2015/16 Master Plan

Date	Planned Ski Area	Actual Ski Area
11/3/2015	Killington, VT	-
11/4/2015	Killington, VT	-
11/5/2015	Killington, VT	-
11/10/2015	Killington, VT	-
11/11/2015	Killington, VT	-
11/12/2015	Killington, VT	-
11/16/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/17/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/18/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/19/2015	Stratton, VT	Killington, VT
11/23/2015	Stratton, VT	-
11/24/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/25/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/26/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/27/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
11/30/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/1/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/2/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/3/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/4/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/7/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/8/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/9/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/10/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/11/2015	Killington, VT	-
12/12/2015	Killington, VT	-
12/13/2015	Killington, VT	Killington, VT
12/14/2015	-	Stratton, VT
12/15/2015	Stratton, VT	-
12/16/2015	Killington, VT	-
12/17/2015	Stratton, VT	Killington, VT
12/18/2015	Stratton, VT	Stratton, VT
12/19/2015	Pico, VT	-
12/20/2015	Pico, VT	Killington, VT
12/21/2015	Pico, VT	Stratton, VT
12/26/2015	-	Crystal Mountain, WA
12/27/2015	-	Crystal Mountain, WA
12/28/2015	-	Crystal Mountain, WA
12/29/2015	Greek Peak, NY	Crystal Mountain, WA
12/30/2015	Greek Peak, NY	Crystal Mountain, WA
12/31/2015	Greek Peak, NY	-
1/1/2016	-	Snoqualmie Pass, WA
1/2/2016	Elk Mtn, PA	Snoqualmie Pass, WA
1/3/2016	Elk Mtn, PA	Snoqualmie Pass, WA
1/4/2016	-	Snoqualmie Pass, WA
1/5/2016	Blue Mtn, PA	Snoqualmie Pass, WA
1/8/2016	Montage, PA	Greek Peak, NY
1/9/2016	Montage, PA	-
1/11/2016	Holimont, NY	-
1/13/2016	Boyne Mtn, MI	Boyne Mountain, MI
1/14/2016	Boyne Mtn, MI	Boyne Mountain, MI
1/15/2016	Nub's Nob, MI	Nub's Nob, MI
1/18/2016	Big Sky, MT	Big Sky, MT
1/19/2016	Big Sky, MT
1/20/2016	Big Sky, MT
1/21/2016	Big Sky, MT
1/22/2016	Big Sky, MT
1/25/2016	Mt. Bachleor, OR
1/26/2016	Mt. Bachleor, OR
1/27/2016	Mt. Bachleor, OR
1/28/2016	Mt. Bachleor, OR
1/29/2016	Mt. Bachleor, OR
1/31/2016	Deer Valley, UT
2/1/2016	Brighton, UT
2/2/2016	Brighton, UT
2/3/2016	Solitude, UT
2/4/2016	Brighton, UT
2/5/2016	Brighton, UT
2/6/2016	Alta, UT
2/8/2016	Steamboat, CO
2/9/2016	Steamboat, CO
2/10/2016	Steamboat, CO
2/11/2016	Steamboat, CO
2/12/2016	Steamboat, CO
2/14/2016	Winter Park, CO
2/16/2016	Winter Park, CO
2/17/2016	Winter Park, CO
2/19/2016	Winter Park, CO
2/20/2016	Winter Park, CO
2/22/2016	Copper Mtn, CO
2/23/2016	Copper Mtn, CO
2/24/2016	Copper Mtn, CO
2/25/2016	Copper Mtn, CO
2/26/2016	Copper Mtn, CO
2/29/2016	Snow Trails, OH
3/3/2016	Montage, PA
3/5/2016	Pico, VT
3/6/2016	Pico, VT
3/7/2016	Killington, VT
3/9/2016	Killington, VT
3/10/2016	Pico, VT
3/11/2016	Pico, VT
3/12/2016	Pico, VT
3/13/2016	Pico, VT
3/15/2016	Loon Mtn, NH
3/16/2016	Loon Mtn, NH
3/17/2016	Loon Mtn, NH
3/18/2016	Loon Mtn, NH
3/19/2016	Loon Mtn, NH
3/21/2016	Sunday River, ME
3/22/2016	Sunday River, ME
3/23/2016	Sunday River, ME
3/24/2016	Sunday River, ME
3/25/2016	Sunday River, ME
3/26/2016	Black Mtn, ME
3/28/2016	Sugarloaf, ME
3/29/2016	Sugarloaf, ME
3/30/2016	Sugarloaf, ME
3/31/2016	Sugarloaf, ME
4/1/2016	Sugarloaf, ME
4/2/2016	Saddleback, ME
4/4/2016	Mt. Tremblant, QC
4/5/2016	Mt. Tremblant, QC
4/6/2016	Mt. Tremblant, QC
4/7/2016	Mt. Tremblant, QC
4/8/2016	Mt. Tremblant, QC

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Day 93 - Pico

ASRA Finals - DNS    DNS

Out 11:30 to 2:30 just to watch the second run; overcast and windy with mixed precip; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's;

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Day 92 - Killington

Arrived VT yesterday, so after reacquainting my Brahmas to the tuning bench I made a few this afternoon. Out 2:00 to 4:00; overcast with temps in the twenties; skied the Blizzard Brahma's; snow was very firm.

