Worst Ski Season Ever?

[mikestaple]

Tuesday. 11:15. Ramshead area. All double blacks ice slicked and closed. No serious snow in the forecast. Believe what you want from Killington's pr machine. But they and the rest of the northeast is toast. And K has great snowmaking. The loaf lost half their trails according to today's trail report. They are running snowmaking on their season opening trails (Tote, Winter's etc). Big places with snow making are scrambling and praying to save the spring.


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[JDMRoma]

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Tuesday. 11:15. Ramshead area. All double blacks ice slicked and closed. No serious snow in the forecast. Believe what you want from Killington's pr machine. But they and the rest of the northeast is toast. And K has great snowmaking. The loaf lost half their trails according to today's trail report. They are running snowmaking on their season opening trails (Tote, Winter's etc). Big places with snow making are scrambling and praying to save the spring.


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Well isn't that the Ugly Truth !!
Why on earth do I have to enjoy Weather dependent sports.
Oh well there always Beer !


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[joshua segal]

Bad season or not, Killington will be open in May this year - but probably not June.

 

[chuckstah]

Bad season or not, Killington will be open in May this year - but probably not June.

Safe bet. They have only closed 3 times in April in recent memory, two of them by choice with the then new Powdr regime, and haven't been open in June since 2002. I just hope a couple other resorts make May to spread out whatever skiers may be left at that point. Sunday River has committed to May, but it's weather dependent as it is everywhere.

 

[ALLSKIING]

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Tuesday. 11:15. Ramshead area. All double blacks ice slicked and closed. No serious snow in the forecast. Believe what you want from Killington's pr machine. But they and the rest of the northeast is toast. And K has great snowmaking. The loaf lost half their trails according to today's trail report. They are running snowmaking on their season opening trails (Tote, Winter's etc). Big places with snow making are scrambling and praying to save the spring.


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Today at k!

 

[steamboat1]

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Tuesday. 11:15. Ramshead area. All double blacks ice slicked and closed. No serious snow in the forecast. Believe what you want from Killington's pr machine. But they and the rest of the northeast is toast. And K has great snowmaking. The loaf lost half their trails according to today's trail report. They are running snowmaking on their season opening trails (Tote, Winter's etc). Big places with snow making are scrambling and praying to save the spring.


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That's freakin Ramshead. Header has not been blown above tower 7 all season. It's looked the same as it does there even in the best of times this year. I'll call BS.

 

[BenedictGomez]

That's freakin Ramshead. Header has not been blown above tower 7 all season. It's looked the same as it does there even in the best of times this year. I'll call BS.

It's a real picture. It's horrible. It's a reflection of how horrible this season has been. No place in VT should look like this on 02/18.

 

[Newpylong]

That's freakin Ramshead. Header has not been blown above tower 7 all season. It's looked the same as it does there even in the best of times this year. I'll call BS.

It's just showing how bad of a year it is for K to make the call not to make snow on their signature Rams Head trail which has had snow made on it every year since the double was there. I don't think he was insinuating that it was ever open earlier in the year.

 

[WWF-VT]

Skied under the guns all day today! Awesome day.

Skiing under the guns in February and calling it an awesome day is indicative of how bad this season has been.

 

[farlep99]

Skiing under the guns in February and calling it an awesome day is indicative of how bad this season has been.

But he had fun & it was an awesome day! Doesn't that make it a great season???

The front page of the Stowe Reporter has a long article & a picture of VT's only Congressman talking to struggling local business owners (not exactly sure what he can do about the weather). But I guess they can at least bitch to him.

Mother nature handed us a shit sandwich for breakfast, lunch, & dinner this year. Going to be near 50 & raining tomorrow. Hopefully it snows next week! Color me less than optimistic that it's major enough to make a difference.

 

[ALLSKIING]

But he had fun & it was an awesome day! Doesn't that make it a great season???

The front page of the Stowe Reporter has a long article & a picture of VT's only Congressman talking to struggling local business owners (not exactly sure what he can do about the weather). But I guess they can at least bitch to him.

Mother nature handed us a shit sandwich for breakfast, lunch, & dinner this year. Going to be near 50 & raining tomorrow. Hopefully it snows next week! Color me less than optimistic that it's major enough to make a difference.

I didn't say that having fun yesterday made it a great season. I said I had fun under the guns.....which means I'm still having fun in a bad season!

 

[hammer]

But he had fun & it was an awesome day! Doesn't that make it a great season???

IMO that's making the best of a bad season...nothing wrong with that.

 

[Jcb890]

Yes, we're all making the best of a bad season. I think we can all agree on that much, 12 pages in.

 

[ironhippy]

I'm going fat biking for the first time tomorrow, so there's that.

 

[57stevey]

Was at pats peak this afternoon. Still coverage on everything. Groomers skied well. Didn't hit Hurricane or Vortex those were looking sketchy.

Thank you for this post. I was on the fence about coming today but glad I did, the groomers are indeed in good shape.

 

[JDMRoma]

Yes, we're all making the best of a bad season. I think we can all agree on that much, 12 pages in.

Agreed ! Some of my best have been under the guns too ! At this point I don't care if it's man made !


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[Harvey]

I went 30 years of my life before I started skiing, so all those seasons were worse.

 

[goldsbar]

It's so hard to answer this objectively as most of us don't keep detailed records. I've scanned this thread over time and the only solid data I recall is the Mansfield snow stake, which is really only accurate for Northern VT. Certainly feels bad, though I've had fun every ski day despite no woods and limited bumps.

 

[Smellytele]

It's so hard to answer this objectively as most of us don't keep detailed records. I've scanned this thread over time and the only solid data I recall is the Mansfield snow stake, which is really only accurate for Northern VT. Certainly feels bad, though I've had fun every ski day despite no woods and limited bumps.

I skied for years before most places even had woods and I hated bumps then as well. I love trees and bumps now.

 

[boston_e]

Well, this sure isn't helping any.