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Sugarbush chirping at Killington for over reporting their snowfall

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nosebutterpizza
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Thought this exchange was pretty funny.



Jan 17 2020 10:43AM
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pokerman
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hahaha
Jan 17 2020 11:46AM
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snowfinder
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killington's yardstick

Jan 17 2020 1:22PM
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dogfartstaint
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How much did they actually get?
Jan 17 2020 1:46PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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This is great stuff
Jan 17 2020 2:22PM
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nosebutterpizza
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dogfartstaintHow much did they actually get?


probably more like 4-6
Jan 17 2020 3:06PM
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VinnieF
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Pretty much all ski resorts measure in snow drifts. Some are notoriously bad (*cough* Jay *cough*)
Jan 17 2020 3:26PM
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nosebutterpizza
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VinnieFPretty much all ski resorts measure in snow drifts. Some are notoriously bad (*cough* Jay *cough*)


BUt tHe jAY cLoud Is REaL
Jan 17 2020 3:31PM
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pokerman
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VinnieFPretty much all ski resorts measure in snow drifts. Some are notoriously bad (*cough* Jay *cough*)


classic vinnif post.
Jan 17 2020 4:53PM
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TheClap.
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VinnieFPretty much all ski resorts measure in snow drifts. Some are notoriously bad (*cough* Jay *cough*)

big facts
Jan 17 2020 5:22PM
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patskis22
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this is why I love sugarbush and always will
Jan 17 2020 5:53PM
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s.j.mitchell
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Got maybe 7” lmao. Gotta love bush for callin em out
Jan 17 2020 8:02PM
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k_tivnan
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I love bush but they bs every snow report. The total of one of there storms they said was 2-20”. Come on now
Jan 17 2020 8:37PM
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theabortionator
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East coast mtns don't even measure. They just look at what the other places reported and make something up.
Jan 17 2020 8:47PM
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Monsieur_Patate
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It's all part of the snow dick measuring contest, pretty annoying sometimes when you want the actual truth. I now look exclusively at NOAA weather stations reports and not resorts snow reports.

Alta does the same shit all the time. I'd say you can shave off 10-20% of their advertised annual snowfall to get the actual number, same goes for most of the Cottonwood canyons resorts, but in my experience to a lesser extent than Alta.
Jan 17 2020 9:49PM
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dwt802
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That had me dying
Jan 17 2020 10:20PM
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DesertStix
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The peak at killington is only 4200?! I take living out west for granted, Jesus...
Jan 18 2020 1:54AM
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DesertStix
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Haha I wasn’t talking shit just had no idea that’s the elevation. As long as you’re enjoying the mountain, it really doesn’t matter if you’re at 13K or 4K
DesertStixThe peak at killington is only 4200?! I take living out west for granted, Jesus...
Jan 18 2020 5:21PM
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DeebieSkeebies
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Ski resort social media marketing is so fucking wack.
Jan 18 2020 6:43PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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DeebieSkeebiesSki resort social media marketing is so fucking wack.

that sentence mostly applies even when removing "ski resort"
Jan 18 2020 11:25PM
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losh
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I called out Breck on Instagram once for over reporting ad they were very very salty at me. You'd think they'd just ignore my comment.
Jan 19 2020 11:54AM
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DesertStix
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The truth hurts
loshI called out Breck on Instagram once for over reporting ad they were very very salty at me. You'd think they'd just ignore my comment.
Jan 19 2020 12:07PM
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SavageBiff
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I’m about to do this to snowshoe
they frequently predict and publish cooler temps than actual , Same for snow predictions and accumulation, when it’s clearly gonna rain they’ll say snow if they think it’s “close”
makes planning a trip , especially in this global warming era tougher
only positive is I did go when I otherwise wouldn’t
loshI called out Breck on Instagram once for over reporting ad they were very very salty at me. You'd think they'd just ignore my comment.
Jan 19 2020 12:35PM
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thomas.sykes13
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Skied Killington today. They reported 7” overnight. More like 3”. Whatever 10” they got a few days ago seems to have disappeared. It’s not hard to look at the snow on top of cars in the morning and see they’re lying through their teeth.
Jan 19 2020 5:19PM
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SkiBum.
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The age of the live cam looking at the snowstske really puts a damper on those extra marketing inches. keep em honest.
Jan 19 2020 6:50PM
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DeebieSkeebies
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loshI called out Breck on Instagram once for over reporting ad they were very very salty at me. You'd think they'd just ignore my comment.

Alta and Snowbirds social media marketers got into it on instagram a while back over some funny videos about traversing that came out lol. I love snowbird but its super rich hearing them chirp alta for having too many traverses when a lot of their fun terrain is carved out by beaters traversing under sweet cliffs
Jan 19 2020 7:06PM
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