Lava Rock Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Sad. I loved skiing there. From what I understand there's no deal to save Saddleback. The deal with the non-profit is dead. There's been no new news on Sugarloaftoday.com regarding Saddleback for the last month.Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainMet Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Found this thread on Northeast Mountain Sports. Apparently Sunday River is bringing back their frequent skier card. $209 and comes with 3 any-day tickets then discounts after that. For them that is a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimetree Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Grew up skiing Saddleback from the 80's to early 90's. Hope they can pull it off. Would be great to bring my daughter there some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 13 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: Do you know of any additional information about the non-profit I have not heard of? The only thing i could find was from the end of June. Once Majella was charged with fraud, the nonprofit strepped back into the game of trying to acquire saddleback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 4 hours ago, #NoPoles said: The only thing i could find was from the end of June. Once Majella was charged with fraud, the nonprofit strepped back into the game of trying to acquire saddleback My understanding is that the nonprofit was not able to come up with enough funds to purchase Saddleback. Supposedly an interested party tryed to buy the area this summer. They wanted a tax break and where not able to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 The latest news regarding Saddleback, essentially nothing new: https://unofficialnetworks.com/2018/09/04/the-absurdity-continues-surrounding-the-group-seeking-to-purchase-saddleback-mountain-maine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainMet Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Can confirm first hand that it snowed in the mountains of Norway last week. Photos taken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Thoughts on these new type hybrid alpine/AT bindings? http://www.skiessentials.com/Chairlift-Chat/2019-Salomon-S-Lab-Shift-AT-Ski-Binding-Review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 New gondola at Bretton Woods starting to take shape 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I am going to be in Colorado for a wedding starting next weekend and am staying for a week and a half. Anyone know CO? Think any ski areas will be open? Looks like they are going to get quite a bit snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Loveland is usually the first to open, followed by A-Basin, in mid to late October. If nothing is open, you might try using a car as the "lift". When I lived in Steamboat, before the mountain opened for the season, we used to drive up one of the local mountain passes as far as we could, and ski down to where the snow ran out, leaving one person to drive for each run. Might be able to do that on Rt. 6 (Loveland Pass road) between Loveland and A-Basin, if both ski areas aren't open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 It's a pretty epic early season pattern out there shown on guidance. That is a deep trough that sits there for a while. Northern Rockies will get crushed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Big Sky is trying like heck to finish construction of their Ram Charger 8- largest capacity lift in NA, and first of its kind...they finished installing the towers. But the first big winter storm is moving in. They usually dont open until Thanksgiving, but they are quickly running out of time. My buddy works as a lift electrician for the private Yellowston Club. He told me the Ramcharger 8 is behind schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Sugarloaf was blowing the mice out this morning. Testing out their snowmaking pumps etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 10/6/2018 at 7:17 PM, HoarfrostHubb said: Sugarloaf was blowing the mice out this morning. Testing out their snowmaking pumps etc The wife has been talking about getting back there for the past 4 years and now she finally has an A/T set up to have fun in the basin area. Going to have to suck it up and make the drive up there this winter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I'm very confidant that there will be skiing in Vermont/Maine within the next week. Killington and Sunday River being the two places likely to make snow going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 13 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: I'm very confidant that there will be skiing in Vermont/Maine within the next week. Killington and Sunday River being the two places likely to make snow going forward. Yes. I think K starts early Thursday morning and opens Friday. Looks like SR could start Tues-Weds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 hours ago, PowderBeard said: Yes. I think K starts early Thursday morning and opens Friday. Looks like SR could start Tues-Weds. Santa! Is that you?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan76 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Ullr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Wolf Creek - Colorado - will open this week on natural snow. Skied two days there a few years back. It is a non-resort - essentially the area runs for about a mile plus along a ridge on the continental divide. Leads Colorado in terms of snowfall most years. Great terrain, essentially tree skiing throughout the entire area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Looks like snowmaking is possible tonight and tomorrow on Killington Peak. NWS has a low of 27F and a high tomorrow of 30F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Wolf Creek always seems to do well in late fall/early winter. As for K-Mart making snow. They probably will, but I wonder if they'd do better with dry air as opposed to saturated at 27-30F. Scott would probably be able to answer that. But one thing about K-Mart, if given even a small window, they can lay down a ribbon in no time. I think FIS returns tour there in a month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainMet Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I'm calling it. October turns will happen this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 44 minutes ago, MountainMet said: I'm calling it. October turns will happen this year. I saw a bunch of folks on skis at Stowe testing out the 1" of snow the other day. This community is nuts for sliding on snow. There will be someone out there after a heavy frost. Local Aaron Rice... There were also some Cross Country skiers up there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Wolf Creek opened on Saturday: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Snowmaking has started at Killington. Snow is being made in the glades on Rime and the Superstar headwall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Ikon passes arrived yesterday. Wooohoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR Airglow Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Any thoughts or opinions on a trip to Revelstoke in March given the current outlook for winter? Obviously they're not favored in a Nino setup but beyond that I really have no idea what their climo/pattern/favorability is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 @Skivt2 Killington is opening this weekend! Are you going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Mt Snow making snow on Cascade, Canyon, River Run and Freefall. Not opening this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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