The "Sugarbush Thread"

[Hawk]

Yes if I lived there full time it would be a pain. I don't. Truth be told, I ususally go to killington when they are top to bottom and only once or twice early season. Skiing with my head on a swivel is not my favorite. I usually go to Sunday River where the crowds are less, snow conditions are usually great and I can stay at my Sisters house and eat really good home cooking. ;-)

 

[cdskier]

I just usually wait until December anyway lol. But it still bothers me to see SB not taking advantage of temps whenever they can. I'm still leaning towards they had an issue and it wasn't a conscious decision to wait until this morning to fire up compared to last night.

 

[ColdRain&Snow]

FWIW...Stratton has guns blazing visible on their cams...

That mid mountain cam really shows some serious output, Stratton gets no love here but they’ve always had great snowmaking.

 

[MadPadraic]

Recognizing that this trade isn't actually on the table, I'd always rather more terrain available in late April than Nov, and SB is very much a Spring mountain. That being said, I want both.

 

[Newpylong]

That mid mountain cam really shows some serious output, Stratton gets no love here but they’ve always had great snowmaking.

Their system drops the .

 

[slatham]

Yes I’ve been happily surprised by Stratton early season the past few years. Prior I hadn’t even considered it a contender, but they can get several long trails off each of URSA and Snow Bowl early on.

 

[oldfartrider]

I remember early last season John Hammond posted on this forum what was going on with the mountain and then the first post after that was someone complaining as to what he said. Then I thought “I bet that’s the last time he’s ever going post an update on here”. This seems to be the case.

 

[ColdRain&Snow]

Their system drops the .

Yes I’ve been happily surprised by Stratton early season the past few years. Prior I hadn’t even considered it a contender, but they can get several long trails off each of URSA and Snow Bowl early on.

I can remember in the 1990s-2000s on southern vt day trips, Stratton was a few dollars more than Mount Snow and Okemo, but their snowmaking was significantly better. I think around that time mt snow bought haystack for the water rights.

 

[Los]

This doesn't sound very Epic.

Oh wait, wrong soulless conglomerate, sorry.

Nah - it’s not like that. The resort hasn’t changed that much - alterra allows independence - they’re not Vail. Substantially the same people and same culture as when win owned it.

The most significant difference is the larger crowds with Ikon - which completely blows.

 

[kingslug]

Opened up last year at Stowe with a pretty good storm...but then spent a lot of time at SB because they had more terrain open early.
I guess..we shall see.

 

[machski]

I know some do not have FB access on here, but Sugarbush posted yesterday about the start of Snowmaking operations. So they have started up, pretty much where Newpy indicated in his post.

 

[cdskier]

I know some do not have FB access on here, but Sugarbush posted yesterday about the start of Snowmaking operations. So they have started up, pretty much where Newpy indicated in his post.

Not quite sure the video they posted to social media was really brag worthy (compared to what other resorts posted and are doing).

Sugarbush, Vermont on Instagram: "Time to blow off some steam 🌬️"

2,085 likes, 24 comments - sugarbush_vt on November 8, 2023: "Time to blow off some steam 🌬️".

www.instagram.com

 

[thetrailboss]

Not quite sure the video they posted to social media was really brag worthy (compared to what other resorts posted and are doing).

Sugarbush, Vermont on Instagram: "Time to blow off some steam 🌬️"

2,085 likes, 24 comments - sugarbush_vt on November 8, 2023: "Time to blow off some steam 🌬️".

www.instagram.com

Agreed. That snowmaking is not really amounting to much. Looks more like blowing out the mice.

 

[HowieT2]

This time of year is tough. Jonesing to make some turns but it looks like mid december at the earliest for me.

 

[ducky]

Complaints about snowmaking in early November; that's a new one.

 

[machski]

Complaints about snowmaking in early November; that's a new one.

It's because Thanksgiving is about as early in the calendar this year as it can be.

 

[BodeMiller1]

It's because Thanksgiving is about as early in the calendar this year as it can be.

Good point.

 

[slatham]

Summit snowmaking…….

 

[BodeMiller1]

Do you ever wake up and realize Sugarbush is your local hill?

Instead of Pat's Peak. Now it's a party.

Epic > Vail

Automatic for the People.

 

[Hawk]

Yes I do. Has been for 20 + years.