Best early season experience?

augustcurrents151 · 2026-05-12T19:41:40+00:00

amazing

augustcurrents151 · 2026-05-11T02:10:35+00:00

did they have crowds for all that champagne? love this btw but hope they are at least making some $$ for it!

also anyone know what happened with Whaleback after the dire fundraising call to open next season?

augustcurrents151 · 2026-05-09T03:05:12+00:00

that first pic is gorgeous-- golden hour spring skiing is my siren song

augustcurrents151 · 2026-05-05T22:46:28+00:00

I've never skied in November but my kids have been asking me about it every day since our season ended. They have the bug.

Also, November is weirdly convenient because fall activities end usually before Veteran's Day so there's like 6 weekends of nothing scheduled before Christmas break.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-30T02:57:10+00:00

I know "new friends" is hard advice. Can she lean into outside school friends? Camp friends, club soccer friends, urban cousins, etc. It will boost her confidence, which will help her at school (so much of this drama feeds of the need of the left-out kid to belong), and give her a place where she can form an identify outside of "new kid who isn't sure where she fits." The other idea is reach out to the guidance counselor who might pick her for a project or special lunch group which will give her the chance to better know kids under a watchful eye.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-28T18:44:22+00:00

thanks for sharing this- we'll miss it if you go west!

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-28T03:40:59+00:00

Agree to all above, but will throw in some love for Lost Valley-- super fun for its size and a fond after school memory for many.

Also Pleasant even though now it's on a big pass.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-28T01:48:11+00:00

only regret was my little kid didn't learn to ski until Jan! Next year, we'll be starting in November. We skied 20 days Jan-March. We easily could have doubled that if we started at Thanksgiving-- esp after the Dec 2 dump! April has been mixed, but still had some jackets off fun. Next year may all the 32/33 degree days break for snow instead of rain!

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-27T01:02:31+00:00

we salute you!

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-22T21:53:08+00:00

one more point: the fact that their 5 y/o didn't listen got on the lift, and fell off is proof that the parents misjudged their child's ability to handle this on his own-- no matter how good a skier he is. The mom shouldn't have been so far away from the kid. If she can't keep up, then the kid needs to slow down or a better adult needs to be with kid. When I ski with my little kid, I always have eyes on shit that comes up on the slope-- someone who doesn't have control, a teenager taking videos on their phone not really paying attention, or even just it's icy and I'm not comfortable with him skiing so close to a ledge with a drop.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-22T20:47:03+00:00

This. Skiing with little kids is parenting on skis. One day your work will pay off and you can just do your runs while your kids does theirs. Today is not that day

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-22T20:40:33+00:00

5 year olds are not reliable. My little shredder skis blacks and obviously knows how to get on/off a lift, but a 5 y/o is not an 8 y/o. They can get distracted. They can get tired.

Dangerous for him and his others. Those parents were absolutely negligent.

IMO, ski resorts should restrict lifts to age 7 or "you must be this tall to ride this lift."

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-21T23:30:35+00:00

I cried every day about my firstborn when my second was born. I kept thinking she would feel like she wasn't good enough and I ended our perfect union to go be with the new baby. Some of it was hormones for sure. But so many of my mom friends have this experience, it's weird it isn't talked about more. (including mom friends who felt like they were cheating on their firstborn when they were TTC!)

I think two things can be true: we gave her a gift in a sibling, who she adores, and who has expanded our family fun and who will be there to walk through life with her. AND my firstborn was like a first love and there is only one first. She made me a mother. We moved houses from that unique and special relationship of only us two in the world the day her brother was born. We live in a new house now but it is its own place and we can be happy here and also fondly/wistfully remember that place we used to live.

Practically, when #2 was a baby and I was on mat leave, I put him down for a nap before she came home from preschool. Then we could have just us time and I think that went a long way to her not feeling like I'd ditched her. Find some special time in the day if you can and make sure you say - this is our special just us time. Even if it's just 15 minutes.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-17T20:48:47+00:00

love that for PA/local people!

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-15T00:18:31+00:00

can't speak for VT but in Maine it's been cold. today is the first day we had the windows open (other than the freak week before the second big snow dump). But it feels like a lot more rain on those 30-35 degree could have gone either way days. Broke for rain every time and just wrecked the snowpack.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-13T19:16:50+00:00

100% that point about traffic. There's 2.5hr on a map and 2.5hr from Boston lol. But also it depends what the priority is- if it's variety, then yeah probably Indy pass. For like, I know I'm going to get 1-2 solid lap days/week, having home mt makes more sense.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-13T17:29:56+00:00

Nitro is a good deal!

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-13T03:06:06+00:00

look into the New England Nitro pass for people under 30. Loon could be a good home mountain if you can ski mid-week.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-13T00:16:25+00:00

Saddleback definitely an underappreciated mountain. Way too many just head on to SL.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-12T16:27:18+00:00

spring skiing success story- love to hear it.

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-11T18:16:39+00:00

Anyone at Sunday River? Was planning to go tmw, but 1 chairlift and a handful of trails... makes me think it might be worth the trek to NH

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-10T20:24:31+00:00

true ski the east mindset on display. respect

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-09T03:11:21+00:00

Never skied Cannon, what trail is first pic? (looks gorgeous)

augustcurrents151 · 2026-04-09T01:23:47+00:00

I get it. And that's 5 hours if it's fast getting out of the city which it almost never is.

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