Ripitz
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- Dec 23, 2020
We spent Monday and Tuesday at Berkshire East and we were pleasantly surprised. We met my sister who lives north of Boston there. It was a 2.5 hour drive for each of us. We stayed in Charlemont above Wells Provisions which had everything we needed. Great food, coffee and beer. The town is charmingly gritty and free from overdevelopment.
The mountain had great skiing. We were prepared for something much smaller. The vertical is listed as 1,180 ft. The front facing trails run straight down the fall line with a steady pitch the whole way. The place was almost completely deserted. It’s like a totally different sport when you go midweek.
We took some laps with Peanut on the wraparound trails, Thunder and Outback to Roundabout. Since she only knows French fries I kept her on a tether. We passed an occasional uphiller and other than that we enjoyed having the trails all to ourselves.
The forecast called for a little snow on Monday night and I was all set with an uphill pass ready to strike. It never changed over from rain so I abandoned that idea and settled for early chair hot laps. It stayed warm so the skiing was soft.
Big Chief was my personal favorite but all of the trails were fun. There’s nothing like exploring a new place. Exhibition is a wide open green that was our crew’s favorite. You could rip some big turns on that puppy.
At the bottom of Exhibition is the cutest lift ever, the Top Notch Double.
It is a 1964 Hall that was originally at Magic where it was appropriately called the “Little Chair”. It was moved to Mt. Tom for awhile before it found its’ new home in 2001. It’s only 800 ft long with two towers and the chairs are wood. Old school cool.
After almost 10 miles of skiing with dad on the upper slopes Peanut took on the Magic carpet by herself.
She ripped it. French fries all the way.
Midweek skiing on soft snow is a winning combination. We’ll be back to Berkshire East for sure. We are fortunate to have the Indy Pass showing us the way.
The mountain had great skiing. We were prepared for something much smaller. The vertical is listed as 1,180 ft. The front facing trails run straight down the fall line with a steady pitch the whole way. The place was almost completely deserted. It’s like a totally different sport when you go midweek.
We took some laps with Peanut on the wraparound trails, Thunder and Outback to Roundabout. Since she only knows French fries I kept her on a tether. We passed an occasional uphiller and other than that we enjoyed having the trails all to ourselves.
The forecast called for a little snow on Monday night and I was all set with an uphill pass ready to strike. It never changed over from rain so I abandoned that idea and settled for early chair hot laps. It stayed warm so the skiing was soft.
Big Chief was my personal favorite but all of the trails were fun. There’s nothing like exploring a new place. Exhibition is a wide open green that was our crew’s favorite. You could rip some big turns on that puppy.
At the bottom of Exhibition is the cutest lift ever, the Top Notch Double.
It is a 1964 Hall that was originally at Magic where it was appropriately called the “Little Chair”. It was moved to Mt. Tom for awhile before it found its’ new home in 2001. It’s only 800 ft long with two towers and the chairs are wood. Old school cool.
After almost 10 miles of skiing with dad on the upper slopes Peanut took on the Magic carpet by herself.
She ripped it. French fries all the way.
Midweek skiing on soft snow is a winning combination. We’ll be back to Berkshire East for sure. We are fortunate to have the Indy Pass showing us the way.
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