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Burke was just purchased by the owners of Jay Peak. This was definitely kept pretty hushed as I hadn't heard anything about this until the story was broken by WCAX this morning. http://www.wcax.com/story/18614019/burke-mountain-sold It will be interesting to see how this plays out for both of...

There are rumors flying about that the high speed lift to the summit will not be put in :? . Much of this is due to how much money was lost this winter. In my opinion, the one thing they absolutely need to do to atract return clientelle is to have a high speed lift to the summit. Everybody was...

Had a pretty good day considering the rain the day before. Was supposed to meet Lftgly at 9:00 at Pinkham but unfortunately I forgot the whole "Spring ahead" thing. Ian also got there later than I did due to similar circumstances. So we got started an hour late. The hike up was already really...

Sorry that this is a little late but I figured it was still worth a post. I was in Seattle on business so I decided that I would try out some West Coast skiing. I had decided through recommendations and the fact that I had a free ticket :wink: that I would try out Crystal Mtn. This proved to...

Let me start of by clearing all of the powder out of my throat. :shock: \:D/ I ready Powderfreaks forecast late last week. I did a little weather research of my own to confirm and I was convinced this would be "the little storm that could" that caught everyone with their pants down and...

Sweet day of skiing at Burke last Saturday. Rode the new Quad from the bottom since members of the group had to get their passes. Almost fell on my a$$ walking across the new deck in front of the govenor (who had just gotten done dedicating the lift). Whatever they used for wood on that deck is...

But I'm headed to Jay Peak. The roughly 6 inches we received here today just wasn't enough to get me to ski at Burke :( . I can wait another week. If Burke wasn't openning I could be skiing Jay for free. Instead I'm now going to have to pay $30. Hopefully Jay is not too crowded :roll: . Report...

Caledonian Article Burke has never seen an owner like this before. With pockets that are this deep ($100,:shock: :shock: :shock:, :shock: :shock: :shock: deep) the mountain is going to change A LOT. I feel this goes for the surrounding communites as well. I forsee this as potentially being...

Anybody have a good set of skins to recommend. :?: I FINALLY got a back country set up. Now I just need to be able to climb.

Well now that I have procrastinated enough taking pictures off of my camera... I bought a larger card a while back that allows me to take a lot more pictures before I am forced to take the pictures off. At any rate I purposely took it easy at Saturday night's Halloween bash at the mid-lodge...

I'm not sure if I like where all of these "improvements" are headed :?: . read the article and see for yourself. I'm hoping that Burke doesn't turn into one of those "exclusive areas" that charge crazy amounts for a membership. The mountain already feels like your skiing at your own private...

Well I haven't posted in a while. I've been really busy skiing. But as Burke winds down the season, I figured I'd get one more post in. Last Saturday was Burke's pond skimming day. I saw this a few years back and wanted to try it. This year I was finally able to do it and it was a blast. The...

Got out early as last week. Ate some chow at the Miss Lyndonville Diner and headed for the slopes. It was -11 when I woke up at 5:45 AM. Drove up to Jay with the group and skied until noon (mid 20's by then). Before 10:00 the mtn was nicely uncrowded. By noon it was a zoo. It was the fist time...

Got up early and headed for Jay. Ate some breakfast with the crew at the Miss Lyndonville Diner at 6:45 and took off for the mountain. Even though it was bitterly cold there was no wind (Rarity at Jay). Everyone in my group was well dressed and we enjoyed the lack of crowds until noontime (Once...

Burke was actually quite good this weekend. Saturday saw pretty nice skiing on the groomers and decent skiing on the natural terrain. Some of the natural had become quite scraped off (down to the thin ice base) but fresh shot could still be found if you knew where to look. Sunday was a pleasent...

Well I'll just say that conditions were less than ideal for skiing on Friday. After driving to Waterbury Friday night in a Tropical Downpour, I was somewhat discouraged. When I went outside in the deluge to help my friend dig a trench away from his house to limit the amount of water leaking into...

Had a great day at Burke today. They opened for the season with seven trails yesterday so I was only planning on only skiing for an hour or so today. When I finally made it to the mountain at 11:00 (partied a bit too much last night :roll: ), it had warmed up nicely and there was minimal wind...