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OKEMO Update Thread

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thisandthatfilms
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following after the stratton one also thought it would be a good idea


this is my home mountain and i am there every weekend..


although i dont live in vt so i cant be there during the week it would be sick to have locals that go there everyday post in here to update everyone else


in here post:

-weather
-snowfall
-videos
-pictures
-days you wanna meet up n shit (i film edits could be made)
-conditions
-new features
-taken out features




alright lets get this shit goin peeps
Dec 6 2009 6:29PM
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no_steeze
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i drove by today and it was white

they were making snow

it was cold
Dec 6 2009 7:28PM
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Robs
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i was there for opening day on saturday. the new purple paint job for the rails is soo sick.  they also got 2-4 inches saturday night and they're blowin on timberline so maybe they'll get that open and put some features up.

this thread is a great idea for those of us who ski okemo. ill be up there basically every weekend too skiin mostly park. i'll be there for most of winter break as well.
Dec 6 2009 9:39PM
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AElot
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you could also check..

A. the okemo snow report
B. Some sort of weather news outlet (NOAA, accuweather, weather.com, TV)
C. The okemo parks page writes EXACTLY what they have up and on what trails
Dec 7 2009 12:55AM
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golf
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Well yea but wouldn't you rather get it from someones else perspective other than Okemo? I hopin to head up there sometime soon.
Dec 7 2009 1:19AM
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MasterOz
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i was there yesterday. kinda crazy, u have to ride 3 lifts b4 u cans ski. and then u have to download to get back to the base. not ideal, but it was still mad fun.  they had a box a rail and a rainbow rail. kinda sketchy okemo steeze, but not bad considering the weather.
Dec 7 2009 9:41AM
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BMskier
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i will hopefully be skiing there on ym winter break
Dec 7 2009 2:03PM
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no_steeze
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wow glad i drove the extra 30 mins to get to killington
Dec 7 2009 6:00PM
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Robs
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sorry i lied, they're not blowin timberline now.  but they are blowin on sapphire 
Dec 7 2009 6:16PM
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T*Ski
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anybody know whats the outlook on nor'easter? im going up the 17th for a while and hoping they'll have some fun stuff up
Dec 10 2009 4:58PM
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Bugler
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does  anyone know if they will have any park features set up tommorrow? Im trying to go, but i don't wanna drive three hours to be dissapointed.
Dec 10 2009 5:11PM
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T*Ski
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theyve got like a down urb and a flat box set up on countdown
Dec 10 2009 5:31PM
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thisandthatfilms
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nice to see this is going well... and ya what andy said about the other ways
Dec 10 2009 6:20PM
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phishfood
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this is off their facebook page regarding this weekend-

"we will be pushing snow around tomorrow on sapphire to see what we got. We are gonna try for 4 features and a little jump. We are only able to build on Sapphire at this time, so we will see what we can cram onto it."

a little jump!

what trail is sapphire? is that their normal park trail?
Dec 10 2009 8:49PM
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MurderBert
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Saphire is just a normal blue square and no it's not a normal park trail. They did the same thing last year in the early season
Dec 10 2009 9:18PM
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T*Ski
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if they dont start bowing on nor'easter soon.....
Dec 10 2009 9:33PM
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thisandthatfilms
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ya that park was sick last year. so many fun little jibs and shit
Dec 11 2009 3:04PM
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Robs
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^ yeah the preseason park on sapphire last year was a lot of fun, they did a really good job on it. its a good warm up for the season.

^^on the okemo website it says that they started blowin on noreaster, and with the foot of snow they got hopefully that park will be up and running soooon.
Dec 11 2009 3:44PM
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steezeball478
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i was there today, it was pretty cold but still really fun. under the summit lift they just had like a small rainblow rail/box setup and a really wide flat box. on saphire they had a pretty big down box, flat rail, small jump, c-box (which was closed off), and a big a-frame rail. I saw them grooming snow on nor'easter and i heard it was guna be open for tommorow, but idk if they are guna have features on it
Dec 12 2009 8:25PM
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thisandthatfilms
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god im getting so hyped for christmas break
Dec 14 2009 9:05PM
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CorruptArmada
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Glad I found this thread. I ski up at Okemo every year around presidents day weekend, but I'm going up the day after christmas this year so I'm pretty stoked. Maybe I'll see some of you guys there
Dec 15 2009 11:27AM
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CMYK
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Anyone know the  setup for this weekend? I'm looking to head up Sunday...
Dec 17 2009 3:53PM
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thisandthatfilms
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im heading up tuesday skiing wed. if anyone wants to film...

hit me up with a PM
Dec 17 2009 9:42PM
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thisandthatfilms
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whats goodie with okemo peeps
Dec 21 2009 9:48PM
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loafcrew
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or u could get it from locals view im sure he did that
Dec 23 2009 11:22AM
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loafcrew
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i heading up friday
Dec 23 2009 11:24AM
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AElot
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took 2 runs today it was really cold and icy and not good.

here's what they have

Saphire:

down box
corrugated pipe pole jam type thingy
flat rail
HUGE BOOTER (HUGE)
c box turning left
up down rail
corrugated pipe balance beam thingy

