Unfortunately very true. "Pulling passes" not quite accurate as they disabled passes for a lot of folks and sent them an email without any interaction with a patroller or any other resort employee....
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Unfortunately very true. "Pulling passes" not quite accurate as they disabled passes for a lot of folks and sent them an email without any interaction with a patroller or any other resort employee....
One thing that gives me hope they will maintain some sort of unguided: late season snow conditions tend to be quite variable given how far south Silverton is. If its snows, sun is too strong and the...
Does this count?
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I have worked for Mike Corbat at Citi and know him a little bit. Very much a polished investment banker. He spent I think close to 40 yrs at Citi and its predecessor firms starting with Salomon...
You saw DV is now subject to reservations, right?
Its interesting to me that they claim that there are "no blackouts" on the full pass, when in reality places like Jackson are blacked out weeks...
Pretty tough to unseat the stalking horse in this type of sale process. They have a significant advantage in terms of the amount of information and access to mgmt they have received and the time they...
This was fun:
https://youtu.be/VC3OtzbTGJo
"Blower's on the bottom" :D
Was not aware that Alex Honnold can ski - look forward to footage of him surviving down 300 vertical feet of low angle breakable crust (with Bjarne casually making fun of him on voice over) and then...
Not to turn this into tech talk, but what size? Assume alpine bindings?
I have a pair of the camox, which are 4-5 yrs old and maybe up for an upgrade - one of the areas for improvement would be...
I was there yesterday (12.19) - absolutely amazing day
They have gotten less snow that SVT, but still enough to make the trail skiable
Problem is there is nothing underneath, so I was tagging...
Nice! Interesting they beat Sugarbush, Stratton and Wildcat to open even if temporarily...
East coaster here, so saw this as a glass-half-full - we have a base, albeit thin and crusty :D
Looks like Sunday River and Sugarloaf are pulling the trigger for tomorrow (11/23) - so prob just waited to see how things went at Killington...
Hopefully others follow as well to alleviate...
I dont really get this: how much does Solitude actually rely on snowmaking? Also, I understand if it was bone dry, didn't they get 4'+ already? Not enough to push some snow around and open some...
Called Killington to ask a few questions on their reservation system. On potential opening, the lady I spoke to went as far as to say they have not set an opening day yet - the 14th is definitely not...
I did go down to the ski area, but irrational ACL-threatening impulses of early season exuberance were successfully subdued.
And they would have been really irrational.
Looks like Huntah got the most snow for Halloween...
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You guys are behind the curve
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https://www.smithoptics.com/en_US/apparel/KINCO-GLOVES.html
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Snowliage (sort of...)
Left Gully is probably in?
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Some foliage action perhaps?
Jericho Lake, NH
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^^^ You sir are a much braver man than me to go there on a Saturday - I was there Thu afternoon and that seemed dangerous...
So this happened ... 160' vert leg burner :rolleyes2 Can I count as Day 1?
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(Unfortunately not true)
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The "autonomy"? I think they have the leverage - to create a Tier 2 Icon customer which they can use to backfill capacity in slow periods or which they can restrict (via lift access or parking...
https://www.ikonpass.com/en/reservations?fbclid=IwAR2ygJisxd1iVdbus91d7LmOHiMhKLUkT5YzZayACe3IyZLIQNs2uI33ac4
Here we go.
Other than Alta / Bird and Aspen, which are TBD, looks like most...
Interesting that they are prioritizing Icon holders together with passholders - the JH announcement conspicuously left out Icon as TBD and said they will prioritize passholders and MC.
The uphill...
Aiguille du Midi cable car re-opened immediately after restrictions were lifted in France in mid-May and has been running continuously since with no know clusters or transmission spikes. Thermal...
You bet - Kezar Pond
Fucking Rona?
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Hardly a surprise, but its not looking good for a Killington WC stop this year, even if some sort of WC schedule is under way:
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So this is coming out at the end of the summer:
https://www.presidentialskiing.com
Looks a bit like the David Goodman book in terms of format, but without the extensive historical context for...
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^^^ Wow ... Mordor :eek:
^^^ Repost from March, right? Right? :(
And I thought linking patches in the Catskills was cool...
Overlook is the trail that has the most snow (brand new snow making system + direct north-facing) - I lapped around 500' vert with one interruption which required side-stepping over rocks.
I would...
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the mountain which did not exist in '83 (or prior to last year):
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Nice social distancing work here :yourock:
Also: good timing as the multi-day hot rains will likely wipe out whatever is left of the snowpack...
Props to Baldy for taking a thoughtful and constructive approach instead of just the easy way out.
I wish others would also take this time to experiment operationally, because this type of...
Has there been any discussion that specifically prohibits uphill travel at the closed resorts? A lot of the announcements are pretty generic, some talk about no access to facilities, but I didnt see...
They are very efficient in loading Collins but it's a quad.
Snow coverage is great throughout - no issues with any trails or creek crossings at all. It's the snow surface that could be a little variable...
A few more ADK pics from this past weekend
On Sat attempted Bennies Brook
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Again weather was great, but snow conditions in the slide were catastrophically awful with every different...
Went on a little tour of Wright Peak.
Conditions were great with amazing weather and peak coverage - plenty of that packed powder that everyone is talking about with an inch of new snow on top.
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Went on little tour of Mt Moosilauke today
The sun was poking through sporadicly - not enough for the coveted 360 view, but still offering a few glimpses of the other worldly wind-scoured...
Smuggs entered full Japan mode this afternoon - crust was fully burried by around 11 and it was game on from there
Unfortunately (or fortunately) they didnt open M1, so get there early tomorrow
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Just came back from there and didn't get a sense they are dreading the Icon quite yet
The disconnect between the amount of terrain that is available and the number of people skiing that terrain is...
Ventured into a super secret zone deep in the Western Mass backcountry.
Conditions were great with pretty heavy traffic.
Lets see how things hold up post the "consolidation" event next week......
Did three laps at Pico today.
Cant recall when was the last time i skied such nice snow - light, surfy and completely effortless.
They are opening on Sat - i would guess 85% of the mountain...
So no unlimited access? Is that what they did in other acquisitions?
Feels like the Adirondacks are under-represented here - a few from last week:
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