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sic t 2
February 7th, 2007, 04:52 PM
Eric,

I gave Mount Peter a try this morning, based on comments you made in another thread. Its only 5 minutes from my house so commuting was the easy part. Pleasantly surprised. Grooming was super. Facilities are nicely upgraded. New lift is great. Managed to get in some turns, go home, shower, commute 40 minutes and be into work at noon. Can't be that. Thanks for the heads up on this one.

And I was the ONLY ONE on the mountain for the first hour !!

The Old Man (http://www.acemotocross.com/bomberonline/oldman.jpg)
Erik J
February 7th, 2007, 08:31 PM
Hey there sic, gald you enjoyed it. It's small, but damn good grooming. A guy named Kevin grooms most of the time (he used to groom at Stratton and is a great rider) and does a great job. It's skier owned and operated so they make the mountian how they like to ski it. Hope you're having a good winter - hopefully I'll see you.

A guy named Todd has been doing some killer grooming this week over at Mtn Creek. Zero G was amazing for early morning runs. It doesn't last too long with all of the side-slipping traffic though.
Erik J
February 7th, 2007, 08:48 PM
oh yeah, Mt Peter is really cheap, too. I paid 20 bucks for a full day. Get there before 3 o'clock and you will be the only one there to eat up that great groom. There are some small but nicely pitched runs, too - like sic said.
sic t 2
February 10th, 2007, 09:17 AM
A "must try once" is also Tuxedo Ridge (former Sterling Forest). Their lift has a new cable and at least it runs at a decent speed now. Not nearly as much money (infrastructure investment) has been put into Tuxedo as compared to Mt. Peter recently but it does have ONE carving run. It has excellent terrain detail to pump: once you clear the relatively flat area at the top. It also has an excellent runout at the bottom, great for ripping circles in full view of the lodge windows. That always helps !!

Monday thru Thursday is only $10. I was there last Sunday. Only like 15 people on the hill for the first 1.5 hours. And half of them were ski patrol.
http://www.skituxedoridge.com

This year I'm going to be at Mt. Peter before work on weekday mornings, Hunter for daytrips and Gore-Whiteface for entire weekend trips. And that's pretty much it for me for the rest of this year.

Sic