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Best day of the season for me so far.... Loving life Skiing better than I have in a very long time....getting some confidence back I guess. Challenge is chalky Main street is money and I hate main street. Whoop whoop... Damn I missed this shit! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Arrived at 8:20 AM to 18° and sunny skies. Saw TP4, VTMark and bethlehem Ford guy in the house. Got the second chair up and went to Challenge first. Some cookies and some uneven grooming but I’m happy it’s open. Hit that that twice and then went to Main Street. Main Street was a perfect groomer. Smooth, dry snow. Lazy and Paradise we’re also really nice but Main Street was my ROTD. New trails open for me included Challenge, Lower Park, and the crossover under the 6 pack from Home Stretch to Lower Park. Blowing was on NMDW, Lower Sidewinder, Switchback, and a couple spots on open trails. Razors was still being pushed out with 2 cats on it. Skied until 10 and now I’m off to work. I’ll be back at it Saturday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pretty decent tonight. Always better than sitting at home reading about bugs.

Hey All, I’m back from a fun session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot around 635pm and phillycore was just finishing up and also in the house were Atomic Jeff, Shadows, PARidge and MBIke mike along with about 20 buses. Temperatures were in the upper 20s with increasing clouds and moderate winds. Challenge was pretty slick, Main Street was pretty nice, lazy mile was as crazy as ever and paradise was good snow and no SP3000 action. The last two runs or snow it was snowing and I said that it probably wasn’t sticking in the A which atomic Jeff found funny...had a few parking lot beers and ready for some weather this weekend..JADIP we jamming..clock is off by an hour it came that way In March it will be the correct time

Good snow tonite....beer time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ski 2 live is the official wet blanket of PASR.

No it makes you a pussy.

You really are an idiot.

Fun night. Decent pretty much throughout with some slick spots to keep things interesting (crowds also kept things interesting). Snow cannons were on and in full force. We're only days away from Razors, NMDW and Switchback all being open. Exciting times!

I thought main street, lazy and paradise were straight money today. Challenge was awesome for the simple fact that it was open. Best conditions out of the 7 days I've been there..... Conditions were on a diet and Sugar Free Perfect...so I don't get the diabeeeeeeetis Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol, I was thinking, “move your fucking ass”, but mama didn’t raise me like that.

Get a room. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lots of busses Just went inside to thaw out a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Holy shit. Hits home when those are the lines you ski all the time. Posted this video years ago, but this is where the slide occurred:

Thanks for the report Mute...the crossover under the 6 pack is a great run...so many nooks and crannies to explore. Woo woo for lower park...been enough cross country skiing this season.

Makes sense...seems like the Jerry move...

Main Street was ROTD. Challenge was decent and I enjoyed it. Raceway was garbage

You were very polite to that snow boarder up top.

Racers ready, lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Mount Mik Weather Forecasters are calling for 4-6” with a thick coating of ice, followed by rain and a rapid freeze. Tubing should be prime on Monday.

I was up late morning, and it was excellent. A whole school of Hasidic Jews arrived just as I got there, so that was fun.

You leaving? Go to bonn I'll buy you a beer before heading up tonight

This thread seems like it got good. Got some readin' to do when I finish up work...

Hayata will be happy to hear the crossover is open.

Nice I haven’t seen Mauser since like 2010

I think Ryan was up this morning too!

You never get drunk?? What about when you went with your pal to see Bruce Springfield and you split a steak and got a good night kiss?? New page what what.

I'll be up later Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So does a DUI

Kyle skis blue like once every three years. He’s irrelevant

You’re welcome and anytime.

It happens so rarely, the bird was the last one I can think of. It really means its a light news day but Eurp got crazy snow, 99 I think was the super crazy year when half of small mtn towns were buried.

I’ll be up tonight around 645ish...I hope I can ski all 26 trails...maybe tomorrow morning as well depending on how much snow falls.

Haha we aren’t drinking the kind of quantity of alcohol that wedding patrons drink. I’d say that 95% of the parking lot beer drinkers have 1-3 beers total..social drinking not getting wasted.

Lower park looks goooooooooooood, cant wait to ride it. Also, the riders right rail line looks awesome with rails that should be challenging enough to keep the noobs off of them and ruining the lips.

The forecast is getting weaker and weaker. "Snow and ice accumulating 5 to 8 inches". Sounds like snow with a crunchy crust on top. Salty's RTMs would rock in conditions like this.

Was the bridge open?

Is that snowmaking on an open trail in PA? What?

Perfectly positioned in a blind corner between food trucks and lockers.

Good one Indiggio!!!

i am probably riding a train tomorrow. kind of disappointed its at night so i cant really have a TR with pics

They should've just increased ticket prices by $3 and nobody would've even noticed...

So, JFBB did confirm that vouchers bought before Jan 1, will not have a surcharge. New ticket sales will have the $3 surcharge. They stopped communicating with me when i asked why other mountains serviced by PPL were not issuing a surcharge.

If given the opportunity to pay a few extra bucks and stay on site for a wedding I'm doing it every time. Getting bused to and from a venue sucks.

