2013/14 ski deals

[SIKSUKR]

Huh. But 1-1-14 did fall on a Wednesday.

[BroadHopper]

I skied Cannon yesterday so the grandkids can try out the new family area between Cannon and Mittersell. I was impressed with the new area and the grandkids agree with me. This little gem is a lot more fun than the one at Gunstock and a lot less crowded!

The top was a balmy 4 degrees. Luckily there weren't too much wind.

When I got the tickets, the ticket attendance notice my 'white walls' and ask if I was a NH senior and I said yes. She actually handed me a ticket! The grandkids were in my hair so I did not ask about this special. There was nothing on the website about this. It must be a slow day?

[HellRaZoR004]

If you read my post you will see that on the website they had the following:

NH Resident Wednesdays: Every Wednesday* present a valid NH ID and get a $25 lift ticket!
(*Not valid 1/1/13)

[BroadHopper]

I look in the values and special page and it says NH Seniors 65+ ski free Mon-Fri. Gunstock have the same deal if you are 80+.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

When I got the tickets, the ticket attendance notice my 'white walls' and ask if I was a NH senior and I said yes. She actually handed me a ticket! The grandkids were in my hair so I did not ask about this special. There was nothing on the website about this. It must be a slow day?

See post #2.

[SIKSUKR]

Glad you checked out the "new" Cannon, wish I was around to meet up with you. I'm being a little sarcastic about what you call the "new" Cannon family area. The Tuckerbrook area first started running in 2003 with the completion of Cannon's phase 2 improvements started in 2000. It really is a great learning area as its all by itself with no traffic coming from above. This is actually where I start my day. I live a few house away in Mittersill and boot up at home and park right by the lift and ski from the car to that lift.

[WeirsBeachBoater]

SIKSUKR can I send you a pm to ask you some questions about Cannon? I don't want to clutter up this thread.

[fatlazyless]

At twenty dollars to ski www.waterville.com on Tuesday, Jan 7 ......that might be worth the 13-mile drive down Rt 49 from Rt 93-Exit 28 ....depending on the weather.....could be icy and windy what with the predicted cold and windy weather plus the rain and 36-degree temps right now on early Monday morning. The regular mid-week price is 65-dollars which is totally way too much money to pay. Like, is down-hill skiing a fun thing to do? You go up....you go down....you go up....you go down....you can freeze your butt on a windy chairlift, and then struggle with icy slopes all the way down. You go into the main lodge, and a cheeseburger will cost you 7-dollars, and the fire burning in the fireplace is no longer a real wood fire......it's a propane phony fireplace.....so's I dunno about skiing.....is skiing fun?

And another thing.....the courtyard area between the WV main lodge and the entry stairs is all concrete and totally empty of any snow because it is heated with snow-melting pipes under the smooth concrete.......so the ski storage racks just outside the main lodge are always snow-free.......i.e. ........... NO SNOW! .....like what brainiac thought up this idea.....it always seems a little bizarre and over-developed for this ski area to design their entry area to be all smooth, grey concrete and totally no-snow.......isn't skiing all about the snow......yet it is the one and only spot in all Waterville Valley that is totally dry and snow free.....all winter long......yikes???

U-know.....I am convinced.....one can never really tell what the trail conditions will be like from reading the WV website.....until you actually get off the chairlift and go ski the trails....and then the trails can vary from trail to trail.....so much website info....but the real trail conditions are not really accurately reported!!!


Here in New Hampshire .....only Wildcat and Cannon are real mountains with that high mountain scenery and big mountain feel.......all the other areas such as Loon, Waterville, Sunapee, Attitash, Cranmore, and Bretton Woods are just big hills, but not mountains.

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by WeirsBeachBoater

SIKSUKR can I send you a pm to ask you some questions about Cannon? I don't want to clutter up this thread.

Anytime WBB. Sorry for the delay.

[BroadHopper]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Glad you checked out the "new" Cannon, wish I was around to meet up with you. I'm being a little sarcastic about what you call the "new" Cannon family area. The Tuckerbrook area first started running in 2003 with the completion of Cannon's phase 2 improvements started in 2000. It really is a great learning area as its all by itself with no traffic coming from above. This is actually where I start my day. I live a few house away in Mittersill and boot up at home and park right by the lift and ski from the car to that lift.

I have not skied Cannon since the lay off. I use to race a lot there. My race days are over now that I lost my 'Cadillac' health insurance.

I have not skied the Tuckerbrook area as I have not need to. Nor do I frequent the nearby 'bar' lodge. Now that I have discovered Tuckerbrook, you are right, it is a nice warmup in the morning and the parking is much better!

I will let you know when I hit Cannon. If you like Cannon your would love the 'Kennebec Steeps' at Saddleback!

[fatlazyless]

...... 22-dollars to ski Waterville tomorrow, Tuesday-January 14......dunno about tomorrow's weather.....but with some sun....it could be worth the 22-dollars......otherwise I believe a midweek ticket cost the incredibly expensive price of 55 or 65-dollars or so......now.....if only they could get the Stillness Trail open......like when is the predicted opening for Stillness?