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Day 91 - Boyne Mtn

Ski and drive and drive and drive - arrived Wyalusing!

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Day 90 - Nub's Nob

Today I actually had a choice, sidewalk or curb. Out 9:00 to 12:00 no break; overcast with temps rising through the twenties - flurries when I left; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; here's a picture of the curb from the parking lot.



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Day 89 - Boyne Highlands

Just sidewalk - no curb. Out 9 to 12:30 with a coffee break; 10° or so with a high light overcast and a little wind, but it felt much colder than that today; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; soft, flat groomers; the largest flat, alpine ski area I've ever seen; their tubing and zipline operations were doing a nice business for a cold Thursday.

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Day 88 - Indianhead

Think sidewalk with a tall curb; -5° this morning - good thing it was bright sunshine and no wind; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; lots of snow here - soft pack everywhere; another ski and drive today.

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Day 87 - Buck Hill

Think Snow Trails plus 25 feet and a little pitch. 7° sunny, no wind; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; ski and drive today.

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Day 86 - Terry Peak

Think Greek Peak with 3 high speed quads; out 9:15 to 12:45 with a coffee break; increasing high clouds with temps around freezing and a fair breeze; 25 runs; 15,000 vertical; started with the Blizzard Brahmas and changed to the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's after coffee; although they've had quite a bit of snow, it was pretty firm today; not a big hill, but very high up for something east of the Rockies - 7,200 elevation at the top; snow tomorrow - but of course I'm driving; averaged 62.1 max mph for the 13 runs on the GS skis today; Mystic Deer is only open Fri, Sat, and Sun - oh well.

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Day 85 - Bridger Bowl

Out 9:00 to 12:00 with a coffee break; sunny with temps in the twenties and no wind; skied the Blizzard Brahma's; cool place; drove past Big Sky on the drive into Bozeman - can't wait to ski there.



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Day 84 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick coffee break; cloudy, thirties, little to no wind; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; I'm so tired my skiing is devolving.

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Day 83 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 2:15 with a break for lunch; a little light snow starting when I left, but generally cloudy with temps in the upper twenties; 20 runs or so, 35,000 vert; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; more fall line groomers; looking forward to a day off on Sat to drive - I'm tired.

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Day 82 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with a coffee break; thirty, sunny, no wind; 16 runs; 35,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; lots of steep, fall line groomers; toughest greens of any resort I've ever seen.

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Day 81 - Mt. Bachelor

Out 9:00 to 11:30 no break; forty, sunny, no wind; 13 runs; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; the summit lift makes this mountain; travel day - Sun Valley tomorrow.

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Day 80 - Mt. Bachelor

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a long lunch; 20 runs; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; clear, cold, and windy; hopefully the wind will die down for tomorrow and they'll open the summit lift.

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Day 79 - Mt. Bachelor

Relatively cold and windy; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; they had some snow; out early, skied some groomers, had coffee, and left when I came back out and there was a line.



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Day 78 - Sugar Bowl

Out 9:00 to 12:00 no break; a slight change in today's weather - sunny with temps in the forties, but today there was a little wind; 13 runs; 17,000 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahmas; no snow here either - 75% open; groomers chunked up right away with skier traffic; similar to Squaw - rocks, trees, cliffs repeat.

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Day 77 - Boreal Mtn

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a long lunch at the car; fifties, sunny, no wind - I'm almost out of sun screen; 30 runs; 15,000 vertical; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; couldn't pass up another free lift ticket, besides with nobody else skiing here the soft snow doesn't get beat to death by the crowd.



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Day 76 - Northstar

Out 10:30 to 2:30 with a quick candy bar break; little change in the weather - fifties and sunny with no wind; 16 runs; 27,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; no snow - too bad for me, I came to CA and skied quickly melting snowmaking, but these people are in a serious drought; I imagine that with some snow Outlook and Backside would be a killer mix of groomers, steeps, and big tree glades; much too long of a walk from the parking shuttle drop off to the snow; another beautiful day in the Tahoe National Forest.

