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conditions are the worst

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#1 ·
im retiring the board for the year after one more voyage to vermont. this has been the worst season as far as conditions go in the 5 years ive been riding. :mad:
 
#6 ·
i wish i could think like that but money is tight for me and it's not worth the gas money and lift ticket money to me anymore this year unless there is some sort of miracle snow storm...

Things will be different next year when i have a season pass. I guess i should start looking forward to the motocross season:dunno:

i did atleast spend the first 8 weekends of the season on the slopes tho
 
#10 ·
should have seen it on sunday supreme... 45 minute lines, i shit you not. i was "patrolling" so i said screw this. sat at the entrance to the terrain park and yelled at people not wearing helmets. probably got 4 runs in over 6 hours.

yeah, a bad season for snow in ontario. think our opening day was in january this year. and the other day, we finally got our first real snow. 3-5 inches fell depending where you were. apparently, that matched our total all year thus far.

i can understand the frustration. i just wish our crap snow year didn't coincide with my super poor year or else i'd be chasing that snow.
 
#11 ·
Pfft yea..keep complaining when you guys get 2 feet of snow IN YOUR BACK YARD.

Some lower resorts out here in Oregon barely have 3 feet base this year...and even the higher up ones are well under half of where they should be...
 
#13 ·
arsenic... you probably think i live in an igloo too right?

hate to tell ya... grass is whats in my backyard. if i'm not at the hill as often as i am, i would have assumed they were closed for lack of snow. luckily, they are good at making it and somehow, keeping it. our base (even after this last snowfall) is under 3 feet (56cm right now).

and that hill.. vertical of 75m (245ft)... yeah... we rock. come join our pity party!
 
#15 ·
gotcha gotcha...

yeah, ontario... you think canada.... and east....

damn.. we gotta have some sweet snow this year! hell no. frustrating. its been a patchy year all over the map... just look at the olympics... whistler?.. record (early) snow year... cyprus? had to truck in snow just to cover parts of the hill. and those are 2.5 hours away from each other! crazyness.
 
#18 ·
Holy crap...I only get 2 minutes runs out of the trails that zig zag the mountain! Maybe if you include strapping-in and a little bullshitting with your buddies could I get 2 min out of regular diamond slope. I can down most of these in about 30 seconds.

Then its another 15 minute ride up the lift...
 
#21 ·
wow, i've been riding Jay Peak, Smuggs, Stowe and Whiteface all winter...have really had a bad day yet...i think i'm going on my 15th trip tomorrow. There havent been any powder days for me yet but i've stayed on the right slopes and hide out in the woods where i can. I havent left the mountain yet wishing i hadnt gone.
 
#24 · (Edited)
maybe its the places your riding. If you're traveling up to VT i'm guessing you're coming from ny or jersey and probably riding the resorts off 91 (stratton, okemo, snow). these places tend to attract a lot of yuppies, especially on the weekends due to their proximity to the city. spend another hour or two in the car and your experiences will change dramatically.

in other news, I rode 8" of fresh this morning and i'll be ridding tomorrow in double that. should shape up for an awesome end of week/weekend. feel free to call it quits...more room on the slopes for me.

and looking at my calendar i have 42 days under my belt this year and i can only think of 1 day that sucked (0 degrees 30mph winds gusting to 50+). really...what makes for a bad day?
 
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#31 ·
I am looking to go up to vermont from ny (long island)....b/c i see they got dumped on harcore this week...but i also see that they are getting hit with rain....
i was wondering if anyone was up there and knows how the conditions are? i plan on boarding saturday.

i have a season pass to Okemo, stratton, and Sunapee....trying to also see which of these 3 have the better conditions...but according to weather.com they all are getting rain.
thanks in advance for any responses.

o yea...and by the way...i have done about 7-8 trips so far this year and the conditions have been great for the most part. i hit mountain creek once, and that mountain blows but what do you expect. to say vermont has sucked this year is retarded
 
#32 ·
you'll get good conditions anywhere saturday. okemo already has over 30 inches and they're expecting more with this next storm that is moving in. while the lowlands are seeing rain, most of the mountains are seeing snow. sunapee is getting a bit of rain, but okemo should be sick. i don't get along with stratton well, but that's another story.

if i were you i'd fork out a couple bucks and drive up to jay. best place on earth when the snow is fresh.
 
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#34 ·
pay 1 price and get 3 mountains...and i got a student pass so it was only $300 (Yes i know...its an amazing deal)
and i have gone 7-8 times in 2010...maybe 3 times in the end of 09. I have been trying to go every weekend i can. but with work and the 4 hour drive up to vermont...it isn't that easy to go more often.

Last season i got a season pass too ($600) same deal but no student pass. and it was the most i ever went in a season...13 times.
I wish i could go more, but its not like i live around the block from a mountain. And i can't always get someone to go with me, and that drive sucks alone.

it paid off last year, and it paid off already this year, so im not complaining. Next year i want to hit a lot of differnt mountains i never been to (jay peak, stowe, and some others i haven't really looked into it yet) so i wont be getting the season pass. unless i can get one of my friends to use their student id again. b/c for $300 you can't go wrong. For $70 a lift ticket it only take 4 times and its paid off. and it works for 3 mountains.

so ur saying with all the rain mixed in its still gonna be good? i really hope so.. when i heard how much snow they got in vt...i was all about it. Love to board in vt...ny/nj doesn't come close to comparing to it.

for the first time this year i hit up blue mountain in Pa,, and thats a decent mountain for a small mountain. i also tried sunapee for the first time, and the conditions were absolutely great.
 
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