Your 2021 / 2022 Ski Season Thread

[ThatGuy]

1) 11/29-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
2) 12/01-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
3) 12/06-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
4) 12/09-Mount Snow (12 Runs)
5) 12/13-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
6) 12/18-Magic Mountain (Opening Day)
7) 12/19-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
8) 12/20-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
9) 12/26-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
10) 12/30-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
11) 1/1-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
12) 1/5-Mount Snow (16 Runs)
13) 1/6-West Mountain (12 Runs)
14) 1/10-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
15) 1/13-Magic Mountain (12 Runs)
16) 1/16-Magic Mountain (3 Runs)
17) 1/17-West Mountain (10 Runs-Powder)
18) 1/18-Mount Snow (15 Runs-Powder)
19) 1/20-Magic Mountain (9 Runs)
20) 1/25-Mount Snow (20 Runs)

Excellent day, few inches fell over night and had everything in great shape. Started out poaching Iron Run a few times then moved into Sunbrooks glades for most of the day.

Bonus pic from my GoPro

 

[180]

How was the World Cup at DVR? It used to be a real big deal locally. COVID kind of killed it. I did see that there were some bad crashes.

It was great to be back at DVR. This was like an Olympic primer. Too bad they didn't hold the night event, apparently Altera has killed that. Great local crowd and good vibe.

 

[thetrailboss]

It was great to be back at DVR. This was like an Olympic primer. Too bad they didn't hold the night event, apparently Altera has killed that. Great local crowd and good vibe.

Why did they do that? COVID?

 

[JimG.]

1) 11/9/21-Killington
2) 11/24-Killington
3) 11/28-Belleayre
4) 12/3-Belleayre
5) 12/5-Belleayre
6) 12/10-Killington
7) 12/13-Belleayre
8) 12/16-Belleayre
9) 12/22-Killington
10) 12/23-Killington
11) 12/27-Belleayre
12) 12/30-Belleayre
13) 1/6/22-Belleayre
14) 1/7-Belleayre
15) 1/12-Belleayre
16) 1/14-Plattekill
17) 1/20-Belleayre
18) 1/22-Plattekill
19) 1/23-Plattekill
20) 1/27-Belleayre

Wow Belleayre's snowmaking upgrades are on full display. More whales and resurfacing everywhere. Trails in fine shape. Bumps on Yahoo, Tongora and Winnisook. Belleayre Run under the chair was pretty sweet. Trees open. Still bony and a little sketchy but very doable with limited obstacles. Good snow too still fluffy.

Skied with my oldest son today good times.

 

[ThatGuy]

1) 11/29-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
2) 12/01-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
3) 12/06-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
4) 12/09-Mount Snow (12 Runs)
5) 12/13-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
6) 12/18-Magic Mountain (Opening Day)
7) 12/19-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
8) 12/20-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
9) 12/26-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
10) 12/30-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
11) 1/1-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
12) 1/5-Mount Snow (16 Runs)
13) 1/6-West Mountain (12 Runs)
14) 1/10-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
15) 1/13-Magic Mountain (12 Runs)
16) 1/16-Magic Mountain (3 Runs)
17) 1/17-West Mountain (10 Runs-Powder)
18) 1/18-Mount Snow (15 Runs-Powder)
19) 1/20-Magic Mountain (9 Runs)
20) 1/25-Mount Snow (20 Runs)
21) 1/27-Mount Snow (19 Runs)

Perfect snow for carving today. Barely anyone there either.

 

[thetrailboss]

1. November 24, 2021: Brighton, Utah
2. November 27, 2021: Alta
3. December 4, 2021: Snowbird (or Icebird)
4. December 11, 2021: Alta (First Powder Day)
5. December 17, 2021: Brighton Pow Night (Opening of Snake Creek Night Area)
6. December 19, 2021: Alta (ski date with the Mrs.)
7. December 21, 2021: Snowbird (with the fam)
8. December 22, 2021: Brighton Night
9. December 26, 2021: Alta (Powder Day)
10. December 27, 2021: Alta (Second Powder Day)
11. December 29, 2021: Ski Discovery, Montana
12. December 30, 2021: Ski Discovery, Montana
13. January 2, 2022: Brighton
14. January 8, 2022: Brighton Twilight
15. January 9, 2022: Alta
16. January 14, 2022: Brighton Twilight
17. January 16, 2022: Alta with the Fam
18. January 21, 2022: Brighton Twilight
19. January 23, 2022: Alta with the Fam

20. January 28, 2022: Brighton's 85th Anniversary Party with Fireworks

Wife's List:

1. December 19, 2021: Alta
2. December 21, 2021: Snowbird
3. December 27, 2021: Alta (Powder Day)
4. January 9, 2022: Alta
5. January 16, 2022: Alta
6. January 23, 2022: Alta

Daughter's List:

1. December 21, 2021: Snowbird
2. January 16, 2022: Alta
3. January 23, 2022: Alta

 

[ThatGuy]

