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Old March 31st 07, 07:41 PM posted to rec.skiing.snowboard
Mike M. Miskulin
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No surprise there, as VT has had a terrible season up until

about
middle of last month. I was there in second half of Jan and the
bottom 2/3's of Superstar at Kton was bare dirt. I was also

there
after the recent major storm and while it was excellent, I

personally
find the 36-54 number hard to believe.


Remember most resorts take the deepest number at the peak. Its
50 here at 900 feet, it was low 30s at 4000+. Depending on the
run, 50+" is very believable.


And where do you think that base is going to last the longest?

At
4,000 ft elevation in VT or at 12,000 ft in CO? And BTW,

since you

Some of the westerners need to get over the elevation thing. How
tall is that mountain really? Denver is over 5000 feet - how
long do you think snow would last in April on the streets of
Denver? Most years CO resorts close 4/15 every year yet many in
VT manage to stay open until late April.

I do agree that UT and Lake Tahoe may be good choices too,

certainly far better odds of decent conditions than VT in April.

UT/Tahoe have far better odds than just about any place of being
good in April, UT in particular.

IMO, anyone planning on coming to VT from Europe in April is

making a major mistake.

If they are going to be on the east coast for any other reason
Burlington is a 50 min flight out of JFK with Stowe or JPeak
only about a 45 min drive. If somebody is going to fly cross
country, flying right to SLC is the easiest and best bet. 20-40
minute drive to 6 mountains.

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