When trees come down, the USFS wants them left as is unless on a trail.
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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That is correct. But there is no lift, so it does not count officially.
I think the answer to both is “yes”
If anyone cuts, it jeapordizes Sugarbush’s open wood policy. The USFS owns the land and does not accept unapproved cutting. They are very serious about this.
Hawk
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The maintenance I was referring to was many years ago. I think people don't cross the line anymore because of what happened to those guys at Jay Peak. I was in no way condoning cutting in the nation forest. Sorry.
ss20
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Yes, Thursday up high was awesome. I made lots of first tracks through Exterminator woods. Awesome day at Mt Ellen for me. Today I did both peaks and took the Slidebrook for the first time (despite being to SB 20-25 times). Sunshine was beautiful and I did a full sample hitting what I liked previous days. Both FIS and Black Diamond Rush (lol) skiing REALLY good with Diamond being the best because of it being sheltered. Hammerhead was the best I've ever seen it. Lincoln was more scratchy due to more traffic. Still really good, but back to typical NE conditions with soft snow stashes and icy troughs in the bumps. Get Rumble and Liftline while you can in CR, not yet boney but it most certainly will be after this weekend. The extreme lower Liftline has taken a beating already from the sun...kinda wish they would blow snow up to the 3rd tower of the CR double and the very bottom on Middle Earth when the turn is. Yes, rocks and dirt are part of the CR experience but covering literally the bottom 50 vertical feet would help a lot of ski bases and extend the season over there a week or so each year, imo. Great 3 days at SB, hope to to it again real soon.
FYI, it did indeed rain Wednesday night for a bit down low. Luckily it's the very very bottom. Below the Slidebrook/North Ridge load on Ellen and really just the final 100-200 vertical feet on Lincoln. But it is nasty fyi...death cookies and unedgable ice even after two grooms. And the transition is pretty much instant from "average" skiing to "f*** is going on?" skiing.
Great. Changed over after noon. Ski surface was exceptionally good top to bottom.
KustyTheKlown
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I skied mt ellen. top was fine. FIS and BD good. ungroomed below not so much. took a foray into exterminator woods. That was a mistake. life preservation. stick to groomers until there's a resurfacing.
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Saturday was some fantastic skiing if you had gore-tex on! Powder is always preferable, but slush bumps are are just so damn fun too.
Yesterday was tough - things stayed very firm until after lunch. Got my ass handed to me on Domino headed to Castlerock my first time up and decided to stick to groomers for the morning. Ended up having a few good runs on Castlerock, Middle Earth and Rumble after the temps and ski traffic (thanks guys!) had a chance to do their thing but overheard more than one convo in the courtyard during apres that Organgrinder was actually the choice run of the day.
Fingers crossed that the single chair weather report is right and this ra*n turns to snow and nets us 4-5 overnight. The tree skiing has been so good lately, hopefully mother nature can keep it going!
Yesterday was tough - things stayed very firm until after lunch. Got my ass handed to me on Domino headed to Castlerock my first time up and decided to stick to groomers for the morning. Ended up having a few good runs on Castlerock, Middle Earth and Rumble after the temps and ski traffic (thanks guys!) had a chance to do their thing but overheard more than one convo in the courtyard during apres that Organgrinder was actually the choice run of the day.
Fingers crossed that the single chair weather report is right and this ra*n turns to snow and nets us 4-5 overnight. The tree skiing has been so good lately, hopefully mother nature can keep it going!
So fun reading and comparing the SB and MRG snow reports today. If you gave those 2 reports to people without telling them what resorts they were from, most people would probably never guess they're right next to each other.
I had a great day on Saturday. I have a relatively new insulated jacket, but when it snowed or rained, by the middle of the day it was always soggy and heavy. Even though I didn't NEED it, over the summer I bit on a high end half price gore tex shell. It's become my go to and basically has replaced the insulated jacket. It kept me warm and dry on Saturday. Visibility was an issue up high so spent more time than normal on the lower half. Domino and Moonshine were a ton of fun as was Eden. By the end of the day, my pants below the knee were heavy with water and there was a ton of heavy slushy snow stuck on top of my boots and skis making them really heavy so I called it a day around 3pm.
What a difference a day makes. Got there early. Snow report said the naturals/woods/ungroomed were crispy. So I stayed on the groomers. Murphy's was actually pretty good as was Ripcord and Upper Jester. But there was a bunch of groomers that were rock hard. Spring Fling wasn't very fun. I felt that I was spending more energy concentrating on surviving then on enjoying myself. So I called it a day at noon and jumped in the car for the drive home. Definitely need to sharpen those edges.
HowieT - was gonna take you up on your slidebrook offer. But had a friend's son with me on Saturday and he wasn't up for it and Sunday was definitely not the day! Next time.
What a difference a day makes. Got there early. Snow report said the naturals/woods/ungroomed were crispy. So I stayed on the groomers. Murphy's was actually pretty good as was Ripcord and Upper Jester. But there was a bunch of groomers that were rock hard. Spring Fling wasn't very fun. I felt that I was spending more energy concentrating on surviving then on enjoying myself. So I called it a day at noon and jumped in the car for the drive home. Definitely need to sharpen those edges.
HowieT - was gonna take you up on your slidebrook offer. But had a friend's son with me on Saturday and he wasn't up for it and Sunday was definitely not the day! Next time.
Organgrinder was the pick of the day on Sunday, that was a pleasant surprise. Overall things were pretty good sunday after what transpired on Saturday. I was expecting a real old fashion "Ski the East" day but I thought things were good, bumps and all. I think that this was effectively a slow-motion freeze and that helped tremendously. I am a bit less optimistic for tonight into tomorrow.
That's awesome! I skied past the top of OG twice. I looked down and thought the first 15 yards looked like a sheet of ice. Then you hit the bumps which actually looked okay, but I assumed they would be firm. I watched from the lift as a few people did Spillsville and it sounded really scratchy. So my assumption was that OG would be more of the same.
funny, my son and I did slidebrook around 1ish, brought sandwiches and had lunch in there.
Hawk
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We still need to do that tour we were talking about Howie. After a refresh we will do that.
You covered a lot of ground
I was thinking about doing it sunday which shows what an idiot I am. what we really need to do also is the route to jerusalem.
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