tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281608760834525796.post7988374646219159284..comments2023-12-29T13:30:24.893-05:00Comments on The Saratoga Skier and Hiker: StashesJeff Farbaniechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687600943158149486noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281608760834525796.post-29908539006566683142014-09-12T16:47:53.442-04:002014-09-12T16:47:53.442-04:00For the record, thanks Chuck & crew!For the record, thanks Chuck & crew!Jeff Farbaniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687600943158149486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281608760834525796.post-70159687912770440372014-08-27T22:22:39.688-04:002014-08-27T22:22:39.688-04:00Damon - Yeah, I read about that $500 pass premium ...Damon - Yeah, I read about that $500 pass premium for the early access. I think it's a rip-off that makes "regular" passholders second-class. I'd be upset.<br /><br />As for the high traffic in the glades, I partly agree. But I'm still amazed at how many people just don't ski the trees at all. Sometimes trails like Hawkeye and Lies at Gore are crowded and icy and the glades are empty with far better snow. <br /><br />Anon - I don't think an open woods policy is coming any time soon. New York's skier responsibility laws make an open woods policy almost impossible, not that those laws couldn't be changed.Jeff Farbaniechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687600943158149486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281608760834525796.post-66452838572502797752014-08-27T11:21:35.358-04:002014-08-27T11:21:35.358-04:00Instead of appropriating rogue glades gore should ...Instead of appropriating rogue glades gore should adopt an open woods policy as many other ski areas have doneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281608760834525796.post-67457950622028085322014-08-27T09:40:37.633-04:002014-08-27T09:40:37.633-04:00Sugarbush has done the same over the years. As th...Sugarbush has done the same over the years. As they add our previous favorites to the trail map, we just find new lines. The whole sport has changed so much. People who have no business being on single blacks are now frequently found floundering through tight steep tree lines. It's the new way - everything has to be bigger, badder, more extreme than before.<br /><br />Skiing on trail is pretty much a forgotten pastime, even when the on-piste snow is great.<br /><br />Last year, I got on a chair at 8:15 and rode up with a skier who was covered in snow. He had waited in line for an hour to get the first chair and skied a tough tree line solo at high speeds (dangerous, of course) to get back to the chair as quickly as possible.<br /><br />This year, for an extra $500 (limited to 500 total skiers), people can ride first chair half an hour earlier than the "rest of us" all season long. That's about 1000 sets of tracks before anyone else gets on the hill.Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393751713576765589noreply@blogger.com