radarman Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Skied Schweitzer Thurs, 49 N on Fri, and Red Mt. the last two days. Every day was pure bliss, just a ton of snow and great terrain. If anyone is looking to make a late season ski trip would strongly advise this general area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny rider Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 11 hours ago, Hitman said: Skied plattekill yesterday. 2-3’ Of dense silky cream cheese. It was somewhat wind blown and drifted but not as bad as anticipated considering the winds. While the skiing was good, the mtn operations were a **** show. Hunter and bellayre had no power and were closed. Platty communication was down so cash only. Took my son almost an hour to get a lift ticket. We skied Platty today. We heard about what happened yesterday and it's really unfortunate. Today was spectacular. Powder galore. We waited two minutes or less for each lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 2 hours ago, radarman said: Skied Schweitzer Thurs, 49 N on Fri, and Red Mt. the last two days. Every day was pure bliss, just a ton of snow and great terrain. If anyone is looking to make a late season ski trip would strongly advise this general area. I skied red for the first time the week before last after whitewater. Red is big with a ton of groomers and some nice woods. Liked it a lot. Whitewater is more like mad river glen to red’s sugarbush, but gets more snow. Did u stay in Rossland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 10:13 PM, Hitman said: I skied red for the first time the week before last after whitewater. Red is big with a ton of groomers and some nice woods. Liked it a lot. Whitewater is more like mad river glen to red’s sugarbush, but gets more snow. Did u stay in Rossland? 3 nights in Rossland. 49 N is like a huge, awesome, snowy Berkshire East with 1800' vert. It's not well known, but if folks want a downhome place with world class tree skiing and cheap tix it's an easy and pretty drive from Spokane. It's a dream home mt. Red has some real steeps. Over 90% of the mtn was ungroomed and covered in powder and cut powder. Took the cat to Kirkup twice. Special place. Schweitzer was super good too. Lightest snow of the 3, fast lifts. Ridgeline offers a slew of options, boundaries in play. The 3 are all buried... Other than maybe Whitefish I don't know that anyone has more base in the conus right now. Easy loop to pull off from Spokane and tix are not as expensive as some places. \ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Sunday River from Friday-Sunday. Ton of snow up there, they've got a long way to go. Love this time of year, no crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Skied at Mt. Snow today. Coverage is adequate with essentially the entire mountain open. Ice and dirt in troughs of bumps and brush and logs in the woods with a fair amount of ice lurking under anything steep. With that said, had a lot of fun skiing primarily sticking to the north side of mountain. Skied until the lifts stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainMet Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Peak Pass prices were released early by mistake and just taken down. Details in the NMS thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 This weekend looks epic for pretty much everywhere. I’ll be up again Thursday night. With 15” at Stratton with that last storm and another 12-24” with this one it’s going to solid mid winter conditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subdude Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Mt Snow crushed Good Morning Skiers & Riders! 27 inches, and still coming down!! Powder day, Powder day, Powder day! This is easily the most snow I’ve ever seen, with it coming up to my waist in some areas! Mount Snow hasn't seen this much snow in a 24 hour period since 2012, when we got 17 inches. Today, we're rocking 10 more than that! We expect to receive a couple more inches throughout the day today. This is going to be an unreal day of skiing and riding, I hope you called out, because this is going to be GOOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 59 minutes ago, subdude said: Mt Snow crushed Good Morning Skiers & Riders! 27 inches, and still coming down!! Powder day, Powder day, Powder day! This is easily the most snow I’ve ever seen, with it coming up to my waist in some areas! Mount Snow hasn't seen this much snow in a 24 hour period since 2012, when we got 17 inches. Today, we're rocking 10 more than that! We expect to receive a couple more inches throughout the day today. This is going to be an unreal day of skiing and riding, I hope you called out, because this is going to be GOOD. Woodford with 36” so it’s possible mt snow, Stratton, bromely and magic got even more then reported. Plus it’s been snowing fairly hard since the early morning reports. what a day for magic if there ever was one. Headed up tonight, to say I’m stoked is an understatement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Some of the pictures from Magic this morning look