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Looking_for_the_Bush
Fun couple runs this morning but the snow got sticky quick. by 10am i was having trouble getting my board to move on anything less than an expert trail lol. Ripcord under the chair was my favorite line of the day.
snow depths still look real good for a long April season on the usual suspects like ripcord/steins/spring fling.
i keep trying to just use the snow report for what it is...but Win if you are reading this you should consider mentioning the snowfall range in the written and phone report (it seems the written rerport is whats read on the snow phone) and here's why:
pulling into the mountain today i parked at LP and played the snow phone message over my car while putting my boots on. There's something that rubs me the wrong way when I hear "we picked up a silky 3 inches last night..." and there's a half to an inch of snow around the base area and most of the lower mountain. i choose to go to sugarbush years and years ago because the place has always seemed more laid back Vermont to me aside from all the development at LP (i understand why thats necessary) and in the past it always felt like an honest VT ski resort.
Recently i keep feeling like its losing some of that by the little things, like only making mention of the highest snow accum you can find on the hill. dont be afraid to say you got a dusting at the base and 3" at the summit. it feels like something killington would do to only report the highest number possible lol. just keep that in mind when thinking about what you can change for next year...its a very simple change and its more the phone message as you obviously aren't at your computer if you are calling the snow phone. Us older guys really enjoy the old school phone message and although Mark had the best reports, John does come up with some slick phrases.
anyway keep up the great work, the mountain has come a long way in on-hill experience in the past 5-6 seasons. just don't become a marketing machine only concerned with getting the most amount of people to the hill regardless of what the regulars think.
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