The "Sugarbush Thread"

[thetrailboss]

We like rocks!
Builds character...and we get better at p texing...

You may not be saying that soon!

 

[kingslug]

Yup..

 

[Hawk]

When you see them blowing Steins, Spring Fling/Snowball and Coffee run for the second time. That signals the build up for spring and they ae done after that. If you notice the land guns and all the hoses are back at the maintenence lot on Gongolier. Also comparing Sugarbush to other resort poicies is wasted breath. They have thier plan that has been in place for many years now. It is probably even more important to stick to the plan. They need to make budget and this year has not exactly been a great ski year. We will never know the numbers truely but they can't be great. I would say numbers are down from last year. The crowds have not been bad at all.

 

[tumbler]

It's been this way since ASC and I don't blame them for not making snow, it's very expensive. There is depth on the main trails and the skier traffic starts to go down in the next two weeks. There will be snow at elevation in March and April that will refresh.

 

[urungus]

Those being......who? Other than Killington.

Berkshire East made snow last night

 

[Zand]

Why are we comparing Sugarbush to anyone to the south? Everyone from Killington down in VT and Loon down in NH probably have a much higher snowmaking budget than Sugarbush and anyone north of there. It's been warm but I don't think anyone in far northern NE is in dire straits enough with their coverage to warrant making snow out of schedule. We saw it in 2012 when half of March was 60+ with 5 days in the 80s but that was a much more insane warmup than this will be.

 

[cdskier]

Why are we comparing Sugarbush to anyone to the south? Everyone from Killington down in VT and Loon down in NH probably have a much higher snowmaking budget than Sugarbush and anyone north of there. It's been warm but I don't think anyone in far northern NE is in dire straits enough with their coverage to warrant making snow out of schedule. We saw it in 2012 when half of March was 60+ with 5 days in the 80s but that was a much more insane warmup than this will be.

Excellent point. Would I like snow to be made to help improve conditions? Sure (but that has never been the SB way of dealing with a freeze/thaw in my years here). Is it needed from a base depth perspective on any key trails right now? Not really.

 

[Zand]

Looks like Killington and Stratton are the only VT ski areas making snow. Kind of surprised Mt Snow and Okemo aren't but also Vail sucks so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[slatham]

Looks like Killington and Stratton are the only VT ski areas making snow. Kind of surprised Mt Snow and Okemo aren't but also Vail sucks so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Bromley and Magic area made snow.

 

[Zand]

I only checked the big names but good to see them taking advantage too! So it looks like everyone south of rt 4 not owned by Vail made snow last night.

 

[VTSkiBike]

Despite the impossibly firm conditions, Lincoln and Ellen have damn good coverage - there's no reason to make snow at this point.

The ungroomed, natural snow trails are getting quite thin (Castlerock especially) but they came away from Wednesday's wet weather with minimal damage. I love me some soft spring snow just hoping we get one more dump or before end of the month.

 

[kingslug]

SB claiming 100% open...
Stowe a little more than half...
Hmmm.

 

[Hawk]

no you can ski everythng they didn't say it would be good.

 

[kingslug]

I know...it's just funny that Stowe locks up half the runs..SB is like...hey..have at it...
Going tomorrow..hopefully CR is ok

 

[cdskier]

I'll say that any ungroomed trails I tried today on the lower mountain were surprisingly not too bad. Lower Domino was very skiable. Twist to Lower Moonshine also not too bad. The end of Lower Moonshine is getting pretty thin though. Have to pick your way through the end a bit. That likely won't last the upcoming week...

Steins was the run of the day today IMO. Did that a bunch of times.

 

[STREETSKIER]

Castle rock will be lucky to open tomorrow
Good luck
I’d go to Stowe

 

[Zand]

Is Castlerock even really skiable today? And I'm not talking about from a coverage standpoint, but I'm guessing anything ungroomed is like a 100% garbage frozen solid surface. I'd rather have the warm temps and some dirt at that rate....

 

[cdskier]

Is Castlerock even really skiable today? And I'm not talking about from a coverage standpoint, but I'm guessing anything ungroomed is like a 100% garbage frozen solid surface. I'd rather have the warm temps and some dirt at that rate....

I can't speak to higher elevations, but like I said in my previous post, the ungroomed on the lower half of the mountain is surprisingly not bad at all.

 

[kingslug]

Tomorrow much warmer...

 

[kingslug]

Looks just ducky