When Will Ski Sundown Open?

[o3jeff]

Hiked Satan's Staircase recently. Pretty radical.

 

[VTKilarney]

The thing that bugs me about photos of Satan's Staircase, like the one above, is that the trail always looks flatter in photos than in real life.

 

[ALLSKIING]

This thread delivers!

 

[C-Rex]

I heard they are currently training the ski patrol in avalanche blasting techniques. And they are going to use the snow from the debris field to build a halfpipe.

 

[gmcunni]

i heard they have the snow but are closed to the public while the Warren Miller crew films their next extreme skiing movie. i believe the working title is "Stairway to Heaven" with a yet to be announced official reunion of Led Zeppelin performing on the deck.

 

[Tin]

Just saw this on their FB, newest aerial shot...

 

[Highway Star]

Just saw this on their FB, newest aerial shot...

Video of the flyover right here!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

 

[powhunter]

The town of New Hartford is feverishy planning improvements to the infrastructure in the Ski Sundown area in anticipation of the potential 100k additional skier visits Satans Stairway could generate

Sources say plans for a 600 room hotel and conference center are in the works as well as the hiring of 2 full time constables to catch unwary New Yorkers speeding down the access road


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[o3jeff]

The town of New Hartford is feverishy planning improvements to the infrastructure in the Ski Sundown area in anticipation of the potential 100k additional skier visits Satans Stairway could generate

Sources say plans for a 600 room hotel and conference center are in the works as well as the hiring of 2 full time constables to catch unwary New Yorkers speeding down the access road


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Wasn't there talks of an interconnect with Killington?

 

[powhunter]

Believe it was Pico


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[Hawkshot99]

You guys are going to be so disappointed, when you actually get to ski this trail. Has there ever been so much hype for a CT trail?

 

[Highway Star]

You guys are going to be so disappointed, when you actually get to ski this trail. Has there ever been so much hype for a CT trail?

Nah............see this pic? These guys are standing funny because they both just messed their pants.

 

[Grassi21]

The more things change the more they stay the same. Thanks for the banter today boys.

I did hear the staircase has a small section (maybe 3.5% of the whole trail) that technically qualifies as a triple fall line. Is that a high enough percentage to qualify it as a triple black diamond? Is there an industry standard for such classifications?

 

[Madroch]

Can't wait to capture some fresh triple black staircase footie to post here.

 

[Madroch]

They've announced on facebook that they are not going to open for general skiing this year. They will open for snowtubing and have a single ski slope open for race teams. They will be more focused on summer activities going forward. Sorry guys.



Ski Sundown on Facebook

Smart to start focusing your business model around global warming...sundown blazing trails again...but even if they shut the lifts down, we can earn turns on the staircase deep into spring

 

[MadMadWorld]

Thanks. I heard that with the elevation and location of the new trail that it gets more natural snowfall than the rest of the mountain, can you confirm that?

It gets more snow but it doesn't hold it very well because of the gnar

 

[thetrailboss]

Oh boy. I can't handle the suspense.

 

[thetrailboss]

The more things change the more they stay the same. Thanks for the banter today boys.

I did hear the staircase has a small section (maybe 3.5% of the whole trail) that technically qualifies as a triple fall line. Is that a high enough percentage to qualify it as a triple black diamond? Is there an industry standard for such classifications?

Triple fall line? What does that look like?

Jokes aside, it feeds the need. Over the years these folks have made lots of AZer's happy. Nothing wrong with that. Signed by the guy who grew up skiing at a 450 vertical foot hill with a T-Bar and spent two seasons at Pats Peak.

 

[jarrodski]

Nah............see this pic? Those guys are standing funny because the both just messed their pants.

its funny cause its true

 

[WoodCore]

Arriving flights into nearby Bradley International have been diverted to allow the Avalanche control guns to operate. Rumor has it that these new Avi-guns are actually the 16" guns from a retired USN Battleship. The extra firepower was needed to control the extremely unstable snowpack on the staircase.


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