The "Sugarbush Thread"

[Powder Whore]

And again, the words in PW's post from yesterday, above, can be repeated TODAY. And, I'll repeat a word from another of his/her/they's recent posts: "RIDICULOUS"! I'm officially bringing out an overused word from a few years back (not necessarily related to skiing)...EPIC.

How those legs feeling Pinnoke? I have been trying to work in an off day all week but the snow is to good. I skied fat skis tues-thurs, my legs are spent!

 

[kingslug]

Brought out the big bazookas as well wed and thurs...now lying here contemplating ...35 below windchills at the top of stowe..gondi on windhold..skied 6 days in a row so far..motivation a bit low right now..

 

[djd66]

Works fine other spots in the valley (including anywhere on the mountain itself), but around my condo and even in Sugarbush Village at places like Mutha Stuffers it is so painfully slow that at times you can't even refresh the Sugarbush App or website (or it takes several minutes or multiple retries to load). Very strange. No such issues with my Verizon phone though.

CD - I have ATT and have the same issues on trying to upload anything. i wonder if it is being throttled by Verizon? Have you done a speed test on your Verizon phone?

 

[cdskier]

CD - I have ATT and have the same issues on trying to upload anything. i wonder if it is being throttled by Verizon? Have you done a speed test on your Verizon phone?

I get 5 down and 4 up on my Verizon and at the moment got 6.4 down and 0.5 up on my AT&T. I'll be curious to retest this weekend when there are more people around to see if that makes a difference. Verizon has 3-4 bars and AT&T has 1-2 bars currently. Very interesting if they're both coming off the same tower above Village Run.

 

[hovercraft]

Last season on the weekends i woukd get there around 715..empty..maybe 10 people at first on line..around 9 it would start to get busy..this season has changed it..have to see what happens next season.
Windchills 35 below at the top today...hmmm

Agreed, I am a first chair person as well and this year is much different then last year. Can’t even get over to the Gondi as the line is always long, just the nature of the beast. Overall I think they have done a good job managing the Covid environment we find ourselves in. Will be interesting to see what next season brings. In the meantime bring on more snow and enjoy what we have!

 

[Shredmonkey254]

Brought out the big bazookas as well wed and thurs...now lying here contemplating ...35 below windchills at the top of stowe..gondi on windhold..skied 6 days in a row so far..motivation a bit low right now..

your dreams of an uncrowded sugarbush most likely will be shattered if you show up this weekend!

 

[kingslug]

Going to Stowe in a little while..for a little while. This cold may keep some away, or drive them out after a while..
The difference between Stowe and SB is you have a lot more options at SB. Stowe, its a quad or a gondi. Although Spruce is a good place to hide a little.
This is the first season I really got to check out SB when its fully open. Really like Castlerock..exhausting but cool.

 

[HowieT2]

Same tower doesn’t mean it’s the same antenna/equipment.I believe att and Verizon run on different technology standards.

yesterday was wow. I’ve had many powder days here at sugarbush, but not any that I can recall when castlerock is ski on the entire time. Did 6 laps, 3 each on castlerock run and middle earth with some woods mixed in. Just awesome conditions. Even the creeks are filling in. Then I headed over to north lynx for some runs to time the bus and slidebrook door one Which was about as good as it gets. No problem with the bus back to the base.

has anyone recently done the slidebrook run back to out to lunch which is known to me as south beach? Wondering if its overgrown as I havent done it in a few seasons.

 

[HowieT2]

Going to Stowe in a little while..for a little while. This cold may keep some away, or drive them out after a while..
The difference between Stowe and SB is you have a lot more options at SB. Stowe, its a quad or a gondi. Although Spruce is a good place to hide a little.
This is the first season I really got to check out SB when its fully open. Really like Castlerock..exhausting but cool.

I think you’ll find that the way sugarbush lifts are set up, in a hub and spoke system, is really beneficial to regular skiers looking to lap the upper mountain terrain without having to deal with the crowds on the base lifts. There are downsides when pods aren’t open due to windhold, lack of snow or mechanical, but when everything is up and running, it’s a huge advantage imho.

 

[Shredmonkey254]

Same tower doesn’t mean it’s the same antenna/equipment.I believe att and Verizon run on different technology standards.

yesterday was wow. I’ve had many powder days here at sugarbush, but not any that I can recall when castlerock is ski on the entire time. Did 6 laps, 3 each on castlerock run and middle earth with some woods mixed in. Just awesome conditions. Even the creeks are filling in. Then I headed over to north lynx for some runs to time the bus and slidebrook door one Which was about as good as it gets. No problem with the bus back to the base.

has anyone recently done the slidebrook run back to out to lunch which is known to me as south beach? Wondering if its overgrown as I havent done it in a few seasons.

