Stuart - Love your content and look forward to every Storm Skiing email and podcast that wafts across my transom. One small bit of pushback on this episode, where you seemed to denigrate Snowmass by equating it to Big Sky w/o the Tram. I think you're dramatically underselling Snowmass. Having skied both (though Big Sky admittedly before the Moonlight acquisition), I don't think there's much of a comparison. Snowmass gets more snow (Big Sky snowfall stats are notoriously inflated per Tony Crocker), has superior exposure (all faces north whereas Big Sky is largely east/southeast/south) and more varied, fall line skiing.
Lone Peak looks great, but you can't get there due to lines and 80% of the terrain it accesses faces due south. Give me laps on the Headwall or Cirque, each accessible by a HSQ or during weather, any day.
A quick take away from this: Demand for skiing appears to be strong, a good thing. With capacity limits, or promise of weekend throngs in place, marketability of smaller areas in New York stare, and perhaps in Massachusetts and Connecticut might be enhanced.
Stuart - Love your content and look forward to every Storm Skiing email and podcast that wafts across my transom. One small bit of pushback on this episode, where you seemed to denigrate Snowmass by equating it to Big Sky w/o the Tram. I think you're dramatically underselling Snowmass. Having skied both (though Big Sky admittedly before the Moonlight acquisition), I don't think there's much of a comparison. Snowmass gets more snow (Big Sky snowfall stats are notoriously inflated per Tony Crocker), has superior exposure (all faces north whereas Big Sky is largely east/southeast/south) and more varied, fall line skiing.
Lone Peak looks great, but you can't get there due to lines and 80% of the terrain it accesses faces due south. Give me laps on the Headwall or Cirque, each accessible by a HSQ or during weather, any day.
It snowed today in Mass.! I'm looking at as not a very late season storm, but an early season teaser for 2021-2022.
A quick take away from this: Demand for skiing appears to be strong, a good thing. With capacity limits, or promise of weekend throngs in place, marketability of smaller areas in New York stare, and perhaps in Massachusetts and Connecticut might be enhanced.