Your 2022-2023 Ski Season Thread

[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

Best day of the young season for me. Belle was cranking out the snowmaking on all open trails and a bunch of soon to open trails on the east side of the ridge. Conditions got better and better as the day went on and I just kept skiing until about 2:45 when I finally stopped for lunch. Amusingly my last run of the day was down Deer Run which I had avoided all day. Nobody else was on it, probably because it was nothing but a scraped off sheet of ice.

 

[ThatGuy]

1) 11/21/22-Mount Snow
2) 11/23/22-Mount Snow
3) 12/03/22-Jiminy Peak
4) 12/04/22-Jiminy Peak
5) 12/05/22-Mount Snow

Pretty good day all things considered. Hop and Ridge were favorites.

 

[tnt1234]

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

Best day of the young season for me. Belle was cranking out the snowmaking on all open trails and a bunch of soon to open trails on the east side of the ridge. Conditions got better and better as the day went on and I just kept skiing until about 2:45 when I finally stopped for lunch. Amusingly my last run of the day was down Deer Run which I had avoided all day. Nobody else was on it, probably because it was nothing but a scraped off sheet of ice.

Looks like some snow in the forecast for Sunday. Think we'll be up there.

Are the trails on the east side open now? Sounds like maybe they were then they lost coverage in the rain?

 

[RH29]

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

Best day of the young season for me. Belle was cranking out the snowmaking on all open trails and a bunch of soon to open trails on the east side of the ridge. Conditions got better and better as the day went on and I just kept skiing until about 2:45 when I finally stopped for lunch. Amusingly my last run of the day was down Deer Run which I had avoided all day. Nobody else was on it, probably because it was nothing but a scraped off sheet of ice.

Belleayre was great on Sunday - my first and only day so far.

Looks like some snow in the forecast for Sunday. Think we'll be up there.

Are the trails on the east side open now? Sounds like maybe they were then they lost coverage in the rain?

East side was open with one top to bottom run. Snowmaking on another run was set up, but not going while we were there. Short hike required, either along the ridge (uphill traverse on skis), at mid mountain (skis off, walk on road) or lower mountain (skis off, short walk on mud/rocks).

 

[lee]

Hi there, I am a newbie here. Great post, I also have an interest in that.

 

[RH29]

Hi there, I am a newbie here. Great post, I also have an interest in that.

Why does this sound like a bot?

 

[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

Only thing open on the east side is Onondaga. Warmth put a hurt on terrain expansion.

 

[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 - Smooch a snowmaker! 19 trails equaled about 10 routes. 2100 vertical top to bottom skiing. good on loon. impressed with the options. their lifts are fast and move people. the 8pack is a thing.

 

[Zand]

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 - Smooch a snowmaker! 19 trails equaled about 10 routes. 2100 vertical top to bottom skiing. good on loon. impressed with the options. their lifts are fast and move people. the 8pack is a thing.

I'm still stuck on 1 day but definitely looking to ski this Tuesday and Loon was my most likely choice. How did Flume look like it was coming along? Would be awesome to have that!

 

[KustyTheKlown]

I'm still stuck on 1 day but definitely looking to ski this Tuesday and Loon was my most likely choice. How did Flume look like it was coming along? Would be awesome to have that!

guns all day t2b on flume with pretty impressive production. will be soon.

 

[skef]

6) 12/10/22 - Loon NH - Smooch a snowmaker! 19 trails equaled about 10 routes. 2100 vertical top to bottom skiing. good on loon. impressed with the options.

I really like the variety of ways down they manage to create with limited open trails. Before hitting Loon regularly early-season I hadn’t really appreciated Sunset as a trail in its own right, but(t): it’s not a bad trail! (Lighter crowds help; mid-season, yeah, it’s basically just a crowded connector.)

 

[bigbob]

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 - Smooch a snowmaker! 19 trails equaled about 10 routes. 2100 vertical top to bottom skiing. good on loon. impressed with the options. their lifts are fast and move people. the 8pack is a thing.

I was there on Friday and the wind was carrying a lot of the snow away from the trail surface and temps where marginal, but they kept the upper mnt guns on. I would say by the end of this week Loon could have most of the main mountain open. I was also there the Friday before.

 

[thetrailboss]

1. November 4, 2022: Brighton Bone Zone
2. November 12, 2022: Brighton (four lifts and midseason conditions?!)
3. November 13, 2022: Brighton
4. November 20, 2022: Snowbird (great first day with lots of open terrain and no crowds).
5. November 22, 2022: Alta (great snow and no lines)
6. November 23, 2022: Alta (first taste of powder for 22-23!)
7. November 24, 2022: Snowbird (early turkey turns)
8. November 25, 2022: Snowbird’s Tram Good Time (on the first ride of the new Tram and opening of Gad 2)
9. November 26, 2022: Alta (afternoon turns in the new snow!)
10. November 27, 2022: Snowbird (skiing with old friends on old favorites)
11. December 4, 2022: Snowbird (Little Cloud storm fest)

12. December 10, 2022: Snowbird (Mineral Basin Debut)

 

[deadheadskier]

Loon 11/25
Loon 11/29
Gunstock 12/11

 

[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 - 6 routes. no lines. fast groomers. home by 530. ready for real snow and terrain. driving home in snowstorm with snow tires was sweet. they work.

 

[thetrailboss]

5. December 11, 2022 Snowbird
cirque laps to the gad side and little cloud and gad 2. started snowing at 11 on and off then in earnest after 2.

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So what do you think of Snowbird?

 

[NYDB]

So what do you think of Snowbird?

in the words of my 14 yo

" this is definitely our best trip"

thanks to @thetrailboss and @ss20 for some tips.
we like the gad side alot more than the peruvian side ( although we had some great laps over there today as well) only got cliffed out once- good signage. looking forward to tommorow and the continued dumpage.

this place in Feb in a deep year must be unbelievable

 

[ThatGuy]

1) 11/21/22-Mount Snow
2) 11/23/22-Mount Snow
3) 12/03/22-Jiminy Peak
4) 12/04/22-Jiminy Peak
5) 12/05/22-Mount Snow
6) 12/10/22-Jiminy Peak

 

[ss20]

in the words of my 14 yo

" this is definitely our best trip"

thanks to @thetrailboss and @ss20 for some tips.
we like the gad side alot more than the peruvian side ( although we had some great laps over there today as well) only got cliffed out once- good signage. looking forward to tommorow and the continued dumpage.

this place in Feb in a deep year must be unbelievable

Glad you liked it! Normally I only ask for a beer in return, but I'll sleep on your hotel floor tonight to beat the road closure!!!

As I said in my PM, look at tomorrow with apprehension. Incredibly high avi danger. Find a lift that will likely be open (Wilbere, mid-Gad, Baby Thunder) and lap it before the powder snobs show up.

I selfishly like high avalanche danger storms. Most of our hike-to terrain at Alta won't open til Wednesday and the powder seekers seems to forget that most gate drops are a day or 2 after the storm.

 

[thetrailboss]

in the words of my 14 yo

" this is definitely our best trip"

thanks to @thetrailboss and @ss20 for some tips.
we like the gad side alot more than the peruvian side ( although we had some great laps over there today as well) only got cliffed out once- good signage. looking forward to tommorow and the continued dumpage.

this place in Feb in a deep year must be unbelievable

Gad Side is my preferred side as well.

Happy to help.