Lava Rock Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 How long will Tucks be skiiable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 there will be snow there into July but sherburne trail is now closed almost all the way to top therefore requiring hike out. skiing will still be strong for another couple of weeks in bowl . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Another incredible weekend at Killington!!! Hydration certainly was the key to staying out in the big bumps on the Superstar glacier. Can't wait to do it again in 4 days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 This is a sweet photo from Killington yesterday....double rainbow on the right is sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Skied 4 days this week but its getting towards the end at Stowe. This is looking up Nosedive today, where a water bar is now open but easily grass skipped over. Snow had a nice ground fog making it look blurry. Up top I didn't get any good pics because of dense fog in the cloud. The snowpack produces an incredible fog too up high this time of year. Its like 10 feet thick hovering over the snowpack as this warm humid air sits on the remnants of last winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Is there any natural snow left? I'm assuming there is above 3k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Skied 4 days this week but its getting towards the end at Stowe. This is looking up Nosedive today, where a water bar is now open but easily grass skipped over. May 11B.png Snow had a nice ground fog making it look blurry. May11.jpg Up top I didn't get any good pics because of dense fog in the cloud. The snowpack produces an incredible fog too up high this time of year. Its like 10 feet thick hovering over the snowpack as this warm humid air sits on the remnants of last winter. Wondering if the highest peaks can pick up an inch or two in the Greens as the cold front slides though...Wednesday might have flakes flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Is there any natural snow left? I'm assuming there is above 3k Yeah, its quite patchy even to the summit, varying based on aspect, exposure to sun and wind, etc. But east and north facing slopes are still holding some cover above 3,200ft or so. Co-op snow depth at 3,700ft stake is 28" this afternoon. DAILY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 548 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015 Station Precip Temperature Present Snow 24 Hrs Max Min Cur Weather New Total SWE ...Vermont... Mount Mansfield 0.75 63 53 57 Cloudy 0.0 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 A buddy took this photo while skiing the remnant patches of snow near the road in Smugglers Notch up at the border of Stowe/Cambridge/Jeffersonville...so much win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subdude Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Wow awesome May pics. I had my last ski day at Killington back on April12th took a nasty spill ended up with a severe dislocated and fractured ring finger on right hand. They ended up having to break the finger to reset it and put a pin in it. Casted up until May 27th. :-( what a way to end the season. It was my 44th day out and my 2nd fall of the season. Overall, this ski season was one for the record books. Keep on carving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Wow awesome May pics. I had my last ski day at Killington back on April12th took a nasty spill ended up with a severe dislocated and fractured ring finger on right hand. They ended up having to break the finger to reset it and put a pin in it. Casted up until May 27th. :-( what a way to end the season. It was my 44th day out and my 2nd fall of the season. Overall, this ski season was one for the record books. Keep on carving. Good timing on the injury. Mud season is for recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Is there still snow on Stowe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Wow awesome May pics. I had my last ski day at Killington back on April12th took a nasty spill ended up with a severe dislocated and fractured ring finger on right hand. They ended up having to break the finger to reset it and put a pin in it. Casted up until May 27th. :-( what a way to end the season. It was my 44th day out and my 2nd fall of the season. Overall, this ski season was one for the record books. Keep on carving.One of these days we will meet up at WaWaHope the recovery goes well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Wow awesome May pics. I had my last ski day at Killington back on April12th took a nasty spill ended up with a severe dislocated and fractured ring finger on right hand. They ended up having to break the finger to reset it and put a pin in it. Casted up until May 27th. :-( what a way to end the season. It was my 44th day out and my 2nd fall of the season. Overall, this ski season was one for the record books. Keep on carving.That sucks! ...but the very good news is that you don't ski with your finger, so you'll be back to 100% next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Is there still snow on Stowe? This was from a couple days ago up at 3,500ft to where there are still snowfields in the woods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 This was from a couple days ago up at 3,500ft to where there are still snowfields in the woods... very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 very cool It's definitely now hiding up high on steeper slopes facing away from the sun (east/north aspects only). Pretty much in the evergreen zone now. But in that picture I showed, that brush was buried at the beginning of April. Lost probably 5 feet since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Killington is having another wonderful weekend with Superstar running and folks hanging out at the u-bar. It's getting thinner up there but next weekend should be no problem. June may be a stretch. This warm weather is taking a toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Awesome pics skivt! Do you know if they care about uphill traffic mid-week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 You can hike midweek. I'm sure you won't be alone. Superstar is great but we broke through to dirt at the top of the lower section late yesterday afternoon. It was no problem to ski across the deep slush. Next weekend the lifts will spin for 4 days. After that it remains to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Looks like Killington to can fire the guns on Super Star one last time this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Looks like Killington to can fire the guns on Super Star one last time this seasonThey are going to make snow??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 They are going to make snow??? Yeah I thought they didn't make snow after February...but I guess if it got cold enough this week, they could try and make some to shore up a few of the thin spots. Esp if they were trying to make it to the first weekend in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Yeah I thought they didn't make snow after February...but I guess if it got cold enough this week, they could try and make some to shore up a few of the thin spots. Esp if they were trying to make it to the first weekend in June. It would be a purely marketing driven decision at this point. Probably would make a pretty big splash in the industry if someone fired up the guns in the second half of May. But would probably cost several thousand dollars to charge the entire system and actually go through with it. I doubt they would...they are likely already doing summer maintenance and upgrades on the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Marketing ploy It would be neat if they did Hey, Wachusett had skiing into May so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 crap, that's how rumors start...i mean, i was just saying it would be cold enough for them to make snow one last time...just something i came up with, not based off any truth/reality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 It would be a purely marketing driven decision at this point. Probably would make a pretty big splash in the industry if someone fired up the guns in the second half of May. But would probably cost several thousand dollars to charge the entire system and actually go through with it. I doubt they would...they are likely already doing summer maintenance and upgrades on the system. Yeah I would guess the only reason for it would be for the marketing aspect of June skiing in New England. I do think it is cool that they have done the really early and really late skiing again that ASC had discontinued for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Yeah I would guess the only reason for it would be for the marketing aspect of June skiing in New England. I do think it is cool that they have done the really early and really late skiing again that ASC had discontinued for a while. I'd have to double check but I think it was after ASC that they tried to do a more "normal" schedule like Nov-Apr. The new company after ASC was the one that made a bunch of changes that pissed everyone off...like not honoring lifetime seasons passes and changing the schedule. They were business decisions that I don't think the new company really thought through with how passionate skiers and riders are, but ASC was such a financial mess that the new management had to tighten up the books. Skivt2 could probably share the true story. The latest GM at Killington seems like he gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 They had lifetime passes? And then they weren't honored? Lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 They had lifetime passes? And then they weren't honored? Lame It was a fairly standard practice back in the 30s, 40s, 50s while looking for investors of new ski resorts.... invest and we'll give you lifetime passes. Powdr Corp was the first company I know of that tried to take those away at a ski area. As you can expect it was sort of a PR nightmare and they recanted. Edit: I'm not sure if they recanted. I think the Lifetime pass holders lost in court now that I'm googling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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