Recent content by frontrange

I agree- prices are getting out of control. Consider someone with an average income who wants to ski- and has 3 kids. What's it going to cost- $300 or so with kids rates? That will seriously limit your skiing at places like Stowe. Now for the capitalism thing- it is indeed supply and demand...

Sharon, I don't think you should recommend Holimont for its "interesting terrain" and then say you're not much impressed with the skiing at Holiday. They are pretty much the same pitch and vertical and get the same snow. In fact, other than the crowds at Holiday being more (weekdays before the...

Echoing most everyone elses opinions, I agree- the East that time of the year is very risky. However, there will be snow. I did Whiteface at the end of March three times for three days each time. First and second time we had great conditions 2 out of 3 days. Third time- it rained all day the...

Well, you haven't moved ot ski paradise. I'd say Hoiliday Valley and Holimont in general have better skiing than Seven Springs- especially when there is a nice lake effect snow. 7 Springs has mostly large, wide open slopes- they have better vertical than either HV or Holimont- but not as good...

Anyone have any idea on what the pitch of the snowfields are? I'd look it up on the topo but I'm not sure exactly where on the mountain they are. Nice pictures by the way- amazing there is any snow left considering how hot it was today....

Not to sound like a broken record, sometimes its best to err on the side of caution. Without being able to model the entire earth or even do a reasonable experiment, we can basically just measure temperatures, glacial retreat, arctic ice coverage, atmospheric gas percentages such as ozone and...

Tony- here's a theory that just popped up watching Nova. According to Nova sunlight has actually diminished over some time period that I didn't catch. This dimming naturally reduces peak temperatures and increases temperatures at night. The dimming is thought to be due to increased...

This might not be global warming but watch out because its coming. And you know what it means- forget the 24 hour snowmaking early in the season, forget that 4wd Yukon (you'll squeeze into a Montana van getting 27 mpg instead). I'd say that when the ice at both poles and on most glaciers is...

Fantastic video- I'm assuming you're using a camcorder not a digicam? Thanks for the shots!

I was in Everett too- short term thing at Boeing. I'll probably be back out again sometimes in April. You're not going out for FUS- Vergennes by chance?? They'll definitely have snowt that time of year and Baker is a lot closer than Whistler for sure. I remember some very good spring skiing-...

Taking advantage of a weekend in Seattle on a business trip three of us went to Mt. Baker. The ski report was claiming 32" of new snow on Thursday- and it was probably correct- see the picture of the bus in the lot. Since the skiers with me went about once every 10 years we started on the...

Sounds like our abilities are in the same range. I did Liberty Bowl once last year in some pretty deep fresh snow. Unfortunately the late march sun had been on it for several hours so it was on the heavy side. I was reduced to doing long traverses with nervous turns at each end. My kids- on...

Awesome- where is this- Tug Hill?? Looks like a couple hundred feet of vertical maybe? Now thats some snow.

We took our first day trip of the year to Holiday Valley. As always, the Lake Erie snow belt came through. The entire area except for the Eagle / Raven trail net was open and they were promising it for Friday. Coverage was excellent on the snowmaking trails and good to very good on natural...

I've gone to Whiteface several times from Akron- takes about 9-1/2 hours- if you're on the East side of Cleveland- maybe 9hrs?. I go to Syracuse, then north to Watertown, and east to Lake Placid. Whiteface definitely has some tough stuff but its worth going if you've never been. There are a...