Mad River vs Snow Trails
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japanada
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13854063:hippy. said:I got drunk last winter and went skiing a bunch and it was fun, but I feel you.
Great way to Midwest shred after the spoils of living out west. I like mad river more personally. On a whole, better jibs, and while their jumps may not be quite as good as snowtrails, the vibe and the fact it has a little pitch for when I want to rip around make it my place of choice
WoFIowz
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Bump 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. :/
Unfortunately all my friends are short on PTO or are in school so ski trips elsewhere to VT or out west will be limited. :/
japanada
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I 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!
13958252:IsitWinterYet17 said:
The.Fish
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13958296:japanada said:
Is 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.Fish
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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.13959136:teamdummy said:
WoFIowz
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Can 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?
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.Fish
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13959603:IsitWinterYet17 said:
I 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
WoFIowz
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Response: "Yes, if you buy a Peak pass it is valid at Mad River and 9 other resorts. They recently added Liberty Mountain, Whitetail Resort, and Roundtop Mountain Resort. The other resorts available are Boston Mills Brandywine, Alpine Valley, Hunter Mountain, Mt. Snow, Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Attitash Mountain, Wild Cat, and Crotched Mountain. There is no difference which site you order from. You would still be able to pick your pass up at Mad River. Hope that could help."
The.Fish
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13960702:IsitWinterYet17 said:
Lake erie keeps it just warm enough to not make snow. We get the reverse effect in the spring though so it is cooler up north. It isn't going to get that warm, max of 42 in the next ten days in valley hi at mad river
**This post was edited on Nov 13th 2018 at 10:33:39pm
The.Fish
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13969158:IsitWinterYet17 said:
Maybe because it is too warm right now and they will just rain... If it isn't 28, they can't do anything. They will fire back up around 7 or 8 pm probably. Mad river will have some pretty decent sized whales come saturday morning based on the forecast. They will be able to get almost 100% capacity out each gun.
**This post was edited on Dec 6th 2018 at 11:28:46am
**This post was edited on Dec 6th 2018 at 11:35:08am
The.Fish
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Mad 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.
The.Fish
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13972533:runforlove2018 said:
I can't believe they are being this cheap. This may actually be worse than 2014 because they tried to wait out the warm before making snow but got unlucky. This is plan stupidity. They probably have enough snow for a four foot base, but they think a weekend of skiing in the 40s will melt it down...
rclover106
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This 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.
rclover106
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13973047:The.Fish said:
I 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?!
rclover106
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13973052:The.Fish said:
Alright, I was planning on getting there in the morning and staying all day so we will definitely have to meet up.
rclover106
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13973082:The.Fish said:
13973142:Rparr said:
I'm in all black with atomic punx, see you guys there.
The.Fish
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13976180:Camdeng33 said:
Cooperate doesn’t kill, they kill themselves with lack of common sense thought. They try to save money and not make snow in november when conditions are ideal, then try to scramble at the end of december when they realize, oh crap, we don’t have any snow or good weather ahead. Then they try to make snow when it is like 30 out which costs way more in terms of snow output per dollar. Then they stay open an extra weekend where it is a ghost town to claim they have the best customer service in the business. Then the park crew designer... holy moly. They have to be smoking something when they are coming up with designs. It is absolutely awful. There will usually be one good build a year but it is usually at the end of the year, then it melts super quick.