Barb

great link, thanks

thanks for the info. I figured I would have to get him better boots. The last two seasons I did a seasonal rental on boots. I know it's an expensive sport, but if he finally finds something he really enjoys and is good at I don't mind spending the money.

he's 8 and just doing a club program.

thanks for the info. We did the 4th grade last year but they didn't offer 5th last year. I definitely saved some money with it last season. Vermont also has a 5th grade pass.

My younger son wants to join the race program this season. I need some advice on what I am going to need. I don't want to go out and get him race skis, poles, special boots (??) etc if I don't need to. I know he will need special equipment but is there a place I can rent this stuff for the season or is it better to buy? If I buy the stuff what brands etc. He is so excited for ski season to start. He keeps asking me when its going to snow already?? He also tells me when school is boring he just daydreams about skiing.

I agree with Whistler. The town is so beautiful and there is so much to do besides skiing.

thanks I love dogfunk

that was fun to watch. It looks so nice out there, it makes me wish we went again this summer.

A small section of park with features geared towards kids 12 and under.

I'm jealous, Whistler is so beautiful.

We went to Boulder on Sun. I only took a few runs with David and then sat in the lodge and let him snowboard alone for a few hours. I wasn't into it with the rain and I had a nice fall when I got stuck in a rut right in front of Nipples. He stopped to ask if I was ok...embarassing. David was in all black and was the only young kid I saw that day.

great pictures of your kids doing the steep trail.

nice pictures as usual.

yeah boulder will prob be open, I just wanted to check out Camelback since it would be free.

weather permitting, any trails open April 12 or just the rail jam?

well, Stever I don't know if you should buy it but thanks for the link. I just emailed it to all my friens who have kids that are casual skiers. POC should get some for his daughter. A kids setup for $50. If you use it twice it paid for itself.

It's not babysitting when its your own kids . Sorry I'll miss you guys. I have to hand out youth league trophies to all my kiddie bowlers in the morning. Have fun. Oh and I guess I missed the thread where Nipples broke his foot. Hope he's ok.

for little kids like mine Freedom is still big. Stratton had a park that was geared towards kids under 10.

After visiting Stratton and seeing the kids have such a blast on their beginner terrain park, I was wondering why Boulder doesn't have something like that. Since they market their mountain as basically 70%+ park, why don't they have anything small? They could easily fence off a sliver of one of the beginner trails and put up a few features. With a place for little kids to ride maybe this would also alleviate some of the problems of the kids wandering into the more advanced sections. Just a thought.

All I can say is you are brave for hitting the terrain park.

I'm leaving in 10 min. Light blue jacket, brown pants. The only pasr female today

Pretty sure I am going tomorrow. I would love to dress gaper but I didn't have time to search the thrift shops this week. I guess top of the 6 pack at 9am? There's no way I will make it by 7:15 since I am driving from Avalon.

sexkitten I love your outfit!

Went to Bromley again today. We were on Pa Ridge Racer schedule today and didn't get there until 11am. Today was the sunniest day but also the coldest because of the wind. Temp was in low 30's but felt much colder. They had a St Patty's day spec and we scored $17 lift tickets. The snow was much harder today but by afternoon it softened up a lot. We did the upper mountain for 3 runs. The wind was really bad up there so then we did the rest of the day on the lower mountain. There are some fun trails (for our ability anyway) at Bromley. Our last run of the day was The Glade and we all did pretty bad. I fell several times and got a good bonk when my head hit the ground. Helmets are good! But the kids liked going through the trees and did not fall nearly as much as me. All in all Vermont still has a lot of snow. The locals said they got about 12 feet this season. I don't know if that's average or what but definitely better than PA. Bromley is a great mountain and I would recommend it to anyone with kids. Here are some random pics. I dont know how to put text in between photos but one is of our condo. Pic of the deck, no one around here shovels off the snow.

well this is going to be quick because the kids and I are in the fitness center where the internet is and they are dying to leave. We woke up to 4" of fresh snow. First I was excited but then realized it was very heavy and hard to push through. We spend the whole day there and had a nice time. They had a Burton demo going on and there were things to do for the kids which was nice. The upper mountain was covered in fog and very hard to see. We only took one run from there. The kids got park passes and did the park for a while. They had a small rainbow box that David kept hitting and was extremely proud of himself. My picture taking skills are awful so my attempts at action shots failed miserably. I kept getting him out of the frame or an arm or leg, pitiful. Today we did Bromley. I have to say I really like Bromley. It is a very laid back place. Very nice for families. Just David and I went and Stephen and my hubby went snowmobiling. We walked through the woods and were able to go down the terrain park from our condo which was great. Then got our tickets and did the upper mountain all day. I have to say I am not in as good of shape as I thought because my legs are like jello today. The trails are so much longer than Big Boulder. The path we were doing all day was 2.5 miles. So that's prob equivalent to 4-5 BB runs. After a while I was letting David go up alone because my legs were done. I think we will do Bromley again tomorrow just because its so convenient. The US open at Stratton practice starts tomorrow but none of the big names will be there until at least Wed (from what I am told). Ok here are a few pics, I don't have time to put them into photo bucket.