On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:55:10 -0500, Mike Reardon <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>Scott wrote:
>
>>Tuesday night through Thursday morning mountain snow showers are likely
>>with some accumulation.  Winds will be moderate to strong enough for lift
>>holds during this time period as well.
>
>Which mountains in Northern Vt are the affected the least by windhold?  I'm
>heading up
>on Wednesday morning thru Friday.  The plan was to ski Jay, Bolton, and
>Stowe, but
>I'll change it around if winds will be a concern

I would've said MRG but doesn't look like any lifts will be spinning 
there.  Could be turned into a powder playground with skins later this 
week...

I honestly have no information on Bolton wind holds (TOS, Jim B., anyone 
with Bolton knowledge?) but Jay and Stowe are usually touch and go.  Jay 
seems to go down easiest with the Tram and Freezer.  I know personally at 
Stowe that the exact direction of the wind can make a huge difference.  Its 
usually a crapshoot but on high wind days I expect the Gondi and Quad to go 
down.  If the double can be run, you can get to 90% of Mansfield's trails 
and hike 10 minutes to the last 10%.  Midway area takes a little more work 
to get to.  Spruce Peak high speed lifts can now be run in high winds and 
are usually open during storms, now.  Last upslope day when the quad and 
gondi were down we went over and spun some runs on the Sunny Spruce Quad 
and Sensation Quad which were running.  Those lifts were installed fairly 
low the ground, under the tree level, with a lot of towers so they can run 
in the wind...worked on that powder weekend when the quad, gondi, and 
double were down.

I don't know about Smuggs but is probably worth checking out...

Sugarbush did well during the last wind event with Castlerock and some 
others running from the reports to this list.  Personally, I like it when 
some lifts are running but not all.  For most New England mountains, it 
only takes a little traversing and maybe 10 minutes of hiking to get to the 
real goods when the "secondary" lifts are running.

The other bonus in VT is that all the mountains are relatively close to 
each other with the exception of Jay.  In an hour you can hit 
MRG/SB/Bolton/Smuggs/Stowe and see who's got what open, especially if you 
are buying day tickets.

-Scott

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