1) 11/29-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
2) 12/01-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
3) 12/06-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
4) 12/09-Mount Snow (12 Runs)
5) 12/13-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
6) 12/18-Magic Mountain (Opening Day)
7) 12/19-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
8) 12/20-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
9) 12/26-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
10) 12/30-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
11) 1/1-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
12) 1/5-Mount Snow (16 Runs)
13) 1/6-West Mountain (12 Runs)
14) 1/10-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
15) 1/13-Magic Mountain (12 Runs)
16) 1/16-Magic Mountain (3 Runs)
17) 1/17-West Mountain (10 Runs-Powder)
18) 1/18-Mount Snow (15 Runs-Powder)
19) 1/20-Magic Mountain (9 Runs)
20) 1/25-Mount Snow (20 Runs)
21) 1/27-Mount Snow (19 Runs)
22) 1/29-Magic Mountain (8 Runs)

Freezing cold today but the fresh snow was nice for a few runs on some natural snow trails.

 

[nh2maboarder]

1. 12/5/21 - Pats Peak. Opening weekend and my first time here.
2. 12/24/21 - Pats Peak. Considerably more terrain open. Small place still but enjoyed myself a lot more just cruising longer greens with my wife.
3. 12/31/21 - Waterville Valley. Warm, foggy, slushy. The snow was actually pretty decent.
4. 1/1/22 - Waterville Valley. Rainy, warm. foggy, slushy. Would've stayed longer but my crew wanted to leave early. Snow was not bad.

Decided to pull the trigger on a Pats Peak pass since my wife and I can get young adult rates and she enjoys it as a beginner.

5. 1/8/22 - Pats Peak. Gorgeous bluebird day.
6. 1/15/22 - Pats Peak. Negatives in the AM but another gorgeous bluebird day.
7. 1/24/22 - Killington. Gorgeous bluebird with ~3” of fresh snow. Great combo, great day.
8. 1/25/22 - Killington. Colder with cloud cover, maybe an inch or two of fresh snow. A little busier than Monday? Still really good conditions. Snow was coming down in the afternoon but we left around 2:30/3 to drive home.

 

[thetrailboss]

1. November 24, 2021: Brighton, Utah
2. November 27, 2021: Alta
3. December 4, 2021: Snowbird (or Icebird)
4. December 11, 2021: Alta (First Powder Day)
5. December 17, 2021: Brighton Pow Night (Opening of Snake Creek Night Area)
6. December 19, 2021: Alta (ski date with the Mrs.)
7. December 21, 2021: Snowbird (with the fam)
8. December 22, 2021: Brighton Night
9. December 26, 2021: Alta (Powder Day)
10. December 27, 2021: Alta (Second Powder Day)
11. December 29, 2021: Ski Discovery, Montana
12. December 30, 2021: Ski Discovery, Montana
13. January 2, 2022: Brighton
14. January 8, 2022: Brighton Twilight
15. January 9, 2022: Alta
16. January 14, 2022: Brighton Twilight
17. January 16, 2022: Alta with the Fam
18. January 21, 2022: Brighton Twilight
19. January 23, 2022: Alta with the Fam
20. January 28, 2022: Brighton's 85th Anniversary Party with Fireworks

21. January 30, 2022: Deer Valley

Wife's List:

1. December 19, 2021: Alta
2. December 21, 2021: Snowbird
3. December 27, 2021: Alta (Powder Day)
4. January 9, 2022: Alta
5. January 16, 2022: Alta
6. January 23, 2022: Alta

Daughter's List:

1. December 21, 2021: Snowbird
2. January 16, 2022: Alta
3. January 23, 2022: Alta

 

[xlr8r]

1. 11/28 - Wachusett
2. 12/19 - Pats Peak
3. 12/24 - Loon
4. 12/30 - Sunday River
5. 12/31 - Sunday River
6. 1/1 - Sunday River
7. 1/9 - Waterville Valley
8. 1/16 - Pats Peak
9. 1/22 - Berkshire East
10. 1/30 - Nashoba Valley - Powder!!!, would be just my luck if the best snow I ski all season was at Nashoba

 

[nh2maboarder]

5. 1/8/22 - Pats Peak. Gorgeous bluebird day.
6. 1/15/22 - Pats Peak. Negatives in the AM but another gorgeous bluebird day.
7. 1/24/22 - Killington. Gorgeous bluebird with ~3” of fresh snow. Great combo, great day.
8. 1/25/22 - Killington. Colder with cloud cover, maybe an inch or two of fresh snow. A little busier than Monday? Still really good conditions. Snow was coming down in the afternoon but we left around 2:30/3 to drive home.

9. 1/30/22 - Pats Peak. Cold (maybe 10 F in the morning) but a perfect blue bird day. Hit cascade basin right after they dropped the ropes and set fresh tracks in about a foot of fresh snow. Great day!

 

[180]

Why did they do that? COVID?

Night event costs twice as much

 

[thetrailboss]

Night event costs twice as much

….but draws a lot of people and $$$. Or at least it once did.

 

[NYDB]

1) 12/4/21 Stratton
2) 12/5/21 Stratton
3) 12/27/21 Stratton
4) 12/28/21 Stratton AM /Magic PM
5) 12/29/21 Stratton AM /Magic PM
6) 12/30/21 Magic
7) 12/31/21 Magic
8) 1/8/22 Magic
9) 1/9/22 Magic
10) 1/17/22 Magic storm day
11) 1/18/22 Stratton poachalicious

12) Magic with the kids
13) Magic with the kids

great weekend. youngest is improving rapidly with her group.

