Your 2022-2023 Ski Season Thread

[LoafSkier19]

1. Aug 30, 2022 El Colorado & Valle Nevado
2. Aug 31, 2022 La Parva & Valle Nevado
3. Sept 1, 2022 El Colorado & Valle Nevado
4. Sept 2, 2022 La Parva
5. Sept 3, 2022 La Parva
6. Oct 30, 2022 A-Basin
7. Nov 18, 2022 Sunday River
8. Nov 23, 2022 Sunday River
9. Nov 26, 2022 Sunday River
10. Dec 2, 2022 Loon
11. Dec 9, 2022 Sugarloaf
12. Dec 16, 2022 Sugarloaf
13. Dec 26, 2022 Sugarloaf
14. Dec 28, 2022 Sugarloaf
15. Dec 29, 2022 Saddleback
16. Jan 7, 2023 Pleasant Mtn
17. Jan 15, 2023 Sugarloaf
18. Jan 21, 2023 Sunshine Village
19. Jan 22, 2023 Lake Louise
20. Jan 23, 2023 Kicking Horse
21. Jan 24, 2023 Revelstoke
22. Jan 25, 2023 Revelstoke
23. Jan 28, 2023 Mt. Norquay
24. Jan 29, 2023 Castle Mtn
25. Feb 10, 2023 Sunday River
26. Feb 11, 2023 Mt Abram
27. Mar 1, 2023 Black Mtn of ME
28. Mar 3, 2023 Sugarloaf
29. Mar 5, 2023 Tenney Mtn
30. Mar 9, 2023 Jackson Hole
31. Mar 10, 2023 Jackson Hole
32. Mar 11, 2023 Snow King
33. Mar 12, 2023 Snow King
34. Mar 13, 2023 Jackson Hole
35. Mar 24, 2023 Sugarloaf
36. Mar 26, 2023 Saddleback
37. Mar 31, 2023 Cannon Mtn
38. April 1, 2023 Sunday River
39. April 2, 2023 Loon Mtn

40. April 7, 2023 Waterville Valley
41. April 8, 2023 Waterville Valley
Couple more Indy days. Weather and conditions were definitely better today out of the two days.

 

[Kingslug20]

Day 89...Park City. The serious warmup has begin. And because it's just begun...no corn..just glop. I missed the sweet spot by 1 week. I caught the last 2 powder days..which I really couldn't take advantage of due to pain..now...glop.
You really need 1 full week of freeze thaw.
Runout here can be a mile or 2....slooow going. Try to stay in the shadows...

 

[LuckyStrike]

Day 89...Park City. The serious warmup has begin. And because it's just begun...no corn..just glop. I missed the sweet spot by 1 week. I caught the last 2 powder days..which I really couldn't take advantage of due to pain..now...glop.
You really need 1 full week of freeze thaw.
Runout here can be a mile or 2....slooow going. Try to stay in the shadows...

Look at it this way. I’m going to my dumb job tomorrow and would give anything to trade places with you.

 

[LuckyStrike]

That said, I had a blast at Reggae Fest this weekend.

 

[Kingslug20]

A lot of people say that...but I did 26 years in NYC...breathed in enough toxic shit to drop an elephant...construction dust was the worst...my lungs took a big hit..so whatever time I have left..I'm going to make the most of it. Lost 7 friends and relatives this winter..some didn't hit 60...
As soon as you can retire..do it.

 

[LuckyStrike]

A lot of people say that...but I did 26 years in NYC...breathed in enough toxic shit to drop an elephant...construction dust was the worst...my lungs took a big hit..so whatever time I have left..I'm going to make the most of it. Lost 7 friends and relatives this winter..some didn't hit 60...
As soon as you can retire..do it.

Respect, King. Hope to meet you one day on the slopes.

 

[Kingslug20]

I'm always out there..

 

[Kingslug20]

Funny thing is...I've been on this board over 20 years..and have only skied with 4 people..Greg used to have the summits so that was different. I bet a ton of us have sat on chairlifts right next to some of us and never knew it....

 

[JimG.]

1) 11/18/22-Belleayre opening day
2) 11/19-Belleayre
3) 11/26-Belleayre
4) 11/29-Belleayre
5) 12/2-Belleayre
6) 12/4-Belleayre
7) 12/9-Belleayre
8) 12/10-Belleayre
9) 12/13-Belleayre
10) 12/15-Belleayre
11) 12/17-Belleayre powder day 19"
12) 12/20-Killington
13) 12/21-Killington
14) 12/27-Belleayre
15) 12/28-Belleayre
16) 12/30-Belleayre
17) 1/7/23-Belleayre
18) 1/8-Belleayre
19) 1/11-Belleayre
20) 1/14-Belleayre
21) 1/16-Belleayre
22) 1/20-Belleayre
23) 1/25-Belleayre powder day 8"
24) 1/26-Belleayre more leftovers and more snow during the day
25) 1/28-Belleayre
26) 1/30-Killington
27) 1/31-Killington
28) 2/5-Belleayre
29) 2/7-Belleayre
30) 2/10-Belleayre
31) 2/15-Killington
32) 2/16-Killington
33) 2/19-Belleayre
34) 2/24-Belleayre
35) 2/27-Belleayre
36) 3/1-Killington
37) 3/2-Killington
38) 3/7-Killington
39) 3/11-Belleayre powder day 6"
40) 3/13-Belleayre powder day 4"
41) 3/15-Killington powder day 21"
42) 3/16-Killington leftovers and amazing packed powder
43) 3/20-Belleayre
44) 3/22-Belleayre
45) 3/27-Belleayre
46) 3/30-Killington powder day 3"
47) 3/31-Killington
48) 4/7-Belleayre
49) 4/8-Belleayre
50) 4/9-Belleayre

