zzslope Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 I agree TP4, what do they have to make people drive past Blue, CB and JF? At that point they are just 15 minutes away from southern VT.15 Minutes? Your car must be waaay faster than mine or I have been taking the wrong route. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 15 Minutes? Your car must be waaay faster than mine or I have been taking the wrong route. Elk is the southernmost Vermont area. 2 Quote
Rex Goliath Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 OMG! What Schif said is so right! When Montage opened the first time, our family was lured there and skied there for some many years. I still bear the scars of an attempt to tuck upper and lower fast track on 210 cm downhill skis -- K2 812's. Ended up in the woods without skis with broken ribs and a hematoma on my hip this is still resolving 20+ years later. Because of a variety of issues when I moved away we just never made it back to the Mountain. Elk's management continues to alienate folks with their tactics to take over the village at the base; I think what keeps the place popular among the locals is that they do offer consistent snow and grooming and rarely is there every enough people there to form much of a lift line. Long Haul Closed today. 1 Quote
rgrwilco Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Sell the damn lift and put the money somewhere else. Quote
poconoceancity Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks for educating ZZ, GSS. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks for educating ZZ, GSS. Your welcome and anytime!! Quote
Rex Goliath Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Posted January 22, 2016 Closed today. Runaway and fast rack not open Top to bottom anyway! Quote
Schif Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 I bet Long Haul will be open this weekend. All the better for drinking beers leisurely on the chair and going top to bottom in the woods is there's enough snow. 1 Quote
Rex Goliath Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Posted January 22, 2016 Closed today. Upper and Lower RunAway and Fast Track not open Today anyway! Maybe they are going for the Big Boulder all parks reputation. IDK! Quote
Rex Goliath Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Posted January 24, 2016 Same report 1/23 and today: Closed today. Runaway and Fast Fack not open Top to bottom anyway! Website is also confused as to what is open or not on that side of the mountain. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 24, 2016 Report Posted January 24, 2016 I don't think Scranton and montage got any snow. Quote
poconoceancity Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 Did it open over the weekend? Quote
pcklein31 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Posted January 27, 2016 I can't imagine they ran the Long Haul with Upper and Lower Fast Track still not opened. The fact that Montage is so slow to open and so early to close is the main reason I did not buy a season pass this year(first time in three years). I was very disappointed last year with their grooming and their short season. If you are going to groom don't leave weird ruts everywhere.... or just not groom at all. I just find Montage an oddly laid out hill; they have some great terrain and potential. They've tried to put in some cut-throughs to make traversing the mountain easier, but they failed to open some of them last year. It is tough living only 5 minutes away but preferring to drive 40mins+ to Jack Frost. If Elk was not so darn expensive I'd have my pass there this year. I am actually pass-less this year. I may hit up JFBB for their March End of Season special. 1 Quote
poconoceancity Posted January 27, 2016 Report Posted January 27, 2016 That special will probably go on sale February 16 at jfbb. 1 Quote
Rex Goliath Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Posted January 27, 2016 Closed today. LH was not open per website over the weekend. Conditions report has suggested something like -- "tireless snowmaking team will take to the mountain tonight. Spot guns on high traffic areas and the headwalls on the Northface are prime targets as well as terrain expansion efforts on Upper Runaway and Fast Tracks entirety" since last week. Still not open. Park jibhonks don't care about long cruisers. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 27, 2016 Report Posted January 27, 2016 Good to see Montage is off to a good start!!! Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 27, 2016 Report Posted January 27, 2016 $20 Tuesday's. Thanks Toast!!!! Quote
Rex Goliath Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Posted January 28, 2016 Closed today. Upper and lower Fast Track closed. RunAway open TTB. 1 Quote
rgrwilco Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 I was there Monday. They had guns going around the lodge and I only could count three visible on both upper and lower fast track. Whatevr Quote
toast21602 Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 sounds like another successful season at Montage... Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 Probably their last... Oh Lordy. Quote
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