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Day 75 - Boreal Mtn

Out 9:30 to 2:00 with another 2 beer break; forties and sunny with no wind - again; 25+ runs; 12,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19 and 17's; soft snow everywhere - harvested the corn in the trees after the morning's groomers turned to slush; not much of a hill, but the Woodward/park thing they've got going is pretty cool; set in a beautiful pine forest; nicked the p-tex on the Head 19's pretty bad today; one of the most comfortable ski days I've enjoyed in a long time - the hill, the weather, the snow, my equipment, my body, my attitude were all perfectly comfy.



Donner Ski Ranch and Sugar Bowl from Boreal Ridge

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Day 74 - Mammoth Mtn

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with a 2 beer break around noon; sunny, temps in the forties, no wind; 22 runs; 27,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahmas; no snow here - parts of the mountain were not open; at least there was enough snow up high to ski; blew off Deer Valley on Fri and just drove to Las Vegas instead - then drove out and back to the Grand Canyon on Sat - then on Sun I drove all the way up Lee Canyon to the Las Vegas Ski Bowl and actually put one boot on before taking it as a sign to leave when I had to take my ski boot back off because I forgot to change socks.



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Day 73 - Park City

NASTAR - 16.31 Gold

Out 9:30 to 12:30 just to do some NASTAR; more of the same weather wise - sunny, temps in the forties, no wind; 14 runs; 17,750 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; tough set today even for a NASTAR course - 15-17m set with 15ft offset; it took a little while but I finally figured it out a little - my last four runs were my fastest.



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Day 72 - Park City

NASTAR - 12.04 Platinum

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a long lunch after NASTAR; temps in the forties with brilliant sunshine and no wind; 22 runs; 27,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's, the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups, and the Blizzard Brahmas; spring conditions;





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Day 71 - Park City

Out 9:15 to 3:00 with coffee and lunch breaks; last night's rain on the drive in was 3" wet snow up high this AM, otherwise cloudy with temps in the mid-thirties and no wind; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Rossignol Experience 98's; 18 runs; 24,000 vertical; small change of plans: Fri - ski Deer Valley then drive to LV, Sat - Grand Canyon, then Sun - an early ski day at LV Ski Bowl then drive through Death Valley to Mammoth.



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Day 70 - Copper Mtn

Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a coffee break; cool morning quickly gave way to comfortable temps around 40° - absolutely brilliant sunshine, not even a hint of a cloud or any haze; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; 14 runs; 26,500 vertical; out for some groomers before traveling this afternoon - last 2 runs were fresh 'noon groomers'.



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Day 69 - Copper Mtn

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with a break for lunch; morning clouds gave way to brilliant sunshine; temps rising into the 40's; 24 runs; 30,000 vert; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; soft morning groomers gave way to sun baked, afternoon corn way up high; have skied most everything here now except for Tucker Mtn - I'm not hiking; I really like this picture of Breckenridge and points SW I took today from Copper.



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Day 68 - Copper Mtn

Out 8:30 to 1:30 with a real quick coffee break; 40°+ and sunny with no wind - ; 18 runs; 22,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma's; wrong wax; conditions are pretty good despite no recent snow - the groomers were divine, especially early, and the steeps were covered and still relatively soft to my feel; covered most of the mountain today - still need to explore Alpine, Snow King, and some of the bowls; I miss parking close to the lifts - today's pic shows how far away you are at Copper.



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Day 67 - Snow Creek

NASTAR - 22 Gold

4 to 8, 25 runs, skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's, nice course - used the whole hill, 300 vert, sorry, this is so short - I'll post some pics of the last few day soon.



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Day 66 - Snow Trails

Ski Trip Day 4. Out 10:00 to 3:30 with a lunch break in the bar; cloudy with temps steady in the upper twenties and little to no wind; 60 runs - no that's not a typo; 9,000 vertical - that works out 4 minutes and 150 vertical per run; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, the snow was groomed out to perfection; very few other people on the hill; had a very nice day skiing with my cousins (Mark and Tam) and my sister.



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Day 65 - Hidden Valley

Ski Trip Day 3. Out 10:00 to 1:30 with a quick lunch break; 35° and raining this morning at the hotel, but it started to snow on the drive to the hill - it continued to snow as the temperatures plummeted thru the twenties into the teens by the time I left; 20 runs; 8,000 vertical; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; they groomed everything flat during last night's rain and it flash froze today this morning - still skiable, but barely; conditions improved as the snow started to accumulate; for a little hill it has some nice infrastructure - good lifts, nice lodge, and good grooming; I definitely go back.



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Day 64 - Seven Springs

NASTAR - 18.01 Gold

Ski Trip Day 2. Out 9:00 to 1:45 without a break; light, wet snow accumulating to a couple of inches - temps steady around 30° 29 runs; 14,000 vertical; tried lots of skis today - the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's, and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; late grooming left Gunner a little to mushy for my liking, but I did 8 quickies anyway; broke a pole at NASTAR today; got a retro Seven Springs NASTAR Gold Medal today; did not ski very well today.

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