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Pay to ski Elk so your fucking kids get to experience it you cheap fuck. If you charge your kids to ski Elk, you’re banned from Sausage Sundays forever.

Yes. I’m sure missing the braggadocios posts about how little he pays for a day on the slopes, the reports describing the intricacies of splitting a single entree five ways, and the promised future music videos ham-fistedly cobbled together in MS Paint will leave me a hollow shell of my former self, but somehow I’ll have to scratch out a meager, meaningless existence anyway. I’d take solace in my children, but I guess I’m ruining them.

Beautiful day at Six! They had in fact closed for the season before all of this new snow, then they opened up again just for weekends and powder days. Soft packed powder, the kind you dream about, on every trail that was groomed. Many trails were left ungroomed. Sunshine, zero crowds, Bob Marley in my earbuds...a sweet day! On the way home I almost hit a turkey, so I stopped by the Worthy Kitchen for a Clown Shoes Galactica IPA to settle my nerves

no offense to the deceased......but that is such a load of BS for rationale to close the trees. if that reasoning was valid, then every single ski area in the nation would have not tree skiing.

No, I'm paying that through May. All my stuff is still there, completely unpacked. Once we close on this place in Quechee and get my mom settled, I'll go back and pack up. Hoping to get a few days at Blue's bike park, a little nostalgic Wegman's shopping, and a big patio blowout party to get rid of all the liquor in the house and say goodbye to friends and neighbors. PASRs of course welcome. Stay tuned.

Just got back from St Platty's. This place is absolutely ridiculous right now. The pow is thigh deep in some places. After two massive storms Plattekill has been getting 6-12 inch "refreshers" every day since last weekend. The result is a damn near pristine mountain and woods filled in about as much as you'll ever see them. Everything was in play and I mean everything. People were dropping into the woods everywhere. Everyone was getting at it. The stoke level was high and I had a lot of nice conversations with folks on the lifts. Arrived at 8:40 and caught the fourth or fifth chair up. I stuck to the double and mainly the woods accessible from there. Plunge and Freefall were left go and had basically a foot and a half pow on top of bumps leftover from Wednesday's Powderdaze. I didn't even feel the bumps, they were so filled in although as the day progressed they re-bumped up. Didn't matter. There is powder everywhere. The groomers were actually not so great. They were getting wind scoured and a little icy. No matter, the woods were where it was at. Next time I go I need to find somebody who knows the mountain, or explore after the woods are tracked out and its easier to navigate. It's difficult enough for me to ride two feet of pow but when you don't know where to point it to find the ways through the woods you find yourself stopping and getting stuck a lot in tight spots. For a skier this might not be as big a problem but on a board you absolutely need to keep your momentum going, so line pause is a no-no. Anyway, I found a bunch of fun stuff out there. Put together another little edit in lieu of pictures. Actually I can take some screenies. Enjoy

Enjorales....I've only met you and your Dad a few times, but you're pretty fucking ok in my book. [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One day we all die and that kind of sucks but it's going to suck alot more if you haven't lived your life. Logic, reason, science these are things near and dear to my heart but sometimes you have to put the experience ahead of dollars and cents. Shit some of the best times in my life have been when I absolutely shouldn't have spent x on doing y but I did it anyways. Kids are only young once, you only get to watch them grow and develop for so long and then if you did a really good job they leave and go live their life. How much is a smile on your kids faces worth ? How about time spent together doing something you both actually like ? Money can't buy time and it sure as fuck can't buy you a specific moment in time, it's a tool, a means to an end, nothing more. Lastly and maybe most important your kid's are going to be messed up if every life decision requires actuarial tables and GAP accounting.

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I use my house alot, but, yes, it is actually empty a good bit of time. A townhouse at JF would really be empty alot. Those type home are empty really except for ski season. Theres actually alot of “stuff” going on in my developent year round, alot of people there use their homes almost every weekend. You should get a second hotel room, somewhere nice for the weekends after ski season. Live it up a little.

Oh boy... Looks like I got some reading to do!

No one started a debate on financial practices in parenting. You brought it up as a straw man to obfuscate the fact that you’re a cheap shit.

Yea but i like assuming other anonomyous people are idiots. Makes me feel better.

Sensible schmensible just have as much fun as you can!!!

i can show you some maps of Eastern PA getting crushed, and it snows from Tuesday to Thursday, or Baltimore getting 2', and nothing in Allentown. Its March, so its gotta line up pretty good. By Sunday there might be some kind of an idea of whats gonna happen. Could definitely be some good skiing next week though. Break out the RTM's.

