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How long of a hike was that? I haven't been to Sugarbush in a while but Castlerock seemed pretty far from everything else.

I haven't paid much attention to CBK in the past few years, but all this hoopla made me take a look at their trail map. Why aren't they just running the Bailey double that parallels the new bubble?

What board and bindings did you get?

@skiincy has a very similar pair of bindings and yes you need to keep a good hold on them at all times. One got away from her and took off like a rocket last year. I had to track it like I was watching a golf ball. Ended up running through an orange fence and getting caught up in some brush against a wooden snow fence a few hundred yards downhill. They have little retractable carabiners that you can get to put on your boot buckles that will clip to the bindings and prevent worst case scenarios, kind of like an old school snowboard leash.

Also going to state college. Let's link up for some beverages

If they still do that cheap Monday/Tuesday thing at Montage I might go play hooky for a day later in the winter and hit it up. It's been years since I've skied there.

I would call the area in yellow, "Right Angle Ridge".

The friend intro package doesn't mention a lift ticket, so I'm going to assume to use it you'll also have to burn one of your buddy passes.

This just gave me an idea. The parking lot X factor that we've been chasing ever since tableside Creme Brulé became the norm.

I gave up on NHN a while ago. And have been using space heaters occasionally too. Doesn't really matter since I already lost, but do fireplaces count?

Special access for pass holders? Maybe this can make up for the season passholder party I've missed for the past 4 years

How was the Epic Mountain Express? I saw a lot of those little busses and vans last year but didn't' know of anyone to actually use the service.

Seems like slim Pickens and I have a broken arm but I'll likely put in a short session Saturday.

I suppose I can chime in on this TR for a bit. Travel for those interested was on SAS (Scandanavian Air). Newark> Stockholm> Geneva. Then we booked a "mini bus" that would take us to the mountains. Turns out it was a full sized and completely full motor coach. Lots of traffic, but not terrible, pretty comfy ride. The only issue was that there was a transfer in the town of Moutiers. It's pretty much just a train/bus station town and we had an hour to kill since the traffic meant we missed the connection. Tried to eat at a restaurant, but in a small French town service is 100% on their schedule so we bailed after 10 minutes of trying to get a waiter to actually want to wait on us. At this point I wandered the town in search of a grocery store I found on the map. Slightly harder to find in person and I ended up running around like a mad man grabbing beer, wine, champagne, snacks, apples, and a huge hunk of cheese. A mad dash back to the transit station ensued with a backpack full of booze and a case of glass bottles and a bag of apples in my hands. Made the connection by the skin of our teeth. Bus dropped us off in the middle of Meribel, and it was a short walk to the Chalet. We were on the "3rd floor" which really meant going up a steep driveway from a hilly road, then up 2 flights of steps to the main entry, then another flight, then there was an elevator to get you to our floor, and when you opened the door you were faced with an interior flight of stairs which brought you up to the main floor of our 2 floor penthouse. This was obviously fun with bags and gear. Gorgeous place though and the views were sweet. After a long day of travel, the group popped a few bottles of wine and we made our way to L'igloo for some pizza and more wine. L ' IGLOO (2) (meribel-restaurants.com, and turned in ready to get up and get the first ski day in.

Not from today, but a teaser for an up coming Trip Report