NewEnglandSkier13 I headed to Spruce for a cold night of skiing on the rope tows. Temperatures were right around zero, and there were only about 10 skiers all night. All trails were open and all three rope tows were running. Almost all of the trails have lights, but some are very spotty. The snow was squeaky and somewhat sticky, but there was good cover. The layout of Spruce is unique and the upper rope tow is very difficult to ride because of how fast and steep it is. Spruce is a fun place to spend a few hours and its hard to beat the ticket prices.
joshua_segal Back in my younger days, I always sought out these T-Bar areas on the coldest days of the winter to keep out of the wind. Most of these areas are now on the NELSAP list. Nice to see your photos of some that are still operating.
NewEnglandSkier13 Back in my younger days, I always sought out these T-Bar areas on the coldest days of the winter to keep out of the wind. Most of these areas are now on the NELSAP list. Nice to see your photos of some that are still operating. Spruce is actually still all rope tows. It's one of the few left with multiple ropes.
ME2VTskier Looks like a cool little place. Do they have any snowmaking there? Looks like they are close enough for a great water source. I see a couple guns on their site... sprucemountain.org
NewEnglandSkier13 Looks like a cool little place. Do they have any snowmaking there? Looks like they are close enough for a great water source. I see a couple guns on their site... sprucemountain.org Yes, they have a number of fan guns and a bunch of sticks. A number of them are visible in the photos.
NewEnglandSkier13 Fan guns at a rope tow ski area? Learn something new everyday ;) Arrowhead is another tow area that uses fan guns.
