Your 2024-25 Ski Season Thread

[LoafSkier19]

1. 11/15/24 Killington
2. 11/27/24 Sunday River
3. 11/29/24 Cannon
4. 12/6/24 Mt Washington
5. 12/7/24 Sugarloaf
6. 12/20/24 Loon
7. 12/21/24 Waterville Valley
8. 12/24/24 Sunday River
9. 12/26/24 Sugarloaf Uphill Climb
10. 12/28/24 Pleasant Mtn

11. 1/4/25 Killington

Pretty pleasant day. Surprisingly not crowded at all. Snow was good and never waited more than a few chairs all day. The cold and end of vacation week must have kept most away

 

[JimG.]

1) 11/17/24-Belleayre
2) 11/24-Belleayre
3) 11/29-Belleayre
4) 12/3-Belleayre
5) 12/6-Belleayre
6) 12/8-Belleayre
7) 12/13-Belleayre
8) 12/19-Belleayre
9) 12/20-Belleayre
10) 12/23-Belleayre
11) 12/26-Belleayre
12) 12/27 Belleayre
13) 12/31-Belleayre
14) 1/3/25-Belleayre

Snowmaking at full bore in many places on the hill. Insane whales on Peekamoose. Algonquin lit up top to bottom. Good bump lines on Yahoo and all soft snow.

Heading back tomorrow.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

11/29 - killington (powder day!)
11/30 - waterville
12/07 - killington (powder day!)
12/08 - stratton
12/14 - stratton
12/15 - stratton
12/22 - sugarbush (powder day!)
12/23 - mt ellen
12/24 - mt ellen (powder day!)
12/26 - stratton
12/27 - jay
12/28 - bolton

01/04 - sugarbush - not the best. kinda dust on crust. really cold.

01/05 - stratton (powder day!) - few inches overnight, steady snow falling all day, ~14" 3 day total. its a powdah day baby. great untracked tree skiing

 

[JimG.]

1) 11/17/24-Belleayre
2) 11/24-Belleayre
3) 11/29-Belleayre
4) 12/3-Belleayre
5) 12/6-Belleayre
6) 12/8-Belleayre
7) 12/13-Belleayre
8) 12/19-Belleayre
9) 12/20-Belleayre
10) 12/23-Belleayre
11) 12/26-Belleayre
12) 12/27 Belleayre
13) 12/31-Belleayre
14) 1/3/25-Belleayre
15) 1/6-Belleayre

Belle is really pumping out the snow. Visibility was poor on the upper mountain. Trails with active snowmaking had copious amounts of soft snow that skied great but seeing stuff was an issue. Cold and windy too. Had to take 3 short breaks to defrost. The bump trails (Yahoo, Onteora, Mohawk and Winnisook) had been recoated the night before and were all fantastic. Plus I could see without the snow guns blasting. Light natural snow all day as well. Dot also skied very well. Turned out to be a good day.

 

[JimG.]

1) 11/17/24-Belleayre
2) 11/24-Belleayre
3) 11/29-Belleayre
4) 12/3-Belleayre
5) 12/6-Belleayre
6) 12/8-Belleayre
7) 12/13-Belleayre
8) 12/19-Belleayre
9) 12/20-Belleayre
10) 12/23-Belleayre
11) 12/26-Belleayre
12) 12/27 Belleayre
13) 12/31-Belleayre
14) 1/3/25-Belleayre
15) 1/6-Belleayre
16) 1/9-Belleayre

Even though it was sunny the whole ride up, I could see the snowstorm over at Highmount from the Rhinecliff bridge. Sure enough, snowing and windy when I got to Belle. 1-3" of fluff on top of a deep manmade base everywhere. Everything skied great. Bumps on Yahoo were exceptional, hard to pick a favorite run today. The gondola was closed due to wind, on a day when it might have been useful. Man was it cold and windy! But worth it.

More snow tomorrow, still not near getting any trees open. Naturals need more snow too. Gonna head back to Belle Sunday, but it's time to get up to VT. Heading up to K for 3 days next Wed Thurs Fri. Hoping for a lot of 3 day trips to VT from here on out.

 

[Smellytele]

1) 11/17/24-Belleayre
2) 11/24-Belleayre
3) 11/29-Belleayre
4) 12/3-Belleayre
5) 12/6-Belleayre
6) 12/8-Belleayre
7) 12/13-Belleayre
8) 12/19-Belleayre
9) 12/20-Belleayre
10) 12/23-Belleayre
11) 12/26-Belleayre
12) 12/27 Belleayre
13) 12/31-Belleayre
14) 1/3/25-Belleayre
15) 1/6-Belleayre
16) 1/9-Belleayre

Even though it was sunny the whole ride up, I could see the snowstorm over at Highmount from the Rhinecliff bridge. Sure enough, snowing and windy when I got to Belle. 1-3" of fluff on top of a deep manmade base everywhere. Everything skied great. Bumps on Yahoo were exceptional, hard to pick a favorite run today. The gondola was closed due to wind, on a day when it might have been useful. Man was it cold and windy! But worth it.

More snow tomorrow, still not near getting any trees open. Naturals need more snow too. Gonna head back to Belle Sunday, but it's time to get up to VT. Heading up to K for 3 days next Wed Thurs Fri. Hoping for a lot of 3 day trips to VT from here on out.

I was about to say time to mix it up a bit

 

[JimG.]

I was about to say time to mix it up a bit

Every year I kick myself for spending money on hotels early season. Often it seems like a waste.

So this season it's going to be 3 day trips as the norm. And stay longer if conditions warrant it. Wait until after the holidays to start going up to VT. And I'll save some on gas as a bonus. Hopefully the conditions will be better for me by waiting.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

I hear you, but this has been the best early season in Vermont I can recall