Welcome to skiing in the Northeast. It can be very good, but your experience, alas, is far more common. At least you didn't get 38F and 2" of rain followed by -15F the next morning.Staley":1trppchh said:I visited Stowe over MLK weekend, my first time ever skiing in the East. This is one case where I think a Vail acquisition would be good. The conditions were horrible, which Vail couldn't totally fix (anything ungroomed was closed due to ice), but everything controllable was terrible. It took 1.5 hours to get our Mountain Collective passes, and that was with every ticket window manned--they only have 5 for everyone trying to pick up any sort of a pass or pre-purchased ticket. Lift lines were over 20 minutes with zero organization. Where snow was made (probably on less than 1/5 of the open runs), it wasn't groomed out, so there were huge snowmaking whales in the middle of overcrowded, narrow trails, causing a large number of collisions, plus snowboarders couldn't get over the whales on the flat cat tracks, so they constantly had to unstrap, adding to the congestion and danger.
That's pretty much what Staley got, except for the -15F part.Marc_C":2mzgtn6v said:Welcome to skiing in the Northeast. It can be very good, but your experience, alas, is far more common. At least you didn't get 38F and 2" of rain followed by -15F the next morning.
Admin":8bqd612l said::lol:
And the Canyons annual lease was $25M. Think they'll overpay for Stowe too?
You're forgetting Sugarloaf.kingslug":3bqsk3on said:Its still the best Mt on the east coast...with the Bush a second.
Marc_C":1vguc52o said:You're forgetting Sugarloaf.kingslug":1vguc52o said:Its still the best Mt on the east coast...with the Bush a second.
You forgot the snark tag!Admin":1lz5wyu8 said:Marc_C":1lz5wyu8 said:You're forgetting Sugarloaf.kingslug":1lz5wyu8 said:Its still the best Mt on the east coast...with the Bush a second.
I think that he was referring to places that actually get snow.
Marc_C":y68zp7r6 said:You mean no snow like this?
Those are special Maine trees. They produce far more maple syrup than their VT, NH, or QUE counterparts.Admin":ej7rt7ht said:See all those weird looking trees in the background with the yellow hoses hanging from them?
Yes, snowmaking is essential.Admin":10dxdphw said:My comments are primarily borne of these average annual snowfalls:
Stowe: 333"
Sugarbush: 262"
Sugarloaf: 197"