jimmywilson69
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Weekend lines?
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NYDB
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Saturday should be 15-20 minutes starting at 10am on red. Get there early and get 3 or 4 laps in before lines stack up.
Sunday is looking like the day for yuuuuuge lines for everyone. Fresh snow right in the middle of a 3 day weekend. Perfect Storm for covid lift line porn on the gram
kingslug
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Interesting..trolling resort sites..noticed Stowe day tix price 130.00, Sugar Bush 169.00. I guess the SB people arent happy with that. If you don't have a pass..your a little screwed. Never thought SB would be more expensive than Stowe
Depends which SB people. As a passholder, I'm perfectly fine with them charging those rates if it helps keep crowds down. At the VT Alterra resorts, there's no reservations required for passholders (so essentially no passholder limits). They're limiting overall volume via minimal discounts and high prices on day tickets (you could have bought an SB day ticket at a lower price in advance) along with supposedly limits on day ticket sales (although I still don't think I've seen a sold out day at SB for day tickets). So from my perspective, they're catering to their loyal passholders which makes more sense than what Vail is doing with limiting their passholders and catering a bit more to day ticket purchasers.
kingslug
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Agreed..better than what vail is doing. Will be interesting to see stats on the 2 resorts after the season is over. Sales, skier visits, etc.
drjeff
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Come seasons end, when the annual NSAA report of total skier/rider visits comes out, I think a bunch of people will be surprised to find out the skier/rider visits are close to, if not even above what the 5yr average (less last seasons early shut down) is my hunch
jimmywilson69
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A lot of people are skiing a lot of days... I'm personally above average mainly due to being able to do a lot more lunch skiing this year than last year. This is primarily driven by the fact that I haven't had an in person meeting since 3/12/2020. Yes I looked that up 
drjeff
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Things almost certain this weekend....
Many, if not most places with reservations systems will be "sold out"
Lines at many places, especially for core lifts, will be long.
Plenty of online ranting in the subsequent days about the lines, travel restrictions, etc, etc, etc
The Northeast is about as good as it's been from South to North in many years right now, and the demand is high (as it would be if COVID wasn't a thing right now either
Many, if not most places with reservations systems will be "sold out"
Lines at many places, especially for core lifts, will be long.
Plenty of online ranting in the subsequent days about the lines, travel restrictions, etc, etc, etc
The Northeast is about as good as it's been from South to North in many years right now, and the demand is high (as it would be if COVID wasn't a thing right now either
Add in the fact that less people will be traveling west next week. I think the ten day period overall will be busy. I'm a mon through Thursday guy but next week I don't think I'll be avoiding any crowds.
Smellytele
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I am just doing lift serve on Friday at Cannon. XC at Bretton Woods on Saturday. Then Sunday going to try out some granite back country Alliance stuff. Monday I have to work.
LonghornSkier
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Made a reservation for Magic on Sunday... Was honestly surprised they had availability as Plattekill was sold out and they attract similar crowds.
Magic says they're limiting reservations to 1100 skiers/day... Anyone know how this is translating to lift lines-assuming the red chair is up and running?
Magic says they're limiting reservations to 1100 skiers/day... Anyone know how this is translating to lift lines-assuming the red chair is up and running?
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Good info, thanks. How do you think midweek will be next week? kids are off from school and I want to avoid the big areas and crowds. Hoping everyone will be heading there and thunder ridge will be quieter. Are mornings or afternoons generally better?
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Everyone knows the lines this weekend are going to be huge. Don't be stupid and post any line photos here or any social media. Colorado has had a big issue with this.
KustyTheKlown
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ive been at magic on lots of sundays and mlk Monday. the red line doesn't get >15 minutes or so, and is very well organized
a friend was there last wednesday for the powder day opening and sent me a picture i couldn't even believe, and said it was consistently 30 minutes linefrom open to noon. first time i've ever conceded that they NEED black.
LonghornSkier
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Good to know... Will be interesting to see what Sunday is like. Looks like a bit of snow in the forecast but not a huge dump so hopefully it's only in the 15 minute range. Otherwise, looks I'll be doing a lot of exploring off the Green chair.
NYDB
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Lines will be 15-20 minutes on Sunday. Sundays on 3 day weekends are different than regular sundays or mondays on 3 day weekends.
But unless there is a lot of fresh snow, the magic crowd isn't really an early crowd, so get there for a few laps at 8:30 before the wait begins
KustyTheKlown
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that's definitely true, it's been basically ski on for me from 8:30-10, then lines from 10-1.
slatham
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I was there too and timed several waits. Longest was 24 minutes and that was due to the confluence of first batch of skiers arriving at base, people still arriving, maze being built/expanded, and the early "3 runs then go to work" crew was still there. Dropped off to 10-15 and then to minor at noon once Green opened. If Green was opened earlier (remember, powder days are Red only) lines would have been maybe 20 minutes with Green ski on.
NY DB is right about this weerkend, 15-20, maybe a one off at 10:30 or so is longer, Green 0-5. Slopes empty. Snow conditions and coverage exceptional.
Everyone should go elsewhere it'll be a terrible experience
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KustyTheKlown
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im taking this sat and sunday off, and trying berkshire east for the first time ever monday.
Killingtime
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Its a good place. Enjoy. Lots of first times this year for many people. Going to West Mtn on Saturday and Oak Mtn on Monday. First time for both.
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