Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

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.