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

 

[BenedictGomez]

1) Park City (Canyons)
2) Park City (Canyons)
3) Park City (Canyons)
4) Park City (Canyons) at least 8", 13" by end of day. Boot deep plenty of places.
5) Park City (Canyons) at least 6" fresh

 

[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

12. 1/9/25 Pats Peak

Skied a few hours after work. Had fun lapping Cyclone and Tornado most of the time from the Vortex chair.


13. 1/11/25 Jay Peak

First day in the woods all season. Spent the morning on stateside and then the flyer most of the afternoon.




14. 1/12/25 Jay Peak

Clear day but Tramside was completely shut down for wind and a broken Metro Quad. Still got a solid half day in before making the long trip home.

 

[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
01/05 - stratton (powder day!)

01/11 - jay peak - this great season cruises on. wouldn't call it a powder day, but it was leftovers of a week of 24" of upslope with 1-2" falling during the ski day. just fun solid tree skiing. everything open. all lifts. nice weather. good day

01/12 - sugarbush - early ups at 7:30. crushed 22k vert in 4 hours. paradise and spillsville woods skiing great. sugarbush in better shape than i had feared. got home by 5:30 and went to a concert with my lady from 7-11. i slept good last night.

not sure if im gonna do sat-sun, or sun-mon this weekend...

 

[thetrailboss]

1. November 16, 2024: Brighton;
2. November 21, 2024: Brighton (trying out the new sticks!).
3. November 22, 2024: Alta (opening day!)
4. November 23, 2024: Alta (more preseason turns)
5. November 25, 2024: Alta (nice morning turns on the new snow and snowmaking)
6. November 27, 2024: Alta (First Alta Powder Day of the Season!)
7. November 29, 2024: Alta (morning turns in the sun)
8. November 30, 2024: Snowbird (first runs on the new Wilbere Chair)
9. December 1, 2024: Alta (more early season turns and first day in Ballroom)
10. December 8, 2024: Alta (more low tide skiing)
11. December 11, 2024: Snowbird (racing the Tram on the east coast narrow skis)
12. December 13, 2024: Brighton (first night riding of the season)
13. December 16, 2024: Alta (turns on the new skis).
14. December 21, 2024: Alta (first day on Supreme, but we need snow!)
15. December 28, 2024: Brighton (Storm Twilight Skiing and first day at Milly)
16. December 29, 2024: Alta (post storm holiday craziness; first Challenger run and lots of wind blown goodness)
17. December 31, 2024: Alta (NYE Turns on amazing snow!)
18. January 2, 2025: Alta (new snow and more holiday craziness)

19. January 3, 2025: Alta (first day on the High T and some amazing turns!)
20. January 13, 2025: Snowbird (amazing morning hitting the favorites--Chamonix, Old Ladies, Gad 2, and High Baldy)

 

[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
17) 1/12-Belleayre

Another great day of skiing bumps. Crowds were ridiculous and they were parking people on the access road shortly after 9:15. I got there early and got a great spot in the first Tomahawk lot. Plus, the singles lines moved quickly and I never waited more than 5-10 minutes.

And now I'm done with Belle for a bit. Heading up to K Wed-Fri. Then more VT next week and the rest of January.

 

[JimG.]

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

Decisions, decisions; hard to try to do everything all at once.

A small consolation is that Belle has had awesome snow quality and even a few trees and naturals open. Yeah, the terrain is meh, but I'm happy just making turns. I was also happy my better half was all in on me going on 3-day ski trips solo.

 

[thebigo]

Day #49 today at loon, #50 planned for tomorrow at cannon. Fifty days used to be a good season, semi-retiring at age 40 was the best decision i ever made.