cny rider Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 When there is good natural snow Plattekill rules. Absolutely our favorite local mountain but only if it has been snowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Jason215 said: I can’t diss on Stratton. That was my first big resort I ever skied. I also skied there on the March 1993 superstorm. I couldn’t believe they ran the Gondi all day until about 4pm without any wind holds. It was nuts, could barely see the trials. Drove to the Red Sled Motel in whiteout conditions- it was scary. Have to agree with you on Okemo, great mountain and I prefer that over Stratton. Speaking of Magic- hit that last March after the 4 NorEaster’s. They got about 80” within roughly 2 weeks. It was awesome. Lift lines were 20-25 minutes per run since the black chair was having issues and not operating- but there were zero complaints- the snow was that good. Plattekill Mountain in the Catskills is similar to Magic, though smaller. On the plus side, the longest line I’ve ever seen there was 5 minutes. Usually it’s between 0 and 2 minutes, LOL. Jason Magic has Stratton’s old snow bowl lift now which should help allot. i don’t get his constant dissing on Stratton. If your coming from down south it’s the first decent mountain. And I would rather the high end feel then a bunch of riff raff. There are plenty of hard core snow boarders still here as it used to be the epicenter of snow boarding and where jake burton took snow boarding main stream. Obviously it has nothing on further north but that’s not feasible for me. today has some super fun soft spring conditions and again I have the place to myself. If you have all gortex it’s fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Magic has Stratton’s old snow bowl lift now which should help allot. i don’t get his constant dissing on Stratton. If your coming from down south it’s the first decent mountain. And I would rather the high end feel then a bunch of riff raff. There are plenty of hard core snow boarders still here as it used to be the epicenter of snow boarding and where jake burton took snow boarding main stream. Obviously it has nothing on further north but that’s not feasible for me. today has some super fun soft spring conditions and again I have the place to myself. If you have all gortex it’s fine. Isn’t Mt.Snow closer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Magic has Stratton’s old snow bowl lift now which should help allot. i don’t get his constant dissing on Stratton. If your coming from down south it’s the first decent mountain. And I would rather the high end feel then a bunch of riff raff. There are plenty of hard core snow boarders still here as it used to be the epicenter of snow boarding and where jake burton took snow boarding main stream. Obviously it has nothing on further north but that’s not feasible for me. today has some super fun soft spring conditions and again I have the place to myself. If you have all gortex it’s fine. I had a great time at Stratton when I went in early Dec. Nice mountain with lots of variety. Seemed well organized and the crowd seemed like a normal ski crowd to me. Only about$50 on ski club days this season. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, mreaves said: Isn’t Mt.Snow closer? It's 85 miles for where I live in Enfield to Mount Snow. First major area in Southern Vermont for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason215 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 7 hours ago, cny rider said: When there is good natural snow Plattekill rules. Absolutely our favorite local mountain but only if it has been snowing. It really does. Last year was great at Platty! I love the small anti-resort feel of the place. You really feel far from civilization there. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy big resorts too, but there’s something special about old school/ mom and pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason215 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 4 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Magic has Stratton’s old snow bowl lift now which should help allot. i don’t get his constant dissing on Stratton. If your coming from down south it’s the first decent mountain. And I would rather the high end feel then a bunch of riff raff. There are plenty of hard core snow boarders still here as it used to be the epicenter of snow boarding and where jake burton took snow boarding main stream. Obviously it has nothing on further north but that’s not feasible for me. today has some super fun soft spring conditions and again I have the place to myself. If you have all gortex it’s fine. Good to know Magic now has the old Snowbowl lift. Yes I agree Stratton is the first decent mountain coming up from the south, though some would argue Mount Snow is a tad closer, but I definitely prefer Stratton over Mount Snow. Stratton has deep roots in snowboard boots for sure! My buddy bought one of his boards at the shoppe in the village. The slope side village is another plus Stratton has which is unique to New England. Living in Long Island is not a convenient place when trying to get to Mtns. Skiing/snowboarding is a very expensive sport, so you’ll run into the high end folks most resorts anyway. They don’t bother me at all. Speaking of riff raff- you get that at Mountain Creek and some of the Poconos. Went to Blue Moutain last year and one of my buddies snowboards was stolen. We prayed and asked God to find it and within a couple hours, mountain security overheard the guy bragging about stealing a snowboard. We got the snowboard back!! Unfortunately that’s the type of clientele you have at the resorts with proximity to NYC. You need to lock up all your gear. No cubbies! Glad you’re enjoying it out there today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Tenney Mtn opened today. I really don't understand what they are doing. No working webpage really, just facebook. No condition reports. Just sent out a message on FB that they opened. Seems like a stupid way to open a Mtn. They don't have any snowmaking so that is tough in this climate, especially being just south of the Whites. I wish them luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Finding fresh lines this afternoon within 100 feet of high-traffic trails that were getting polished... lower mountain elevations where there's still some schwack poking around but the turns were still fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: Tenney Mtn opened today. I really don't understand what they are doing. No working webpage really, just facebook. No condition reports. Just sent out a message on FB that they opened. Seems like a stupid way to open a Mtn. They don't have any snowmaking so