Friday was cloudy, chilly and windy. Frozen groomers mostly; steep bumps were frozen. Low angle bumps on Wanatuska were decent.




Saturday and today both started out cold and icy but by noon the sun worked its' magic, everything corned up very nicely and the bumps were awesome.




Belle is open this coming week. I spoke to a few snowmakers and there was talk of trying to stay open to the end of April. The coming week's warmth will likely scuttle that plan but it's nice to see the effort. Took my last ride on lift 7 today. Next week it will be demoed to make way for the new lift 7 for next season.

Made 50 days for the first time since 2018-19.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

1) 10/28/22 - Big Snow, NJ
2) 11/23/22 - Windham, NY
3) 11/25/22 - Sugarbush, VT
4) 11/26/22 - Stratton, VT
5) 12/04/22 - Windham NY
6) 12/10/22 - Loon NH
7) 12/11/22 - Stratton, VT
8) 12/17/22 - Stratton, VT
9) 12/18/22 - Killington, VT
10) 12/27/22 - Tremblant, QC
11) 12/28/22 - Tremblant, QC
12) 12/29/22 - Tremblant, QC
13) 12/30/22 - Tremblant, QC
14) 12/31/22 - Sugarbush, VT
15) 01/07/23 - Loon, NH
16) 01/08/23 - Stratton, VT
17) 01/14/23 - Tremblant, QC
18) 01/15/23 - Tremblant, QC
19) 01/16/23 - Sugarbush, VT
20) 01/20/23 - Sugarbush, VT
21) 01/21/23 - Sugarbush, VT
22) 01/22/23 - Sugarbush, VT
23) 01/28/23 - Jay Peak, VT
24) 01/29/23 - Stratton, VT
25) 02/18/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
26) 02/19/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
27) 02/20/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
28) 02/21/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
29) 02/22/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
30) 02/23/23 - Sun Valley, ID
31) 02/24/23 - Sun Valley, ID
32) 02/25/23 - Powder Mountain, UT
33) 02/26/23 - Snowbasin, UT
34) 02/27/23 - Snowbasin, UT
35) 02/28/23 - Deer Valley, UT
36) 03/01/23 - Snowbird, UT (AM), Alta, UT (PM)
37) 03/02/23 - Alta, UT
38) 03/11/23 - Cannon, NH
39) 03/12/23 - Magic, VT
40) 03/18/23 - Sunday River, ME
41) 03/19/23 - Killington, VT
42) 03/25/23 - Waterville Valley, NH
43) 03/26/23 - Sunday River, ME

44) 04/07/23 - Waterville Valley, NH - backtracked from gorham to stay south where the corn was more likely to turn up. pretty decent day. place was empty so got to lap the 6 pack serving a pretty fast 1700 vertical over and over. lots of wind, was actually surprised the chair never went on hold. i chose waterville bc i knew they had fixed grip back ups all the way to the top. soft bumps in the late afternoon

45) 04/08/23 - Sunday River, ME - nixed sugarloaf/saddleback plans, again worrying about the temps not warming enough to corn. sunday river was a decent choice. groomers skied beautifully from the jump. naturals on the correct aspect skied beautifully after noon. 46k vertical which is my highest for the season. one of the tamer/lamer pond skims I've seen. not a great run-in. too many kids. not enough hot doggin.

46) 04/09/23 - Killington, VT - stunner of a sunday. the warm day of the weekend. southern facing slopes skied great from early AM. northern facing slopes never truly got soft so i didn't bother with ovation and lots of killington peak terrain, but bear, south ridge, needles, and the right runs down snowdon skied great. loved the island hopping of the quickly rotting (now probably rotten) royal flush. glorious soft bump run on OL to finish the day at 1. didn't want to leave but love getting home by 6 on a sunday to ease back into the week

 

[Edd]

Spring bluebird day at Le Massif. Nailed it. This is technically a Quebec City vacation with the wife but sneaking a couple of ski days in.

 

[LoafSkier19]

Spring bluebird day at Le Massif. Nailed it. This is technically a Quebec City vacation with the wife but sneaking a couple of ski days in.

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Love that place. Really bummed I couldn’t find the time to use my 2 days on the MC pass there this year. Looks like a great day!

 

[JimG.]

I'm a big fan of Le Massif.

