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Either Saturday or Sunday. Leaning towards Sunday since I think it's supposed to be less windy, plus I might catch a glimpse of @toast21602

15 different places I think? Yeah only one indy pass redemption per day but the only indy place I paid for was Dartmouth. All the other tickets were less than 50 each except for Pico.

It's a fun place and grooming is really good. The weekday tickets are cheap...40 bucks and I think non holiday week Fridays are 25

Catamount...pretty fun place, better terrain than Butternut and surprisingly good conditions. The amount of signs around the double black runs is comical. Still some fresh cord at 2 pm. May do a few more runs after a BBQ chicken sandwich and dark and stormy and then back to PA

I'm at Butternut this morning. Pretty fun mountain, 1000' vertical and empty. Not much challenging terrain but the awesome grooming makes up for it. I'll do a few more runs then stopping at Catamount for a bit

Yeah not sure on the development part, that's what I read too. The terrain above the top of the t bar looked pretty cool but you'd have to skin up on a good snow day. https://www.ascutneyoutdoors.org/our-history/ The lodge (they call it a "discovery center") was completed in 2018, t bar in 2019, so relatively recent. Definitely a cool place to check out. No real challenging terrain off the t bar but fun nonetheless

After S6, it was about 2 45...decided to hit another community t bar hill. Ascutney. T bar only runs like 450' vertical but you can skin up much higher if you want. Cool terrain, conditions surprisingly not too bad. Got 4 tbar laps in before they closed at 4....now at Treehouse in Deerfield for beers and pizza

Saskadeba/Suicide Six...cool place but unfortunately all the trees runs and natural snow trails were closed due to the ice. Hit all the open runs in about an hour...did the face and one other run a second time and headed out. Very cool terrain for a small mountain, wish conditions were better for the trees

Rode pico from 9 to 1. It was cold and sunny, conditions ranged from leftover powder to ice, but for the most part, the snow was good given the weather the past 2 days. Started off on Golden express, then over to the outpost pod, then some runs on the Summit express. Doozie off of outpost was a fun tree run. Also dipped into Pico glades. Never Summer had a demo tent so I rode their boards all morning. Got a bratwurst to go and ate at the car before heading to Saskadena Six

Yeah I'm interested to check it out. Not a place I'd spend an entire day but it's only like 15 minutes out of my way between Pico and where I'm staying in MA tonight so I'll ride there for a bit

Back to the hotel in Southern NH, I hung out for a bit and decided to get a brisket sandwich at 603 BBQ in Concord. Some of the best brisket I've had...just on a regular potato roll but I actually prefer that over a thick kaiser roll or whatever. Took my sandwich next door to Lithermans Limited brewing and had a pale ale with my sandwich. Then I hung out at Feathered Friends Brewing, which is a bird themed brewery I guess. Live music, dogs, pretty cool place. Chocolate peanut butter stout was really good, but all the beers were great. interesting artwork in the bathroom, especially the teabagging art. Trying to hit ski areas that I haven't been to, so tomorrow's plan is Pico until early afternoon and then maybe Saskadena Six for a few hours on Indy pass

After panang curry and Thai spring rolls and browsing the thieves of the week. I drove the 20 minutes to Dartmouth skiway. Pretty crowded parking lot but no lift lines. The terrain there is pretty fun, but I only got to hit the Holts ledge side for 6 runs. Soft snow, kinda slow...Don Wardens was closed for racing. After one run, my back binding felt pretty loose. The ankle strap broke in half but the hard plastic part was still working. Made for some funky turns but it was raining at that point so I didn't bother going to get another board from the car. I'd like to get back here on a weekday and check out the rest of the trails, but looking at the map, Holts looked like more fun

Tenney in NH also added to indy. May have to check that out next year

Cochrans is usually only open late afternoon/evening during the week. They normally have $ 5 Fridays from 3 to 8 but their hours this past week were 9 to 4 with it being VT vacation week. I enjoyed it there way more than I expected. Pats was a fun place but really crowded. Still cool to check out. I actually hit that instead of Ragged expecting less crowds but that didn't work out I'll post a Dartmouth/brewery report in a bit

Hit Pats peak in southern NH this morning. Really crowded but it's a pretty well run mountain and fun for a few hours. Grooming was good, especially on the cascade basin side. Some nice trees off of the hurricane trail but icy so I didn't spend much time there. Getting some Thai food at the place @Johnny Law recommended and then I'll hit Dartmouth skiway until they close at 4

Burke is now on indy for next year (not just allied resort/half price)

Yeah northern VT has a ton of snow right now. Bolton is a really fun mountain. Jay obviously has better terrain but there are a lot of trees and stuff to explore at Bolton.

After Bolton, I drove the 15 minutes to Cochrans ski area. Small place with like 350' of vertical but it's a cool non profit place and for 19 bucks, I wanted to check it out. They have a t bar and a rope tow. No lift tickets, just the honor system whether you pay or not. Underprivileged kids pay nothing or whatever they can afford, which is cool. Grooming was actually really good and I had fun. Only complaint was the t bar lifty playing Nickelback repeatedly. Did 6 runs and now at Zero Gravity Brewing in Burlington.

Drove up late last night, stayed in Lake George and then to Bolton valley this morning. Rode there from 10 to 2...only hit Wilderness lift this time. Vista wasn't running and I mainly did Timberline side last time. A ton of snow in the trees and soft snow on the rest of the runs. Outlaw woods probably had the best snow of the day

Thanks man! I'm probably double dipping tomorrow with indy in the morning and somewhere cheap in the afternoon. Dartmouth looks like the place. I wanted to hit Whaleback but conditions look rough

@Johnny Law, I'll be in NH tomorrow....which did you prefer, Ragged or Dartmouth? Im thinking less Saturday crowds at Dartmouth

I'm away this weekend - should be back at Blue next week/weekend

Yeah, I think they're on sale march 1st. If you've been on Indy before I think you may be able to renew prior. I saw something about lapsed passholders getting early access. Already renewed mine and will do Blue also. Considered Ikon but I don't think I'd get my money's worth

I'll check it out later - I may actually do a similar trip to @toast21602 next month or early April. Montana Snowbowl or something in Missoula is on Indy and isn't terribly far from Spokane/Northern Idaho.

yeah it's still listed on their website - I thought it was weekends only when I was there, but I think you were there on a weekend. Maybe due to conditions, they didn't bother running it.