awesome. Crazy, even after last weeks storm they were advising "rock skis." Good for them, they deserve it. Saw a picture on Mt. Snow's website of someone at the summit with snow (drifted I assume) to their chest. Over in NH, Cannon is reporting 5"; Bretton Woods 5-10" and Wildcat 14-16". No downhill for me this weekend but will be on the nordic skis close to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Tenney Mtn officially reopened today since the Mtn closed abruptly on this day in 2010. Mike has done a great job of bring this little Mtn back to life. They open today to finish out the 2010 season! What a great way to open! I hope we can have a ski g2g here. Then I could get to meet some of the CNE posters and maybe some NNE peeps as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I'm heading up to Berkshire East tomorrow as its my son's last night of skiing club for the season. Should be excellent skiing conditions and soft groomed snow first thing in the morning. I'll be there all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 3 hours ago, #NoPoles said: Tenney Mtn officially reopened today since the Mtn closed abruptly on this day in 2010. Mike has done a great job of bring this little Mtn back to life. They open today to finish out the 2010 season! What a great way to open! I hope we can have a ski g2g here. Then I could get to meet some of the CNE posters and maybe some NNE peeps as well? Heh, you can really get to know someone on that summit lift ride, it's a long one. I'm thinking about checking it out tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnmov Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Either going to Okemo or Stratton this weekend. Stratton got 30+! Holy Moley! Just afraid it's going to be super crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 What a great storm for the ski areas...even places like N Greens which didn't get as much synoptic will still clean up (and already have) with plenty of upslope stuff in the next 48-60 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I'll be at Mt Snow tomorrow... if anyone here is going to be there, let's meet for a few runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PivotPoint Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I’ll be heading up to either Magic or Mt. Snow tomorrow. Anyone have an opinion between the two. Heard magic is cool but don’t know much about it... could either PF or ORH_wxman comment on the upslope potential through Sunday night. The 3k nam has been consistently barking another 1-2” feet over the next 3 days. Last 4 runs haven’t changed much... What do you think guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, PivotPoint said: I’ll be heading up to either Magic or Mt. Snow tomorrow. Anyone have an opinion between the two. Heard magic is cool but don’t know much about it... could either PF or ORH_wxman comment on the upslope potential through Sunday night. The 3k nam has been consistently barking another 1-2” feet over the next 3 days. Last 4 runs haven’t changed much... What do you think guys? Magic is a throwback with older fixed lifts and a bunch of glades and ungroomed runs. If you are a relatively strong skier you should check it out. There are some that are groomed also, but if that is your thing, definitely head to Mt. Snow. Mt. Snow is your modern resort with high speed lifts including a bubble 6-pack and wide groomed runs, terrain parks, etc. The main face has more blues than you can hit in a day and there is a good expert pod on the north face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PivotPoint Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, bobbutts said: Magic is a throwback with older fixed lifts and a bunch of glades and ungroomed runs. If you are a relatively strong skier you should check it out. There are some that are groomed also, but if that is your thing, definitely head to Mt. Snow. Mt. Snow is your modern resort with high speed lifts including a bubble 6-pack and wide groomed runs, terrain parks, etc. The main face has more blues than you can hit in a day and there is a good expert pod on the north face. Good tips! Thank you Im a pretty strong skier so magic seems like the place for me. Do you think though since it’s a small resort with limited terrain that they could’ve gotten skied out today? Also, my girlfriend is OK but doesn’t like the trees. If we decided to go Mount Snow is there steep stuff there for me? