Snowsure: 3.7
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Mount Washington is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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January 20, 2012
Tim
Tim
As the Mountain does not have an area for Feedback, this is the next best way for them to hear of problems they may not even be aware of, mindless slagging is never good.
In my last comment I was very happy with how the groomers had sloped the top of the Sunrise plateau so you could actually ride off the chair and coast all the way to the top of the gully, I'm getting old!
So mindless slagging is not good but mindless criticism of people trying to make the Mountain experience better is useless as well.
So if you're posting try to be balanced and give credit where it is due......the Mountain has a lot to be thankful for, so balance your comments.
This should not end up like car reviews on the Internet where the legit people get lost in the employee hype and the competitors yowling!
I have been riding on the Mountain for 30 years tell me cool stuff you have found out......with all the new glade work done lets hear what folks think about them!
January 17, 2012
Juniper
Juniper
January 15, 2012
chico
chico
January 09, 2012
Jean
Jean
Just to clarify some items.
Instead of a free pass up the Hawk, patrons are usually instructed to take all 3 magic carpets up, then ski down to the lodge. Yes, it's a bit of a pain, but it's certainly doable. As far as I know, the Outback lifties don't even have scanners on most days. I can't remember ever being scanned there. You could lap that pretty happily and never pay. As someone else pointed out, new visitors to the mountain would probably not park at either the Hawk or Sunrise parking lots, so this affects only a tiny fraction of guests.
And if you go up the 3 carpets in sequence, you can indeed ski down to the main lodge. The carpets replace the entire length of the old green chair. Clearly you have not even tried this. I haven't observed the Hawk being "overrun", but the capacity of the carpets far exceeds that of the old green chair and Poma lift combined, so that seems unlikely.
January 07, 2012
mr happypants
mr happypants
aww, knock off knocking Mt Washington.......We skied there today with friends who live locally; it's a fantastic hill and as friendly a place as you'll find anywhere on the planet alongside some of the NZ club fields.
We've skied throughout North America, Europe, NZ and Australia, plus a load of other less well know places and if you told me I would never be able to ski anywhere but Mt Washington for the rest of my life I could live with that just fine.
We met a patroller on the main lift, a really nice guy, and most likely if patrollers aren't being nice to you it's because you're not being nice to them or are being some kind of idiot and who isn't one of them from time to time? We had no contact with ski school but the kids skiing with them looked to be having loads of fun and the tunnel carpet things must be great for learning on. The lifties are young and fun and way better than most places, the lodge is fine and anyway you don't go skiing for the architecture of the hill facilities. The beer is no worse than anywhere else in Canada. Maybe the place hasn't got the biggest vertical but it has some great terrain and surely any decent skier would always take quality over quantity.
Really, if you have the health, wealth and spare time to go skiing at all you shouldn't be moaning about anything, you're already better off than the majority of humanity.
Don't worry, be happy and enjoy your wonderful local hill!
January 06, 2012
Dave
Dave
January 05, 2012
jack johnson
jack johnson
To whom commented about feeling pity for people that park at the Hawk parking lot: guaranteed if you are new to the mountain and or a beginner you wouldn't even know about that parking lot. Basically the only people who use that lot are season pass holders or people who are familiar with the mtn. and if they don't have a pass they are aloud one free chair ride to get to the lodge easier and purchase a pass.
January 03, 2012
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
Just came back from the mountain, New Years was joyful with lots of fireworks and much more the family atmosphere.
The slopes were in good shape, better grooming, still rocky, stumps etc on some glades. The best groomed snow in a long time, did not freeze up as it usually does as the temperature stayed low over night.
The top of the Sunrise was groomed so not a big hike to Rick's Ride and you could actually coast to the top of the gully!
Called the Mtn. courtesy line in the morning to find out as the change with the lifts could you still get one free ride on the Sunrise to get a day pass? and as the Poma lift was gone and the magic carpets would be a pain could you get one free lift on the Hawk? Sure the operator told me.
So we went the Hawk route, lifty says no free ride but was nice and let us go anyway....I went to customer service and asked for clarification....no free ride on Hawk as folks could get to Outback, I asked could they not check pass's there like everywhere else?
If the mountain is going to be so cheap as to not have ticket kiosks at Sunrise and the Hawk then let folks have one free ride to get to lodge!
January 02, 2012
Chico
Chico
January 01, 2012
Reality
Reality
This mountain has done many, many things in the past which were not in the consumers best interest, but this replacement of all Green lifts with Magic Carpets tops them all! The Six pack chair is now overrun with learners who drifted over from the Bunny hill (which now has no means of ascending back up to the lodge and learning centre). Pity the patron who descends from their Condo or parks at the Six pack parking lot and needs to reach the lodge for lift tickets or rentals but has no direct means of reaching there... other than by walking up the Bunny hill? Motivation for the change? It certainly can't be to make learning easier.
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