that is tough in this climate, especially being just south of the Whites. I wish them luck. They have some snow making. From what I gather, Tenney is just a small piece of a much bigger project. Mike Bouchard used to be more open about it on FB, but got scammed and then there was a legal battle. The restaurant is open and they have live entertainment. Im not sure where his funding comes from, but it may be related to when he was an engineer/rocket scientist working on gvt contracts. He is a pretty interesting dude. Def the type you want to sit and have a beer with and pick his brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 14 hours ago, #NoPoles said: They have some snow making. From what I gather, Tenney is just a small piece of a much bigger project. Mike Bouchard used to be more open about it on FB, but got scammed and then there was a legal battle. The restaurant is open and they have live entertainment. Im not sure where his funding comes from, but it may be related to when he was an engineer/rocket scientist working on gvt contracts. He is a pretty interesting dude. Def the type you want to sit and have a beer with and pick his brain. Thanks NoPoles. I knew some of that. They did post a few pics of snow guns at the bottom. They lost all of Dec when we had 30" of snow in the area and then lost Christmas ski week. I would have thought this would have been planned out since they got the lifts going right at the end of last ski season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 17 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Ouch. That sucks. I took a big fall like that off my front porch stairs a few weeks ago. Luckily I didn’t break anything but I was sore for several days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmorninglight Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 5 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Sorry to hear man. I agree about fresh snow hiding ice. Since I switched from skiing to boarding, I avoid ice like the plague. Heal fast. I chaperoned our school’s first ski trip to the Poconos today. 50 kids! Thankful it never dipped below freezing last night. Spring snow all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks...That stinks! So sorry man. Heal quick! Gonna take a lot of snow to cover up this boiler plate. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks...Did you at least get a free sled trip down the mountain?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: Thanks NoPoles. I knew some of that. They did post a few pics of snow guns at the bottom. They lost all of Dec when we had 30" of snow in the area and then lost Christmas ski week. I would have thought this would have been planned out since they got the lifts going right at the end of last ski season. Yes, it is bizzaro-world with them. $75 tickets or a $389 season pass lol The website will also give you motion sickness on some pages. https://www.skitenney.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason215 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 15 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... So sorry to hear you got injured. I hope and pray you have a speedy recovery bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Sorry to hear that and best wishes for a speedy recovery. I dislocated my shoulder at Mount Snow in April of 2017. Luckily it happened at the end of the ski season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Wow damn dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 23 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... That sucks, same thing with one of my cousins last week at Killington, snapped her clavicle on the ice pack. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 4:38 PM, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 4:38 PM, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Well an inch of fresh snow over glare ice is a nightmare. Took the worst fall I have ever had by far and smashed my right side. Snapped my collar bone in half. Luckily it wasn’t worse but I’m out for 6-8 weeks... Sorry. You’ll be back before the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Wait, wut? Sugarloaf offering snowcat skiing! https://www.sugarloaf.com/activities/cat-skiing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 They have been doing this since last season and ran the cat earlier this season. I've heard it is a fun thing to do once or twice. I think they spent so much time cutting and trimming over on Burnt Mountain and most folks don't have the equipment, time or gumption to climb and traverse very far from the King Pine entrance that they did this get more people in there. It's pretty good marketing - Sugarloaf can claim only lift served above treeline/snowfield and cat skiing in East. Of course, both claims require an asterisk! Here is a video that Sugarloaf produced introducing cat skiing - its mostly a 'how to plan' piece. https://vimeo.com/260046505 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Went to Belleayre for the first time today. Got there early, bagged 14,000 vertical in 3 hours and was home by 2:30. Nice sunny day with some real silky packed powder on 3 or 4 of the trails. Getting the legs ready for the deep powder next weekend lol. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason215 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Great pics, looking good one t there Skiing Belleayre next Saturday. Anyone know how are the Catskills are looking regarding that storm brewing for the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Great pics, looking good one t there Skiing Belleayre next Saturday. Anyone know how are the Catskills are looking regarding that storm brewing for the weekend? Saturday will probably be between systems. Small one Fri and maybe big one Sunday?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 The skiing in Northern VT wasn't too shabby this weekend. Quick sidecountry lap off the Sunny Spruce Quad at Stowe. The options are endless when the snowpack and snow quality are this good. That glacial base from the Christmas rain events followed by a 20-30" storm cycle makes for good skiing. Winds packed the snow out a bit and you can tell it was a few days after the storm as the snow had settled out, and skied exactly like the cold, settled storm snow you find out in the Rockies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason215 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Hoping the mountains get a good dump. If only the big one would come in a day earlier! This looks like the kind of storm to bring all of the caktskiils and Berks up to par. VT is already prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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