The "Sugarbush Thread"

[WinS]

Awesome run that was. I think it snowed St Pattys Day as well that year. On the less inspiring days I view it sometimes as going to the gym. Gets me in shape to ski the good days a little better.

Yes, you are correct. The year of the Holiday storms. Wasn’t that the spring when the Killington Refugees came to Sugarbush.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Awesome run that was. I think it snowed St Pattys Day as well that year. On the less inspiring days I view it sometimes as going to the gym. Gets me in shape to ski the good days a little better.

i've made the same adjustment in order to appreciate the bad days more. those days i set vertical footage goals, speed goals, and form goals. i'll try to get very low in my carves. i'll try to basically ski a narrow slalom course the width of one groomer, pretending that there are vertical drop offs on either side of my track. try to ski every narrow line down every trail so that i color in the whole run on the ski tracks app. stuff like that to keep it spicy.

as much as i rag on racer kids (and i stand by them being the worst contingent at any given mountain), i think i would have been quite good at it, had i not grown up on an island at sea level

 

[Hawk]

That year I spent mostly off trail and in all kinds of obsure places. I learned about runs like Sugar Sugar and Nowhere. You could ski anywhere and we tested the boundries of that ending up in all kinds of strange places. A good year indeed.

 

[HowieT2]

Yes, you are correct. The year of the Holiday storms. Wasn’t that the spring when the Killington Refugees came to Sugarbush.

could be, but I think that was either the next season or the one after that. We have friends who had/have a place at kton who were amongst those refugees and I'm pretty sure it was either 07/08 or 08/09. but tbh since the pandemic my memories of the before times is pretty shaky.

 

[HowieT2]

That year I spent mostly off trail and in all kinds of obsure places. I learned about runs like Sugar Sugar and Nowhere. You could ski anywhere and we tested the boundries of that ending up in all kinds of strange places. A good year indeed.

and there's still one place we need to go to.

 

[djd66]

Next Year in Jerusalem!

 

[skiur]

Yes, you are correct. The year of the Holiday storms. Wasn’t that the spring when the Killington Refugees came to Sugarbu

Yes, you are correct. The year of the Holiday storms. Wasn’t that the spring when the Killington Refugees came to Sugarbush.

Moose would know, he's the one that made the tee shirts!

 

[Kingslug20]

I was at Stowe skiing with people from Alta..they said we had way more snow than them...

 

[tumbler]

Let us know how it is tomorrow

 

[SteezyRob]

That year I spent mostly off trail and in all kinds of obsure places. I learned about runs like Sugar Sugar and Nowhere. You could ski anywhere and we tested the boundries of that ending up in all kinds of strange places. A good year indeed.

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[mister moose]

Valentine's storm was 2007, Refugee Shirt Day was April 26, 2008. Killington had closed already.

 

[Kingslug20]

Looking at the radar now..lot of snow should be falling now thru tomorrow...
Poured at my house for a while..

 

[thetrailboss]

Looking at the radar now..lot of snow should be falling now thru tomorrow...
Poured at my house for a while..

Boy I sure hope so. The last two weeks have been absolutely terrible.

 

[thetrailboss]

Valentine's storm was 2007, Refugee Shirt Day was April 26, 2008. Killington had closed already.

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A Killington Refugee shirt. That is a blast from the past!

 

[skiur]

A Killington Refugee shirt. That is a blast from the past!

A blast? Not at all, those nyburg years are years I would like to forget!

 

[Kingslug20]

White material falling from the sky now...that is all...

 

[KustyTheKlown]

NH and western maine look best positioned for this minor event. i am skiing loon tomorrow. they seem to have a lot open with good solid snowmaking base. 1" down, another 2" tonight. east coast pow day tmrw baby

 

[thetrailboss]

A blast? Not at all, those nyburg years are years I would like to forget!

I did not mean it in a bad way. I was just using it as a rhyme. Trust me, unfortunately I’ve had to tolerate POWDR and it’s stupidity.

 

[Kingslug20]

 

[Hawk]

So what is the skiing like? did it lock up tight or is it OK . Just setting my expectations becasue that is all we can do.