vermont powder?

[Cornhead]

Nutcase here ;-) Man, I really feel for all of you guys, and rare gals, you need a snow fix bad. Next time the "Polar Vortex" comes to town, hop in your car and drive to beautiful North Central NY. Open your wallet wide and pull out $22 to ski a couple feet of Ontario Pow. The roads won't be bad until you're almost there. On second thought, stay home and type.;-)

 

[MadMadWorld]

fine dude. stay home when a blizzard occurs and feel safe.

I'll be at the mountain enjoying the fresh.

What happened to holding hands and singing kumbaya with Snowlover?

 

[deadheadskier]

He's a crappy singer

 

[wa-loaf]

Damn I take a day off and I miss a thread like this. So Snowlovers on timeout again? Looking at this thread I am amazed by how late some of these posts come in. There are some hardcore people here!

Looks like a permanent vacation this time ...

 

[bvibert]

So Snowlovers on timeout again?

On timeout again??? This is the first and only timeout. A permanent ban will follow if he can't figure out how to play nice after the timeout.

 

[bdfreetuna]

All I ask is if you are going 20mph on the Vermont roads in a snow storm... and I am behind you... please pull the heck over and let competent drivers with AWD pass.

Don't be *that guy* with a line of 15 vehicles all trying to go skiing behind you.

 

[gmcunni]

On timeout again??? This is the first and only timeout. A permanent ban will follow if he can't figure out how to play nice after the timeout.

that's a shame, i thought he'd toned it down and was doing ok.

 

[MadMadWorld]

that's a shame, i thought he'd toned it down and was doing ok.

It started that way but went back to the same old Snowlover when people disagreed with him.

 

[bvibert]

that's a shame, i thought he'd toned it down and was doing ok.

It started that way but went back to the same old Snowlover when people disagreed with him.

Yup, pretty much. Some of the more disagreeable stuff that he posted in the last few days has been deleted in an effort to keep things civil around here.

 

[C-Rex]

I drive up in snow storms all the time and have never been in an accident or gotten stuck. (knocks on wood) I have AWD, good tires, and I know how to drive in the snow. If the highways and main roads are being plowed you don't need to slow down to 35. Yes, you need to leave plenty of space to stop, slow down for turns and give other cars lots of room but you can easily do 50 on a highway in the snow without risking a crash. If it's going to snow really heavily or I'm going somewhere farther than 1.5-2 hours drive when it's clear, then I go up the night before and grab a cheap hotel. If you stay about 20-30 min from the mountain the prices drop dramatically. Most of the time I just leave really early in the morning when there's no traffic and I have plenty of time to get there. The last powder day I hit was a Mount Snow when they got that 15 inches on a sunday. The only thing that really delayed my drive was getting stuck behind a line of plows.

It just depends on how dedicated you are. I don't have the money to take extra days off and spend the night in hotels all the time, so I'm willing to drive. The snow on the roads is not what's dangerous. It's the jackasses out there that don't know how to drive and don't have suitable vehicles but still try anyway that will cause a wreck.

 

[MadMadWorld]

All I ask is if you are going 20mph on the Vermont roads in a snow storm... and I am behind you... please pull the heck over and let competent drivers with AWD pass.

Don't be *that guy* with a line of 15 vehicles all trying to go skiing behind you.

That is annoying. I'm usually the guy that takes his time but I always move over and then I point and laugh when your flipped over in a ditch or wrapped around a guardrail.....but then I stop and help.

 

[ScottySkis]

Nutcase here ;-) Man, I really feel for all of you guys, and rare gals, you need a snow fix bad. Next time the "Polar Vortex" comes to town, hop in your car and drive to beautiful North Central NY. Open your wallet wide and pull out $22 to ski a couple feet of Ontario Pow. The roads won't be bad until you're almost there. On second thought, stay home and type.;-)

Snowy lover troll of the century I say.

 

[C-Rex]

All I ask is if you are going 20mph on the Vermont roads in a snow storm... and I am behind you... please pull the heck over and let competent drivers with AWD pass.

Don't be *that guy* with a line of 15 vehicles all trying to go skiing behind you.

+eleven-teen billion

So frustrating, and even more so when those people are in the left lane on the highway and won't move over. If you want to take your time and go super slow, that's fine but don't be a dick to others in the process. If you're not a cop, it's not your duty to slow people down.

 

[snoseek]

I know when it's dumping and I come up on a Subaru I'm going nowhere fast.

 

[bdfreetuna]

I know when it's dumping and I come up on a Subaru I'm going nowhere fast.

I'll take a shitty Subaru over most other vehicles in the snow

 

[steamboat1]

My ski car is a Subaru Outback Sport which has Blizzak snow tires on it in winter. I feel pretty confident that I'll keep moving forward but I still drive cautiously in snow.

 

[snoseek]

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I'll take a shitty Subaru over most other vehicles in the snow

Subies are great in the snow. I was referring to the drivers (in general) of Subarus. Not the skiing demographic so much as the nervous Nellie living in a cold climate and scared of winter demographic.

 

[skifree]

I know when it's dumping and I come up on a Subaru I'm going nowhere fast.

 

[Mpdsnowman]

I think by now its safe to say some of you know I put on ski/snowboard trips. It doesnt matter if its in Utah or Vermont or wherever the reality is people from all over come to these resorts to get thier fix but many of them have never driven a vehicle in elements that get presented.

No matter where I am the first night of arrival I dont sleep. I get texts and phone calls from people I have never met (and many i have over the years but still have not learned to slow down lol) because they are either stuck in a ditch, need a tow..or even worse lost in dead end valleys with phone reception cutting in and out....while its a blizzard....and they are going thru all this because they want the powder...

It boils down to experience or lack thereof....Proper judgement and a sense of time and direction...Always remain calm...thats a good rule when driving thru these conditions...If your going to do a U turn...stay on the road, the shoulder could be a ditch...a ditch designed to be filled with snow from the roads....Make sure your vehicle has good snowtires or at least fresh all season to give you a chance....

And grow a set of balls...your not going to get to the powder if you dont have one! Its part of the game...always has always will be.

For me I live in Syracuse NY. Lol driving in blizzards is just part of our life.....a good one indeed if you like Winter...

 

[skiNEwhere]

Audi's are really good in the snow as well. But god help you if they break, that's the reason I got rid of my last one, because the warranty was expiring