Learning to Love Sugarbush (again)

It's been a while since I've been up to Sugarbush, having spent lots of time in recent years at New Hampshire ski areas, Killington, and occasionally Stowe. But driving up Friday night over the Roxbury Gap, late at night with no other cars on the road, and feet(!) of virgin white snow piled up as far as the eye can see, was truly magnificent.

This year has brought so much snow to the northern Vermont ski areas, it's like skiing was back in the early eighties (as I remember it).

This weekend Sugarbush was 100% open. The woods were pristine. As much as I love arcing out big turns at the NH ski areas, you just don't get this in southern New England. At least I don't usually see it. So as long as conditions hold up, there's alot to be said for making the drive to Northern Vt. Oh, I mean, conditions are really bad, and don't go there. ;-)

Kudos to Sugarbush for the way they are running the mountain and the entire area.

Check out the independent forums where you can get the real scoop from Sugarbush (and Mad River) skiers ('specially regarding conditions), AND the new owner of Sugarbush regularly weighs in on the forums, keeping it real. (Way to go, Win.)

http://forums.skimrv.com/forum-1.html

That, you gotta love...