[ShmantiShmanti]

East Coasters, how many days did you get this season? I know Vermont has some good stuff in the works right now, but all my locals are closed (DC area). Is it worth it to go up to Vermont (and any tips on doing it cheaply)? I wanna squeeze in one more weekend if possible.

 

[Crusty]

Best part of the season starts right about now.

 

[ShmantiShmanti]

Best part of the season starts right about now.

I’m Vermont?

 

[NEOBoarder]

The ironic thing is the last day of the season was Sunday for me, but we actually finally got snow for the first time in a while the past 2 days.

 

[ShmantiShmanti]

I’m Vermont?

The ironic thing is the last day of the season was Sunday for me, but we actually finally got snow for the first time in a while the past 2 days.

Dang, I feel you. Flurries out of nowhere this week. Made me mad haha

 

[SennaBlast]

Got like 12-15 days in, live in DC area also. This year was awful. Going to stowe in vermont next week.

 

[Scalpelman]

Best part of the season starts right about now.

We were just discussing this. Last few years best snow has been in March. Glad to have tix to Magic tomorrow with @ridethecliche ; finally timed a storm today at Stowe with free refills all day. Wow. This should be the NE stoke page.


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[MrDavey2Shoes]

Best part of the season starts right about now.

We were just discussing this. Last few years best snow has been in March. Glad to have tix to Magic tomorrow with @ridethecliche ; finally timed a storm today at Stowe with free refills all day. Wow. This should be the NE stoke page.


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I’m pretending none of this is happening until I get back next week. I have made such terrible decisions this season 🤣

enjoy Magic, it’s going to be all time tomorrow

 

[money4me247]

It is amazing in Vermont right now!! Literally right now is the best snow all year.

Was recently at Okemo for a week (and an instructor who worked there said the snow is the best conditions it has been all year) and right now at Mt Snow for a week.

There is some crazy blizzard right now and it dumped insane powder on Tuesday!!! Had more than 3+ feet of fresh powder at Mt Snow in the morning with constant snowing all day for refills... snow ranged from knee deep to literally went to up the chest in some areas. It was a bit crowded in the morning since they only had a few lifts running, but the trails were amazing!!! Many parts of the mountain are still purely untouched powder as it was the weekday and only a few lifts were open. Literally the most amazing deep powder day I have ever seen.

End of Feb to March is money for Vermont. On the Epic app, even Hunter in New York (which is my home mountain) had 2 feet of fresh snow this week.

If possible, should really try to go during weekdays. The mountains are all a ton less crowded and you can get at least double the amount of runs in when there are no lines.

I've been riding 50ish day seasons on the East Coast since moving to New York due to my job flexibility. Right now at around 60ish days, going to try to hit 80 days going for a few weeks for spring slush at end of March/early April and may even consider some summer snowboarding at Mt Hood to try to stretch out the season. It has been an amazing season on the East Coast this year (snow conditions much better than last year).

 

[Bartonbrett]

Snowshoe in WV just extended their season and got just snow. I wanna try and get up there one more time.

 

[MrDavey2Shoes]

Blizzard? What’s this guy talking about? Anyone else seen a blizzard?

 

[ShmantiShmanti]

It is amazing in Vermont right now!! Literally right now is the best snow all year.

Was recently at Okemo for a week (and an instructor who worked there said the snow is the best conditions it has been all year) and right now at Mt Snow for a week.

There is some crazy blizzard right now and it dumped insane powder on Tuesday!!! Had more than 3+ feet of fresh powder at Mt Snow in the morning with constant snowing all day for refills... snow ranged from knee deep to literally went to up the chest in some areas. It was a bit crowded in the morning since they only had a few lifts running, but the trails were amazing!!! Many parts of the mountain are still purely untouched powder as it was the weekday and only a few lifts were open. Literally the most amazing deep powder day I have ever seen.

End of Feb to March is money for Vermont. On the Epic app, even Hunter in New York (which is my home mountain) had 2 feet of fresh snow this week.

If possible, should really try to go during weekdays. The mountains are all a ton less crowded and you can get at least double the amount of runs in when there are no lines.

