm going to go back and watch the remaining 7 min of the video now, but i had to post when she called it the nev-elle.

 

[pinnoke]

A good reminder of the times we're in, in regards to the health of our beloved sport. I had to do a double-take right from the start, with the mispronunciation of the Nevele Resort (where I skied for the first time in my life approx. 57 years ago, before graduating to Hunter, Bellayre, and others). It's pronounced Ne-ve-lee, and is the number eleven spelled backwards...there were 11 brothers or family members involved in the creation of this wonderful Catskills relic, mentioned in the same breath as The Concord, Grossingers, Kutchers, etc. In any event, I'm certainly rooting for Alterra, Vail, and other savvy groups to keep the sport attractive to new and old skiers/riders alike.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

lol. ya, what he said.

we did nevele for camp visiting day, but really we were a kutschers family. so many great memories at kutschers. they opened a trendy "new-jewish" food restaurant in tribeca a few years ago. t'was a fail.

the concord site is now the big casino.