The trail count has dropped from 40 to 35, out of a total 50-trails, due to all the rain on Saturday and Sunday ...... but who knows......I wonder how's the skiing conditions.....it's always tough to predict until you actually hit the slopes.....the website www.waterville.com calls it loose granular and the weather is pretty warm at about 30-degrees.....so who knows....but if it is a good sunny day.....at 22-dollars it could be something to do for half the day......... go skiing???? ..... is down hill skiing any fun??????

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

If you like Cannon your would love the 'Kennebec Steeps' at Saddleback!

Been there a few times. Really like Saddleback but its hard to travel 4 hours vs 1 1/2. The travel is not bad if I start from Franconia though.

[fatlazyless]

....ok.....so the Pats lose to the Broncos by 26 to 16 ....and that translates to a 26-dollar ticket to ski today, Tuesday, January 21 at www.waterville.com ...... is it worth 26-dollars what with the cold and the wind today? ....probably not??? ...my idea of good skiing is about 25-degrees, sunny and no wind......oh well!

[fatlazyless]

Since the Patriots got beat, the Tuesday promos are now called Temperature Tuesdays, and are priced according to the predicted temperature, or something. So, today it would have cost 11-dollars for an all-day, all-lift ticket, which considering the ski conditions and today's sunny weather, made it the #1 best WV ski deal of the season so far!!!

Did many show up for 11-dollars deals today? I have no clue! Did I go skiing today? .....nope.....but it could have been a super-duper day out there today, in my opinion, if I went?


Now, unless you looked at their Facebook page and know about this eleven-dollar deal, the ticket window will still be charging you the regular 65-dollar price. The Temperature Tuesday deal is not mentioned at all on the www.waterville.com front page ..... you need to click on the Facebook link and find the Temperature Tuesday info which is priced at the predicted temperature. On Tuesday, January 28, it was eleven-dollars....... how good is that!!! ....plus maybe the person in front or behind you who is un-informed just paid 65-dollars while you, you big-smarty you, just paid only 11-dollars for the same ticket. Is that right......holy cowabunga Buffalo Bob.....who's a ever thunk that lift ticket pricing could be like this!!!


Say, didn't the WV base lodge have a big vertically positioned wheel-of-fortune, roulette style wheel last season for a you-spin-the-wheel lift ticket price last year on Wednesdays, or something, so this type of pricing, whatever it is called, is not too new........oh well?

[whalebackpoint'r]

Nice advertisement for WV!

[Lakegeezer]

Looks like the storm will be mid next week, but something might happen Saturday nite. Cannon has a discount for Super Bowl Sunday, with two-fur $72.

[fatlazyless]

Today is February 1, 2014, and it certainly looks like the snow making is all done for the season here at Waterville Valley, www.waterville.com , as the snowmaking crew has been laid off...... so's that's it for snow making.....here we go.....am still trying to decide if I want to spend the $579 for a value season pass or just go sking on the greatly discounted Temperature Tuesdays.....like 11-dollars (my type of a price!) on last Tuesday.....will probably just stick with the Tuesdays....or something?

[SIKSUKR]

Why would you buy a season pass now with 1/2 the season over?

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Why would you buy a season pass now with 1/2 the season over?

...with 52 trails total on the hill...so far this season.....43 trails has been the most that are open....and there is no more snow making ..... many years ago....when Tom Corcoran was in charge....the price of a season ski ticket would be lowered by 25%-50%-75% as the season went by......but that practice was dropped....so that's a fact.....why would anyone pay $579 for a value pass now what with the season half done?


....on Tuesday, February 4, it cost 27-dollars, and the ski area was very empty with many many empty quad chairs, and the weather was sunny with good skiing conditions.....if this place had to survive on the week day business, it would be out of business.....it gets the business on the weekends and holidays regardless the weather....

[BroadHopper]

Folks, The adaptive program is hosting the Boston Marathon participants who were effected by the BM bombing this weekend. Take a moment to give them a hand if you happen to be at WV. Later in the season we will participate in the Wounded Warriors Project.

[fatlazyless]

Just thirteen dollars to ski here at www.waterville.com today, Tuesday, February 11.....that's a super-duper steal of a deal......which is probably why it is not really promoted too much on the website and u need to click onto facebook to find that out....thirteen dollars for the whole mountain on a sunny and calm day....my type of a price!!! .....and don't forget to make up some tuna sandwiches or something because a cheeseburger will coast you seven dollars in the base lodge cafeteria....ouch!.

[fatlazyless]

Here we go......18-dollars to ski on Tuesday, Feb 25, at www.waterville.com .....click on the facebook link to verify ....and if tomorrow is a sunny day it could be one of the better ski days to get out and hit the slopes .....and, as already mentioned , maybe u-want to make a p, b, & j, or tuna sandwich or something otherwise a cheeseburger will cost u 7-dollars in the base lodge cafeteria.....omg!