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 20 minutes ago, PivotPoint said: Good tips! Thank you Im a pretty strong skier so magic seems like the place for me. Do you think though since it’s a small resort with limited terrain that they could’ve gotten skied out today? Also, my girlfriend is OK but doesn’t like the trees. If we decided to go Mount Snow is there steep stuff there for me? Thanks again! I don't know really about how much will be left at magic, haven't been in a few years, untracked is hard to come in the east by if you aren't first chair or during the storm. Uphill capacity vs. amount of terrain means it will be less beaten up than most places though. Mt. Snow has an entire pod of expert runs on their North face, plenty to keep you busy for a day trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 22 minutes ago, PivotPoint said: Good tips! Thank you Im a pretty strong skier so magic seems like the place for me. Do you think though since it’s a small resort with limited terrain that they could’ve gotten skied out today? Also, my girlfriend is OK but doesn’t like the trees. If we decided to go Mount Snow is there steep stuff there for me? Thanks again! Mount Snow has plenty of steep stuff on the North Face. Ripcord is one of the steeper trails in the east and trails like Chute, Jaws, etc. are lots of fun... Not to mention trails like Beartrap elsewhere on the mountain. Magic is fun too and is a bit more “rough around the edges” but the reason I’ll be at Mt. Snow is that because of lift lines at Magic. Can’t go wrong though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sankaty Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Skied 30+ inches at Mount Snow today. Phenomenal. Woods were amazing! Virtually obstacle free (except for the trees, of course). One of those rare days when you can just charge right down all the steepest stuff. I skied Ripcord without hitting bottom, which hardly ever happens.Much of the front face is still untouched. Anyone who attempted to ski the untracked powder on the gentler pitches of the main face just got trapped. For PivotPoint, the advice you've gotten is good. Magic, though, is really in its own league in S VT in terms of steepness. There is nothing else like it south of Killington. Rip Cord at Mount Snow does have one truly steep pitch, but it's very short and usually glacial. The other North Face slopes are fun for advanced skiers, but no where near as challenging as much of the Magic trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeepowderhunter Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 28 minutes ago, bobbutts said: I don't know really about how much will be left at magic, haven't been in a few years, untracked is hard to come in the east by if you aren't first chair or during the storm. Uphill capacity vs. amount of terrain means it will be less beaten up than most places though. Mt. Snow has an entire pod of expert runs on their North face, plenty to keep you busy for a day trip. Was at Magic today and it was all time. However with that came the biggest non weekend crowd I have ever seen there. I assume the same crowd tomorrow. Life line was probably 20 min wait at peak. Where you go enjoy it. Sooooo much snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 2 hours ago, zeepowderhunter said: Was at Magic today and it was all time. However with that came the biggest non weekend crowd I have ever seen there. I assume the same crowd tomorrow. Life line was probably 20 min wait at peak. Where you go enjoy it. Sooooo much snow! That’s good to hear for the local ownership group. I don’t ski but I like to see these places survive against the big boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason215 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Heading up to Plattekill tomorrow. If you stay at one of their lodging partners and pay full price for the Saturday liift ticket ($65), they throw in a voucher to ski Sunday for free. Skiing 2 days on a weekend for that price is hard to beat! Platty ended up with 10-14 from yesterday on top of the 24-36 from nor'easter #1. Basically 50 inches in a week (plus 4 inches incoming next 48 hrs). I was contemplating heading either Mt Snow or Magic, but Magic's black chair is under repair for the weekend (lift lines could be an issue) and thought since platty finally has the natural snow they desperately need, I should hit it now while it's prime. I could always hit Mt snow later in the season.. This should be quite a ski weekend. Everyone enjoy it! We can swap war stories on how it went! -Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Little Wachusett was fun yesterday afternoon and evening. Pretty crowded though. Nice chalky snow They did the San Adams big air demo which was neat. Projections and fireworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nice soft groomed here at Berkshire East. I got groomer with 2" of powder over it on Hemlock. It's been snowing lightly since I got here, but only accumulating near the summit. No line for the quad so far today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Got second chair at Mt Snow this AM and posting from chairlift... Tons of snow here. Anything ungroomed on the Main Face is unskiable due to flatness. North Face pretty good with pow bumps but lots of terrible skiers. Groomers are buttery though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 34” at Stratton which they are claiming is the all time 24 hour record. its currently the best day I have ever ridden on the east coast. I cannot describe this in words. i did get stuck up to my shoulders and my buddy took a pic of me but I’m having trouble uploading it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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