Enough about this travel bullshit. Just stay close to home unless you have to travel. That’s the purpose of the guideline.
Enough about this travel bullshit. Just stay close to home unless you have to travel. That’s the purpose of the guideline.
This is funny. I lolled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Benny - you get a lot of shit here, but I usually find myself chuckling silently in the shadows while you drag the rest of this thread into a flame war.
Keep up the good work.
yup, personal responsibility and patience will go a long way towards not making the very bad very worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
if we ever needed a really snowy and cold winter - this is the one!
Cannon cannot open. Lack of temps and rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by buckethead
Sunuuunuuu put in a half-assed mask mandate yesterday. The guy is such a tool. Ultimate fence rider.
i said patience too jack ;0]
yup...wasn't suunnunu the last in the NE to shut down the ski areas?
("take THAT killington!")
speaking of : it's 2:20pm...any reports from opening day?
Governor Banana leading from behind as per usual. Drove past Loon today and nothing but a dusting and a sad thin ribbon of snowmaking. Warmer at the top of the Kanc than the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
If people could manage to behave intelligently and responsibly without a government mandate hitting them upside the head, we'd be in a much better spot now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
Hell, last spring's uphill season might have been a lot longer, too. But give a group of people an opportunity to do something dumb, and you'll rarely be disappointed.
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TruthQuote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
so did anyone fuking ski yesterday? Jeezuz H Christ......may as well re-name this thread "the Covid-Political-Vermont-Is-smarter-than-everyone" thread
Did you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer-Down
So no chance on Waterville day after Thanksgiving?
This is one of the funniest posts on this thread. Time to stop talking about fucking Covid and go ski.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer-Down
So no I did not ski today, but I did walk on snow.....
Attachment 349133 And I have no idea why this is sideways. Theme of the year.....
Ha!Quote:
Originally Posted by buckethead
I got a sunburn today. Patience.
Out for some runs @ K today. Fair conditions for the year we have had. Blowing new stuff, but not as much as expected.
I will say this, EVERY Killington employee seemed as though they had a deep appreciation for being able pull off the season & was uncharacteristically helpful & pleasant.
Parking Reservations were a PIA (app suckz- slow, freezes & sends you 6 emails a week from Scott Kellog saying hi until you cancel spam via customer service....)- yet the access road process as smooth & I learned you don’t even need to roll down the window to get scanned & surprisingly the poor guy working the road was upbeat & welcoming.
Took a rip up to MSS late yesterday afternoon, was kind of a skating rink (wasn't expecting much more than that) so i bailed after two runs on the WROD to avoid hurting myself. Headed to Val David for a walk along the river in the dark. Found a nice boulder to lie down on next to the water and passed out for about 20 min to the sound of the rapids under the stars. More stars up there than in the city obvs. My camera is busted so all my stoke will be prosaic until that is resolved.
Looks like Sunday River and Sugarloaf are pulling the trigger for tomorrow (11/23) - so prob just waited to see how things went at Killington...
Hopefully others follow as well to alleviate pressure ahead of the holiday
Stowe was blowing snow all day today, looks like they are trying open with quad and triple...maybe to spread out lift lines/rides?
Hopefully some natural will help spread things out too.
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I’m grumpy that Smuggs is giving up on opening Thanksgiving weekend. That’s 3 days my Bash Badge would be free, but now are moot.
Sunday River had one hell of a gun show going today. I'm sure they're trying to make the most of a limited amount of good snowmaking temps in the forecast, but the weather has challenged the plan to open with enough lifts to actually spread people out.Quote:
Originally Posted by BGSTi_403
Risky (to the top), South Ridge, Monday Mourning and Cascades were all lit up when I took the dog for a hike this morning. I didn't get close enough to Risky to see for sure, but the rest looked to be early in the process; I'm guessing there are a lot of fingers crossed for enough snowmaking windows this week to get all of that online for Thanksgiving.
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Could only get through the first 8 pages before I glazed over and skipped to the last page. I'm stoked for the season no matter how shit shakes out with the plague. Less people means better conditions and if any resorts opt for a Magic style schedule (are they still part timers?) even better from a purely selfish POV. I'm not sure if the bar is re-opening in December, kinda wishing they remain closed so I can continue picking up the welfare checks and watch cartoons. Planning on going over to Stowe next week for some lift served laps and a beer run.
