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wintersway
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Just to get a hype train going, my friend is on the park crew there and says that Mt. Ellen will have a jump in the park when it opens Friday. Hopefully they will open up a lot more rails in there too.
Dec 14 2009 10:01AM
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wintersway
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Jumps were open on Thursday. Should be open tomorrow if they aren't in the way of the comp
Mar 5 2010 8:45PM
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VT_scratch
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how were they?
Mar 5 2010 9:16PM
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wintersway
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they werent bad, but they looked like they neededsome work done.

Tonight was the last night grooming for the current park groomer. He is going to be replaced by an experienced with park groomer, Aaron (current groomer) says.
Mar 6 2010 2:38AM
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Jib-Life
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they have a flat rail up yet?
Mar 6 2010 2:50PM
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JaphyRyder
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nah, same rail setup
Mar 6 2010 5:41PM
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Johwdannnn
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Jumps were much better today but, the landing for the smaller second jump was a bit sketchy
Mar 6 2010 5:52PM
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JaphyRyder
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dude, the jumps need more pop theyre soo flat
Mar 6 2010 7:36PM
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jamers
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comp today was mad fun, got burnt as fuck. It was reaaaaaly laid back and unorganized though. Before the comp they were announcing asking for 3 judges to judge the comp. Only Skier judge was a fucking gaper too. He only watched the down rail, and stayed on it for the entire comp. But kids were THROWING down on all the other features. A bunch of pretty sick step on tricks by TK? Cole was throwing down, 450 on 2 off the down bar, and disaster 4 on the dfd. Ryan was throwing some sick shit, 360 swap over the kink on the dfd, and a coupla 450's. Overall was mad fun but i have to spray aloe all over my face.
Whos going tommorow?
Mar 6 2010 7:54PM
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T-Holt
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I'll be up there tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be as nice as today.
Mar 6 2010 8:57PM
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Jib-Life
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that's impressive on that dfd, shit's nano jib status.
Mar 6 2010 9:20PM
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atomic1824
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The jump line on Saturday and Sunday was a lot better then it has been. Good work sugarbush especially in light of all that's gone down with your grooming team. I think you could add a little bit more lip to the second table big side, it is a little flat. The big third jump was a little squirrely on the in run too, but I know it is hard to maintain jumps under almost 50deg conditions.
Mar 8 2010 11:27AM
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JaphyRyder
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very true. More pop on the second would be prime, but again much better
Mar 8 2010 1:51PM
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617jibber
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fact: stepping on the top of rails then jumping on looks horrible. so to all of you who do this make an effort not to... please
Mar 10 2010 6:59PM
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JaphyRyder
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hah true i saw alot of this the other day
Mar 10 2010 7:58PM
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VT_scratch
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not a lot of those kids are NSers
Mar 10 2010 8:55PM
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wintersway
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i figured it was something they are watching on traveling circus... but then again, i guess not everyone watching that is on here

it looks decent if they do it at normal speed and are doing it to spin a 2 on, but when they slow down to a stop and then do it, it wastes all of our time
Mar 11 2010 9:55AM
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Afeld
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http://www.battleforburlington.com/index.html

Who's doing it?

Mar 11 2010 2:43PM
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617jibber
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i might try and represent champlain and sugarbush if i can get out of MA and up to VT before Saturday
Mar 11 2010 6:47PM
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Milksteak
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sooooo does anyone know if they're even going to bother changing up the park? I feel like it's a bit to late in the season..

Mar 15 2010 3:52PM
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Mac.
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Anyone know how much rain they got, and how if affected everything?
Mar 15 2010 4:43PM
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LiamMcKinley
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i was there sunday during the rain. didnt look like it had done too much damage from what i saw.
Mar 15 2010 8:17PM
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VT_scratch
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mad fun on monday. jamers took me to the shack!
Mar 17 2010 5:46PM
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wintersway
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everything still the same?

and has anyone hit the new c box at the bottom yet? ive only seen boarders making attempts and only one of the park crew guys do it clean.
Mar 18 2010 4:46PM
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jamers
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u just need enough speed. its mad fun, youll be 2ing off it in no time


Mar 18 2010 8:32PM
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Johwdannnn
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Park today was not the best.  The first jump was super flat and neads more pop.
Mar 20 2010 11:50PM
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VT_scratch
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ya I rarely even hit the jumps anymore which is unfortunate. one of the reasons I was stoked to come to bush this year instead of smuggs was because of some jumps
Mar 21 2010 7:29PM
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wintersway
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jumps are dead for sure. really unfortunate since i really need to work on grabs and wanted to get a 7 this year. guess ill stick to getting my goals for rails jibs done.

