The "Sugarbush Thread"

[Domeskier]

I would have to agree! Steins has consistent pitch where SS has the headwall, then flattens out then steepens again where everyone puts the brakes on.

Lower middle SS had some nice lines yesterday. Upper middle was a bit of a wasteland. The course at the top was getting really nice on Saturday, but lost something on Sunday when it was no longer cordoned off. There were some really good lines down at the bottom on Sunday. Never skied Stein's, so I cannot compare. Skied some really nice bumps elsewhere at Sugarbush, but signature runs usually don't bump up well for some reason.

[Ignore the pic below - meant to post a pic of SS but stole the wrong one from Cornhead's post and cannot remove it]

 

[deadheadskier]

Stein's can get the GS style bumps because they groom it too often and as mentioned, being a signature trail it tends to draw the wrong kind of skiers to make good bumps. Better bumps are next door on the Mall.

I prefer Stein's over Superstar because it's steeper and more consistently pitched. Also, while not narrow, it's not a football field wide. I'd give the edge on mogul quality to Superstar though. Apparently they're not all that great mid-season, but I find them fantastic in the Spring when I'm more likely to visit K.

 

[Savemeasammy]

I'm not sure if sugarbush ever seeds bumps, but stein's would be a great candidate for it. 3 or 4 lanes on one side or the other...

That pic above is exactly what I picture when I think of the bumps on Stein's - and it's how it looks whenever I am there.


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[Newpylong]

In my 4 years of living in the Valley I can count the times I skied Stein's on 1 finger It just really needs the right amount of sun...

 

[steamboat1]

In my 4 years of living in the Valley I can count the times I skied Stein's on 1 finger It just really needs the right amount of sun...

Which it gets very little of due to it's exposure. This is why I say Steins would last longer than Superstar given equal amounts of snow.

 

[HowieT2]

Which it gets very little of due to it's exposure. This is why I say Steins would last longer than Superstar given equal amounts of snow.

well, fwiw, they didnt make as much snow on steins this season as they usually do because of the valley house lift work. But as is evident there is still good coverage.

For whatever reason, I didnt ski steins all that much this year as I felt the bumps didnt set up as well as in the past.
I agree about the Mall having better lines. The Mall never gets groomed but Steins does only occasionally.

 

[rocks860]

Does anyone know if they're going to be running the bravo chair this summer with the construction on the new valley house lift? We're going up there in August and would love to take bravo up again and hike around.

 

[steamboat1]

Does anyone know if they're going to be running the bravo chair this summer with the construction on the new valley house lift? We're going up there in August and would love to take bravo up again and hike around.

Yes, starting June 27. More info at sugarbush.com.

 

[rocks860]

Excellent, thanks. So nice up there in the summer and practically empty last time we went

 

[WWF-VT]

Does anyone know if they're going to be running the bravo chair this summer with the construction on the new valley house lift? We're going up there in August and would love to take bravo up again and hike around.

There are a lot better hikes in the Mad River Valley area than taking the Bravo chair at Lincoln Peak

Http://www.madrivervalley.com/activities/hiking-walking-and-trekking

 

[thetrailboss]

Bump.

Progress on the new lift:

These are from the SB Facebook Page. Anyone know if they are reusing the terminal somewhere else or if they sold it to another place?

 

[thetrailboss]

I also liked this picture.....

And this one:

And this one:

 

[thetrailboss]

Looks like the top of the new lift:

 

[thetrailboss]

 

[deadheadskier]

Looks like that snowmaking pipe took a beating. Surprised they didn't remove it before doing the regrading work.

 

[rocks860]

Can't wait to see how it's moving along when we're up there in august

 

[Tin]

Over/under on days down this year?

 

[benski]

Over/under on days down this year?

can't be that many. It only runs on weekend and holidays and it did not run before mount ellen opened this year.

 

[EPB]

So are they going to bring the start of the lift down below that older lodge? I can't remember what the final verdict was with that.

 

[benski]

They are bringing the lift below the lodge. The lower terminal will be were the mountain ops building is. I also heard it will be a carpet loading lift.