I've been riding 50ish day seasons on the East Coast since moving to New York due to my job flexibility. Right now at around 60ish days, going to try to hit 80 days going for a few weeks for spring slush at end of March/early April and may even consider some summer snowboarding at Mt Hood to try to stretch out the season. It has been an amazing season on the East Coast this year (snow conditions much better than last year).

Oh man I would love to get some of that. A bit tricky though with the 9-5! Might try to send it for a weekend, but like you indicated - week days are where it’s at. What field do you work in? I work in law and it’s fairly generous with remote work, but I’m still too new to try try something like that (if my boss wants to talk in person, Im not gonna tell him to reschedule!).

 

[ShmantiShmanti]

Snowshoe in WV just extended their season and got just snow. I wanna try and get up there one more time.

This is a day trip I would try to squeeze in.

 

[num]

close to 40 days, but that includes two trips (a week each) out west. January was real rough here in Ontario, and I was dealing with some muscle overuse issues during the season. Hoping to squeeze in some more days with the late season dumps that have happened on the weekends !

 

[ShmantiShmanti]

close to 40 days, but that includes two trips (a week each) out west. January was real rough here in Ontario, and I was dealing with some muscle overuse issues during the season. Hoping to squeeze in some more days with the late season dumps that have happened on the weekends !

Nice! Where'd you go out west?

 

[num]

Nice! Where'd you go out west?

Calgary in the early season (late nov) and Utah late feb.

It was my first time in Utah and it was amazing, I hit Snowbird after a pow dump and it was life changing. Amazing terrain out on the mineral basin side! I liked the technical terrain + good conditions. It made me actually want to wander off into more sketchy terrain, something I never feel like doing on the ice coast. Only downside was the amount of cat tracks we encountered, but that probably has to do with us not knowing the mountain very well.

Snowbasin was also pretty awesome, but park city was a disappointment. It comes out to almost $300 CAD for one day there, not worth it at all. Luckily we had an employee discount from someone we met that brought it down by half, but still.

 

[money4me247]

Blizzard? What’s this guy talking about? Anyone else seen a blizzard?

It started snowing very heavily starting Monday evening at Mt Snow so Tuesday morning had legit 3+ feet of untouched powder & it kept snowing heavily until Wednesday. It was so insane that opening time was delayed with only 1 lift running to start and they were only able to operate 3 lifts the first day. A lot of other places got a ton of snow. Even Hunter got 2-3 feet of snow total (which is insane for that area of New York)!!

It was amazing 3-4 feet of fresh pure powder!!! Never seen such good conditions on the East Coast before. Mt Snow was also short-staffed so only running a few chairlifts so there were so many untouched trails that I got to ride. It was an insane experience, got stuck so many times in crazy deep powder, even went up to my chest and took forever to dig myself out. I was riding a Burton Custom and the full camber is always trying to submarine down, ended up moving my bindings all the way back and was able to stay on top of the powder for most of the trail. It was all ungroomed for Tuesday and Wednesday, really amazing experience!!

Picture from the chair lift of people stuck waist to chest deep where the slope mellows out (end of Shootout trail). This was Wednesday, but that chairlift didn't open until the afternoon and Shootout was a "closed" trail, but snow was so high that it covered the closed off rope. I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to ride it (went for it after taking that picture), but I also got stuck there in a similar spot, took more than 20 minutes to dig out and hike through more than waist-deep powder back to somewhere with enough incline to start riding again. While I was digging, at least 4 other people got stuck too, but I was able to escape first! One person lost their ski in the powder and was digging for his skis.

This was further down the trail in a "shallower" part of the powder, and this guy still got stuck waist deep!! Picture from the chairlift. I think this was end of Ridge trail.

This was a really popular run Canyon on the 2nd day after the middle of the popular runs were all tracked out, but this skiier is still knee-deep in powder on the sides! Canyon was popular because that chair lift was the first to open.

This was my track on the most far right where I was trying to be brave and hit some of that sweet untouched powder even though it was a really flat area (that was the reason no one went there, because hard to get enough speed to make it through). You see I got stuck halfway and needed to dig and crawl out. The powder was up to my stomach!! And it took forever, so a lot of people were hooting and hollering from the chairlifts and wishing me good luck ROTFL.

