'14/'15 Magic Shitshow aka Everybody's an Expert thread

[MarcusBrody]

Anyone know how the mountain came through the past days weather?

[Magicsnowboard]

Anyone know how the mountain came through the past days weather?

When I left at 2 it was a net gain, most of the precipitation was ice. Not sure if we lost much with the warm afternoon.

[MarcusBrody]

When I left at 2 it was a net gain, most of the precipitation was ice. Not sure if we lost much with the warm afternoon.

Thanks! i was hoping that we'd get a bit of snow, a bit of crust to protect the underlayer from the rain, then be able to groom through the crust to make things skiiable at least. We'll see how things turned out soon enough I guess.

[DoWork]

Anyone know how the mountain came through the past days weather?

Honestly yesterday skied really freakin' well where they did groom. Huge improvement. Tiny spots of sketch crust early left by the 2nd morning groom on but it broke up real nice and was skiing pretty "fast potato-y" and super edgeable. Anything they didn't hit with the groomer in the AM was a sheet of semi-breakable crust ice on top so it's not going anywhere either. Definitely a wet, heavy 1-3"(?) gain for the hill though, and it covered up a lot of shit. Again. If we ever get a dump, Magic is going to be more ready than a prom boner- everything is covered, locked in and we are headed for another deep freeze. It will be interesting to see how this week plays out and how the bits here and there adhere and stack.

We really did get missed by most of the rain though, thankfully. Definitely an overall a net gain.

[Peruvian]

Considering Bromley was closed and Stratton only had one chair, it's good to hear Magic was skiable yesterday.

BTW - very few locals even realize Magic is open...at all! I can't believe how many folks I spoke to during the holiday that said that. Some cross promotion with Clarks, L'derry Hardware, or even Flood Brook School is in order if anyone has the ear of marketing. Hell, even a nice sandwich board on Main St. might help (not some hand drawn thing that looks like a 4th grader did it, either)!

[jgb@etree]

Anyone notice if they have blown/groomed enough snow to open the rope tow yet? And/or has the snowmaking & grooming created a viable route for beginners to ski down from the top? I found the conditions to be lovely and conducive to high speed ripping last week, but I'm also not a 5yo beginner. Trying to nail down plans for this coming weekend & would like to snap up some liftopia deals if I'm going to be paying for lift tickets again this week.

[MarcusBrody]

I didn't notice them running the tow rope, but I'm not sure about later in the weekend. Based on coverage, I don't see why they couldn't, but whether they are, I don't know.

Without the tow rope, I don't think that there was a particularly good beginner route open. Magic Carpet->Trick->Show Off was the easiest skiing on Friday, but it wasn't ideal for a super-beginner. Wand and Lower Magic Carpet were a bit sketchy. Maybe the recent precipitation and grooming made them a little better though.

[Timberridge]

If we ever get a dump, Magic is going to be more ready than a prom boner

Some cross promotion with Clarks, L'derry Hardware, or even Flood Brook School is in order if anyone has the ear of marketing. Hell, even a nice sandwich board on Main St. might help (not some hand drawn thing that looks like a 4th grader did it, either)!

DW, could you email the marketing dept and ask how receptive they might be to a "If you don't get a boner* when you pull into the lot, you'll ski free" promotion?

*as verified by Dave the Valet

[DoWork]

Considering Bromley was closed and Stratton only had one chair, it's good to hear Magic was skiable yesterday.

BTW - very few locals even realize Magic is open...at all! I can't believe how many folks I spoke to during the holiday that said that. Some cross promotion with Clarks, L'derry Hardware, or even Flood Brook School is in order if anyone has the ear of marketing. Hell, even a nice sandwich board on Main St. might help (not some hand drawn thing that looks like a 4th grader did it, either)!

Agreed!

JGB, I was told that the rope tow is a priority for this weekend. I never know what to expect with lower carpet though so who knows about the "easiest way down".

[DoWork]

DW, could you email the marketing dept and ask how receptive they might be to a "If you don't get a boner* when you pull into the lot, you'll ski free" promotion?

*as verified by Dave the Valet

Pffff... Dave is far too highly qualified to be a valet. That's like having an astronaut collecting shopping carts at the supermarket.

[MMP]

^if you have any DVDs you can spare, Dave is looking for flicks. Do yourself a favor and have a discussion with Dave sometime. The Walter Mitty of Magic

[DoWork]

^if you have any DVDs you can spare, Dave is looking for flicks. Do yourself a favor and have a discussion with Dave sometime. The Walter Mitty of Magic

I have almost all the Ski The East movies. I'll have to put something together for him unless Get Amped is already in mid-pounce and has a binder filled with burners.

[MMP]

Not ski movies. Actual movies. :-)

[Timberridge]

Not ski movies. Actual movies. :-)

chick flicks or adventure movies?

[Binky]

Is there gonna be a peep show at Red?

[GetAmped]

^if you have any DVDs you can spare, Dave is looking for flicks. Do yourself a favor and have a discussion with Dave sometime. The Walter Mitty of Magic

I knew he had a donated standard aspect TV and VHS setup but not that he got a DVD player. I was going to give him one that has been decommissioned from my ladyfriend's setup. Gave him a couple hundred movies on VHS previously and he seemed to get some good use from them.

[RustyGroomer]

^if you have any DVDs you can spare, Dave is looking for flicks. Do yourself a favor and have a discussion with Dave sometime. The Walter Mitty of Magic

I am extremely particular who I lend my copy to. This being the Magic handbook & all.

