Last Ski Day of the Season!

Ski Day 16 of the 2009 - 2010 ski season. Not too bad considering the circumstances this year. I think we maxed out on skiing cheap this year with a free Sunday River visit , a $9 Wildcat day, a $17 Mad River Glen ski day and Killington got us there 4 times with the $50 ticket specials we bought. Plus a 2for1 at Cannon and a surprise 1/2 price FebVaca package to Jay Peak. And Sunday River got us there a total of 4 times too, just not so much on the cheap!








Well we actually got to May 1st this year thanks to Jay Peak. The 'BIG' 2 footer somehow disappeared by the time we got there 48 hours later but everyone up for one last ski day made the trip to Jay.



Basically only 2 trails stayed open, down from 22 2 days ago, but the coverage was decent, the snow was soft and some good bump lines were to be had.









Pete & Petee conquered the mountain with style and now stood ready for a cold beer.

Awesome Killington School Vacation Ski Day

The weather was finally looking like it would cooperate and serve up a nice day - so off we went to Killington - and got what we were looking for - Sun, Soft Snow and warm temps! It was Marielle's first late season ski day on Superstar with BIG bumps ;-)

I must say Killington looks pretty foolish these days as they can't even make it until May 1st anymore. They should change the name of the ski area becauase it's NOT the old "first to open - last to close" mentality anymore. As you'll see in the video, there's plenty of snow on superstar here on the 21st of April - and they couldn't get to May 1st? Let's hear it for Jay Peak and Sugarloaf.

FREE Ski Day @ Sunday River c/o 'first tracks jack"

Paul C & I knew the snow was going really fast & we wanted to Catch Sunday River before they shut down the rest of Jordan & OZ. We got the ultimate cheap ski day when I tried Jack to see if he had any comp passes left over from GateKeeping duties - & he DID!

The wind was blowing the clouds really fast and spitting snow at us over at Jordan. We were practically the only people out there - always a spooky feeling. Sunday River should figure out how to keep things open on this side of the mountain in the late spring and just give up on the warm side of the mountain.



As you can see they were barelly open on the South Ridge Side - but winter was still in control out in Jorday & OZ. We found great conditions up in the valley with few barespots and great snow cover. It was so much colder out there that I had to go get my coat.

Mad, Mad, Mad River on St. Patrick's Day Ski Day

The ultimate ski day blog kinda day - Sunny, warm, lotsa snow
and if you wore green...it was only $17 !



I missed those skier only Bump lines you get at Mad River










It was my first trip to Mad River this year and
Nick and Jake were first time evers. I think they
were impressed. (and completely beat up as well after 12,000 vertical feet of soft bumps)





When I told Nick on the ride up that we'd be lucky to get in 6 runs
he couldn't believe it. So when we (I) barely made it down Paradise for the
second time and the sixth run I knew I was done and it was time for a late
lunch in General Stark's Pub. As you can see it wasn't without some
spectacular wipeouts thruout the day...

Killington / take 2 with Nick Ski Day

What a difference a little SUN makes. Nick & I made the Sunday run to Killinton on the last 2 $50 lift tickets.



Killington got over 4 feet of snow the prior week and it was holding up quite nicely.





Bear Mountain got us off to a warm start. We had to take our coats off after a couple of runs. Devils Den is one of the best glades on the mountain.








But after a few runs we made our way to the top and over to the north side of the mountain. The conditions from one side to the other was amazing. We were back in the powder snow and had some amazing runs, especially on Dipper!







And then we met this guy at the end of the day....who the heck knows what he was up to?

Killington Ski Day - Take 1 with the Collinszizz

It was a pretty snowy scene all over the mountain. Over 3 feet of snow had fallen on the upper mountain.











It was time for me & Marielle to do a ski day together. She was ripping it up all day and doing her best to keep the ice off the chair lift.












The snow was so deep you could push your pole down to the handle on the natural snow trails.











It sure seemed like a dark day, I'm surprised it wasn't still snowing.

Jay Peak ultimate cheap Ski Day Adventure.

What a great trip to Jay Peak for a first time visit. The best part was when I called to book the trip, they were having a half price sale to fill the Hotel Jay. So we stayed for 2 nights, got in 3 days of skiing plus Bfast & dinner each night. It was awesome as was Jay Peak.



The snow in the many glades was excellent.
Riding the tram was so painfully slow but still worth the trip to go to the top.
















Here's one of the best pics that I snapped from the car as we first got a look at Jay...