vtboarder Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 http://www.mountsnow.com/snowblog.html Mount Snow Blog 12/18/2006 :: Upsidedown meringue clouds and Pennsy props. Added by: Luke Clouds don't get enough props. Yesterday, Mount Snow was sitting pretty in fresh, warm, clean air. I could see for miles and miles, even Ascutney mountain way up north. But there was a perfectly flat, seamless blanket of clouds covering the entire valley. The clouds must have been 100 feet overhead at the summit of the mountain, so I had a perfect line of sight across the bottom of it. And the most insane part was that there were hundreds of swirling funnels hanging out of this blanket. It all looked like an upside down lemon meringue pie. I'll let the pic below describe it better. You know who else doesn't get enough props? The mountains down south. They tend to be forgotten when considering "the East." Mountain Creek, NJ has a ridiculous freestyle setup with a cult following. And how about the Poconos in Eastern Pennsylvania? They may be small in stature, but they get crowds just as big. A few blogs ago I asked anyone who knew of a bigger, badder park in the East than Mount Snow's Un Blanco Gulch to email me with proof. Kurt Schultz stepped up and represented his home mountain like any dedicated rider would: "Big Boulder (jfbb.com) has 23 rails/boxes/jumps up right now, but they're spread out over a few trails. The most on one trail is 11, some gorgeous rails and very well setup. It might not be 14 [un Blanco Gulch has 14 features] but it is in southern Pennsylvania and it is 55 degrees today and they've had about 1/3 the number of snowmaking days you guys have had, so they get some props in my book." You're damn right you guys get props. No one appreciates home mountain pride more than me, so keep shreddin' it PA-style and send some pics. P.S. Can you guys bring me up a shorty hoagie and a butterscotch tastykake from WaWa when you come visit? Quote
Papasteeze Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Ah yep......... Big Ben who just got back from Killington is also saying that BB is set up better than killington. HAH! Spread the Love! Quote
Gurp Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Ah yep......... Big Ben who just got back from Killington is also saying that BB is set up better than killington. HAH! Spread the Love! Thats the shit right there man. Quote
NiftySHIFTY Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Props to Kurt Schultz for representing BB. Seems to me they keep advancing just as steadily even without Park Logic. I'll be there Thursday...I saw them making snow up until at least 8:45 this morning, and I'm sure they'll be pumping it out tonight and tomorrow night as well. Great Job BB! Quote
method9455 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Ha that was me. Its Kevin Schultz but I guess I didn't sign it and my email address is KSchultz@ so he just used Kurt. I'm glad, because you always see Mount Snow hyped up in magazines, and while they have a really good park as a whole, each individual feature isn't as good as the equivalent from Mountain Creek, Bear Creek, or the ParkLogic jibs. What Mount Snow does have is a lot of snow, straight trails (cough BB/JF), and really good flow between stuff. They also setup their parks by level very well, and really had the whole progression thing down long before anyone else. They had a mini park, a small park, a medium park, and a huge park. No matter who you where, they had a whole park for you. It really separated the crowds out too which was nice. I can't wait to see their big park this year. Oh and I love how they have artists paint the rails, that is pimpin. Quote
NiftySHIFTY Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 Haha, how can you just guess someones name if your going to be putting them on the internet?? That seems funny, but again, it's cool how you represented BB. NICE! Quote
First Grade Teacher Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 Ah yep......... Big Ben who just got back from Killington is also saying that BB is set up better than killington. HAH! Spread the Love! Spread the love? Last week BB was a bunch of idiots! This week, "spread the love". Make up your mind! So much for BB giving a shit what you think. Quote
Papasteeze Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 Spread the love? Last week BB was a bunch of idiots! This week, "spread the love". Make up your mind! So much for BB giving a shit what you think. i actually agree with you somewhat WHOA WHOA WHOA.......................................... I did not/do not agree with letting PL go and I feel strongly that the mgmt is out to prove that they didn't need them, I will still give credit where credit is due and that is the fact that they have a sick park better than anyones anywhere for kids with skills possibly better than all in the eastern US... I have yet to see any video or photos compare to what was there this weekend. I know exactly where and what they are planning for this weekend. if it stays cold enough, look for epic and I mean epic stuff this coming christmas break. What we will never know is whether it would be better or worse if PL was still there. All I know is that they are way ahead of the curve now.. and that is what really counts to us. Quote
asoreD Posted December 22, 2006 Report Posted December 22, 2006 Big Boulder.... What an amazing mountain. You guys did it right! Quote
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