Stowe 11/24-11/25

[Ice Queen]

I posted this TR on EpicSki, thought I'd post it here as well.

We headed up to Stowe on Friday and got two good days in Saturday and Sunday. The conditions are excellent, we were surprised at how great they were. By the time we quit Sunday at around 2:00, conditions were still excellent, there were a few icy spots but nothing to cause much trouble, and some baby bumps on a couple of trails.

The crowds were huge on Saturday, and we quit at around noon because it was so crowded and there were so many really bad skiers skiing really fast. The lift line at the quad was insane, too (that was the only lift open on Mansfield.) On the other hand, Sunday was much better, the same number of trails open and way fewer people. There was essentially no lift line Sunday after about 12:30 or so, and with conditions so good, we wished we weren't so tired and that we didn't have a 5-hour drive ahead of us, so we could have skied more.

We weren't sure what we were going to get and we figured we were taking a gamble driving up from RI, but we're really glad we went! This bodes well for the season I think. Knock on wood.

 

[cyn]

Sounds like conditions were great for this time of year - your reward for driving further up north! Too bad about the Saturday crowds, though.

If we're going up that way, sometimes we also like Sugarbush. For some reason (or maybe we were just lucky) it seems less crowded. We think the area has a "big" feel, too.

 

[Ice Queen]

Someone on Epicski said s/he had skied Sugarbush on Saturday, and that the crowds weren't so bad. We're definitely going to try it out this year, we haven't skied there yet. Thanks for the suggestion, that may be a better bet on Saturdays.