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Killington has officially announced they open Friday to Season Pass Holders and Card Holders. Let it begin...

35 degrees this morning. Coldest I've seen since since last ski season.

Killington blowing snow.

We went on a cruise out of Miami to Cuba, Belize, and Mexico. It wasn’t my first cruise. It won’t be my last. Great relaxing time.

I’ll still do my best to post some original trip reports when I run off to Quebec again this year...

Hallmark channel has the stoke levels through the roof right now

Everything is a crapshoot this time of the year in New England. Every mountain other than Killington relies on a significant cold blast to get open. If you see a couple days of around the clock snowmaking close to a weekend, that is when they will open. If it’s marginal snowmaking temps, Killington will be the only option. Being able to make snow at the top AND having a higher peak elevation easily gives them a 6-9 degree temperature advantage over other mountains that have to make snow to the base in order to open.

Light frost on the windshield this morning! EDIT: Twenty First!!

I think i read blues tent sale is next weekend. Right thread?

Thanks! Yea this aligns with pretty much everything I've read as well, albeit little information. I'm hoping to make some mid season "detours" into Mass this season. lol.

Couple weeks away from the first few shops opening it sounds like, but I have to imagine there's going to be a huge product shortage initially with the high demand and few stores. From what I could tell, there are only a handful of shops that have been granted the final license at this point. Getting there though!

And I post about doing coke in the beer thread but that was like 6 years ago.

I will post here if I hear anything. I am not really staying on top of it this year due to having Blue season pass. Not really worth the expense just to add a day each at CB and Frost. Big Bear not a real draw, and once kids are used to Blue routinely, there will be little draw to go back to Shawnee.

I have heard of these mythical passes. We used to have two of them at SR for the whole mountain because of their association with Ski Maine. I used them once in a failed attempt to hit Saddleback on a powder day. That’s too good a deal to pass up. They are much more useful in VT than Maine. Much better options for big mountains. My wife’s brother patrolled at Suicide Six. He enjoyed patrolling but said their patrol culture just wasn’t for him. Not a knock on Suicide Six, but like I said, you have to find a mountain that works for you. Patrolling will definitely make you a better skier. Being on snow every day and not being able to avoid terrain and conditions you normally would skip is very helpful to your skill set.

Good choice. I don’t think you’d want to spend 6 days a week at suicide six.

I rode the lift at a bike park Sunday with a guy who works in snowmaking ops at Killington. I asked when they expected to open and he said they were shooting for this weekend.

Why don't you go there sometime and find out? Oh, that's right. You only ski Blue Mt. and Jackson Hole. Big Bear doesn't haven't any high speed lifts so you wouldn't be interested anyway.

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Tent sale wednesday. Gon git me sum sticks!

Fixed it for ya...