5 ways down now. Nice

Post Utah recap. Knee issues. Limited range of motion, like stairs start to become a big issue. Thursday morning was rough. I found out right away the biggest issue was going to be the lift. Bending that knee to sit on the lift hurt like hell, and with a ski attached to it you dont have much choice but to sit like u are sitting in a chair. I figured out to let the chair push me almost off the platform, then sit down at the last minute, then i didnt have to bend my knee as much. Deer Valley - i have never been, never really on my radar with the posh treatment, but i really like the oppurtunity to check out new places. Sweet groomers. Big time speed runs. I think its true mostly pretty people ski there, and most wont venture off trail. I think the day after a storm, trees might still be good. I was just happy i could actually ski groomers, so nothing off trail for me. “The Bird” (day 2) I have been here a few times, and skied just about every condition possible. Powder day/sun, powder day/zero vis/97 mph winds (same storm that knocked out power to JHMR) and bluebird. So the Bird being the bird, the day starts with real low vis up top, so we made it down to gad valley area to where we could see. Clouds rolled out quicker than anticipated and it lead to a really nice day. Somehow i went from barely being able to walk in ski boots in the am, from the car to the base area, to actually feeling better, which i never would have imagined anyways, the Bird is still just a beast. If you are looking for big vert in one run, this is probably where you do it at. Real good day here, finished off with a nice beer on the deck at the top with the boys. Take time to absorb the view from there sometime. Celebrate the small victories in life Brighton - Bluebird, perfect temp, nice day. i forgot how much i love this place, and i am still in love with it. The whole place has the “blue parking lot vibe” to it. Smaller vert somewhere around 2k, but just super playful. Plenty of off tral stuff when the snow is good to keep those with ADD occupied. We skied this Sat, and it was actually kinda crowded, but we did a decent job of avoiding the longest lines by skiing off the Great Western. This was probably my best day knee wise. We dabbled around a little off trail, Toast found some stuff to jump off of, and i figured out with the knee thing im not super confident making quick turns on steeper, somewhat crudy stuff. I cant lift my leg high enough and bring that ski around, nor can i pressure that ski like i can my right. Brighton has super fun groomers with more character than i think anywhere else i have skied. They run through the trees, go up and down, twist and turn and always keep you looking around. I would say Brightons groomers could be like riding the coolest roller coaster ever. Finished off a great day at the miley lodge for a beer and some tater tots in the sun. Right close to the miley lodge is where the blue crew would set up with apres ski activities. I did not end up skiing into someones driveway this year. Alta (day 4) Cold start to the day. BTW, the collins lift opens at 9:15, so we had a little wait in the corral thinking it opened at 9. Once we got off the collins, we were in the sun, so we just stood there for a few absorbing some heat. Skied off the Supreme since thats where the sun was in the am. Met up with Ryan who was able to guide Toast and Aj to some better skiing being the local. Hiking and sidestepping werent going to bode well with my knee, and i wasnt going to put me or anybody else in a weird way thinking it would be a good idea for me to go with. We met back up at the lift, i stuck to the groomers and they found some other stuff to play in. We called it a day early afternoon. Day 4 and the legs were feeling it. Alta is a cool place, maybe something like a bigger brighton, or smaller snowbird. You always sort of have the feeling its a little agro there, like make sure your pass works or you will be trampled upon. Big shout out to Toast and AJ for letting me tag along. Good people to hang out with. I cant keep up with them at Blue, let alone anywhere else, but they made it work even with my busted wheel. I told them they could ditch me at anytime when they wanted to go explore. I was just happy i could actually ski, and ski something different than the rinse and repeat stuff we have going on at home. We skied the whole time on real snow that God dropped on Utah in great quantities. The only sugar out here went in my coffee. I spent the wait time at the airport this morning setting up Dr’s appointments to hopefully get my knee drained, so hopefully its better for Jackson Hole were we are just gonna get pounded with snow. Oh, and i thought Nmski was the most flatulent Pasr. Toast wears that crown. Dude just farts all the time.

Blue had more new snow then Alta, sure. Did Alta have more snow? Sure. We met up with Ryan at Alta today for some turns. He gave us a rowdy tour of the place. We sidestepped/traversed all the way out to Eddie’s High Nowhere/East Greeley bowl which had variable conditions at the bottom. We also skied Spiney Chutes in Catherine’s which was heavy, but soft snow. Towards the end of our day, we saw someone skiing down East Baldy with no other tracks to be seen. Up the mountain we went. 15 minutes later we made some great turns through a chute that lead to some glorious wind buffed pow. Ryan and I look the same in photos. I have the brighter blue pants.

The ski gods continue to deliver for me. Today was a bluebird sunny day, with amazing groomers. I did one more hike up to Juarez and one up to west blitz and both were soft skied out powder. Not bad at all. What made today amazing were rope drops on the entire front side steeps. I skied a top to bottom al’s run in untouched powder. Today was the first day it opened this season. Mind blowing for me. I did that twice which was totally exhausting. Skied a little with my kids in the afternoon after everything was skied out and my legs were cooked. Great ski trip. Scenic pics Looking up the ridge toward Juarez About to drop in My tracks on al’s West basin looking great Getting Refreshments on the St. Bernard deck Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

What a great surprise today was! They reported 2”, but it continued to snow all day. Skied like 5” on much of the mountain. I guess I’m the luckiest son of a bitch in the world, but today was the first rope drop on highline ridge and west basin hike to terrain. Highline was only open through Juarez and west basin only through west blitz trees, but I was probably the 20th person to ski Juarez this year and it was really deep. Bottomless. I hiked once more to do Juarez again and made 2 hikes to west blitz trees which was so nice but not quite as bottomless. Played around off of bobs, moes and walkyries again. Skipped all the lift 8 bullshit. Word is more terrain opening tomorrow as they are looking at another 5-8 inches tonight, although it never really stopped snowing today aside from a few quick breaks in the clouds. I only brought my all mountain skis because conditions were expected to be so bad. Having fun in the 3D snow on my skinny skis!! Here are some scenery pics: Shots of Juarez and west blitz: Action shots Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk