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by breckkidd
Apr 23rd, '25, 15:00
Forum: Chatter
Topic: wednesday 4/23/25 report
Replies: 2
Views: 570

wednesday 4/23/25 report

Just a glorious day out there today. Mud season in full effect. 12-3 outing this afternoon—hit everything that was open. Looks like the end of the line for both FIS and Rime, surprised the former even made it this far. Excellent, excellent coverage pretty much everywhere else. Noticed they are selli...
by breckkidd
Apr 12th, '25, 21:34
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Saturday 4/12/25 Report
Replies: 3
Views: 607

Saturday 4/12/25 Report

late afternoon shift for me today. strange day overall weather wise. upper elevation stuff seemed to be winners mostly. rotd was the upper portion of escapade which was hit a few times. north ridge pod skied well too—cascade was kind of rough not gonna lie (loose granular but with rather large chunk...
by breckkidd
Feb 18th, '25, 18:26
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Superstar Replacement - No World Cup 2025
Replies: 74
Views: 22101

Re: Superstar Replacement - No World Cup 2025

kudos to Mike and the mountain for the great communication as always. i’m stoked at the prospect of skiing through the end of May (and maybe beyond if we’re super lucky) on a completely different part of the mountain. the longevity of the season when they bury superstar is obviously unmatched, but i...
by breckkidd
Feb 4th, '25, 12:24
Forum: Chatter
Topic: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma
Replies: 43
Views: 5853

Re: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma

another random request: does anyone have pictures of the summit express prior to Poma getting their hands on it? i’m curious at how tall the last few towers were before being shortened. it’s pretty crazy to me that it wasn’t built below tree line in the first place, but obviously it was new tech at ...
by breckkidd
Jan 26th, '25, 17:13
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Sunday 01/26/2025
Replies: 31
Views: 6216

Re: Sunday 01/26/2025

1 to 4 mini closing shift for me today. skiers left of downdraft was quite good. middle and right side slick but not totally uncarvable—common theme today. shuffled over to south ridge and hit breakaway. was pretty firm and a bit thin in some spots, was a rare one-and-done run in that pod. upper par...
by breckkidd
Jan 24th, '25, 11:22
Forum: Chatter
Topic: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma
Replies: 43
Views: 5853

Re: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma

They use to make snow on lower giant killer. Plus upper giant killer. Pipes are still there but long cut and not operational. awesome shot, thank you so much for taking the time to dig it up and share it! as others have mentioned, i literally have never seen another photo of it in operation and am ...
by breckkidd
Jan 21st, '25, 19:40
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Pico 2037 (imagine if you will)
Replies: 58
Views: 10045

Re: Pico 2037 (imagine if you will)

newpylong1 wrote: Jan 21st, '25, 19:11 Scratch the Outpost Poma and summit Double off, those are non-starters.
lol fair enough. as someone with greater knowledge of mountain logistics than I, care to elaborate on either?
by breckkidd
Jan 21st, '25, 19:01
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Pico 2037 (imagine if you will)
Replies: 58
Views: 10045

Re: Pico 2037 (imagine if you will)

here’s something exactly zero people asked for, but this is somewhere between what i hope/expect pico to look like in the relatively near future (decade or two). there obviously are countless nuances and contingencies, and the prospect of the interconnect could certainly alter this, but this is wher...
by breckkidd
Jan 18th, '25, 20:06
Forum: Chatter
Topic: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma
Replies: 43
Views: 5853

Re: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma

I have no idea if or when it will ever be prioritized, but I think a new lift for Birch Glade would a great addition. If they were to add snowmaking to Birch Glade and Lower Giant Killer, then you'd be able to get to 4 trails off it (including Mid Pike and Mid KA), plus Birch Woods and Poma Glades....
by breckkidd
Jan 18th, '25, 16:33
Forum: Chatter
Topic: (Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma
Replies: 43
Views: 5853

(Pico) Birch Glades Double and Summit Poma

An oddly specific, un urgent request here but was curious if anyone who sees this has photos of either lift during its operation? I have found two images of the Birch Glades buried in old NELSAP fourms but cannot for the life of me find any others. As for the poma I have looked high and low as well ...
by breckkidd
Feb 21st, '24, 19:51
Forum: Chatter
Topic: wednesday 2/21 report
Replies: 7
Views: 1192

Re: wednesday 2/21 report

Started the day at the place where nobody goes, though I must admit I was slightly surprised at how full the lot was. Lapped all open trails off the summit. Was initially questioning the closure of upper GK but that notion immediately faded into oblivion after skiing upper Pike. In its current state...
by breckkidd
Jan 20th, '24, 11:57
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Brief Thoughts on Outpost and Pico
Replies: 14
Views: 2442

Brief Thoughts on Outpost and Pico

As some folks pointed out yesterday, in spite of being 100% open, Outpost did not run at Pico. Obviously we’re all familiar with the typical brief shimmy from the top of the Golden (and not running the left certainly helps preserve the snow) so there are certainly some silver linings to not running ...
by breckkidd
Nov 24th, '21, 02:18
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Fentanyl found in marijuana
Replies: 36
Views: 5388

Re: Fentanyl found in marijuana

Fentanyl is causing many deaths here in Long Island. We think our daughter died from it but we have to wait for the toxology report to come back and these days it takes over 6 months to get that report due to the many deaths that are occurring. The police still are investigating our daughter's deat...
by breckkidd
Mar 22nd, '21, 18:21
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Camelback Nightmare
Replies: 10
Views: 2895

Re: Camelback Nightmare

Unreal things like this can still occur. From what I gather the lift is from the mid 90’s but utilizes older parts from the 80’s. Sounds like a serious mechanical failure...it would be next to impossible for people to physically bounce the chair off the wire. Not to mention how Camelback seemingly b...
by breckkidd
Dec 1st, '20, 13:32
Forum: Chatter
Topic: What other VT ski area's are open now?
Replies: 28
Views: 3790

Re: What other VT ski area's are open now?

Drove past bromley on Sunday and they were open...doubt they are after the monsoon yesterday