The "Sugarbush Thread"

[chuckstah]

Mentions a couple lift replacements. Guess HG is first, what is next?

Definitely Heaven's Gate and Northridge per a recent John Hammond social media post.

 

[hovercraft]

When I spoke to JOhn over the weekend he said HG was first on the hit list. Fixed grip quad……

 

[cdskier]

Definitely Heaven's Gate and Northridge per a recent John Hammond social media post.

I'm not a particularly big fan of there being more information and details in a social media post than there was in the pass-holder thank you letter. I doubt anything changed in the past few days where they didn't know that when they wrote the letter. The video also went into more details on the snow-making improvements at ME they plan to do (new mid-mountain pump-house so the summit area can run at full capacity).

 

[ThatGuy]

I'm not a particularly big fan of there being more information and details in a social media post than there was in the pass-holder thank you letter.

Passholders already bought/plan to renew. Social Media you have to sell them on something…

 

[HowieT2]

FYI
The Blueberry Lakes and Howe Block/Lareau Farm trails are now open! With more on the way soon.

 

[STREETSKIER]

FYI
The Blueberry Lakes and Howe Block/Lareau Farm trails are now open! With more on the way soon.

Blue berryPretty much bone dry more leaves out than this time last year some black flies too
Wet spots two days ago now gone
Might have to try revo/evo tomorrow

 

[SteezyRob]

those look cool. are they free? hardtail compatible?

 

[djd66]

those look cool. are they free? hardtail compatible?

they are free,

 

[Hawk]

You could ride a hardtail at Blueberry lake. I don't know why you would but it is possible. If that is what you are riding you need an upgrade.

 

[Shredmonkey254]

You could ride a hardtail at Blueberry lake. I don't know why you would but it is possible. If that is what you are riding you need an upgrade.

I ride my gravel bike at blueberry lake

 

[thetrailboss]

Mountain Update:

LiftBlog is reporting that Sugarbush is talking to Poma and Doppelmayr about replacements for BOTH Heaven's Gate and North Ridge:

Sugarbush, Vermont on Instagram: "John Hammond reflects back on the season and looks ahead at the summer from the top of Stein's on closing day."

1,011 likes, 11 comments - sugarbush_vt on May 9, 2023: "John Hammond reflects back on the season and looks ahead at the summer from the top of Stein's on closing day.".

www.instagram.com

 

[tumbler]

Tatro's mobilized in the parking lot. From the look of the materials I'm guessing they are doing the Reverse Traverse work.

 

[cdskier]

Tatro's mobilized in the parking lot. From the look of the materials I'm guessing they are doing the Reverse Traverse work.

In the last video from Hammond, he mentioned Tatro was already working on RT (and you could see some equipment at the entrance to RT in the video as well).

 

[Newpylong]

The booster station at the top of GMX is going to be huge too. Ellen doesn't pump much water because they don't have access to much to begin with so that will make a big difference in efficiently distributing what they can send up from the base.

 

[HowieT2]

trails rode fine this weekend.
anyone try Dino BBQ on tucker hill rd?

 

[Hawk]

It's suposed to be pretty good. You just have to order in advance I think.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

trails rode fine this weekend.
anyone try Dino BBQ on tucker hill rd?

Dino bbq as in Dino bbq in Syracuse and nyc???

 

[cdskier]

Dino bbq as in Dino bbq in Syracuse and nyc???

No...this is a small independent operation: https://dbonesbbq.com/

You basically go to their house to pick up your order. Been wanting to try it but never had a chance yet. You have to put your order in earlier in the week and they do sell-out frequently.

 

[Tin Woodsman]

The booster station at the top of GMX is going to be huge too. Ellen doesn't pump much water because they don't have access to much to begin with so that will make a big difference in efficiently distributing what they can send up from the base.

Good to see this, but it feels like these investments in snowmaking, while helpful, are sort of dancing around the periphery of the bigger issues that are much more expensive to fix: namely, how to get more water up from the Mad River and how to distribute that across LP and ME in a seamless and efficient way.

 

[cdskier]

Good to see this, but it feels like these investments in snowmaking, while helpful, are sort of dancing around the periphery of the bigger issues that are much more expensive to fix: namely, how to get more water up from the Mad River and how to distribute that across LP and ME in a seamless and efficient way.

Pretty sure that's still their goal...it just takes time to properly plan that and decide where the CapEx spending goes each year...