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I'm looking to go up on Friday for the first trip of the year and am bringing some people from work. Is the base area cleaned up from the water slides/construction yet or is it still a mess. Just trying to figure out if it's worth introducing new people to sno yet or wait till later when they're ready. Thanks in advance for your input.

Thanks for the info.

Their web site doesn't have any info. Any one know if they will be open on January 1st or if they were open last New Years day? I assume so, but need to plan a vacation around where what is open. Thanks

I'm going to Chile for some snowboarding in June. Valle Nevado and El Colorado. Anyone been there before and if so, any recommendations?

I have a 7 and 5 year old that we've been taking to Sno this year for lessons and skiing. (Yes, we have a problem with Webkinz too....) As a parent, thanks! Your helpful attitude above is what makes the noticable difference between going to Sno and elsewhere. We're bringing as many of our friends back to Sno as possible next year. You guys deserve the business, even though it means more crowds.

Season Pass: No Rode Sno 5 times this year Next year hopefully 10 #1 Improvement: Blow snow nightly on the NF headwalls. Because it's sooo much fun the next day. No ice, great riding, why not (other than when Smoke is used for racing)? One other suggestion - run the new quad or longhaul during the week instead of just on weekends

Some easy suggestions: Blow snow nightly on the NF headwalls, that was great when you did it. Run the new top to bottom Quad (or longhaul if quad doesn't happen) during the week, not just weekends like longhaul. Get ride of the RFID lift tickets, it takes way too much time to scan them, and they can't be scanned if they are on your wrist under gloves or jacket. Childrens lessons ticketing and sign up in the same spot instead of having to go to 2 different buildings. Some compliments: Childrens ski school instructors were great and much more valuable lessons than at JF or CB. Your snow was great this year for what little time there was. Everyone working at Sno was really nice. In general, a much better, nicer place to go with better trails and snow than CB or JF. Easier to get to and noticeably better snowmaking than Elk. My favorite place this year. See you next year.

Anyone use or try the Flexmeter gloves? Thanks for all the feedback on the levels

Anyone have experience/input on using Flexmeter or Level gloves with the wrist protection for riding?

I'm looking to head up on Wednesday, is it too cold or ok, given the wind? Also, a previous post said that long haul was closed, but I just checked the web site and it shows open. Was it running today?

Do you know where they plan on adding those new trails? Just interested, because I'm starting to like Sno a lot.

They are, but it didn't really bother me that much. The trails are wide enough that you can go around if you want. I did like the fact that they had ungroomed powder to play in, especially on the headwalls, so that's a real plus for blowing on open trails during the day.

No idea, never tried them, but they are worthy of awards we are told One other thought, those rfid wrist bands take wwwwaaaaayyyy too much time to scan. I don't know how they can survive if it were a weekend. The lift guys were trying as much as possible, but I would easily miss 1-2 chairs everytime while they tried to scan them. Luckily, there were only 3 other people on the mountain. Try 30 seconds to scan X 3-4 people per chair X ?,000 people per day X 20 runs and you have a major meltdown waiting

went to sno today. sweet. definately recommend over CB. Blacks are longer and segregated vs. CB having short blacks leading into greens. Blues (Whistler) were not too difficult though, more like greens at CB. Conditions were nice today. Half shallow powder, half groomed, blowing snow all day long. People were friendly. Award winning waffles. What else could you ask for?

I'm planning on going Monday, Jan 22. So both should have plenty of good weather to get things going again by then. Also, I'm not concerned with food, customer service, etc., just quality of trails, etc.

Any thoughts on whether it's worth going to Sno over Camelback? Assuming both have good coverage of course. I ride mostly blues and some blacks. Freeride only, no parks for me. I've been to CB and JF 6 or 7 times this year and found CB to be lacking from the length of their more advanced trails. It seems that everything, at least what's open now, is really only half a trail and then it dumps into a green. Just looking at stats, Sno looks good compared to Camelback, from vertical, length of trails, number of blues, etc., but I'm looking for some input from people who ride both. Unfortunately, I only have 2 days left of riding this year so I'm looking for some input so I don't waste them. Thanks in advance.

Yes, they went into the $25 1.5 hour lessons starting at 10.15 am and 2 pm. Quoted from the CB web site at http://www.skicamelback.com/instruction.php - "At Camelback, families and first-timers will be enjoying the mountain in no time. Our instructors offer classes for all ability levels

We just went through the same thing for my 5 yr old and 7 yr old daughters. Our experience is limited to Jack Frost and CB: JF - 3 hour sessions for $70 (weekend w/ rentals) - It was good for them to have this much time vs. a 1.5 hr lession at CB to start out. About 2.5 hours on the snow. Both progressed well and were riding lifts and blues (Easy rider & Janes Lane) within 1-2 lessons. Great instructors. Smaller classes than CB (1-4 people, we had several lessons there that ended up being private as no one else showed). Also, a big factor is that there are a lot less people on the greens and the greens are more segregated at JF than at CB so there were not a lot of people blowing by them as they were learning. CB - Choices are 1.5 hour lessons ($25 + ticket + rentals) or full day ($110 w/rental). We had ours in 2 of the 1.5 hr lessons per day after they started at JF. Some points here are that you spend a lot of time getting in, evaluated and out on the snow during the lesson so much less real teaching time on the snow in 3 hours worth of these lessons vs. 1 JF 3 hour lesson. Also, importantly once they get on the greens (Meadows) there are lots of people dropping in at speed from the back/blue/green runs up above and it's really quite dangerous (for everyone) to have beginner children out there. It really turned out that the instructors were just trying to make sure they didn't get killed by someone from above (including from me). That said, once they get skilled enough to confidently ride the blues, the full day lesson might be great for keeping them out there longer with more on snow instruction than JF. Bottom line - I would start them at JF and see what they like better for more advanced lessons (JF 3 hr or CB full day) once they can ride the blues at JF.