joegm
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look a this report from mad river on today's site=
Updated on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 16:30:00
Things are beginning to slowly turn around for us. We picked up several inches of light, fluffy snow over the past couple days and we have a shot for more over the next several days as well. What we need is a decent storm of 6-12" of snow with "some grip to it" if we are to get the big hill going again soon. Until then, the main mountain terrain off of the Single Chair and the Sunnyside Double will remain closed. This weekend we plan to spin the Practice Slope chair and the Handle Tow only beginning at 8:30 AM with skiing on 3 (count 'em 3) trails. After the weekend will be suspending operations from Monday to Thursday (5th to the 8th) if we do not get the snow required to crank up the main mountain. We will re-open the Practice Slope on Friday the 9th. Obviously if we get the snow we need we will re-open sooner for sure. Lets all keep are fingers and toes crossed! Snow making operations have begun once again (really!) on the low elevation, high traffic areas. The main mountain terrain is in pretty rough shape with a glacial, lunar surface with a thin veneer of fluffy powder. Fortunately winter-like weather has returned and should stick around for a while.
now i don't put this up to start up again some east vs west fight or to question anyone's veracity on no bull posts.... i just find this last month of weather volatility in the east to be pretty interesting and the results on the ski surfaces to be even more interesting...i know mad river makes no snow , but when a report like this is up on their site in the month of january, i don't see how any reasonable person can say that current ski conditions are anywhere near what most would define as good or even decent.
i probably do not have enough perspective but can anyone remember mad river glen essentially being closed for the christmas week period ?
another interesting observation i found today is that the loon mtn site actually has listed as it's secondary surface " hardpacked "... i can't ever remember seeing that up anywhere on a resort site
it really is a fascinating , if not maddening, sport... the city of boston is currently covered in snow... it was buried in snow a week ago, in 48 hours it was gone, literally, and now it's back .... yet, in ski country, conditions are, by most credible reports, pretty bad... i skied the monday before christmas in some of the deepest powder i have in the last 2 years....and 2 days later it was as if that snow was never there ....interesting
the amount of comments i have received from co workers like " gee you must be going up skiing this week huh?..." shows me two things, 1) people have no idea what they are talking about, and 2) how ski areas can use perception to manipulate reality to their advantage when they want to....
Updated on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 16:30:00
Things are beginning to slowly turn around for us. We picked up several inches of light, fluffy snow over the past couple days and we have a shot for more over the next several days as well. What we need is a decent storm of 6-12" of snow with "some grip to it" if we are to get the big hill going again soon. Until then, the main mountain terrain off of the Single Chair and the Sunnyside Double will remain closed. This weekend we plan to spin the Practice Slope chair and the Handle Tow only beginning at 8:30 AM with skiing on 3 (count 'em 3) trails. After the weekend will be suspending operations from Monday to Thursday (5th to the 8th) if we do not get the snow required to crank up the main mountain. We will re-open the Practice Slope on Friday the 9th. Obviously if we get the snow we need we will re-open sooner for sure. Lets all keep are fingers and toes crossed! Snow making operations have begun once again (really!) on the low elevation, high traffic areas. The main mountain terrain is in pretty rough shape with a glacial, lunar surface with a thin veneer of fluffy powder. Fortunately winter-like weather has returned and should stick around for a while.
now i don't put this up to start up again some east vs west fight or to question anyone's veracity on no bull posts.... i just find this last month of weather volatility in the east to be pretty interesting and the results on the ski surfaces to be even more interesting...i know mad river makes no snow , but when a report like this is up on their site in the month of january, i don't see how any reasonable person can say that current ski conditions are anywhere near what most would define as good or even decent.
i probably do not have enough perspective but can anyone remember mad river glen essentially being closed for the christmas week period ?
another interesting observation i found today is that the loon mtn site actually has listed as it's secondary surface " hardpacked "... i can't ever remember seeing that up anywhere on a resort site
it really is a fascinating , if not maddening, sport... the city of boston is currently covered in snow... it was buried in snow a week ago, in 48 hours it was gone, literally, and now it's back .... yet, in ski country, conditions are, by most credible reports, pretty bad... i skied the monday before christmas in some of the deepest powder i have in the last 2 years....and 2 days later it was as if that snow was never there ....interesting
the amount of comments i have received from co workers like " gee you must be going up skiing this week huh?..." shows me two things, 1) people have no idea what they are talking about, and 2) how ski areas can use perception to manipulate reality to their advantage when they want to....