Noreaster

flat down box
down rail
3 monster booters!!!!!!! (absolutely insanely large)
flat box
AMP BUS (best feature ever)
Dec 23 2009 3:57PM
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Robs
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^ yeah it was freezing today, i was up there too.  but u forgot about those massive kickers they have set up at the bottom of jackson gore in the mini park.
Dec 23 2009 7:22PM
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CorruptArmada
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so stoked. im going up sunday, monday and tuesday
Dec 24 2009 1:38AM
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AElot
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I was joking when i used the terms monster booters and HUGE BOOTER. that was sarcasm. The jumps are literally 10 - 15 feet MAX. and one of them is literally 5 feet no joke i measured it.

sorry if i got you a little too stoked ^
Dec 24 2009 7:55PM
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CorruptArmada
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fuck dude haha, whatever its alright.
Dec 25 2009 5:54PM
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thisandthatfilms
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i went today and their really trying to get shit together... on my last run down saffire they dug up the down box, the flat rail, and the a-frame.....

guessing they want to move them to noreaster because there is so much unused snow there....

they really gotta do something about those jumps in noreaster though.. like.. really?
Dec 26 2009 10:10PM
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T*Ski
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okemos a joke right now
Dec 27 2009 11:32AM
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CorruptArmada
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ganna have to agree. went today for two hours in the rain and the set up at my home mountain in jersey is better
Dec 27 2009 12:47PM
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AElot
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Q: Describe okemo's parks in one word
A: Pathetic

I took one run today, went down nor'easter, hit the tiny ass jumps, hit the AWESOME SICK NASTY bus, got to the bottom of Northstar, and it was a unanimous decision between my brothers and myself that that was our first and last run of the day. There's no point in continuing to torture oneself by skiing the shittiest park in the world over and over whilst enduring the 30 minute combined lift line + ride.

Q: What is the biggest feature that Okemo has to offer?
A: A 15-foot table in the nor'easter SUPERpark.

Please note the capitalization of the word "super" in superpark. When a mountain claims to have something so super they should back that claim up with "super" features. Okemo fails to do this year after year. It's almost JANUARY and the biggest jump Okemo has is 15 feet?!!?!? Give me a break.

Anybody considering going to Okemo please think again. I urge those people to seek alternative mountain destinations with quality parks (mount snow)


Dec 28 2009 2:15PM
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hellmut
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Yeah Okemo sucks this year.
Dec 28 2009 2:26PM
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T*Ski
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worrrd
Dec 29 2009 12:43PM
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thisandthatfilms
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okemo really has to get it together... when they do its usually good
Jan 1 2010 9:46PM
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straightjibbin
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yea the park sucks so far, ive been up this past week and am pissed at the park. they barely have anything set up on nor easter period. i briefly talked to one of the guys who "fix up" the park during the day, asking what the deal was and he said they didnt have enough snow on nor easter yet to set many things up but after these past couple days thats bullshit they defiantly can do a lot better. oh yea and theyre not going to be setting up the truth rail.  im waiting for them to set the y rail up, must say that rail is steez. if anyones wondering killingtons park is ehh too. ill be there tomorrow, hit me up
Jan 1 2010 11:20PM
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meat_sack
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you know its bad when sunapee has theyre whole park open with actualy legit shit before okemo does
Jan 1 2010 11:55PM
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Shabangarang
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MOUNT SNOW
Jan 2 2010 6:22AM
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thisandthatfilms
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of course theyre not setting up the truth rail.... its the fuckin entrance to the park
Jan 2 2010 11:12AM
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v-ski360
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why the hell did okemo take out the wall ride at the end.  That bus might be the gayest thing i have ever seen.  Stalling at the top of that wallride made that mountain worthwhile every run
Jan 2 2010 2:27PM
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MurderBert
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amen
Jan 2 2010 2:51PM
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straightjibbin
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Park update: they put a few things up

nor easter
they put a triple  segment round rail in, (its got 2 kinks, its a weird "c" rail you could say)
the A frame is after it
then a flat grooved sewer pipe to a down sewer pipe

timberline
a rainbow box
and a small down flat down rail
Jan 2 2010 7:28PM
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loafcrew
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They Opened a new trail today that is not even on the trail maps its called Broken Arrow
Its Got Lots of sick setups in the woods like:
Wallrides
log rails
Small Jumps
Its SO Sick
The entrance is where upper arrow meets Mtn Rd
Jan 2 2010 8:10PM
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thisandthatfilms
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im so pumped for this weekend
Jan 3 2010 9:35PM
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Evilchris
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THANK YOU  i was readign this thread just to find this out
Jan 4 2010 11:00AM
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loafcrew
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np its pretty nice actually its up on upper arrow stay to the right side wen skiing upper arrow
Jan 4 2010 6:01PM
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AElot
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I skied a couple runs today....READ THIS!!!!! do not beleive anybody who says the broken arrow is a good trail, IT IS HORRIBLE. its good for snowboarders only, and its pretty lame. you might as well check it out once i guess, but then never go in again.

However, good news: there blowing snow on lower noreaster so im hoping for at least one big sized jump
Jan 7 2010 3:17PM
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loafcrew
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ya i mean theres a lot of trees but its not horrible
Jan 7 2010 5:05PM
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