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Afeld
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Anybody know what's up?
Jan 4 2010 7:11PM
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infedel_one
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parks crap...they really havent even started blowing for the big park...mini park has a butterbox, rainbow box, up flat up box, and a really small handrail thats madd wierd ubran style...jumps onto the rainbow and up flat up box are maddd shitty and way to small so u cant spin on...theyve really gotta get someone up there to build the park like they did a few years ago
Jan 4 2010 8:25PM
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psizzle
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up flat up? interestinnnggg
Jan 4 2010 9:12PM
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infedel_one
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yahhh haha they just switched around the DFD
Jan 4 2010 9:49PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Its a flat up flat,  that and the rainbow are fun and mellow.  They have been blowing snow for the big park all week so it should definatly be open next week.  But they just got over 2 ft of snow and its all families there so no one is in the woods
Jan 7 2010 1:02PM
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Afeld
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Went up yesterday night, it was pretty fun. Vista lift is closed.

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Jan 7 2010 5:36PM
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VT_scratch
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bumppp. any jumps up yet?
Jan 15 2010 3:50PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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no jumps yet.  According to the park blog it says the big park will be open tomorrow!!!
Jan 15 2010 5:38PM
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Afeld
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Friday, January 15, 2010 Slight Delay Unfortunately we will have a small delay opening the Butterscotch and Progression Park. We sincerely apologize.

http://boltonterrainparks.blogspot.com/2010/01/slight-delay.html


Jan 15 2010 7:57PM
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Commonwealth
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^^I'm pretty sure those are old pictures.
Jan 15 2010 8:09PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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yeah thats a pic from last year.  well i have tuesday off so hopefully it will be open then
Jan 15 2010 8:11PM
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infedel_one
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the park will be open tomorow...from what i saw theyve got two jumpes and prolly a stepdown where it usually is...the jumps have fuckin pop, i mean straight up wutang curvature off the lips which i personally hate...pretty much looks like last years setup which is stupid cause i like when its changed up...they had the rainbow box up top then at the bottom they had the dfd rail next to a downrail and then a short flat to longer down...thats all i could see
Jan 15 2010 9:34PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Im going tomorrow.  How is the park?
Jan 17 2010 1:35PM
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Afeld
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I went last night (1/16/10).
On the "Big" line starts out with either an up-down or a battleship.
Then the him and her.
Then a pretty big hip
the either a dfd or a down rail
finally a short flat to down rail

On the "medium" park
small roller or a short flat box
little jump short flat box
small jump (bigger then the others on this side) or a small flat rail

jungle jib hasn't changed
Jan 17 2010 6:02PM
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VT_scratch
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cool thanks for the update
Jan 18 2010 10:54AM
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.peter
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The park today was fun.
The right side landing on the hip is awesome but you have to get a lot of speed for it to really matter.
Rails are fun and so was the jib park.
Jan 19 2010 5:17PM
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dunkaroos
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Jan 21 2010 3:22PM
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Afeld
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^thanks man,

Did they fix the speed problem?
Jan 21 2010 3:30PM
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dunkaroos
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I have no idea, I haven't been there in a while. Do they even have their long flat box set up?
Jan 21 2010 3:54PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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I was there monday and tuesday and there was no speed for the top 2 rails, then you had to bomb the jump just to clear the knuckle

Jan 21 2010 4:06PM
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dunkaroos
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According to the "Terrain Park Blog," apparently Bolton will hopefully have their park at Timberline next year.

Heres what Allison (the park crew manager) said:

"We didn't want to spread any rumors this year,(good thing we didn't either because of the late seasonal start) but Harold and I discussed putting a jump line over at Timberline this year. It was in the plans before we realized mother nature (MN) was going to take her sweet time with the snow. Hopefully we will achieve our goal next year."

It would be really sick if Bolton stepped up and made their park legit and made a long jump line and a nice long jib line. Hopefully it will be on twice as nice.
Jan 28 2010 8:26PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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That would be real nice.  I remember going up the timberline lift early season and they had been blowing snow so there was huge mounds under the lift and i thought.  Hey this would be sick place for a jump line.  You could hit woods then park, or just get off the mid way point.
Jan 29 2010 12:01PM
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freeski07
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yeah, i would just end up standing on the top of the up down box, the next jump was ok if you legit bombed it.
Jan 29 2010 4:50PM
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^BEANS^
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park sounds pretty fun. im gonna be up this comming weekend. any other mountains that are less than 1 hour from bolton?
Feb 7 2010 7:08PM
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infedel_one
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stowes got a killer park right now...id say its way better than boltons
Feb 7 2010 7:13PM
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Commonwealth
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Are you staying at Bolton? From Bolton, MRG and Sugarbush are probably 40-45 minutes away, and Stowe is probably about the same distance in the other direction, time-wise.
Feb 7 2010 7:13PM
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dangerdad
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I am sorry to say it, but unless someone like Burton invests money in the park like they did two years ago, then they will never have enough money to make it actually legit.
Feb 7 2010 8:24PM
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^BEANS^
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commonwealth. im gonna be staying at my aunts she lives 30mins from bolton. im deff gonna have to head up to stowe
Feb 9 2010 8:07PM
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Jib-Life
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Boltons just not worth it this season, if you want a sick park Stowe and Bush are both within 30 mins of Bolton.