Good timing!!

This is a neat video and turns out Ed Bacon is Rowdowser over on Alpinezone.

Just got in from riding Elk Mountain, PA all day. They must have received some more snowfall overnight. Looked to be 4-6 inches around the mountain when I pulled up this morning. Probably 6 or more up top. This is on top of what has been accumulating over the last 10 days. Unfortunately all but the two bump runs were groomed out. Conditions were still excellent: real packed powder and cord all day. There was hardly anyone there. Never had to wait for a chair. Bummed on Elk's no open mountain policy. There are some fun possibilities up there to bag turns through the trees. They certainly have the snow for it. Also love those rocks off the runout to Mohawk. Lots of fun just wish the landing wasn't so flat. Staying over locally and then driving up to Plattekill tomorrow morning.

Elk it is. The Helicopter vid was the deciding factor for the holdout.

I liked the video but you never answered my question whether the tall brunette singer offers private voice lessons?

I don’t give a shit what he thinks. He’s unredeemable, he’s on ignore. He’s the only person on PASR not welcome to eat the food from my grill. Well, unless he wants to contribute $10 per plate and “get some skin in the game.” And the Beagles is a dumb band name. That music video sucked, too. Music was alright tho.

Don't worry about it I think it's interesting. I like when PASR is active even if things are off topic.

I'm starting to look at the accuweather forums for this potential upcoming storm. Timing could be anywhere from early Tuesday to late Wednesday. The strength and duration of the storm along with cold air could mean a ton of heavy wet snowfall for the Lehigh valley and the poconos and a mixture down in the I-95 corridor. Usually people on the accuweather forums are excited about the potential for a major snowstorm but many seem to be sick of winter and ready to play golf. Some are also concerned about potential power outages as tree roots are already weakened from the last two storms. Here are some of the more bullish snowfall predictions.

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The pond right at the very bottom of the six pack..I bet Ski2Live will be up there after the ski season is over with a metal detecter looking for quarters.

I think it's pretty cool to teach the kids a little about responsible spending and to an extent financial literacy. I got a joint bank account with my Dad when I was 13 so I had somewhere to put my paychecks from working at the golf course. Eventually I even got myself a debit card. I was one snazzy 15 year old walking around with my own plastic.

I'm still confused by the term "hoarding" being used interchangeably with the word "saving" $300 isn't hoarding money any more than $300,000 is. No matter what the age.

Ski2Live don't let your kids see this!!!

And they have gone skiing over 40 times on my dime. A trip to Elk when you figure in all those things will easily cost me $100 more than a trip to Blue. $10 each is a token contribution, out of over $300 they each have saved from allowances. My philosophy is to provide the basics but ask them to contribute to do something more luxurious than normal. And given that I define the basics as including skiing every weekend, they make out ok.

Exactly. I've been crazy busy with work this week and a pow day next week would be just what I need.

I'm looking at condos in VT right now for full-time occupancy. When Mt. Ascutney went under the home prices dropped, but it's still a great area. Hoping to snag a nice unit and live right on a MTB trail network with an easy commute to Okemo.

No footy. Last time I was at Elk I was 14, and the place was only half open at the time (it was December), so I spent the time finding my way around a bit and looking where the fun stuff was. A bunch of places nearby have open mountain policies. Off the top of my head Jack Frost and Plattekill which are both fairly close by. Frost get significantly less snowfall too. I know Platty and Magic Mtn in VT organize volunteer glade clearing crews every off season. It's worth it, in my opinion. It would make the mountain stand out a lot more. To me it feels like a mellower version of Blue, with better snow. But if you could rock it off piste it'd be the nastiest place in PA. For sure its got the best snow in the Poconos. Not that its saying much but I'd make the drive when the conditions came together if they did. Otherwise I have to drive to the Catskills. I can do Elk in a day. Oh, run of the day was Lehigh. That green cruiser way off on the east side of the mountain. Only natural snow, narrow little trail through the woods. It's like meditation down there, man. Good stuff. I recommend it.

Thanks For The Ignore... Signed Enjorales?

It's Georgia, not US. Nobody's gonna or will be able to sue anybody.

The snowmaking blog is hinting at staying open into April..I'm hoping they make the 14th-15th when I'm back from Colorado. https://bluemountainsnowmakers.com/2018/03/16/march-magic/

I'll jump in the pond...

