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Stratton 13/14

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here is the official discussion thread for stratton 13/14!
GA GA GIT IT
Oct 24 2013 10:42PM
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fortyvalve
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Got the 1826 pass for snow and Stratton! So stoked
Oct 26 2013 9:26AM
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Ryan*
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I have a season pass to Stratton.
My whole family has season passes to Stratton.
My dad is a ski patroller at Stratton.
I.
Hate.
Stratton.

What are lift ticket prices this year, $120?
Oct 26 2013 2:15PM
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JWeinstock
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will show 2-3 times thisyear
Oct 26 2013 3:20PM
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ForeverYung
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I'm there a good amount of Sundays out of the season, stoked to see what they do with Big Ben this year
Oct 26 2013 3:57PM
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oil.
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i feel like that trail has a lot of potential to be an awesome park. nice and wide, mellow, but you can get a decent amount of speed.
Oct 28 2013 12:00PM
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WinterStick
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Is it hikeable yet? I wanna head up for a few turns, but don't feel like going all the way to Killington. There has to be enough snow on the trails they're blowing on, right?
Oct 30 2013 6:12PM
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oil.
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i dont know, but from what i can tell they have only tested the snow guns. they haven't been blasting for cover. i can let you know next weekend, im going up for some work related stuff.
Oct 30 2013 7:06PM
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B.Smuda
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If you're planning on getting the Stratton/Mount Snow Double Down Pass, please see this thread...

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/755267/
Nov 5 2013 3:57PM
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J_BISCHOF
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sounds like you have a major stick up your butt dude. Also, if everyone you know has season passes, why do you care how much a lift ticket costs?
Nov 6 2013 4:40PM
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Ryan*
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Because

1. my immediate family =/= everyone I know, and
2. I care about people being able to ski for a fair price. Our sport is expensive enough as it is. Stratton's prices are fucking ludicrous, especially given the quality of the mountain.
Nov 6 2013 11:45PM
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freeskibum82
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Ill be there the sunday after thanksgiving! and then every sunday after that. love the $199 sunday pass. see you guys up there! hope they set up big ben better this year.
Nov 7 2013 8:27AM
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dvx100
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Will be up every weekend once the mountain opens. /claim

It's a love/hate relationship with the mountain and I.
Nov 8 2013 5:39PM
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oil.
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Just keeping everybody posted, if you don't follow Stratton on Instagram/twitter/Facebook or whatever snowmaking started today. It's also lightly snowing here at the mountain. Get excited!
Nov 9 2013 10:45PM
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freeskibum82
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZQ1f_LBu8&noredirect=1
Nov 15 2013 6:52PM
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freeskibum82
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lets try this again

Nov 15 2013 6:53PM
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oil.
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word, i wish park crew knew how to shape a lip though. the lips are always super low and require jordan hops to get on.
Nov 16 2013 1:03AM
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treesmann
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anybody from the nyc- danbury,ct - poughkeepsie , ny area tryin to go  sunday? I'm meeting a friend at stratton whose  coming from boston and some gas money and company would really help
Nov 22 2013 10:36AM
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freeskibum82
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ill be there sunday! ill be the old fart on nordica dead moneys.
Nov 22 2013 11:17AM
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B.Smuda
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If anybody skiing Stratton and or Mount Snow I'm thread jacking you over to my season pass sales thread:  https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/763011/
Nov 25 2013 9:58AM
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dvx100
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I'll be up tomorrow, anyone else? I'm riding a pair of Klint Primes, with FKS
Nov 27 2013 7:57PM
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J_BISCHOF
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stratton have anything fun set up? Ill be there over christmas.

ALSO AN EPIC SKI SALE AT SMS SCHOOL ON SATURDAY. CHEAP BOOTS and CHEAP TWIN TIPS
Nov 27 2013 10:46PM
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freeskibum82
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stratton was pretty nice today considering the rain they got earlier in the week. a ton open and the small park was fun to get back into the swing of things. see you guys next weekend
Dec 1 2013 4:28PM
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first_rodeo
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snow/strat passholder

is Stratton park built up yet?  cuz snow is about to have Gulch with 15+ and Nitro Jumpline with 20 feats
Dec 2 2013 5:52PM
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oil.
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stratton has a couple of features set up on tyrolienne
Dec 3 2013 8:06AM
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dvx100
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6 rails and 3 small jumps

i'd say its better than sitting on North American.
Dec 3 2013 8:44AM
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freeskibum82
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its tough to compare stratton to mt snow when it comes to park. mt snow has a different philosophy than stratton. i wish stratton would get back to the days of skincancer having the park with the pipe at the bottom. started to get that way end of last season with the event it was set up for but its just not the same.