Just wanted to share some pictures since it was an insanely amazing time in Vermont, so I think March is a great month for Vermont snowboarding. Historically, good snowfall in Feb and March. I hit up Killington, Okemo, and Mt Snow around 25 days from end of January to March, and excellent conditions during all my trips & stellar snowboarding experience. Highly recommend checking it out!

 

[SushiLover]

It started snowing very heavily starting Monday evening at Mt Snow so Tuesday morning had legit 3+ feet of untouched powder & it kept snowing heavily until Wednesday. It was so insane that opening time was delayed with only 1 lift running to start and they were only able to operate 3 lifts the first day. A lot of other places got a ton of snow. Even Hunter got 2-3 feet of snow total (which is insane for that area of New York)!!

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It was amazing 3-4 feet of fresh pure powder!!! Never seen such good conditions on the East Coast before. Mt Snow was also short-staffed so only running a few chairlifts so there were so many untouched trails that I got to ride. It was an insane experience, got stuck so many times in crazy deep powder, even went up to my chest and took forever to dig myself out. I was riding a Burton Custom and the full camber is always trying to submarine down, ended up moving my bindings all the way back and was able to stay on top of the powder for most of the trail. It was all ungroomed for Tuesday and Wednesday, really amazing experience!!

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Picture from the chair lift of people stuck waist to chest deep where the slope mellows out (end of Shootout trail). This was Wednesday, but that chairlift didn't open until the afternoon and Shootout was a "closed" trail, but snow was so high that it covered the closed off rope. I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to ride it (went for it after taking that picture), but I also got stuck there in a similar spot, took more than 20 minutes to dig out and hike through more than waist-deep powder back to somewhere with enough incline to start riding again. While I was digging, at least 4 other people got stuck too, but I was able to escape first! One person lost their ski in the powder and was digging for his skis.

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This was further down the trail in a "shallower" part of the powder, and this guy still got stuck waist deep!! Picture from the chairlift. I think this was end of Ridge trail.

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This was a really popular run Canyon on the 2nd day after the middle of the popular runs were all tracked out, but this skiier is still knee-deep in powder on the sides! Canyon was popular because that chair lift was the first to open.

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This was my track on the most far right where I was trying to be brave and hit some of that sweet untouched powder even though it was a really flat area (that was the reason no one went there, because hard to get enough speed to make it through). You see I got stuck halfway and needed to dig and crawl out. The powder was up to my stomach!! And it took forever, so a lot of people were hooting and hollering from the chairlifts and wishing me good luck ROTFL.

Just wanted to share some pictures since it was an insanely amazing time in Vermont, so I think March is a great month for Vermont snowboarding. Historically, good snowfall in Feb and March. I hit up Killington, Okemo, and Mt Snow around 25 days from end of January to March, and excellent conditions during all my trips & stellar snowboarding experience. Highly recommend checking it out!

I was there from Monday noon right before the storm hit and left Thursday since the roads were still effed up. I was on the 4th or 5th chair on Tuesday at the canyon express lift. Witnessed the snowball brawl that was going while waiting for the lift to open. The snow was very heavy on Tuesday but on Wednesday was much better due to the wind that sucked up the moisture from the snow and made it a little easier to ride.

 

[money4me247]

I was there from Monday noon right before the storm hit and left Thursday since the roads were still effed up. I was on the 4th or 5th chair on Tuesday at the canyon express lift. Witnessed the snowball brawl that was going while waiting for the lift to open. The snow was very heavy on Tuesday but on Wednesday was much better due to the wind that sucked up the moisture from the snow and made it a little easier to ride.

We probably ran into each other unknowingly!!! I was wearing a blue Burton jacket on a Burton Custom riding solo & frequently stuck in weird places heh

 

[SushiLover]

Bro I think I saw you I remember seeing someone with a the new Burton custom (pink base) strapping at the top of canyon express around mid day I believe we both hit that blue run snow dance pitch that takes you to this wide ass trail called snowdance.