Your 2024-25 Ski Season Thread

[Tonyr]

36. April 6, 2025: Snowbird (Subaru Spring Ski Day with buddies)

That is alot of Cottonwood Canyons skiing in 24/25. No Solitude or Snowbasin trips this season though?!

 

[thetrailboss]

That is alot of Cottonwood Canyons skiing in 24/25. No Solitude or Snowbasin trips this season though?!

No. I have an Alta/Bird season pass and a Brighton Twilight.

 

[Tonyr]

Well, they are the 3 best places anyway.

 

[thetrailboss]

Well, they are the 3 best places anyway.

Yeah I’ve never liked Solitude. I’ve only skied Snowbasin once. I might be going Thursday with a buddy.

 

[Tonyr]

Yeah I’ve never liked Solitude. I’ve only skied Snowbasin once. I might be going Thursday with a buddy.

If you like long groomers and get a bluebird day Snowbasin is going to be great.

Solitude has Honeycomb Canyon plus a couple of other spots. I thought it was really best as a place to stay to ski back and forth from both resorts.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Yeah I’ve never liked Solitude. I’ve only skied Snowbasin once. I might be going Thursday with a buddy.

Solitude and Snowbasin are both lame compared to all the other options in the area. I did like how empty Solitude was when I did visit, but IKON ruined even that.

 

[Tonyr]

Solitude and Snowbasin are both lame compared to all the other options in the area. I did like how empty Solitude was when I did visit, but IKON ruined even that.

I think lame is overdoing it but agree out of the 5 resorts they are the bottom 2. I'll say that if you ski Honeycomb Canyon down diagonally to the Honeycomb return lift, ride that up, then finish it off with Queen Bess and are lucky enough to do it in powder it's as good as it gets anywhere for a long somewhat sustained tree run.

 

[Zand]

Looks like 12"+ in a lot of the North country the last couple days, and the next storm should start as snow. Just booked in Stowe for Sunday and Monday night. Planning on stopping at Okemo on the way up Sunday...looks to be kind of cool and cloudy but I could use a couple hours of groomers to get back in shape anyway lol. Gonna go to Jay Monday, and then Stowe Tuesday. Looks like 40s and 50s both days.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I skied 7 days in March, 3 of which were a weekend trip to Bromley. March 17th was my last day. The warmth and rain after that ended what was a fantastic season a couple weeks earlier than usual. Not counting my days during the summer and fall at Big Snow I skied 34 days this past season and am most likely done for the season skiing outdoors. I am planning to take my daughter to Big Snow on Saturday.

March was also my 17th month in a row with at least one ski day. I am now keeping track of my season as 7/1 through 6/30.

 

[ColdRain&Snow]

This may earn me a permanent ban, but my last day was Sunday. Skied 50 days, all at Stratton. And it was a really terrific season. I never felt the need to drive to K until into march and kinda ran out of gas by then so never used those days. We were planning a trip to Sunday River but didn’t. The 2.5 mile drive to the sun bowl became reactionary. The better half got into the upper 20’s, and really advanced, we had some great days. Next year our granddaughter will be 18 months before the end of the season so she’ll get her first taste.

I worked on conditioning from Labor Day through Thanksgiving, and only made it back home a few weeks so limited conditioning during the season.. felt the difference when the spring conditions hit. Next season I may join the fitness center for 3 months.

Very satisfied with everything.

 

[LuckyStrike]

A Basin and Winter Park

 

[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
13. 1/11/25 Jay Peak
14. 1/12/25 Jay Peak
15. 1/19/25 Lake Louise
16. 1/20/25 Kicking Horse
17. 1/21/25 Revelstoke
18. 1/22/25 Revelstoke
19. 1/23/25 Revelstoke
20. 1/24/25 Revelstoke
21. 1/25/25 Revelstoke
22. 2/2/25 Lost Valley
23. 2/6/25 Pleasant Mtn.
24. 2/8/25 Killington
25. 2/9/25 Pico
26. 2/13/25 Sunday River
27. 2/14/25 Ragged Mtn
28. 2/17/25 Black Mtn NH
29. 2/22/25 Magic Mtn
30. 2/23/25 Ragged Mtn
31. 2/26/25 Powderhouse Hill
32. 3/4/25 Lost Valley
33. 3/6/25 Pats Peak
34. 3/7/25 Black Mtn ME
35. 3/9/25 Sugarloaf
36. 3/13/25 Camden Snow Bowl
37. 3/14/25 Sunday River & Black NH
38. 3/15/25 Black Mtn NH
39. 4/4/25 Waterville Valley

40. 4/12/25 Sugarloaf
Reggae weekend. Very strange conditions around the mountain. The snow that was falling seemed to stick around King Pine which skied great all day. Skyline and Superquad trails turned into this weird mash potato but not completely soft snow. Ventured around to check some glades but didn’t find anything in great shape so stuck to the trails. Skied till last chair and checked the music out for a bit before heading to the ski house.



