Yeah gondolier was like a luge track! What I continue to not understand, not just throwing stones at sugarbush, is why in VT the mountains are not entering the 21st century given their dependence on snowmaking. In the Alps it is heavily computerized, I'll say this the eastern alps have had worse weather than VT but because of much better snowmaking technology were able to open a lot of terrain and they must be doing it efficiently because power costs there are VERY high compared to VT. Sensors let them know when they can make snow and they are able to shut it down and turn it on at the drop of a hat. Mind you from what I have seen it is only in limited places but itallows them to open a decent amount of terrain(10 trails or so) early so they are never caught without terrain. Sugarbush when they make investments in snowmaking really should look into automating the system and upgrading it so at early season when they get favorable conditions in a short window, they can take advantage of it.
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