Hawk
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Yup they are saying possibly 30-40 on Saturday. We will see.
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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According to WCAX, the number of uphillers at SB has gone from 300 to 1,500 in five years!
www.wcax.com
Vermont ski resorts work to accommodate boom in uphill skiers
Vermonters embrace winter like no others. Many take to the slopes to ski and ride, but some go the extra mile in the fast-growing sport of uphill skiing.
An Update on Snowmaking, Slide Brook, and Uphill Travel - SugarBlog
What a turnaround we've seen since MLK. Since snow started falling that Monday, we've seen a total of 26" in the past 10 days. It's made a real difference. We now have 100% of our terrain open and it's all skiing excellent. We haven't really seen conditions like this since last February (if you...
blog.sugarbush.com
New blog post talking about snowmaking, the slide-brook chair, and uphill travel.
The cliff-notes for people that don't want to read:
- It took 10 days to refill the LP pond enough to run the guns for 18 hours the past couple days. They're hopeful they can make more snow to touch up and build spring depths at some point...but it is a wait and see scenario (I really hope they can build spring depths as I don't think we have nearly enough snow on Steins in particular at this point)
- Slide Brook still does not have enough depth to run on the evac routes...BUT there's also a good chance the lift may not run at all due to staffing issues. (I'd agree with SB's stance that other lifts should take staffing priority over Slide Brook...so while disappointing, still the better decision over sacrificing some other lift)
- Uphill behavior has vastly improved since the restart. Hopefully the trend continues and people are now more aware of the rules.
Smellytele
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Yes kind of 2 issues - only about a 1" of snow and the wind not much better on Sunday.
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Except in nyc...where my damn plane...was going to land
This sux...
This sux...
Hawk
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I can understand the slidebrook chair. I picked my way down slide brook. Huge mistake and it is not skiable for anyone itermediate or below. Especially the bottom 1/3. Evac would be a nightmare. You should see the bottoms of my skis.An Update on Snowmaking, Slide Brook, and Uphill Travel - SugarBlog
What a turnaround we've seen since MLK. Since snow started falling that Monday, we've seen a total of 26" in the past 10 days. It's made a real difference. We now have 100% of our terrain open and it's all skiing excellent. We haven't really seen conditions like this since last February (if you...blog.sugarbush.com
New blog post talking about snowmaking, the slide-brook chair, and uphill travel.
The cliff-notes for people that don't want to read:
- It took 10 days to refill the LP pond enough to run the guns for 18 hours the past couple days. They're hopeful they can make more snow to touch up and build spring depths at some point...but it is a wait and see scenario (I really hope they can build spring depths as I don't think we have nearly enough snow on Steins in particular at this point)
- Slide Brook still does not have enough depth to run on the evac routes...BUT there's also a good chance the lift may not run at all due to staffing issues. (I'd agree with SB's stance that other lifts should take staffing priority over Slide Brook...so while disappointing, still the better decision over sacrificing some other lift)
- Uphill behavior has vastly improved since the restart. Hopefully the trend continues and people are now more aware of the rules.
If you look at the 10 day there are 2 events that will most likely add enough water to the river. If it R*%#s I will not listen to any BS that there is not enough water to blow snow. Steilns is in OK condition to last a wihile. Snowball between Lixies and Moonshine is really thin. It won't last into March at the rate we are going let alone April. I would expect them to blow those trails as well as downspout and upper jester to keep the season going longer. Those trails are usually the deteriming factors to extending the season.
KustyTheKlown
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single chair weather blog says westward shift puts mrv in for 5-10"
Couldn't have spark noted any better myself! Thanks for posting here, you beat me to it. The only other thing to add is that we've added Northstar and Which Way as downhill routes over at Mt. Ellen. More options and hopefully less confusion on what you can/can't ski.An Update on Snowmaking, Slide Brook, and Uphill Travel - SugarBlog
What a turnaround we've seen since MLK. Since snow started falling that Monday, we've seen a total of 26" in the past 10 days. It's made a real difference. We now have 100% of our terrain open and it's all skiing excellent. We haven't really seen conditions like this since last February (if you...blog.sugarbush.com
New blog post talking about snowmaking, the slide-brook chair, and uphill travel.
The cliff-notes for people that don't want to read:
- It took 10 days to refill the LP pond enough to run the guns for 18 hours the past couple days. They're hopeful they can make more snow to touch up and build spring depths at some point...but it is a wait and see scenario (I really hope they can build spring depths as I don't think we have nearly enough snow on Steins in particular at this point)
- Slide Brook still does not have enough depth to run on the evac routes...BUT there's also a good chance the lift may not run at all due to staffing issues. (I'd agree with SB's stance that other lifts should take staffing priority over Slide Brook...so while disappointing, still the better decision over sacrificing some other lift)
- Uphill behavior has vastly improved since the restart. Hopefully the trend continues and people are now more aware of the rules.
single chair weather blog says westward shift puts mrv in for 5-10"
I'm still a little concerned that Josh is wish-casting a bit too much with this one...but we'll see. I hope he's right, but I'm not counting on it yet.
Hawk
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Nice day today. Lightly snowing 22 degress, light breeze. Headed out now. NO MORE CALLS TODAY! YAY
KustyTheKlown
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ECMWF has the low posting up at the tip of the cape for quite a while with vt in the zone...
ss20
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Sunday River Special...
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I have not followed this forum for a while so excuse me if someone has already touched on this. Does anyone else have a problem with the "uphill travel route" at ME? Parts of the route that they have designated have been one of my regular downhill lines for some time. sometimes I ski it for fun and sometimes I use it as a "way back" to the resort from other places.
KustyTheKlown
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new gfs run is getting on board with the westward shift but still has vt in the fringe. but every prior gfs run had vt almost all white. so this is progress...
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Yeah Bravo has been down the past 2 days - yesterday was a wind hold and today started as a wind hold but apparently turned into a mech. Was told a sheave wheel needed to be swapped out on one of the towers so hopefully issue resolved for this weekend.
slatham
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single chair weather blog says westward shift puts mrv in for 5-10"
Hummmmm, I thought that guy knew what he was doing. 5" is even a stetch. 10"? He must be including what fell this week LOL.
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