There was at least 16 inches of new snow out there on the mountain (Okemo) today. Up to two feet in spots. Incredible that it's November 27 and I've already had two amazing powder days!
Looks like you made it home? Hope you’re okay. Mr. Blizzard had to come home and get his tractor to pull a tree out of the way before he could get out our road.
My skill level is "plodding intermediate" but I would definitely be interested if I wouldn't hold you back. I also have a pass that lets me and a friend ski for free at any Vermont resort, so if we teamed up, you wouldn't have to buy a lift ticket.
We arrived at Okemo noon-ish today, after the morning power outage was over. Took a long time to get there - 1 1/3 hours, with half of that at 20 mph because the (back) roads were so bad. But worth it - what magnificent powder! Hope to go back tomorrow! Is this really November?There was at least 16 inches of new snow out there on the mountain (Okemo) today. Up to two feet in spots. Incredible that it's November 27 and I've already had two amazing powder days!
I can do the absorption extension exercises on runs with small bumps that don't scare me. My challenge is not mentally psyching myself out on where to turn and slowing down to a couple of turns at a time rather than going continuously at an appropriate speed that still allows for good decision making when bumps get bigger or in trees where I start worrying about what obstacles may be right beneath the surface. If that makes sense. I can get down most runs pretty easily, though very tight trees still scare me, but way too slooooowly and I haven't been able to up my speed even though I put myself in the terrain as offen as I can. So I'm not sure if it's way more mileage I need, or more specific fundamentals I'm missing to make me more comfortable there.
Granted we haven't skied together much the last couple years, but I really all think it's mostly a mileage thing... just getting comfortable with it. Sure we can always improve something, but you have always looked effortless in anything you ski. Even if you don't feel that way.
Finding mellow but interesting bumps and/or trees to gain mileage without too much of a mental challenge is not that easy. Pico has good terrain in that regard. Smuggs has some more open trees. Sugarloaf seems to have some on the Mt. Ellen side. How about Sunday River?The chaos in my head when skiing bumps/trees/ungroomed is so at odds with the sentiment of looking effortless lol. I agree that mileage is a huge thing too though! I always feel like I'm a spilt second away from utter disaster in that terrain.
Oops, I meant Sugarbush.Finding mellow but interesting bumps and/or trees to gain mileage without too much of a mental challenge is not that easy. Pico has good terrain in that regard. Smuggs has some more open trees. Sugarloaf seems to have some on the Mt. Ellen side. How about Sunday River?
Oops, I meant Sugarbush.
Guess I'm thinking about going to check out Sugarloaf. Although the advantage of not having as many people because it's a longer drive tends to mean fewer bumps. But plenty of ungroomed and perhaps untracked terrain even a few days after a snowstorm.
I accidentally went out to my porch in November without checking the avalanche report. Rookie mistake. #Vermont
We're going to visit some friends at Stowe next weekend and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the lift ticket prices! With 2 adults and 3 kids it will cost us nearly $1k for lift tickets alone for the weekend! Any tips on how/where to find them cheaper?
We have season passes to our home mountain(s), but wanted to explore a new place with friends. It certainly is a bit of sticker shock!Unfortunately I have no tips there, hopefully some of the Vermont divas will. Certainly puts into perspective what a family has to pay to ski for a weekend, and I complain about pricing for just me, myself, and I.. At some mountains it would probably be cheaper to get kids a season pass depending on ages. Yikes!