So looking at that picture, the expected 8" should cover that all up just fine for the rest of the season, no doubt.
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So looking at that picture, the expected 8" should cover that all up just fine for the rest of the season, no doubt.
With a non existent start to this season for me, I'm avoiding all news of the impending storm as I'm off to the Caribbean on Saturday. Hopefully, before a flake falls at EWR.
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Zaskar
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Back from a week in Banff. Wow!!! What an amazing place and the views are stunning.
We skied two days at Sunshine Village, and three days at Lake Louise. The snow wasn’t epic by any means but certainly had plenty to ski. By the end of the day, some of the groomers were icy-ish but the ungroomed, bowls, trees were soft and very skiable. My skis definitely need a tuneup and probably some ptex. Temps were pretty much perfect in the high 20s/low 30s with sun four out of five days. Looking at the forecast for next week temps are in the negative numbers.
We stayed on Banff Avenue at the Moose Lodge, which was really convenient for grabbing the buses to the mountains, restaurants, etc.
The town held a NYE party with bands and fireworks.
Skiing with a mixed ability group can be a challenge but family is what this trip is about.
We skied two days at Sunshine Village, and three days at Lake Louise. The snow wasn’t epic by any means but certainly had plenty to ski. By the end of the day, some of the groomers were icy-ish but the ungroomed, bowls, trees were soft and very skiable. My skis definitely need a tuneup and probably some ptex. Temps were pretty much perfect in the high 20s/low 30s with sun four out of five days. Looking at the forecast for next week temps are in the negative numbers.
We stayed on Banff Avenue at the Moose Lodge, which was really convenient for grabbing the buses to the mountains, restaurants, etc.
The town held a NYE party with bands and fireworks.
Skiing with a mixed ability group can be a challenge but family is what this trip is about.
I want to do a Banff trip real bad and add in Revelstoke. Looks like a good time and no one around on the mountain.
This is excellent! As you know we will be there exactly 3 weeks from today.
Zaskar
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Yeah, besides the first gondolas in the morning, there no lines were to speak of.
Zaskar
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Yeah, thanks for sharing! Definitely would go back without much change other than possibly a condo or a suite as a hotel room was a bit limiting as far as space goes.
The hotel had ski storage lockers in the garage, a couple of hot tubs and a pool on the roof. The restaurant was meh but we only used it for to go breakfast sandwiches and après ski cocktails and snacks.
Oh, and sunrise was around 8:45 😎
The Kalmyk
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Horrendous driving conditions this morning in the Catskills. Many cars and trucks in the snow on 87. One dude went to pass doing 75mph (me and everyone else doing 50) but slid out into the median and barrel rolled several times right behind me. It was like an action movie crash playing in my rear view mirror. 😬. I was too far ahead to stop but probably not a good scene.
As for Belleayre Mountain, conditions were crappy- despite the 10” of snow. They only groomed the greens. Everything else was big lumps of snow getting pushed around in between patches of ice. My son and I made the best of it and we had fun. Unfortunately, the local scene is getting really sad 😞. I wish I had the money to take the family out west.
As for Belleayre Mountain, conditions were crappy- despite the 10” of snow. They only groomed the greens. Everything else was big lumps of snow getting pushed around in between patches of ice. My son and I made the best of it and we had fun. Unfortunately, the local scene is getting really sad 😞. I wish I had the money to take the family out west.
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Mr. Chainring
This looks fantastic! Wow!
So we a few trips coming up we have just stayed local the past couple of weeks and hit Camelback bc ikon pass and shit.... the family arrived back in training camp and I didn't like what I saw, so we need to clean up a few things. Last week was fine, today was a fabulous shit show.... no lift line control to speak of... Fights in the lines.... Only a few runs open... but the patrollers were told to look the other way at people cutting under the rope and skiing down in the fresh snow... Which wasn't really deep enough.... So there was carnage everywhere... could have made a great Jerry of the Day post LOL
I guess the only thing I could say positive today was that at least it wasn't icy
I guess the only thing I could say positive today was that at least it wasn't icy
I bailed at 11 from bell…it was insane. This was route 28 about a mile from the access road.
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Left NJ at 4 am. Smooth sailed all the way to VT In basically the same time as a dry day. Got to the hill early. Looked like the deepest snow roadside was south of Albany.
Very glad to have snow tires on the car and I always recommend anyone driving in snow to do the same. All Season tires are not snow tires despite what you may have heard.
Way too busy though for the amount of terrain open.
Stratton had 7300 skiers on hill on 40 trails open. A record day is over 10,000 skiers. But that’s with 100% open during February ski week (avoid at all cost btw)
And the gondola was on wind hold
My daughter and I lapped the shit out of the beginner terrain as it’s her first real season. The snow was great and there was never a line.
They claimed 8” and for once I think that posted number is low. Likely over a Foot in many spots. (Don’t get excited, it’s all groomed flat now and it’s gonna rain later this week).
Glad to have the carving board along as this am should be super corduroy.
The main lifts looked to have somewhere between 1/2 hr to 45 minute lines which I was glad never to be apart of.
I saw the gondola turning and I ran over later in the day to walk on before the masses realized it was open. (Duh). The scene on the upper hill was disheartening at best.. deadly if you didn’t know the hill by heart. People were scattered on the ground everywhere. Everything was bumped up which normally was fine, but here it was scoured to ice with soft moguls between.
Very glad I kept the family down low
Fast lifts, very high volume of skiers, minimal terrain open, and a moderate amount of new snow (read powder panic) meant a dangerous situation IMO.
Basically, the icon pass has made weekends/ holidays dangerously busy.
The only fix here is to avoid holidays and weekends at all cost.
Perhaps a travel week in the future should be at a non icon or epic mtn.
Very glad to have snow tires on the car and I always recommend anyone driving in snow to do the same. All Season tires are not snow tires despite what you may have heard.
Way too busy though for the amount of terrain open.
Stratton had 7300 skiers on hill on 40 trails open. A record day is over 10,000 skiers. But that’s with 100% open during February ski week (avoid at all cost btw)
And the gondola was on wind hold
My daughter and I lapped the shit out of the beginner terrain as it’s her first real season. The snow was great and there was never a line.
They claimed 8” and for once I think that posted number is low. Likely over a Foot in many spots. (Don’t get excited, it’s all groomed flat now and it’s gonna rain later this week).
Glad to have the carving board along as this am should be super corduroy.
The main lifts looked to have somewhere between 1/2 hr to 45 minute lines which I was glad never to be apart of.
I saw the gondola turning and I ran over later in the day to walk on before the masses realized it was open. (Duh). The scene on the upper hill was disheartening at best.. deadly if you didn’t know the hill by heart. People were scattered on the ground everywhere. Everything was bumped up which normally was fine, but here it was scoured to ice with soft moguls between.
Very glad I kept the family down low
Fast lifts, very high volume of skiers, minimal terrain open, and a moderate amount of new snow (read powder panic) meant a dangerous situation IMO.
Basically, the icon pass has made weekends/ holidays dangerously busy.
The only fix here is to avoid holidays and weekends at all cost.
Perhaps a travel week in the future should be at a non icon or epic mtn.
JPark
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I was originally so happy when the Icon pass was offered... but then I realized everyone else had it too!
Now everywhere is crowded all the time.