Who's Open 2015-2016

[chuckstah]

Mad River Glen is planning on opening "next weekend". It may just be the practice slope on man made. Looks like they might beat Magic.

http://www.madriverglen.com/

 

[slatham]

Sugarbush has several upper trails open on natural. Skied it Friday and they have good coverage up top. A bit more snow and MRG will be in business. Magic in the other hand.......

 

[rocks860]

Sugarbush has several upper trails open on natural. Skied it Friday and they have good coverage up top. A bit more snow and MRG will be in business. Magic in the other hand.......

Sugarbush says they'll have 68 trails open tomorrow

 

[chuckstah]

Yawgoo in RI is open on one acre!

 

[chuckstah]

Sugarbush says they'll have 68 trails open tomorrow

Nice! Just saw that the new Valley House quad opens, with a few trails including the Mall. Mt ellen looks close to 100%.

 

[dlague]

Sugarbush says they'll have 68 trails open tomorrow

That will be good for the Ride and Ski tour stop this weekend. Chances are the trail count will be higher by Saturday. If some wants two for one for Saturday let me know. I have three cards that I will not be using.


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[benski]

That will be good for the Ride and Ski tour stop this weekend. Chances are the trail count will be higher by Saturday. If some wants two for one for Saturday let me know. I have three cards that I will not be using.


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Sugarbush now has more acres open than sunday river. They will probably open Moonshine and Twist tomorrow morning, along 1 or 2 more snowmaking routes by the weekend.

 

[WWF-VT]

Sugarbush says they'll have 68 trails open tomorrow

I skied at Mt Ellen this weekend and it was arguably the best skiing in VT for the terrain that was open and skier density on a holiday weekend. Clouds hung over the mountain dropping 6+ inches of snow. I skied natural snow trails including Exterminator and Bravo and on Sunday Which Way and Looking Good opened. They blew a ridiculous amount of snow on Elbow which combined with natural snow offered a trail with top to bottom soft moguls. Natural snow trails are still kinda thin. The beauty of Mt Ellen is that I never waited in line for more than a few chairs all weekend while the masses waited in long lines at the Heavens Gate chair after surviving a run on Downspout.

 

[rocks860]

I'm going up for a week on the 23rd so I'm very happy to see the daily improvements

 

[rocks860]

I barely skied mount Ellen at all last year, definitely want to change that this year, it's just tough sometimes unless you start over there in the morning

 

[steamboat1]

K in the morning, Stowe Wed, Bush Thurs. K Fri.

 

[cdskier]

I barely skied mount Ellen at all last year, definitely want to change that this year, it's just tough sometimes unless you start over there in the morning

If shuttle buses are running then I almost always start at LP since I don't need to bother driving to the mountain then. Start at LP, do a few runs...then hop on Slide Brook when it opens and ski at ME the rest of the day. Or from the base of LP you can always take the shuttle to ME if you don't want to wait for Slidebrook to open (or if it isn't running).

 

[rocks860]

Slidebrook wasn't running when I was there last year (don't think there was enough snow). I went up again late March and parked at lp and took Slidebrook. I hope they have it running mid week this year, it makes it so much easier

 

[steamboat1]

Slidebrook wasn't running when I was there last year (don't think there was enough snow). I went up again late March and parked at lp and took Slidebrook. I hope they have it running mid week this year, it makes it so much easier

Past couple of years they ran Slidebrook everyday when there's enough cover. They need snow cover in case they need to evacuate. It's not a big deal to take the shuttle or take one boot off & drive over when Slidebrooks not running.

 

[cdskier]

I'm guessing you were there early last year? There were a few weeks in late December/early January where Slidebrook was closed due to insufficient snow last year. It runs 7 days a week as long as there is enough snow under the lift and as long as the temp is above 5 degrees.

 

[rocks860]

I'm guessing you were there early last year? There were a few weeks in late December/early January where Slidebrook was closed due to insufficient snow last year. It runs 7 days a week as long as there is enough snow under the lift and as long as the temp is above 5 degrees.

Yeah I was there first week of January I think. It snowed a lot that week but I guess not enough to get enough cover under the lift

 

[cdskier]

Yeah I was there first week of January I think. It snowed a lot that week but I guess not enough to get enough cover under the lift

Yea, you would have missed it then. Slidebrook re-opened on 1/17 last season. They received almost a foot of snow each of the first two weeks of January (a few inches at a time).

 

[rocks860]

Yea, you would have missed it then. Slidebrook re-opened on 1/17 last season. They received almost a foot of snow each of the first two weeks of January (a few inches at a time).

I recall, I think Wednesday of the week I was there it snowed about 6 inches and the mountain was empty. It was fantastic

 

[cdskier]

I recall, I think Wednesday of the week I was there it snowed about 6 inches and the mountain was empty. It was fantastic View attachment 18415

Nice shot of Sunrise. I need to get up there midweek this winter.

 

[Smellytele]

Hopefully the system coming in this weekend goes further east than what is being reported recently