41. 4/13/25 Saddleback
Wow! What a surprisingly epic day! Leaving from Sugarloaf it was pretty dreary and wet there. Once I got to the base of Saddleback it felt and looked like winter again! Some quick warm up runs off the Rangeley were already skiing better than the day prior. Headed for the summit and found great snow in all the glades plus Muleskinner. Pretty much stayed at the Kennebago all day till about 3 and spent the last couple hours lapping Professor and Thrombosis. Definitely my best day in Maine this season.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

wow re: saddleback. hmmm. i have this Friday off...

 

[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
01/12 - sugarbush
01/18 - bolton
01/19 - ellen (powder day!)
01/20 - stratton (powder day!)
01/25 - stratton
01/26 - stratton
02/01 - killington (powder day!)
02/02 - stratton
02/15 - sugarloaf
02/16 - saddleback (powder day!)
02/17 - bmom (powder day!
02/18 - black nh
02/20 - revelstoke
02/21 - revelstoke (powder day!)
02/22 - revelstoke (powder day!)
02/23 - revelstoke
02/24 - revelstoke (powder day!)
02/25 - revelstoke (powder day!)
02/26 - lake louise
02/27 - banff sunshine
03/08 - catamount
03/09 - windham
03/22 - sugarbush
03/23 - stratton
03/29 - sunday river (powder day!)
03/30 - sunday river

04/12 - killington (powder day!) - april showers bring fresh powders! 3" by the time lift opens, 6-7" by closed. what a day! great conditions. first tracks on untouched supe. amazing runs on needles. completely untracked smooth woods deep into the pm. and pond skim!

04/13 - killington - great 4 hour session. 26k vert. groomers skied like butter. higher elevation woods skied great. def some stickiness but excellent skiing for mid-april. superstar chair, we salute you, thank you for your service.

 

[RH29]

12/1 - killington (powder-ish day, hit the first rope drop of the season on an untracked cascade)
12/8 - stratton (never thought i'd ski seemingly bottomless all-natural terrain/glades in southern vermont this early)
12/26 - catamount
1/11 - berkshire east
1/20 - berkshire east (powder day, first tracks on umass)
1/26 - mohawk
2/2 - okemo
2/9 AM - whaleback (powder day, utterly incredible snow)
2/9 PM - dartmouth (powder day leftovers)
2/23 - bolton (powder day)
3/14 - magic (beautiful spring corn)
3/22 - berkshire east
3/29 - jay (powder day
3/30 - ragged
4/13 - okemo
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4/15 and 4/16 - jay (powder days?)

Not including 13 more evenings spent at good ol Mount Southington.

Best season in many years for me

 

[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
18) 1/15-Killington
19) 1/16-Killington
20) 1/17-Killington
21) 1/23-Belleayre
22) 1/29-Killington
23) 1/30-Killington
24) 1/31-Killington
25) 2/7-Belleayre
26) 2/10-Killington
27) 2/11-Killington
28) 2/12-Killington
29) 2/19-Killington
30) 2/20-Killington
31) 2/21-Killington
32) 3/8-Belleayre
33) 3/12-Killington
34) 3/13-Killington
35) 3/14-Killington
36) 3/20-Belleayre
37) 4/13-Belleayre

Lost out on about 4 weeks of skiing due to several scheduling conflicts and some car issues. Was almost ready to end my ski season and pick up the fishing rods. Then it snowed 12" at the top of Belle and I couldn't go Saturday. So I was determined to get there for closing day yesterday. Despite the clouds and frequent dense fog the skiing was excellent and the conditions were a real treat. Skied everything going across the ridge from Deer Run to Winnisook. The snow which was still plentiful was dense and heavy but I got into it and had a great day. Pics from Saturday thanks to Cornhead:




Skied on Sunday with Bob. We both stopped in to see Scotty on the way home. So stoked after my day I'm heading up to K this Wed - Fri.

