<I>(Note from the Administrator: This report was originally posted on 2/21/00. Due to our move to new servers, the date and time attributed to this post is incorrect.)</I> <BR> <BR>The second of the weekend ski areas. This was a place to do "just for the heck of it", not for any true challenge. I had interned at the Weather Observatory for summers at the top so figured it was time to check it out. <BR> <BR>My friend Betsy and I hit the area about 1pm today. It's very urban..no parking, lots of beginners, and the feeling you are only 10 minutes from Boston. <BR> <BR>While the area is good for beginners, I would recommend other E. MA areas for other skiers who don't want to drive far from Boston. This place just has a certain crudeness about it. Nobody knew how to ride the lift. Kids were cutting the lines and nobody was doing anything about it. A small fight broke out in the cafeteria line and the cook was screaming at the kids to stop. The lift attendent gave everybody in line a lecture on how to double up for the lift. <BR> <BR>Aside from that, the actual skiing isn't too bad. The old double served 2 routes from the top. One is a fairly steep shot straight down, good for cruising. The other is a meandering fairly narrow trail that cascaded down the side...arguably one of the more interesting "up north" type trails in E. MA. A third slope was a beginner one served by an ancient, and I mean ancient J-bar. <BR> <BR>Their snow report said 7/7 trails, but they only had 3 open...come on folks, truth in advertising! If you say 100% open, it better be!!! They have 2 narrow chutes that were closed, and these were probably some challenging trails! <BR> <BR>A place to go once and thats it, or for night skiing. <BR> <BR>Jeremy <BR>www.nelsap.org
Blue Hills, MA 2/21/00
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<I>(Note from the Administrator: This report was originally posted on 2/22/00. Due to our move to new servers, the date and time attributed to this post is incorrect.)</I> <BR> <BR>jeremy hit it on the head... i grew up 10 minutes from this place but i just started skiing 5 years ago so i had never gone there...i have been out of action for 2 weeks due to foot problems ( think it's straightened out, finally ) and ironically i decided to try the place for the first time on the same day jeremy was there. i can't believe i didn't run into him by default ( anyone who looked like they had a remote clue would have sparked a conversation w/ me ) like i said i've never skied there but jonesing to give the new boots a shot i hit it after they got some fresh... no real report is necessary cause like J said, it's not a legit ski area for anyone but novices, unless it's a record snow year and some of those stashes and cuts are filled in w/ natural... the two guys who own the place usually get 3 or 4 liveshots on the local news each year and are always lamenting the fact that they are barely able to open and all that... i've always felt a lot of empathy for em cause i figured here are two guys trying to beat mother nature and provide the experience to the inner city kids who don't grow up privledged like most, not all but most, of the hotshots you see running thier gates on the big mountains... but after seeing what a damn zoo that place was w/ no organization at all, well like i said i'm not privy to their financial books , but they are going to get a little less empathy from me the next time i hear em crying... what a joke that day was... keep up the killer site there J...