Oldest can pretty much keep up all the time. proud papa.

I'd have more days in but early season sucked big time.

 

[jimmywilson69]

End of January Update Way behind where I'd like to be normally this time of year

See Sig

 

[boston_e]

Don't have a day by day account but:

Older Son: 25 Days (20 Killington/Pico; 4 Bradford; 1 Gunstock)
Younger Son: 25 Days (21 Killington/Pico; 4 Bradford)
Dad: 21 Days (All Killington/Pico)
Mom: 16 Days ( All Killington/Pico)

 

[KustyTheKlown]

day01 - 11/20 - killington - north ridge laps
day02 - 12/05 - stratton - ripping groomers day trip
day03 - 12/18 - sugarbush - not pretty skiing. scary drive to rutland in the sleet and snow
day04 - 12/19 - killington - 11" reported, skied more densely, first 'good' day
day05 - 12/30 - cannon - impressive conditions and terrain variety given the weather challenges
day06 - 12/31 - waterville - first time visitor. not enough open to judge fairly, and a bit crowded. left by 11 to get home for New Year’s Eve
day07 - 01/08 - stratton - repetitive groomers but good snow and over 30k vertical. scrapped the overnight due to ice storm next day
day08 - 01/16 - jay - finally tree skiing. jay always quietly has thick coverage while others are hurting. great day. scrapped 1/17 due to fear of driving in snow.
day09 - 01/22 - stratton - glades skied a lot better than i thought they would, tho def still thwacky and thin. great day. 30k vert. Finally magic tmrw
day10 - 01/23 - magic - finally using my sunday pass. almost everything open. thin and funky is magical. snowmaking sides of whales on tali skied like real pow. great day


day11 - 01/29 - sugarbush - nervous about driving thru the tri-state area and southern new england in the snow, i left work early on Friday and headed to an airbnb in waitsfield, hoping the snow would push north and do it early. that didn't happen, but a good day nonetheless skiing a full open albeit thin sugarbush lincoln peak. very very very cold. one of the first times in recent memory that i ended my day bc of cold. had 30k vert skied, but it was only 2pm and i was sleeping 5 miles away. would have pushed to 3 or 4 had my toes not been number

day12 - 01/30 - magic - maybe 2" laying around from the day before. another day of almost 100% open but very thin. steeper woods not fun at all. lower angle woods that had been trafficked skied ok. bottom of the wardrobe (closed at top, accessed via bushwhack from sorcerer) was great. love that mellow meadow of powder cruising. 15k vertical by 1 PM and home by 5:30. love getting home at a decent hour on sundays.

 

[Kingslug20]

8 days at JH..no snow until now..going to wait until the wind dies down..it must be sporty up there..

 

[JimG.]

1) 11/9/21-Killington
2) 11/24-Killington
3) 11/28-Belleayre
4) 12/3-Belleayre
5) 12/5-Belleayre
6) 12/10-Killington
7) 12/13-Belleayre
8) 12/16-Belleayre
9) 12/22-Killington
10) 12/23-Killington
11) 12/27-Belleayre
12) 12/30-Belleayre
13) 1/6/22-Belleayre
14) 1/7-Belleayre
15) 1/12-Belleayre
16) 1/14-Plattekill
17) 1/20-Belleayre
18) 1/22-Plattekill
19) 1/23-Plattekill
20) 1/27-Belleayre
21) 1/30-Plattekill




Really great day at Platty yesterday. Trails especially the naturals were all fantastic. Trees still bony and not deep enough to really ski fast and relaxed. Another 6" would be awesome.

 

[ThatGuy]

1) 11/29-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
2) 12/01-Mount Snow (10 Runs)
3) 12/06-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
4) 12/09-Mount Snow (12 Runs)
5) 12/13-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
6) 12/18-Magic Mountain (Opening Day)
7) 12/19-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
8) 12/20-Mount Snow (11 Runs)
9) 12/26-Magic Mountain (5 Runs)
10) 12/30-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
11) 1/1-Magic Mountain (10 Runs)
12) 1/5-Mount Snow (16 Runs)
13) 1/6-West Mountain (12 Runs)
14) 1/10-Mount Snow (8 Runs)
15) 1/13-Magic Mountain (12 Runs)
16) 1/16-Magic Mountain (3 Runs)
17) 1/17-West Mountain (10 Runs-Powder)
18) 1/18-Mount Snow (15 Runs-Powder)
19) 1/20-Magic Mountain (9 Runs)
20) 1/25-Mount Snow (20 Runs)
21) 1/27-Mount Snow (19 Runs)
22) 1/29-Magic Mountain (8 Runs)
23) 1/31-Berkshire East (12 Runs)

First time going to Berkshire East. Pretty great mountain, really punches above its class when it comes to terrain. Feels like a smaller Magic with how the trails follow the natural undulation of the hill. Will definitely be back, gotta love the Indy Pass.