Also interesting no interviews with SB management. Stories like this one almost always have a company spokesperson addressing the issues. This seems like they perused social media, pulled into the lot, and started filming. Stock footage of other opening days (scary crowds...)
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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Frankly, it looked like a college intern pulled up in his car, set up a camera, and started filming himself. I doubt he thought far enough ahead to call the resort and set up an intereview beforehand.
And it is pretty disappointing when Stratton beats you to open for the season. That's really lame. I know that pre-IKON folks would be pretty pissed.
MadPadraic
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The reporter graduated from a VT high school and VT University. He's clearly young, but pretty solid. I appreciate them doing this story and applying some pressure for more transparency from SB.
Stratton: 4 lifts, 25 trails today. Still couldn't pay me to go ski there, but odd that southern VT beats most NVT areas to the punch
This feels like something else is going on like a system or labor issue. I agree with hawk that it also feels like there is something also going on with HG. Unfortunately under John they have gone away from some transparency or at least communicating and instead say nothing. You’ll get nothing and like it.
I don't know that I agree with it being a system or labor issue. Other than a few hours of shutdown the other day, they've been making snow on the bottom whenever they had temps. They just didn't have much temps at the lower elevations around the base. FWIW, isn't Stratton's base 300-400' higher than Sugarbush's? That (combined with a more powerful snowmaking system at Stratton) could make enough of a a difference in a November like this one.
VTSkiBike
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Lifts be damned. Still some amazing snow up here.
I was in the area yesterday so a swung by to take a look firsthand, was hopping to see them blowing more than the GH area so they can deliver more terrain on opening day, form what I could tell just blowing GH.
So, they are confident in "Providing an enjoyable and safe product" what is the over under on delivering death cookies and ice & skiing through guns blowing cement?
So, they are confident in "Providing an enjoyable and safe product" what is the over under on delivering death cookies and ice & skiing through guns blowing cement?
Yeah, 400' or so. Could be the difference, given how marginal the temps were.
OKEMO base in 1,140', the state 19 trails open, that is ski resort math so I'm guessing there are a few routes to ski. They are not mentioning down loading.
jimmywilson69
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Okemo doesn't download. When they open they open T2B. They actually have a pretty decent early season roll out if you are looking for vert.
Agreed. Conditions will be perfect for that side. Remember they still can't get Deathspout in the mix until HG work is done, but SB/SF can get the love. Maybe North Lynx??
Okemo went from bare in the base area to covered with sufficient snow to open in about 24-48 hours. I'm sure the natural snow helped a bit, but still their system is powerful and can take advantage of smaller windows.
The snow report still says they expect to open it by "mid-December" which is only 2 weeks away at this point. I was wondering the same thing about why the chairs haven't been mounted yet (at least as of the last time I was able to see the summit on the Allyn's Lodge cam last week).
KustyTheKlown
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the snow definitely helped. it seems stratton to killington got properly smashed with 18"+ and it tapers off hard north of k
No chairs on the line as of yesterday.
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