Corey Haim, Jim Varney, Brigitte Nielsen and SCTV's Joe Flaherty star in SNOWBOARD ACADEMY, a slapstick free-for-all about the riotous rivalry between snobby skiers and knuckle-dragging snowboarders.Haim stars as Chris "The Wizard" Barry, the younger son of a ski resort owner. When his out-of-control boarder buds take over the slopes, The Wizard's resentful big brother challenges him to start a snowboard academy that will turn bumbling beginners into race-winners in just two weeks. With a slapstick subplot about an inept safety engineer (Varney) and a scheming gold-digger (Nielsen), plus awesome airborne footage, SNOWBOARD ACADEMY is one wild ride!

[Magicsnowboard]

I am extremely particular who I lend my copy to. This being the Magic handbook & all.

Corey Haim, Jim Varney, Brigitte Nielsen and SCTV's Joe Flaherty star in SNOWBOARD ACADEMY, a slapstick free-for-all about the riotous rivalry between snobby skiers and knuckle-dragging snowboarders.Haim stars as Chris "The Wizard" Barry, the younger son of a ski resort owner. When his out-of-control boarder buds take over the slopes, The Wizard's resentful big brother challenges him to start a snowboard academy that will turn bumbling beginners into race-winners in just two weeks. With a slapstick subplot about an inept safety engineer (Varney) and a scheming gold-digger (Nielsen), plus awesome airborne footage, SNOWBOARD ACADEMY is one wild ride!

Dude can you fedex this DVD or VHS to me? I can't wait for the weekend.

[RustyGroomer]

Dude can you fedex this DVD or VHS to me? I can't wait for the weekend.

I believe it's up there. You will not be disappointed. Stoked for the weekend. Heading up in a couple hours. Who else?

[Magicsnowboard]

I believe it's up there. You will not be disappointed. Stoked for the weekend. Heading up in a couple hours. Who else?

I'm out this weekend. I have some responsibilities for my summer time habit. I'll be up every weekend thereafter.

[kokomas]

last weekend i lent Dave a couple dvd's. Napoleon Dynamite, Jurassic Park 3 and some other crummy sequel. he really is not that choosy. when i get them back we will move him to the good stuff like argo and chef that are sitting around my place.

we are out this weekend and then back the next with a crew of beginners. breaks my heart but the best option we could come up with is to bring them to killington on the saturday of mlk weekend for the bring a friend/learn to ski combo. gear, half day lesson, snowshed pass (and ramshead I think) and they throw in a free all mountain ticket for the friend, all for $135. the beginners will sell their tickets to us and it will only cost about $70 for them to go for their first day which i think is really great. so i have to travel next saturday, which really bums me out. (fwiw, looked at bromley, okemo and stratton too but this was far and away the best deal if you have others who want all mountain tix)

another way to say the rope tow is key at magic, that could have swayed us, maybe. had a hard time asking my friends (who are pinching their pennies to buy a house) to shell out 130 each for the beginner program here

[Peruvian]

last weekend i lent Dave a couple dvd's. Napoleon Dynamite, Jurassic Park 3 and some other crummy sequel. he really is not that choosy. when i get them back we will move him to the good stuff like argo and chef that are sitting around my place.

we are out this weekend and then back the next with a crew of beginners. breaks my heart but the best option we could come up with is to bring them to killington on the saturday of mlk weekend for the bring a friend/learn to ski combo. gear, half day lesson, snowshed pass (and ramshead I think) and they throw in a free all mountain ticket for the friend, all for $135. the beginners will sell their tickets to us and it will only cost about $70 for them to go for their first day which i think is really great. so i have to travel next saturday, which really bums me out. (fwiw, looked at bromley, okemo and stratton too but this was far and away the best deal if you have others who want all mountain tix)

another way to say the rope tow is key at magic, that could have swayed us, maybe. had a hard time asking my friends (who are pinching their pennies to buy a house) to shell out 130 each for the beginner program here

I'm confused. Don't you have a pass at Magic? Therefore going to K-mart is costing you $70, when you could ski on your pass at Magic? If that's the case, why not just pitch your friend $70 to offset the $129 first timer deal at Magic and save everyone the drive?

Either way you are a good friend. Letting them stay at your place AND underwriting their day of skiing, you deserve a beer!

[Timberridge]

another way to say the rope tow is key at magic, that could have swayed us, maybe.

I'm not convinced rope tows (and their evil cousins...jbars, tbars and pomas) are very beginner friendly ways to get up a hill in comparison to the modern magic carpet. I find it hard to believe that beginners will be salivating at the thought of skiing Magic for the rope tow experience. (Though I have fond memories of putting my then 18 month old on plastic skis, carrying him in my free arm and taking him up the rope tow at Magic for his 1st ever day on skis.)

[kokomas]

I'm confused. Don't you have a pass at Magic? Therefore going to K-mart is costing you $70, when you could ski on your pass at Magic? If that's the case, why not just pitch your friend $70 to offset the $129 first timer deal at Magic and save everyone the drive?

i caution you before entering the depths of my overanalysis. either way i dig your economic brain!

it's a friends weekend thing and half are going to killington regardless so this means the whole crew can travel together. one all mountain ticket will be bought by a member of the crew who needs one anyway. i will be watching the baby while my wife pays $65 for one ticket and she is kinda looking forward to skiing with her friends and for some variety (we might trade places for a few runs).

the real reason for all of this is to get the first timers hooked because the more of my wife's friends are around, the more i get to ski!

[Peruvian]

the real reason for all of this is to get the first timers hooked because the more of my wife's friends are around, the more i get to ski!

Layers and shit. I get it!