Worst Ski Season Ever?

[andrec10]

Get yer skiing in the weekend folks!

 

[moguler6]

WORST!

Looks like my Vermont 5-pass was a waste. Used one

 

[Madroch]

Brutal winter... Beyond words

 

[steamboat1]

It been good in my book, sorry to those who feel otherwise. Might be ending a bit prematurely but I had good days. Might have a few more before it's over.

 

[drjeff]

Very happy that tomorrow will be day #40 for me - one of my goals each season, and one that with the exception of the 2 seasons my kids were born, that I haven't missed since I got out of dental school almost 20yrs ago!!

Could very well be 10 more days until we get back to actual "seasonable" temps, and by then there could very well be just a few left standing

 

[The Sneak]

I went through a weird phase in life I guess. More concerned about seeing Phish and other jam bands than doing anything athletic at the time.

Now you've done it.
Worst band of all time.

Semi serious Q: what is it with jam bands and skiers? Or more pointedly, what is it with jam bands and middle / upper middle class preppy kids? Is it the same as the fascination with reggae (weed, brah)?

Never got it. Interminable mushy bullsh1t. Then again, I was a disaffected kid who spent those years listening to I dunno, the Stooges.

Did you go to Lemonwheel and the Great Went? Jesus fuck that sounded god awful.

Normally I'm very nice. This winter has made me a mean man!


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[Cannonball]

Now you've done it.
Worst band of all time.

Semi serious Q: what is it with jam bands and skiers? Or more pointedly, what is it with jam bands and middle / upper middle class preppy kids? Is it the same as the fascination with reggae (weed, brah)?

Never got it. Interminable mushy bullsh1t. Then again, I was a disaffected kid who spent those years listening to I dunno, the Stooges.

Did you go to Lemonwheel and the Great Went? Jesus fuck that sounded god awful.

HEY! Don't knock jambands! As Tuna has pointed out, they are great at keeping people off the slopes.

 

[billski]

WORST!

Looks like my Vermont 5-pass was a waste. Used one

Nasty. Gonna use some vacation days so I don't lose my days.

 

[ironhippy]

Did you go to Lemonwheel and the Great Went? Jesus fuck that sounded god awful.

I went to IT in 2003.

I had been a phish fan, I sort of stopped being a fan, but figured a live show would revitalize my enthusiasm. Instead it did the exact opposite.

3 days of the same fucking song (not really, but it's a good joke).

I knew I was in trouble when we had to wait in traffic for a good 16 hours before we even got to the venue.

 

[deadheadskier]

Warmest winter on record for the entire country. All six New England states set records for warmest season. No sugar coating it, yes the worst ski season ever.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-2015-2016-season-was-the-warmest-on-record/

 

[Bostonian]

This is just ugly as DHS said, worst season ever...

I'll it gunstock tomorrow and then redeem my mt snow pass for the 17th... and call it a season (maybe wildcat if they survive another week)

 

[yeggous]

This is just ugly as DHS said, worst season ever...

I'll it gunstock tomorrow and then redeem my mt snow pass for the 17th... and call it a season (maybe wildcat if they survive another week)

They'll survive. May not be pretty but they'll make it.

 

[Pez]

I love Phish. Probably my favorite band. Their post hiatus period was crap though. Last few years have been good to great depending on the tour.

This is the worst season since 1980, when my folks took me to Wash DC instead of VT for vacation. It ad to have been bad, if my dad didn't want to get some runs in. He was a style master. I may make it to Butternut tomorrow and Snow on Sunday and that will be it.

 

[drjeff]

This is just ugly as DHS said, worst season ever...

I'll it gunstock tomorrow and then redeem my mt snow pass for the 17th... and call it a season (maybe wildcat if they survive another week)

Make sure your edges are sharp for Gunstock tomorrow, because if it sets up like they're thinking it will here overnight, it's going to be bulletproof for a while tomorrow based on how much base snow is in play on the hill today!!

Coverage on what's open is decent - just a few truly bare spots

 

[Jcb890]

Make sure your edges are sharp for Gunstock tomorrow, because if it sets up like they're thinking it will here overnight, it's going to be bulletproof for a while tomorrow based on how much base snow is in play on the hill today!!

Coverage on what's open is decent - just a few truly bare spots

drjeff - any insight as to Mt. Snow for us? Just tried looking at their webcams, but tough to tell much from them.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

I love Phish. Probably my favorite band. Their post hiatus period was crap though. Last few years have been good to great depending on the tour.

This is the worst season since 1980, when my folks took me to Wash DC instead of VT for vacation. It ad to have been bad, if my dad didn't want to get some runs in. He was a style master. I may make it to Butternut tomorrow and Snow on Sunday and that will be it.

I would completely disagree with that. 2003-2004 had some sloppy composition but the jamming was totally inspired. It ghost, it jim, tower jam, spac piper, spac twist, Coventry melt.

2009-present is so neutered and I got really turned off by shows with 30 plus songs, hardly ever jamming type2, and trey pushing the abort button whenever a jam started cooking. Yea there's been the occasional Tahoe tweezer or Randal's chalkdust, but overall phish has gotten so boring to me that I no longer go unless it's local and free, so about once a year at most.

For me it's been all about the biscuits since 2007. 2011-2013 were rough but they are back to full throttle lately

and I'll always love the dead and JRAD are making some reinvigorated gd music

 

[drjeff]

drjeff - any insight as to Mt. Snow for us? Just tried looking at their webcams, but tough to tell much from them.

I talked with one of the race coaches from Mount Snow this AM who is here at Gunstock where I'm at now with my daughter and a couple other Mount Snow racers who are here.

He said yesterday that it was a bunch of base snow, with some corn and some thin/bare spots. Overall not too bad all things considered right now.

As he put it, it's not like it's going to realistically get any better the rest of the season than it is now given what mother nature is doing to us!!

 

[Jcb890]

I talked with one of the race coaches from Mount Snow this AM who is here at Gunstock where I'm at now with my daughter and a couple other Mount Snow racers who are here.

He said yesterday that it was a bunch of base snow, with some corn and some thin/bare spots. Overall not too bad all things considered right now.

As he put it, it's not like it's going to realistically get any better the rest of the season than it is now given what mother nature is doing to us!!

Yeah, to be expected. Thank you for the insight. Did he have any inkling on how long they would remain open?

 

[drjeff]

Yeah, to be expected. Thank you for the insight. Did he have any inkling on how long they would remain open?

If this weather pattern stays as is, next weekend for sure and probably Easter weekend. Who knows about the 1st weekend in April??? I sure hope so as the 1st weekend in April is the bump comp on Ripcord and the winter brewfest!

 

[Newpylong]

April 1? Come on, look at their webcams: http://www.mountsnow.com/our-media/live-cams/

The lateral melt is well underway. Might be able to piece something together at Carinthia by flattening some features...