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hippy.Mad River vibes are 100x better. FACTS!
hippy.:( I got drunk last winter and went skiing a bunch and it was fun, but I feel you.
IsitWinterYet17Bump for any more comments. Considering buying a season pass to either. About equidistant from my house for both. Passes are now similar in price. I'm not going to either of these places for quality skiing, because obviously that's nonexistent. Will have a ton of days off work so plan to just fuck around in the parks even though I haven't tried skiing park in years; any days on skis is better than sitting and playing video games on my days off. I prioritize jumps over rails, but learning to be halfway decent at rails wouldn't be so bad either.
Unfortunately all my friends are short on PTO or are in school so ski trips elsewhere to VT or out west will be limited. :/
japanadaI think Mad River beats out snowtrails in every aspect but the lodge. Steeper skiing when ripping runs. Park to me is meh either way. The new GM of Mad River is a super rad dude who rides twins and skis the park, look for it to get even better this year!
The.FishIs this guy going to be better than the old one? We don't want another fall of 2014 to happen with mad river and bmbw... Those cold temps for the next two weeks look interesting if somebody near by wants to pull the trigger....
**This post was edited on Nov 8th 2018 at 7:37:30pm
The.FishIs this guy going to be better than the old one? We don't want another fall of 2014 to happen with mad river and bmbw... Those cold temps for the next two weeks look interesting if somebody near by wants to pull the trigger....
**This post was edited on Nov 8th 2018 at 7:37:30pm
teamdummyThat year I skied snow trails a week before thanksgiving. And BMBW didn’t open until after Christmas the same year if I remember correctly.It is always fun to go back in the bmbw predictions thread to see us all complaining about that. Peak resorts has been very aggressive up north in terms of opening up early, so hopefully boyd gets permission for it here. I know season pass sales are up 19% according to the latest peak resorts quarterly report.
IsitWinterYet17Can someone explain this peak pass? Not the Ohio drifter peak pass but below that in the selections, just drifter peak pass.
I just discovered it and it looks pretty sweet for my purposes. If you buy off the Mad river or BMBW website, is it an add on to your already purchased season pass? Or can you just buy that selection individually?
Right now the drifter peak pass is cheaper than a basic ohio drifter season pass for my age group on the mad river and bmbw sites.
If I go on the peak pass main website however it only allows you to select northeast resorts, but also says in the faq that those passes are good in Midwest. Right now it looks most cost effective to just make mount snow my home mountain, use $20 promo code, and pick up in December before Ohio even gets going.
Tell me I'm wrong. What's the benefit to buying on an Ohio peak resort site? Rfid and straight to lift? Is that the only benefit?
The.FishI was confused by that too. My mom bought my pass as a birthday gift, and she accidentally got me a peak pass instead of peak ohio. If it doesn't work in Ohio, I am going to be very angry with somebody. I think the issue is the rest of the new england resorts have their pass discount deadline in december, so the ohio resorts can't end their sale early for that specific pass. I have no idea why they changed the ohio pass this early though.
**This post was edited on Nov 11th 2018 at 11:30:06pm
**This post was edited on Nov 11th 2018 at 11:30:32pm
The.FishGuess who is making snow first again.... Snow trails.... You would think mad river and bmbw learned their lesson the last time we had these temps in november
IsitWinterYet17Yep, but it might be wasted. Supposed to get warm again down here. Idk why Cleveland isn't making snow tho
IsitWinterYet17So fucking dumb neither bmbw or mad river have started making snow. It's cold enough. Especially mad river; it's never gonna be consistently below freezing (aka consecutive weeks) all winter. They need to build their base while they can.
IsitWinterYet17So fucking dumb neither bmbw or mad river have started making snow. It's cold enough. Especially mad river; it's never gonna be consistently below freezing (aka consecutive weeks) all winter. They need to build their base while they can.
japanadaRumor mill says mad river is trying to be open this wknd. Time will telll
IsitWinterYet17The snow guns are off at both bmbw and mad river for whatever dumb ass reason. It's freezing out so no excuses for this
The.FishMad river is shooting themselves in the foot today. It has been below 25 all day and the guns aren't on. The next 24 hours are the coldest we have seen so far this year, so they better do something. They brought out a snowcat today to push out the piles which makes zero sense since it will just cause the snow to melt more with the rain coming in.
IsitWinterYet17They're so dumb. If they don't get their act together this will be the first and last time I buy their season pass
The.FishLook what bmbw just posted... If none of the peak resorts open this weekend, I will lose it.
runforlove2018Yeah I was just about to post that mad river has some pretty nice coverage and base built up. There's no way they aren't open by Saturday
The.FishMad river and bmbw are refusing to open while snow trails is currently building up their top to bottom park... I didn't know stupidity could reach these levels.
runforlove2018Their reason is warm temps. I honestly don't understand how they don't realize that it's central Ohio and it never stays below freezing consistently regardless of the month. Build a base. Let people ski. Build more base. Continue.
rclover106This upsets me so much every year. I just don't understand. If they are waiting for perfect weather they might as well not open. Snow trails gets it, but it's snow trails.
The.FishI am heading up to snow trails tomorrow because I am sick of waiting. I am getting my pass to snow trails next year because it is the same distance from ohio state as mad river
rclover106I am trying to decide what to do. I am ready to shred, and am not trying to make the drive to perfect north. I'm probably going to head up to snow trails tomorrow too. What time were you going to head up? Maybe we can get some laps in?!
The.FishI will get there around 1 or 2 and stay until probably around 9-10. I am going with Rparr too.
rclover106Alright, I was planning on getting there in the morning and staying all day so we will definitely have to meet up.
rclover106Alright, I was planning on getting there in the morning and staying all day so we will definitely have to meet up.
The.FishI have a black jacket, tan pants, and some old white ninthward skis. I have a newschoolers and bmbw sticker on my helmet.
RparrWoo it’s a party. I’ll be there nearly all day, I’m in a black hoodie with on3p’s
runforlove2018Mad river is set to open 12/19 per their website. Hopefully they'll have some features cuz there's not anything to actually ski other than park there
Camdeng33Snowtrails parks have been the best in Ohio the past 3 years and this will probably continue!!! #Cooperatekills