TANKS FOR NOTHING railjam this weekend.

ill be there trying to do something good
Mar 22 2010 1:49AM
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wintersway
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should probably post more info about that. dunno if skiers are in yet, as its hosted by rhythm snowboards...

$10 railjam, free if you are wearing a tank top
saturday, march 27

"To officially celebrate the ridiculous early closing of Mt. Ellen and our Park, we are throwing a rail jam, " Tanks for Nothing". Brought to you by our friends at Rhythm Snowboards theere will be $1000 cash on the line and a ton of laughs at the expence of your friends. Registration runs from 10-12. 10 bucks gets you in unless you're sportin a wife-beater, then its free- get it? Tanks for Nothing....... Yes Holden it's jam format!" - Sugarbush Parks fan page
Mar 22 2010 1:53AM
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StowePassHolder
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will there full park still be open this weekend
Mar 22 2010 11:06AM
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wintersway
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should be open all week and weekend. there is a comp saturday, then last day of mt ellen is sunday.
Mar 22 2010 3:33PM
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Milksteak
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Do they still have features at lincoln?
Mar 22 2010 3:54PM
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wintersway
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i believe they were going to leave the battleship, down, and rainbow boxes from the butter bash for the rest of the season. thats what tony told some of us when we asked if they were moving the battleship over to ellen
Mar 22 2010 6:15PM
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617jibber
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Mt.Ellen closes this weekend....
Mar 22 2010 10:04PM
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jamers
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Fuck.
i really hope they set up some other shit on lincoln, that setup is pretty weak.
Mar 23 2010 2:01AM
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dunkaroos
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I agree. although the battleship is kind of fun
Mar 23 2010 7:39AM
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wintersway
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really soft all over today in the park and up top. they were smart enough to close the jumps off even though it looks like they have been cleaned up since i was up last.

i do see why they would be closing ellen this weekend though. there are quite a few patches all over the mountain. i bet lincoln is doing fine though because they dont have minimal snowmaking...
Mar 25 2010 6:21PM
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beastroast
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They should just push the jumps into one big booter for the last weekend. if they leave them closed its just a big waste of snow.
Mar 25 2010 10:25PM
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T-Holt
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I think they could easily stay open for at least one more week, the coverage honestly isn't all that bad.
Mar 26 2010 12:48PM
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wintersway
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yeah they could. the bottom is getting dirty and patched out, but its pretty fuckin cold right now after that 60 degree week.

big problem is wasted energy though. mt ellen has such little amount of people on the weekends, but the week is just empty. even the other lifts have nobody going up them. that is a lot of money to come from sugarbush. even just to stay open for one more week, which is about all they could handle with the base as you get to the bottom. mid mountain and higher is good though
Mar 27 2010 1:08AM
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.Max.
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They're gonna be open Sunday right? I couldn't get up there today and need one last day...
Mar 27 2010 8:52AM
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Milksteak
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Yeah they will be.
Mar 27 2010 8:53AM
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jamers
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dat was the shit while it lasted
are they plowing everything now? is stuff still hikeable?
Mar 29 2010 4:48PM
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Milksteak
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According to their Facebook page they aren't leaving anything to hike..
Mar 29 2010 5:27PM
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dunkaroos
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Damn it. Looks like I'll be hiking Bolton after all.
Mar 29 2010 5:30PM
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VT_scratch
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im looking forward to a hot day of saturday shred, even if there's no park
Mar 29 2010 5:36PM
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Milksteak
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Word. It's supposed to be like 80...yeeeeeeee
Mar 29 2010 6:44PM
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wintersway
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i have heard park crew members talking about leaving the last 6 features up for hiking. pretty sure tony and trevor were joking when they said they wouldn't leave anything up... just look at the caps lock. they are always sarcastic in their answers on the parks page. if i were looking to hit some jibs, i would head to mt ellen first and see if stuff is up. my guess is that they didnt want to say they were leaving stuff up in case someone from lincoln ski patrol or something checked. pretty sure they have to say that because of legal issues and such (mt ellen is closed, no ski patrol... )

if there isnt anything there, just head over to lincoln instead. it wont take too much time out of your day.
Mar 29 2010 9:21PM
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T-Holt
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Can I just hike the stuff at lincon? I can't buy any tickets.
Mar 30 2010 6:18PM
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LiamMcKinley
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i think you can.
Mar 30 2010 8:22PM
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jamers
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sure dude, setup kinda blows, but watevs, its fun for a while.
I hope they put new shit into that setup. Any news on their fbook page? I cant get on it in school.
Mar 31 2010 9:54AM
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