 

[ThatGuy]

Day 55 @ Killington

Haven’t posted in this thread in a while but hopefully going to hit 60 days (previous record was 51)
Killington still has a lot of snow so mid-May will be easy…we’ll see about Memorial Day though. Hiked to the summit and did Catwalk a couple times, did Anarchy, Julio, Somewhere, Nowhere, ect and stopped at Coopers for a visit. Love being able to ski the woods still with good coverage. Even though it didn’t hit freezing last night the snow wasn’t overly sticky or gloopy.


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[KustyTheKlown]

1) 10/28/22 - Big Snow, NJ
2) 11/23/22 - Windham, NY
3) 11/25/22 - Sugarbush, VT
4) 11/26/22 - Stratton, VT
5) 12/04/22 - Windham NY
6) 12/10/22 - Loon NH
7) 12/11/22 - Stratton, VT
8) 12/17/22 - Stratton, VT
9) 12/18/22 - Killington, VT
10) 12/27/22 - Tremblant, QC
11) 12/28/22 - Tremblant, QC
12) 12/29/22 - Tremblant, QC
13) 12/30/22 - Tremblant, QC
14) 12/31/22 - Sugarbush, VT
15) 01/07/23 - Loon, NH
16) 01/08/23 - Stratton, VT
17) 01/14/23 - Tremblant, QC
18) 01/15/23 - Tremblant, QC
19) 01/16/23 - Sugarbush, VT
20) 01/20/23 - Sugarbush, VT
21) 01/21/23 - Sugarbush, VT
22) 01/22/23 - Sugarbush, VT
23) 01/28/23 - Jay Peak, VT
24) 01/29/23 - Stratton, VT
25) 02/18/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
26) 02/19/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
27) 02/20/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
28) 02/21/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
29) 02/22/23 - Jackson Hole, WY
30) 02/23/23 - Sun Valley, ID
31) 02/24/23 - Sun Valley, ID
32) 02/25/23 - Powder Mountain, UT
33) 02/26/23 - Snowbasin, UT
34) 02/27/23 - Snowbasin, UT
35) 02/28/23 - Deer Valley, UT
36) 03/01/23 - Snowbird, UT (AM), Alta, UT (PM)
37) 03/02/23 - Alta, UT
38) 03/11/23 - Cannon, NH
39) 03/12/23 - Magic, VT
40) 03/18/23 - Sunday River, ME
41) 03/19/23 - Killington, VT
42) 03/25/23 - Waterville Valley, NH
43) 03/26/23 - Sunday River, ME

44) 04/07/23 - Waterville Valley, NH - backtracked from gorham to stay south where the corn was more likely to turn up. pretty decent day. place was empty so got to lap the 6 pack serving a pretty fast 1700 vertical over and over. lots of wind, was actually surprised the chair never went on hold. i chose waterville bc i knew they had fixed grip back ups all the way to the top. soft bumps in the late afternoon

45) 04/08/23 - Sunday River, ME - nixed sugarloaf/saddleback plans, again worrying about the temps not warming enough to corn. sunday river was a decent choice. groomers skied beautifully from the jump. naturals on the correct aspect skied beautifully after noon. 46k vertical which is my highest for the season. one of the tamer/lamer pond skims I've seen. not a great run-in. too many kids. not enough hot doggin.

46) 04/09/23 - Killington, VT - stunner of a sunday. the warm day of the weekend. southern facing slopes skied great from early AM. northern facing slopes never truly got soft so i didn't bother with ovation and lots of killington peak terrain, but bear, south ridge, needles, and the right runs down snowdon skied great. loved the island hopping of the quickly rotting (now probably rotten) royal flush. glorious soft bump run on OL to finish the day at 1. didn't want to leave but love getting home by 6 on a sunday to ease back into the week

i forgot to mention that at waterville on Friday i saved a child, which is so not something i would typically do. skiing alone i came across this boy maybe 8-10 years old on a particularly icy and moderately steep blue (it was top of tippecanoe i think). he's on his butt. his skis are off. he's crying. and he's in the process of using a walkie to contact dad. i got him up, got his skis on him, introduced myself, got his name (milo), and told him we're gonna ski down together real slowly and use our edges a lot, and we can sideslip and not make turns if we need to. got him thru the sketchy section and we slowly skied the less icy groomer down to the bottom. gave him a pole tap, told him he's a good skier, and said 'now go find your parents' and left him at the base. uncle mode activated. not dad mode. uncle saves the day and is then like 'now go fuck off'

 

[jaytrem]

Nice day at Solitude...

 

[Harvey]

As soon as you can retire..

Agree with this advice BUT, knowing when you "can" ain't easy.

 

[Edd]

Mont-Sainte-Anne. Started overcast but getting very good.

 

[Kingslug20]

Agree with this advice BUT, knowing when you "can" ain't easy.

That's the million dollar question

 

[jimk]

Nice day at Solitude...

Hi Jaytrem, I was at Soli today too, 12 Apr 2023 for day 42. Hurt my shoulder last Thursday so just zoomed the groom today from 9-1pm. The place was empty! I might have seen you if I knew what to look for. I might return Saturday.
Me and a buddy: