West / south west in Rutland

Agree.. PJ at Race Stock is actually one of the best in the country… former US Ski Team tech… people travel to see him. Also, don’t buy a boot because it’s on sale, buy what fits your foot. It’s the most important piece of ski gear.

30 mins out on the west side or east side of Killington?

We had two installed at separate times over the last 2 years. One is a mitsubishi cold weather and the other is a Haier (also for cold weather). I prefer the mitsubishi because it's a little quieter, but other than that they both are great. Vermont Energy did the mitsu and Catamount solar did the Haier. Both companies were easy to work with, great with communication and installed the units in 3-4 hours. I'd recommend either one to work with.

Also, don’t forget that the price you pay typically covers boot fitting on top of the boots themselves at the local shops. Pinnacle and Mountain Ops both move a ton of boots per year and have a ton of experience. I live an hour away from Mountain Ops. I paid full price for my touring boots there. But I happily make the drive for any (free) adjustments because they are just so nice and skillful about them.

OGE, Skirack, Race Stock, Pinnacle, and Mountain Ops (also in Stowe) are all great. I buy a lot of stuff at Alpine Shop but didn’t love my boot fitting experience with them. I would not buy boots from REI.

I've heard nothing but good things about Pinnacle but I gotta say I wasn't stoked with my experience there. The people were very kind and seemed very knowledgeable, but I went there and was basically like "I don't know anything at all about how boots should fit" and they said "very snug". I said "to me, very snug is how tight my rock climbing shoes fit. Do you know how tight those are and should they be that tight or like... less tight than that?" and they said yes, my boots should be as tight as climbing shoes.

So anyway, long story short, I have permanent vascular damage in my toes now and can't ski anymore.

Cool! Going into killlington will be Sunday morning have a hotel 30 minutes out (not sure if that makes a difference) appreciate it!

Man - just gonna take it slow. If needed stop early and finish up ok sunday

Jimmy at skirack is great at what he does

This is for the lawyers. They have to look into if it’s the companies fault, testing or state. Then if damages can be proven actions can be taken. Can’t sue to sue, but with so many cars broken, this imo sounds like a great case for a junior partner to get their associates to dove into. But now we stay silent 🤫 let them do their jobs

You're right, and I hope things are better than when I worked at a Todd English restaurant in Boston!

Not health inspectors anywhere. Massachusetts, NY and Pennsylvania were all way more on top of it and way more strict. Also the codes themselves were much better. No one here seems to have heard of a haccp plan ever.

Health inspectors anywhere. And I was naive enough to be shocked when I found that at least a few decades ago milk inspectors don't inspect milk!

not denigrating reddit... it just seems like their are some 'national' eyes on government officials over there... and usually, when there are enough comments, stuff gets traction at a fast clip. Which is no bueno for said officials.

Ski rack worked so hard with me to get my boots right. Stretching plastic, molding liners, etc. All for free. I can not recommend them enough.

Makes sense. It sounds like they'd be easy to remove/replace.

How was the heat pump experience? I can't find a contractor who I know isn't charging me a premium.

Um. Tweet our governor? [as many times as are people who are mad] I'm not a reddit expert so I am not sure if I am supposed to mention the other site. But it appears that no one loves getting swamped with repeated comments about things on that site and something usually happens pretty fast.

I'm not sure the best options but I would avoid 100 in a snow storm. I'm supposed to drive down 100 to Rutland Sunday and I won't unless everything is really clear. Not a road you want to be in in bad weather between the curves, the snow and lack of cell service.

OGE is another good option not to mention the consignment selection.

Ski rack or Alpine shop in btv. Just buy boots that are comfortable. I raced for most my life and I can honestly say a comfortable boot is the best "performing" boot.

You can get in the weeds about fit but unless your trying to shave seconds off your race time, it's all diminishing returns. Your way better off in a boot you don't mind wearing all day.

If you can't wait to tear your boots off at the end of the day or have to pop the buckles in the lift line, your just being silly about it. Unless someone's paying you to ski, you shouldn't have to do either of those things.

Custom molded liners like Intuitions are way better money spent than a shell that just doesn't fit your foot right.

To whom?

Stay home until Sunday!

Race Stock in Waterbury is very highly regarded for boot fitting

I’d recommend you not go to REI. You’ll get a FAR better experience and end result at a smaller, non-corporate shop like Pinnacle in Stowe