Stowe has an incredibly well rounded park, and SugarBush has more jibs then you will know what to do with and they are all set up so nice.

Honestly, your better off at either of those mountains then you are at Bolton.

Hopefully they can get it going better next year.
Feb 10 2010 8:55AM
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ski@jaypeak2
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I havnt been to sugarbush yet this year and there is no way Bolton could ever compare to Stowe, but i was at bolton yesterday and it was warm and sunny and the parks were lots of fun.  I think everything is set up nicley.  Its not huge and there isnt a lot of features but what is there is set up well.

Lets be honest Bolton wont have a banger park unless someone like Burton really comes in and takes over and they make that part of their business strategy.  Right now they do well enough with families and lessons.  I was riding a lift with a longtime instructor and he said they are most likly going to turn a profit this year!!  I think thats huge for a place that has closed twice in the last like 10 years.
Feb 10 2010 9:44AM
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dunkaroos
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I'll be there Saturday working on adding grabs to my spins. Anybody heading up this weekend?
Feb 11 2010 4:50PM
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StowePassHolder
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sick
Feb 12 2010 10:59AM
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dunkaroos
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what do you want a cookie? go away Will.
Feb 12 2010 11:04AM
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ski@jaypeak2
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monday or tuesday anyone?  Ill be there both daysClick for larger image
Feb 13 2010 3:12PM
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dunkaroos
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pretty sick picture. I was there today and I couldn't get enough speed for the first jumps. The jumps have terrible speed issues this year. I hope there park gets better next year or else I'm done with Bolton.
Feb 13 2010 5:18PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Last tuesday they were perfect, it snowed about 4" in the morning and by the time i got there they had all been raked out and were super smooth.  But i agree they have to change up something.  I like the idea of having the park over at timberline, the weather always seems nicer over there.  And at least it would be a change in scenery,  the park has been set up almost exactly the same for the last 6 years

Feb 13 2010 5:22PM
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dunkaroos
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Moving the park to timberline might be the only thing that will keep me at Bolton. Today, I bombed the entire run in and still knuckled it. hopefully the problem is my skis, they haven't been waxed in a long time. I do have to say that the jumps are a lot bigger than they were last year.
Feb 13 2010 6:08PM
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Commonwealth
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Both of my friends (non-park skiers) hit the jump for the first time in their lives yesterday. They started from just below the rails, and both cleared it.

While I agree that the park has speed issues, I'd definitely say your skis are the culprit on this one.
Feb 13 2010 6:21PM
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dunkaroos
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Well, I'm glad that's cleared up. Who was there today?
Feb 13 2010 6:26PM
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Afeld
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New park!

up box
up rail
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barrel stall/booter/thingy

looks sick
Feb 14 2010 6:12PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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The barrel stall is real sick.  It almost like a qp with barrells along the top and a landing on the back side.  they also set up the green sobe up rail, but they set it up flat with a major drop off at the end.  It was real fun monday
Feb 17 2010 1:45PM
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freeski07
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c box at the bottom was so sticky a few days ago. I would get on and my skis would just straight stop, I do not recommend trying it haha
Feb 17 2010 4:49PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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the new jungle jib setp up is sooo sick.  dfd with 2 dif takeoffs, then the option of flat rail/barrel bonk/rainbow box all with legit takeoffs.  The flat box is awesome for spins and there is a pretty big gap onto the rainbow.  At the end they have the dance floor set up on its side, kindof like a take off for a spine. its all set up soo well, love it!!
Mar 7 2010 8:00PM
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Commonwealth
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Are the jumps in the big park still the same?
Mar 7 2010 8:11PM
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soooo sick i cant wait until i get to hit this stuff Wednesday night.  !Night Riders Final!
Mar 7 2010 11:09PM
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Meases_Pieces
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where are my pictures?
Mar 7 2010 11:13PM
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dunkaroos
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not sure if these are the ones you wanted but here are some new pics. The new jib park look sooo nice. pics:

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Mar 8 2010 9:21AM
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wintersway
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big park still has major speed issues if there is any wind. dont speed check for the boxes up top. then stop at the mound, skate, then tuck into the smaller take off of the jump and you had perfect speed to land a bit past the knuckle.

Mar 8 2010 10:42AM
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