Choices on Mothers’ Day.
Should I go skiing or not? Will my mom or wife agreed to this?
If I choose to go skiing, which ski resort to choose? A or B?
Once the resort chosen, which ski trail? A or B?
Skiing lift served in the East come down to those questions.
After all the closing on May 1, that left us with Mont St-Sauveur and Killington still committed to reopen for next weekend. May 1 marked the last day of the season for Jay, Sugarbush, Sunday River, Sugarloaf and Mont Comi; it also marked the last day of daily lift served skiing in the East as Killington, the last to offer daily skiing, is moving to a Friday-Sunday scheduled for the rest of the season.
Two are left: Killington and St-Sauveur.
The same pair closing out the season again. After starting their season on October 18 & 19 respectively with Sunday River joining the pair; they are duelling it out for until the end.
Friday to Sunday and weekends only.
As people often ask me, there is still skiing? Skiing on Mothers’ Day isn’t even uncommon in the East as it has happened at K and MSS for fourth year in a row.
Frequency of number of ski areas spinning in second weekend in May:
3 ski areas : 2 times
2 ski areas : 3 times
1 ski area : 1 time
0 ski areas : 5 times
Previous years:
Here was the status of what was happening at the same time in previous years:
Numbers from previous seasons: Total:
2016 : 2 (Killington, MSS)
2015 : 2 (Killington, MSS)
2014 : 3 (Jay, Killington, MSS)
2013 : 2 (Killington, MSS)
2012 : 0
2011 : 3 (Jay, MSS, Sugarloaf)
2010 : 0
2009 : 0
2008 : 1 (MSS)
2007 : 0
2006 : 0
LIST OF 2 SKI AREAS TENTATIVELY OPEN THIS WEEKEND
Open DAILY : 0
The ski areas trail count might differ, but it’s likely to come down to these two runs. This past weekend MSS had official the bottom pitch of East Hill 70 meaning the entire width of Hill 70 was open and skiable plus the SilverPark.
An important note to remember, this information can change at any moment. Even if there is snow, call ahead, prices, deals, trails, some might not bothering spinning if the weather doesn’t compare with the notion of Spring skiing.
St-Sauveur QC – May 15 (weekend only – tentative on weather forecast)
Lift : L’étoile
Trail : Hill 70, Nordique
Time : 9am to 5pm
Cost : $20CDN for 2 hours/ $32CDN full day lift tickets (plus taxes)
Killington VT – TBD (Fri-Sun only)
Lift : Superstar Express Quad
Trails : Superstar, Skye Lark
Time : 8am (9am Fri) to 4pm (5pm on Sat)
Cost : $58US lift tickets – 50% with pass from another mountain.
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Ski Mad World’s weekly Eastern Closing 2016 posts:
Let’s move Past EASTer & Go Easterner – Eastern Closing Thread 2016 – Part 1
Freeze Frame – Eastern Closing Thread 2015-16 – semaine 2
Monday, Monday…Eastern Closing 2016 Update – Week 3
The best of Spring Skiing – Eastern Closing 2016 – Week 4
May continue skiing – Eastern Closing Thread 2016 – Week 5
Let’s go to Killington! I’ll be there 🙂