I crushed it project wise the past 7 months around the house and yard, crushed it the way slave labor built the pyramids and Rome, long days, a lot of long nights racing against the clock and mother nature. Supply chain issues caused several delays in getting materials delivered for the deck I'm building. I canceled the Trex order and went with bluestone instead. Materials cost are about 1500 less than Trex, so it was a win all around and I'll finish the deck in the spring. I hope everyone had a Covid free summer and fall and no one lost a friend or relative. We've been lucky being up here in the notch and we haven't lost anyone close. My dad has been stuck in Germany since February and I'm hoping things settle down in the next 4-6 months with the various vaccines rolling out so he can get back. He turns 86 in a week. We had to put Cody down a few months ago, a real heartbreaker. He was such a great fucking dog, he NEVER did anything wrong from the first day we got him. Never pissed or shit in the house, never destroyed anything, always happy. Fin.
I haven't seen any guns blowing yet, I'm going to try and drive over there tomorrow and see what's going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
Soggy morning for opening day at the Loaf. Heard a plow truck about an hour ago, now the road is just wet. No turns for me until next week, only on snow employees until then.
Game on
I took a walk at Smuggs yesterday. Slight coverage up on the alley and a 300 yard ribbon up stirring lift. It’s like they just pulled the plug on snow ops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moeghoul
hey moeghoul, and good to see your post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moeghoul
very sorry about your dog's passing.
losing a pet is among the worst experiences in my book but i'm sure cody had a fantastic life. sounds like he was a great dog indeed.
agree with your take on the skiing.
all skiing will be good skiing. just because...
I can attest, Cody was a sweetheart of a dog always happy to greet you and roll over for a belly rub, cheers to a long life well lived!Quote:
Originally Posted by buckethead
Was his breath better than Marley's or were you not as intimate? [emoji3]Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
New boards today to get the faak away from everyone! ...and a little fat bike grooming.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f3f197dda2.jpg
I can't say I ever shared a cramped hatchback with Cody but hard to believe any dog breath could rival Marley's.
Those sticks look nice but too skinny to ride sideways [emoji6]
Cancer breath! Poor dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
Those boards will be similar to skinning downhill on the splitboard. I'll probably wear my snowboard boots or sorels.
Another top dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
I don't get why anyone would ever choose to wear ski boots over snowboard boots but I might be somewhat biased.
Nice of you to buy some skis for your toddler...Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
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There was a shroud covering the top half all day and I've got about an inch on the ground at the house tonite. They can knock out Rum runner and a few others pretty quickly with cold temps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenstateofmind
Thanks, Bucket, hope all is well with you. Try to get up to Smuggs one day this season. Haven't skied together since MRV.Quote:
Originally Posted by buckethead
Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
Scant inch bob this AM, 24º and windy, view of the hill last evening. bush currently taking advantage of the cold weather and running guns on Fling/SB.
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Wifey skis bro. They do have smaller ones for kids. These things are 110 under foot and 124 shovel. All terrain vehicles will get me some random pow turns in the middle of nowhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Generalstark
I call them turbo snowshoesQuote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
^nice! i thought they looked waterski-like.
i have some hilly roads and avenues in mind for deep days ahead of the plows
on the fence though about handrails and stairs ;0]
^^ moeghoul: boy i *hope* i can make it to smuggs this year...MRV, all of it.
that was a fun outing...hanging in the lot as we waited for the snow to pile up...which it did! almost 10yrs back already!
Yeah, they're a bit whacky, but they'll fill a void and something to do with the wife. We snowshoe in the Whites and I'm always jonesing to slide down even small two-three turn pockets. A little more difficult on steeper tight "ups" but way more fun on the downs than shoesQuote:
Originally Posted by jhyatt
What’s for grip?
Who makes them?
Can anyone suggest a good bootfitter in Boston? For my future daughter in law. I'm suggesting having boots fitted this year not a great idea and maybe the shops feel the same way, but she's an adult (Boston isn't Kentucky or Afghanistan) so if she wants to do it . . .
Ski Monster, they have moved to an appointment modelQuote:
Originally Posted by old goat