Stratton Conditions

Today was another great day at Stratton. It was a cold start but the March sun warmed things up. The snow was amazing (shocker) with about 99% of the trails and glades open. There was a mix of groomed and ungroomed, sometimes on the same trail. By about 11 there were bumps everywhere. All the high speed lifts were running with no stops and minimal lines.

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Sunrise over 2 mountains

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Lower Standard
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Upper Standard
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Supertrail reopened and awesome
We skied until about 1:30. We had a great day.
 
Wasn't sure where I was going to ski today, but I decided on Stratton, since they reopened the sun bowl for a bonus weekend, and I slept too late to make first chair at Killington or Whiteface.

The weather started off partly cloudy, then got more cloudy, and eventually the sun came out. As for the conditions, the Sun Bowl was firm in the morning, but the upper mountain was still packed powder. Eventually everything softened up, with varying degrees of stickiness, but it was mostly good. The turnout was rather high for April, but there were little to no lift lines anywhere. My stats for the day are listed below. I rode every open lift multiple times.

12 Snow Bowl
10 Sunrise
8 URSA
4 Amex
3 Gondola

Total of 37 lifts, and 46,250 vertical feet.

Pictures:

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Suntanner

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Upper Standard

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West Pilot

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Dino's Drop

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Lift Line

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Upper Kidderbrook

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Sunriser Supertrail

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Sun Beam

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Approaching the top of URSA

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Black Bear

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Free Fall

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Mike's Way

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Last run on Upper Middlebrook
 
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