The "Sugarbush Thread"

[Strat]

Bravo was covered in more dirt than snow... but many didn't seem to care... more power to 'em...

I, however, was hitting Lower Northstar, which was tracked but definitely held some ungroomed goodness, even 4 days after the dump... it almost made the circus on Cruiser worth it...

 

[Xcreamus]

Wow!

Hardly noticeable on their flashy site, the statement closed due to conditions!

I had gone right past the notice, looking for the trail report. :roll:

:argue:

 

[Lostone]

Yeah, kinda took the wind out of my sails, too.

I was on my way over to the mountain.

Guess I'll convert the time to chores. :blink:

Chores or skiing? Just doesn't seem fair! :roll:

 

[thetrailboss]

Re: Wow!

Hardly noticeable on their flashy site, the statement closed due to conditions!

I had gone right past the notice, looking for the trail report. :roll:

:argue:

No surprise at all considering the nasty weather as of late. Why open on a rainy midweek day to lose money?

 

[Treeskier]

news from the MT

I just went up to the Mt. for my 3pm runs and it was closed!!! Talk to a manager there and she said, the rain got the snow at the summit and there was a large section of no snow.

Also at the top of the GMX there is a pond 2 feet deep.

 

[thetrailboss]

Re: news from the MT

I just went up to the Mt. for my 3pm runs and it was closed!!! Talk to a manager there and she said, the rain got the snow at the summit and there was a large section of no snow.

Also at the top of the GMX there is a pond 2 feet deep.

So they LOST that much snow??? OUCH! :x That sucks. Mt Ellen Summit is VERY exposed, so I imagine that a lot of the snow blew off beforehand and the rain and fog really did a number...

 

[Lostone]

New Forum

For those that haven't noticed the message at the top, we now have a new chat forum for the Mad River Valley!

http://forums.skimrv.com/index.php

For talking about Sugarbush, mad River and the valley in general.

Stop on by. Help us move the furniture. :lol:

:beer: See you there! :beer:

 

[Greg]

Re: New Forum

For those that haven't noticed the message at the top, we now have a new chat forum for the Mad River Valley!

http://forums.skimrv.com/index.php

For talking about Sugarbush, mad River and the valley in general.

Stop on by. Help us move the furniture. :lol:

:beer: See you there! :beer:

The only problem with the new site is that this thread will now probably not surpass Austin's "Name the Ski Area" as the thread with the most posts...

 

[Lostone]

Don't you try to fool me! I know that was part of your plot! :angry:

:lol:


You gotta admit, we were catching up really well! Especially considering how many pix there were in the other thread, which take up a lot more room. :wink:


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[KingM]

I'm really wondering what's going on up there. Stowe has 35 trails open today and Killington has similar numbers. In spite of several inches of new snow and 48+ hours of snowmaking temps, Sugarbush is stuck on 3 trails. Were our temps/rainfall significantly worse here than anywhere else in the state?

 

[Lostone]

They brought back FIS and Lower Rim Run today. Skiing pretty well. Thinking the'll be back to top - to - bottom tomorrow.

 

[noski]

Retiring this thread?

gulp. No post in a week. Buried deep into page 2, the Sugarbush AZ thread is fading away. How best to send her off? Let her ski quietly off to the sunset? Send her off to www.skiMRV.com with fanfare? or keep her around for awhile longer?

 

[Strat]

It has been circumvented by the Sugarbush Forum... an easy slide to retirement seems fit... goodbye oh Sugarbush Thread! You hath served us well!

 

[thetrailboss]

Gotta keep it goin here...I hope :roll:

 

[smootharc]

I would suggest we have

a link to this thread posted over to a locked Sugarbush Forum thread with title like "AplineZone Sugarbush Thread".

I don't know if it makes sense to then lock this one, keeping it fixed over here with a pointer to the "SkiMRV Sugarbush Forum" at the end here ? Someone else knows better than this guy on this stuff. Just a thought.

 

[Lostone]

No. If we lock this one, it will sink into neverness.

I think it is valuable to keep it active, here. That gives people who are Zonies (Yeah it's a new word... Why? ) have a question or comment about Sugarbush, but don't want to register at another forum.

Of course, I encourage all who wish to join us over at SkiMRV.com to do so.

Did I mention free beer? :blink:

 

[smootharc]

hadn't thought about that, Lo....

....though perhaps if they locked and put in a post it/sticky at top, then neverness could be avoided. A thought.

I think as much traffic as possible at SkiMRV is important....it seems a bit quiet over there, though I realize it's early days.

Happy trails.

 

[Lostone]

Sugarbush 47th year anniversary celebration...

Did you go?

Tickets were $5.50, the original price.

Everyone was there!

Everyone I talked to, said they had a great time.

Were any of you there? If so, what did you think?

 

[thetrailboss]

Sorry. Was at Burke. Paid for that season pass, so had to use it :wink: Was nice skiing though.

 

[Lostone]

No one else from here was there?

Surprising, as there were 15,243,235,974 people there! (Well, approximately. ) 8)