The "Sugarbush Thread"

[KustyTheKlown]

its a little bit of back and forth, but i do the 4-6 hours in each direction every friday/sunday. i'm very used to it, so doing it in between a 3 day trip and a 5 day trip during 2 weeks off of work is easy peezy. getting up to sugarloaf is a fucking bitch. so i do it when i have time. like now. and she's working all week except for xmas day. sucks to be her!

 

[cdskier]

LOL...Mr "Snowology" made a post on Facebook stating that opening so much terrain on thin cover is out of character for Sugarbush and they're just doing this to make up for the slow start. Clearly he is not at all familiar with how quickly they always drop ropes.

 

[MrGlen]

Skinning up tonight, planning on being the first up HG tomorrow. Hopefully not too cold without any light…

 

[KustyTheKlown]

lots of new people posting. thats cool.

its gonna be cold as fuck up there in the dark tonight lol. but thats great enjoy.

 

[MrGlen]

Summit felt faster than GMX when GMX was running at half speed... That was painfully slow.

Exterminator and Elbow today:
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And a little bit of Domino yesterday:
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Any idea on why they are running GMX at half speed?

 

[Shredmonkey254]

Any idea on why they are running GMX at half speed?

Because it’s cold… welcome to Sugarbush!

 

[Shredmonkey254]

its a little bit of back and forth, but i do the 4-6 hours in each direction every friday/sunday. i'm very used to it, so doing it in between a 3 day trip and a 5 day trip during 2 weeks off of work is easy peezy. getting up to sugarloaf is a fucking bitch. so i do it when i have time. like now. and she's working all week except for xmas day. sucks to be her!

Hopefully you have a great stereo in your car. That certainly makes the time go by quicker

 

[vtski802]

Any idea on why they are running GMX at half speed?

Tower faults. Have to run it on a slower speed on fault bypass. Probably a loose wire/sensor. Will prob be back up to speed tomorrow (hopefully! )
-heard direct from a liftie

 

[vtski802]

Lower FIS at 4pm was frickin great

 

[Lotso]

Any idea on why they are running GMX at half speed?

Haven't been on Exterminator in a while...thought they took snowmaking hydrants out. Apparently not

 

[HowieT2]

Sounds like a blast, Kusty! Where do you get Chinese Food at the Bush? And Hanukka

Ummm china fun

 

[HowieT2]

Haven't been on Exterminator in a while...thought they took snowmaking hydrants out. Apparently not

All natural snow

 

[thetrailboss]

Haven't been on Exterminator in a while...thought they took snowmaking hydrants out. Apparently not

I think that view is looking down towards Lower Exterminator and Northstar, the latter still has snowmaking.

 

[cdskier]

Haven't been on Exterminator in a while...thought they took snowmaking hydrants out. Apparently not

I think that view is looking down towards Lower Exterminator and Northstar, the latter still has snowmaking.

If we're talking about my photo...Exterminator still has hydrants about 1/2 way down (still Ext and not Lower Ext as you're above Way Back at that point). My understanding is the hydrants or pipes feeding the hydrants aren't connected though.

PS - I feel like we have this discussion every year about Ext still having hydrants lol

 

[1dog]

Remember when they strung a hose thru what I call 'Bravo Woods' from Elbow to blow headwall? Thx Win, where are your ideas stored now?

 

[djd66]

Skinning up tonight, planning on being the first up HG tomorrow. Hopefully not too cold without any light…

Are you skinning up tonight so you can wait in line to be 1st? If you are first, they should give you a hat with a breakfast sandwich!

 

[Hawk]

Lower FIS at 4pm was frickin great

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Except for the water bars at the bottom.

 

[Hawk]

Skinning up tonight, planning on being the first up HG tomorrow. Hopefully not too cold without any light…

You know that people have been skinning up top Via Castlerock and skiing both HG and Castlerock for 2 weeks right. Just saying.

 

[Newpylong]

Remember when they strung a hose thru what I call 'Bravo Woods' from Elbow to blow headwall? Thx Win, where are your ideas stored now?

Not hose there are lateral pipes through there that you jump from the elbow line so they could touch up the rocks on Bravo.

Yes Exterminator is all there just disconnected. There was a snowmaking injury a while back and someone made the call to not make snow there again. Odd considering how much more treacherous Upper FIS is.

 

[vtski802]

Except for the water bars at the bottom.

Correct, I intentionally left that part out
Some strategically placed bales of hay would go a loooong way in the early season