The "Sugarbush Thread"

[tumbler]

i brought all my skis from my parents house when i went to visit a few weeks ago and just realized my boot bag is still there. fuck me. looks like a Thursday night of traffic to long island is in the cards. MOM COME VISIT RIGHT NOW?

Love the motivation but opening day Jester>Deathspout is not for me. Terrible snow quality and a total shit show

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Love the motivation but opening day Jester>Deathspout is not for me. Terrible snow quality and a total shit show

i wouldn't be in a big rush but i am moving on december 8 and my sisters wedding is december 11. so the weekend of december 4 is for packing, and the weekend of december 17 is for settling in to new house. we are going to visit my girl's family for the first time since pre-covid from 12/22-27, and new years weekend is kind of shitty. i have concert tix over thanksgiving weekend. so if i don't ski this weekend it is quite possible i don't ski til the weekend of jan 7 which is fucking unacceptable.

 

[spiderpig]

I ski early and late pretty much every year and I will always advocate for early snowmaking. The snow making budget is always the same and they always start at the same time. This has never changed in the last 20 years or so. I actually really like the early season becuse it is always the same people, we have the mountain to ourselves and it is always really fun no mater the conditions. Actually the skiing is usually pretty good with either fresh snow or soft snow when it warms up. It is what it is and I just hope to be on snow soon.

Also, it's not all gonna melt away. The later you get started, everything else to get worked on keeps getting pushed back, so they should probably start even earlier than they do, even if they keep the same opening weekend.

 

[tumbler]

i wouldn't be in a big rush but i am moving on december 8 and my sisters wedding is december 11. so the weekend of december 4 is for packing, and the weekend of december 17 is for settling in to new house. we are going to visit my girl's family for the first time since pre-covid from 12/22-27, and new years weekend is kind of shitty. i have concert tix over thanksgiving weekend. so if i don't ski this weekend it is quite possible i don't ski til the weekend of jan 7 which is fucking unacceptable.

Then you got to go skiing this weekend!

 

[shadyjay]

Yea...I figured as much. That must be interesting riding the lift at night in the dark.

Haha... you have no idea!


Got a SkiVermont 4-pass so I'm hoping to get up to Sugarbush at least once. Won't be until the new year, since work has got me tied up until Christmas. Still have lots of friends up there that I haven't seen in a couple years. Heck, my board didn't even see snow last year for the first time in 20+ years.

 

[Hawk]

Love the motivation but opening day Jester>Deathspout is not for me. Terrible snow quality and a total shit show

Tumbler I am sure you are talking from your experiences but that is certainly not case on most years. Usually there is nobody there, no lift line and nothing that resembles a shit show at all. Conditions have varied but more often than not, if you wait until noon or after, the conditions are soft with small bumps and skiing is great. I am there pretty much every year.

 

[tumbler]

I have had some decent days going early too but I am fine waiting until there is a bit more terrain open. I know it's only Wednesday but bottom of HG not looking close to ready for opening with warm spell coming. There are some big water bars down there and off camera to the left.

 

[Hawk]

I saw that. I am sceptical also. I will be up there anyway and ready to go. We will see. Worst case is Margaritas and some hiking around. Not in that order of course.

 

[jaybird]

Have you people signed the Egan petition?
Doubt he’d return given what they did to him.

Hammond needs a spokesperson other than Bleh.
Too bad Win doesn’t post any longer.

 

[tumbler]

I saw that. I am sceptical also. I will be up there anyway and ready to go. We will see. Worst case is Margaritas and some hiking around. Not in that order of course.

At least you can start getting into apres shape!

 

[Cobbold]

Have you people signed the Egan petition?
Doubt he’d return given what they did to him.

Hammond needs a spokesperson other than Bleh.
Too bad Win doesn’t post any longer.

I signed it like a year ago wasn’t it posted on ski talk forum

 

[KustyTheKlown]

heaven's gate cam guns are now off

and killington got the green light for the race

 

[cdskier]

heaven's gate cam guns are now off

and killington got the green light for the race

Not surprising considering it is 35 at Allyn's lodge at the moment...

Also awesome to hear K got the green light from the FIS.

 

[tumbler]

Not opening this weekend

 

[KustyTheKlown]

bummer. got a source? not seeing it on site or socials.

 

[tumbler]

Got an email:

While Mother Nature delivered this week with 10” of new snow, we are unfortunately preparing for a significant warm-up tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s and rain. Knowing that, we are planning to postpone opening day, hopefully to sometime in the next week, when we can get some better snowmaking temps. In the meantime, get those skis and boards tuned and keep checking the snow report for updates.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

yea, just got it. bummer. i may burn an ikon killington day since my next chance to ski is very far from now

 

[Smellytele]

bummer
May take a ride up to SR to deal with the midstation...

 

[Kingslug20]

Maybe burn a Killington day after bird day...

 

[Castlerockrisk]

Got an email:

While Mother Nature delivered this week with 10” of new snow, we are unfortunately preparing for a significant warm-up tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s and rain. Knowing that, we are planning to postpone opening day, hopefully to sometime in the next week, when we can get some better snowmaking temps. In the meantime, get those skis and boards tuned and keep checking the snow report for updates.

The email went out at 1700 yesterday and their website still notes that they may open. You would think that they would make a better effort to provide current information. The current management has no ability to provide a stoke for the upcoming season and has no ability to communicate with their loyal season pass holders- 35 years for me.