Your 2022-2023 Ski Season Thread

[NYDB]

1. November 23, 2022, Killington
2. November 25, 2022, Stratton
3. November 26, 2022, Stratton.
4. December 10, 2022 Snowbird
5. December 11, 2022 Snowbird
6. December 12. 2022 Snowbird

7. December 16, 2022 Stratton
8. December 17, 2022 Stratton

Friday storm day riding. 8” down when lifts spun. 24” at least at upper mountain by days end. Got to park in the garage. Always a bonus on a storm day. Stratton was great trying to get everything open. Lift lines for about an hour. Only upper mountain lift was Ursa so there was so much untracked as the day went on.

Saturday was a different animal. Out early with intentions to lap snow bowl lift until the crowds became too much. That happened after 2 runs (later I found out ursa was down for a bit early and lines weren’t bad to non existent as the day went on) So I went for a hike to find less people and more untracked. Was a pleasant afternoon for sure

 

[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"

Arrived 8:30 out on snow at 9. Ski on at Lift 8 all day; Express Quad was a short wait. Belle reported 19" total and that is accurate IMO. I skied everything save for steep trees. Snow was dense; I don't remember bottoming out anywhere and my skis had no damage which amazed me since this snow fell on mostly bare ground. I skied until 2:30 and called it a day; went to Phonecia Diner for some food and then home. Felt good on my first pow day of the season; usually I'm wiped out after a day like that.





Belle has been good to me early season and yesterday was the big payoff. Time to start skiing up in VT next week.

 

[JimG.]

Skied Friday and Saturday at Belle.

Friday was great - the snow was dense, but boy, was it fun....

Friday night, the snow got a lot lighter, and Saturday they opened a bunch up that was closed for the whole storm, and they were simply fantastic. fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to be the first two civilians down Belleayre Run when they dropped the rope. Awesome run. Trail got immediately tracked out! So fun to watch....

Urtha...something, something....was sick. Mohawk, awesome, Winisook, great....

Just two incredible days. So thankful for them.

Utsayantha was nice as was Goat Path

 

[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 - what a day! played perfectly. drove 95>91 to skirt the storm. motel near the MA/VT border. a safe drive in the morning, arriving at 7:30. snagged an early access gondola before 8. skied 7+ hours in deep pow. the lines vanished as the day wore on. what a day

9) 12/18/22 - Killington, VT - K in great shape after the storm. groomers skiing lovely. naturals skiing bumpy. trees skiing well but in need of caution. some beautiful soft bumps on vertigo, ovation, royal flush. great first killington day

i am off to NC for xmas thursday to Monday, and heading up to maine when i get back til new years eve. hoping this weekends situation comes in colder than expected!

 

[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
7) 12/12/22-Mount Snow
8) 12/17/22-Jiminy Peak
9) 12/19/22-Mount Snow

Awesome day of skiing. Went 9-3 and hit every open trail (and some unopened ones ). Snow was great, even got into some woods. Ledge>Exhibition>Yard Sale was best run, soft bumps the whole way down.

 

[Zand]

Probably done with the 2022 portion of 2022-23.

1. Wachusett 11/23
2. Stratton 12/17
3. Killington 12/20

Quantity is a large improvement over last year so far (didn't get day 3 till March) and quality is good so far. Wachusett was a shake out the cobwebs type day and did the trick. Stratton was a 24"+ powder day. Killington was as good as you can get on a non-powder day in the early season.

Hope the upcoming storm is just a quick setback and we're back to good in short time.

 

[WJenness]

Launching my season at Killington tomorrow. I'm the tall guy with the AZ sticker on my helmet. Say hi if you see me.

 

[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
7) 12/12/22-Mount Snow
8) 12/17/22-Jiminy Peak
9) 12/19/22-Mount Snow
10) 12/21/22-Mount Snow

Beautiful bluebird day for the first day of Winter. Snow was still great just getting a bit thin. Not looking forward to the incoming unfrozen precipitation.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

great sunset shots. i usually call it around 3. i should prob push to last chair in mid December for some of that. 4 pm chair up, extended safety meeting, sunset cruise down sounds pretty chill

 

[ThatGuy]

Thanks, I always try to catch last chair a few times in December. Been lucky with great sunsets on the solstice the past couple years.

 

[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



Had to get up to K for my first VT skiing of the year and to beat the annual holiday washout. Spent Tuesday in the trees mostly; some were surprisingly good with deep coverage and others were pretty scraped off. As an example, Low Rider was good to my surprise, but Patsy's was skied off in many places. Maybe just more traffic going through. I stayed out of trees that were roped. Also enjoyed skiing snowmaking trails with just natural snow. I know I'm getting old the mountain was foggy especially at the summit and the light got very flat especially in the PM. Tough to ski when you can't see the terrain. Wednesday was devoted to bumps and cruisers. Steeper trails like Highline and Cascade had gotten rutted out and thin but lower angle bumps like Vagabond and Ridge Run were a lot of fun and still full of soft snow. Hope the washout is minor!

 

[Zand]

Wish I ran into you Tuesday. Sure was a good day. Agreed on Low Rider being surprisingly good. I never got up to Ridge Run but Vagabond and Great Bear were terrific.

 

[JimG.]

Wish I ran into you Tuesday. Sure was a good day. Agreed on Low Rider being surprisingly good. I never got up to Ridge Run but Vagabond and Great Bear were terrific.

After reading your report it's a miracle we did not see each other. I arrived at 10:30 and also parked at Vale. I did not think to go to the light but otherwise we skied the same terrain. Highline was very good all natural. Great Bear was good reminded me of the old days when it was always natural only. Powerline was also good before it got scraped off.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Day 4 Roundtop Opening Day. 1 degree at the bell. Great man made conditions with an assault going on all but 3 trails. They were definitely close to or maxing out their 5000 GPH.

 

[thebigo]

30 days - likely a personal record pre Christmas but I don't remember.

Ragged - 11
Loon - 10
Sunday river - 8
Pats - 1

Looking good for 100 but have to work a bunch first half of January.

 

[thetrailboss]

13. December 15, 2022: Brighton (cold night and new snow)
14. December 16, 2022: Alta/Snowbird (100" base, earliest run down Alf's, Baldy Express opening)

15. December 23, 2022: Brighton Night with the Daughter.
16. December 24, 2022: Alta (High Traverse on a Sleeper Powder Day)

 

[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 - wow! What a great day. Deep pow, often untracked, in the trees all day. Parked at north, started early, ran singles line, avoiding the main base and managed to ski a hard 25k with minimal lines or annoyance. The lines are there but there’s a way to work around it. Followed the Tremblant teen freeski team into a side route of sensation haut. Thought they knew what they were doing. They didn’t. Single track cliff descent full of roots and stumps. Otherwise great day, every run was awesome. The Canadian $ is 1.35 usd! They reported 150 cm (five feet) since sat. 20 cm last night. So today was a real pow day, not leftovers. Posting from a hot tub at a super8. There’s a 2-3 story water slide too lol

 

[JimG.]

Glad your drive was rewarded.

 

[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

Belleayre was great today. Better coverage than the last time I skied there after the 19" storm. Other than Dreamcatcher everything was open and pretty damn good. It must have snowed there recently they had a net gain in coverage in the trees. And they made a ton of snow. Heading back tomorrow.

 

[jimmywilson69]

1) Okemo 12/9
2) Stowe 12/10
3) Killington 12/11
4) Roundtop 12/24
5) Roundtop12/26
6) Roundtop 12/28

Got my first skinning session in this morning before 2 hours of good skiing at Roundtop. Mnt Ops has done a fantastic job making a ton of snow in this cold snap