Most people are pretty dim..sort of like people who stop at the top of an escalator.

OK

Blah, blah, blah, whatever. You’re a cheap SOB. It’s probably your last chance to take to them Elk probably EVER, cause we all know there’s no way in hell you’ll ever pay for three tickets to ski there. But you’ll take them to Blue instead when you tell them they won’t have to subsidize your ticket out of their allowance if you go there. Like 10 year olds need to understand spending their money vs a gift from dad. They’re fucking kids. It’s not a gift from you anyway, it’s a gift from the state of Pennsylvania Ski association or whatever. I’m sure the best gift you’ve ever given them is two christmases.

Thanks for the parenting advice. I have spent thousands of dollars on my kids skiing and am taking them to CO in 8 days. It is not about me being cheap (where do you think their $ comes from? I could stop giving allowance if I want to be cheap, but no I am about to raise it again in 5 weeks on their bday). It is about giving them opportunities to spend money to enrich their lives as well and show that skiing is worth something to them, not just always a free gift from Dad.

Going to Hawaii and staying (only) in Waikiki is like going to Blue on Presidents Day weekend and using the Main St chair to lap Vista to Burma Road.

I saw this on Facebook.

Well, midwinter has arrived in Vermont and I enjoyed two days of great powder skiing with no crowds thanks to the mid-week arrival of the storm. Snow was well underway both days, so I parked at the Jackson Gore side to avoid the steep pitch of the main Okemo approach road. Front wheel drive isn't going to cut it up here, not even with my beloved Blizzaks. I feel there is a Subaru in my future. Tuesday saw the more significant snowfall, and the snow was beautiful and untracked, or very lightly tracked, for quite a few runs. After that, it begin to form into push-piles, which were fun but exhausting. I loved the chance to learn to ski "moguls" a bit on blue runs. Though weirdly the piles tended to form more like giant, vertical furrows rather than discrete bumps. That was a challenge; I decided the most fun option was to hop back and forth over the furrow, so it was like one really long mogul, The snow kept dumping until about 5pm, so each run was different every time you did it. I'm no good at skiing powder/3D snow, but I was very psyched for the opportunity to practice. It's hard to stay forward--that was my main challenge. And also being patient with my turns and not trying to shove carvery turns everywhere. Gentle pivots seemed to work best. I started out each day on the J-G side, doing Moondance, then worked my way over to the Solitude chair and worked all the blue trails over there. Didn't spend much time taking the 6-pack to the summit. Visibility was sketchy the times I was up there, and I was having the most fun over at Solitude. Plus Epic Restaurant there has the best $10 lunch you can get at a ski resort: life-altering chicken and waffles. There weren't any crowds at all, but things really thinned out after about noon. I think people were just tired. Wednesday was more of the same, though with conditions a bit more packed down on some trails, which was nice in a way in that it took a lot less energy to ski, but wasn't near as much fun as the day prior. I stayed in Ludlow Tuesday night, because I didn't want to have to drive the 40 minutes back and forth to Quechee in the storm.(The nearer resorts, Quechee and Suicide Six, are not open during the week these days, so a drive was required), Homestyle Hostel on Main street, Ludlow is a really great place: highly recommend if you need an inexpensive dorm bed. Met a guy who quit his job in November and was on Day 74 so far this year. While grabbing a quick bite of dinner at Kilarney's, their regular pub trivia quiz started up. The guy sitting next to me at the bar asked if I wanted to form a team, so we called ourselves "Strangers at a Bar" and recruited anyone who happened to be near us. We ended up with a solid roster and won most of the rounds. After the teams turned in our answer sheets, I looked over at the judge, who was scoring them, and said to my bar neighbor: "See that guy? He's grading. I never have to do that again. Ever!" That was a good feeling.

Reminds me of this song.

i dont get why they never let the comp bumps get ski'd in a bit theyre always mediocre at best on game day

Wow...last time it hit 100" at the mount Mansfield snow stake was in 2001 after the famous town meeting day storm I believe. There was 27" of snow in Burlington and I spend hours digging my car out of the driveway.

Sounds like you're having a great time. I could sooo live in Vermont. Hubby, not so much. I was so excited about cold weather returning here, and all he talks about is getting the garden started.

Just Sunday for me.

Hey SallyCat...why didn't you write a report from your one day ski trip to China???