 

[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)
21. January 19, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (Cold turns in Mineral, Little Cloud, and all over Alta)
22. January 20, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (-10F at Supreme; first tracks in Devil's Castle, First Alf's of the year, Little Cloud and Baldy Runs at Snowbird).
23. January 25, 2025: Brighton (Twilight Skiing and first night at Milly)
24. February 9, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (Rasta, Old Ladies Proper, Cirque, and other favorites)
25. February 13, 2025: Snowbird (storm skiing in the lower areas to avoid the wind)
26. February 23, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (first East Castle hike at Alta; Bookends and some other usual haunts at Snowbird)
27. February 28, 2025: Brighton (afternoon turns in spring conditions)
28. March 1, 2025: Alta (hitting the groomers on a nice spring day)
29. March 3, 2025: Deer Valley (powder day; first time in the new Deer Valley East; X-Files and Number 9)
30. March 9, 2025: Alta (nice powder and spring conditions; demo day)
31. March 16, 2025: Alta (new, deep snow but the wrong skis)
32. March 23, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (Catherine's with some new friends; reopening of Mineral Basin; High Greeley)
33. March 30, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (groomers and favorites at Snowbird and Alta)
34. March 31, 2025: Brighton (skiing the favorite groomers)
35. April 3, 2025: Brighton (Powder Night)
36. April 6, 2025: Snowbird (Subaru Spring Ski Day with buddies)

37. April 14, 2025: Alta/Snowbird (spring turns on soft snow)

 

[Former Sunday Rivah Rat]

We got 90 days each in at our first year at Snowbasin before they closed. I wish it had a little more elevation but will gladly trade the lower snow totals for lower crowds. We have 1 Solitude and 2 Brighton days. 93 total days so far. We should hit 100 plus. So far UT is everything I hoped it would be.

 

[thetrailboss]

We got 90 days each in at our first year at Snowbasin before they closed. I wish it had a little more elevation but will gladly trade the lower snow totals for lower crowds. We have 1 Solitude and 2 Brighton days. 93 total days so far. We should hit 100 plus. So far UT is everything I hoped it would be.

Any word as to if Snowbasin does an encore this weekend? Snow is in the forecast.

 

[Zand]

1. 12/10: Mt Snow - Groomers in the freezing drizzle. 18.5k
2. 12/25 Mt Sunapee - Fast groomers on Christmas. 15k
3. 1/9 Pats Peak - Windy groomers and some bumps. 12.1k
4. 1/12 Bolton - Late day woods. 7.4k
5. 1/13 Stowe - Terrific soft woods and nats. 40.7k
6. 1/14 Stowe - 9" powder, untouched Liftline, deep woods. 20.9k
7. 1/20 Magic - 4" powder, first tracks Talisman and Sorcerer, thin but soft. 21.9k
8. 1/23 Crotched - Night skiing cut short by lift failure. 4.9k
9. 1/26 Okemo - Very thin trees, fun nats, big midday squall. 31.6k
10. 1/28 Waterville - Couple inches from squall, empty bubble laps. 25k
11. 2/2 Jay - Bit of a struggle with variable snow, nats more fun than woods. 20k
12. 2/3 Stowe - 4" refresh overnight, woods skiing gorgeous. 30.1k
13. 2/9 Ragged - 9" powder but late arrival had me picking up the scraps. First time there, glades are terrific! 16.7k
14. 2/10 Stowe - 7" powder, woods deep, bashing powder bumps on Liftline, exhausting day. 30.9k
15. 2/11 Stowe - 2" of the softest snow I've ever seen was the perfect topping on the already soft and deep base. Like skiing in feathers. Woods amazing. 33.1k
16. 2/23 Middlebury - Main summit lift broken down, arrived late and only other summit access closed at 3 so quantity was limited. Some crust in backside woods. Liked what I saw for terrain. Day was a dud but would love to go back. 4.3k
17. 2/24 Stowe - Only managed 5 runs because I was under the weather. Woods full of hero snow. 10.3k
18. 2/25 Stowe - Spring preview with manky woods but nice soft bumps and groomers. Knee started to hurt and rain moved in so called it early. 15.6k

19. 4/13 Okemo - Cool and foggy but soft spring snow and couple areas of seeded bumps. 15.4k
20. 4/14 Jay - Perfect spring day, woods and nats mint. 19k
21. 4/15 Stowe - Forecasted rain didn't arrive until afternoon, making for another perfect spring morning. Silky corn in woods, soft and sometimes adventurous nats. 21.7k

Sad that March ended up being a goose egg, but weather and time off just didn't work in my favor. But these last 2 days were just the absolute best of spring in the deep northern VT snow. My season is down to a day or two at Killington.

I've been on the fence about my pass situation for next year. Did I want to switch back to Ikon or keep riding with Epic? I think my decision is pretty easy at this point. I skied 8 days at Stowe this year, and other than my childhood days at Wachusett and my college days at Burke I don't think I've ever skied that many days in a season anywhere else. It is more or less my home mountain now. Affordable lodging, good restaurants, and most importantly IMO the best overall ski experience in the east. And I still feel like I've barely scratched the surface with the place.