for me, once stratton gets snow, its all about the woods and just finishing a run by going through the park to dabble.
Dec 3 2013 1:08PM
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J_BISCHOF
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suntanner used to have the best park in the east. That shit was on point. Oh how the times have changed. Remember the bus?
Dec 3 2013 1:45PM
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freeskibum82
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yup! i use to love the first jump with two take offs, into a really long hip and then the 3 jump line where the last one was massive! and then the pipe was on the skier's left baking in the sun to perfection most days
Dec 3 2013 1:56PM
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J_BISCHOF
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dude that last jump was always so big. They used to have a legit slopestyle type setup. But obviously a shitty nastar course is way more important.
Dec 3 2013 2:43PM
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fortyvalve
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Yup, snow for park, and stratton for the trees. that's how i'm working the pas this season haha
Dec 3 2013 9:22PM
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dvx100
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last jump was insane, i remember i was like 10 and we had some kid tuck it..overshot the landing by a good 10-20ft

confession: when i was little, i was scared to grind the bus and when i did it my edges caught...so yeah
Dec 3 2013 9:45PM
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oil.
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my friend hit that huge jump when we were like 11-12 and he cased it. i think he fractured both his heels, we had to carry him down on our shoulders (didn't have cell phones to call ski patrol, wasn't that far from the bottom anyway)
Dec 3 2013 10:48PM
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freeskibum82
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a very icy sunday at stratton. tyro was fun to jib around in. to the individual with the 802 spray painted on his helmet, very nice rail work today. you had a very clean switchup to 450 out.
Dec 8 2013 7:31PM
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dvx100
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andrew gayda
Dec 9 2013 11:28AM
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J_BISCHOF
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annual Stratton edit while I am home for Christmas. If anybody wants to ski!

Anybody thats there, do you think big ben may be open by christs mass?
Dec 11 2013 5:31PM
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dvx100
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I skied down middlebrook the other day, its closed still i think, and when i was going through sunbowl/shooting star area, looks like they haven't even come close to getting sunbowl ready. i'd give it another 1-2 months before Big Ben opens.
Dec 11 2013 6:41PM
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first_rodeo
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yeah Stratton had like 20" fresh yesterday. was fun to blast through glades


THE PARK needs to step up. small mountains with 500vert have better park.....
Dec 16 2013 12:44PM
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freeskibum82
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going up sunday. fingers crossed for no rain! Id like to take my sickles out
Dec 18 2013 8:31AM
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oil.
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meh, we get a meltdown every year. might as well do it early while we still have all this snow.
Dec 18 2013 8:35AM
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dvx100
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literally was waterskiing in front of Amex today..
Dec 22 2013 11:04PM
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freeskibum82
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glad i opted to skip it sunday. didnt look like fun out there.
Dec 23 2013 8:50AM
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oil.
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hahaha shit thats bad. well our thaw is out of the way, snowguns should be back on.
i can't wait to get back up. I've been stuck in my house filling out college apps for the last 2 weeks -_____-
Dec 24 2013 12:38PM
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dvx100
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Already got those done and know where im going. good luck.

yeah today was sick, besides you couldn't get to tyro and big ben being closed. you had to hike from villager or duck the ropes which everyone had been doing.

Black Bear had some nice snowgun powder, which was a lot of fun.

Wasn't crowded really but a shit ton of Asians...everywhere.

Also, I've been noticing Liam Downey has been around a lot recently for the holidays, usually never see him around here.
Dec 24 2013 3:11PM
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J_BISCHOF
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today was busy but fun. Good weather, and lines died down. Big ben and tyrolliene are both a blast, keeping in mind you are at Stratton and not carinthia.
Thanks for a great christmas break stratton. See ya next year.
Dec 30 2013 4:32PM
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M_603
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Good to know it's calmed down, I'm heading up tomorrow. It was insane Saturday, their rental fleet got some serious use this weekend.
Dec 30 2013 7:07PM
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freeskibum82
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another storm thursday. here's to hoping for a foot of fresh for the weekend now that all the expert level beginners have gone home after the holiday.
Dec 30 2013 8:20PM
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J_BISCHOF
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i did stand in line for about 45-50 minutes earlier in the day. But 11-1 was prime.
Dec 31 2013 3:35AM
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dvx100
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today was empty for me..

spent the morning lapping Big Ben, moved over to URSA in the afternoon. a lot of laps done compared to the last two days.
Dec 31 2013 3:01PM
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oil.
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stratty ice is looking prime. good base, hopefully we don't lose too much this weekend. next storm (if we get one) will be awesome
Jan 8 2014 11:28AM
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JWeinstock
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ill be up MLK weekend. hopefully ill be able to get over to big ben at least once. The people im staying with don't exactly understand freeskiing
Jan 8 2014 3:58PM
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