South Beach is serving it up as smooth and wonderful as any Mojito can be had. Drink up!

 

[djd66]

Same tower doesn’t mean it’s the same antenna/equipment.I believe att and Verizon run on different technology standards.

yesterday was wow. I’ve had many powder days here at sugarbush, but not any that I can recall when castlerock is ski on the entire time. Did 6 laps, 3 each on castlerock run and middle earth with some woods mixed in. Just awesome conditions. Even the creeks are filling in. Then I headed over to north lynx for some runs to time the bus and slidebrook door one Which was about as good as it gets. No problem with the bus back to the base.

has anyone recently done the slidebrook run back to out to lunch which is known to me as south beach? Wondering if its overgrown as I havent done it in a few seasons.

I did slidebrook back to the village run trail last weekend and it skied great. How do you ski to the OTL trail?

 

[kingslug]

its like Gore..you can avoid crowds at the bottom. Today at Stowe wasn't busy at all..cold as hell but not busy. And my favorite run was closed..again..Goat.
Meanwhile yesterday going up CR chair looking at the rock face and a few skiing down it..I was thinking..nope..Vail would never open that. I'm an SB convert for sure now.

 

[cdskier]

Same tower doesn’t mean it’s the same antenna/equipment.I believe att and Verizon run on different technology standards.

Agreed that it may be different equipment. And years ago you are 100% correct that they had different technology (Verizon used CDMA while AT&T used GSM). That's one of the big reasons we had a lot of AT&T (and T-Mobile) devices at work for years (GSM was much more compatible Internationally while CDMA worked in only a handful of other countries). I'm not quite as up to date on the technology today, but I believe they both now use LTE as of 4G devices. Still doesn't mean they share equipment on the tower or allow one another to use each other's network.

I think you’ll find that the way sugarbush lifts are set up, in a hub and spoke system, is really beneficial to regular skiers looking to lap the upper mountain terrain without having to deal with the crowds on the base lifts. There are downsides when pods aren’t open due to windhold, lack of snow or mechanical, but when everything is up and running, it’s a huge advantage imho.

I personally much prefer this type of lift setup over a more top to bottom setup like Stowe has. (I've been criticized in other threads for that opinion in the past though!). I think it has a lot of advantages with helping spread people out and actually also think there are upsides when it comes to wind holds since you can potentially isolate and shut down just certain lifts/pods. If a top to bottom lift goes down due to wind, that can have a major impact on terrain availability depending on how other lifts are setup.

 

[cdskier]

PS...went out this afternoon around 1 after I finished work. Couldn't believe how empty it was. Every lift was pretty much ski on (including Castlerock). Wish I was able to get out earlier in the week when the snow as fresher everywhere, but there's still plenty of leftovers out there. Top of CR Run was worn out a bit, but Lower CR Run seemed like barely anyone skied it!

 

[kingslug]

Hit Castlerock run several times this week as well as middle earth and cotillion..with a few breaks through the toll road which was almost knee deep. Best lines of the year.
even the bumps on right side of ripcord were deep.

 

[shipyardcreek]

South Beach is serving it up as smooth and wonderful as any Mojito can be had. Drink up!

It is South Beech, and yesterday it absolutely sucked. Stay out of there, there be dragons.

 

[Shredmonkey254]

its like Gore..you can avoid crowds at the bottom. Today at Stowe wasn't busy at all..cold as hell but not busy. And my favorite run was closed..again..Goat.
Meanwhile yesterday going up CR chair looking at the rock face and a few skiing down it..I was thinking..nope..Vail would never open that. I'm an SB convert for sure now.

How could Goat possibly be closed these days?

 

[KustyTheKlown]

How could Goat possibly be closed these days?

because vail.

 

[jaybird]

Weds blower called for nonstop CR ski-on ascents .. best it's been all year .. easy
.. and Ripcord filled in down the right hand alley is worth the effort.
This refresh cycle is one of the most consistent stretches we've seen in a decade.
That rodent Phil is a pal

Hit Castlerock run several times this week as well as middle earth and cotillion..with a few breaks through the toll road which was almost knee deep. Best lines of the year.
even the bumps on right side of ripcord were deep.

 

[kingslug]

Goat..upper liftline, upper starr , lookout..all closed. Its Vail..they wouldn't want you hitting a rock or something. Very lame. But you can still hit the middle of all of them except Goat..totaly closed.