Leaderboard

$429 later..........................

Hey All, I’m back from a fun session at Blue mountain. Today was like an other weekend session except I skied 3 hours later than normal. Bob the deadhead liftee said we must be in California lol. In the house were NMSki, Shadows, Atomic Jeff, Johnny Law, gahskier George, Slim and silver full face helmet guy. Arrived at the lower lot before 1045 and was on the snow by 11. Dense fog was present on the top 3/4 of the mountain the majority of the time. At first I was skiing a little slower as I couldn’t see the snow surface but as the runs progressed I got more confident skiing by Braille and put the hammer down. Lazy and paradise were skied the most..I also skied Switchback twice which had really nice snow and lower widowmaker to Main Street to lower Main Street. Temperaturs stayed around 40 and it was damp and the winds picked up. Snow was the hero variety..zero complaints about the snow was fast and soft and smooth due to lack of traffic. Was nice to have a break from the sugar before it returns this week. After skiing two hours hungout in the lot another hour and now at work logging in Saturday’s mail orders. Only picture I took was my breakfast sandwich from Sheetz. Fried egg, bacon, cheddar, tomato and pico on everything bagel. Not bad. I should be back at Blue on Tuesday night...JADIP!!

Today besides the low vis was pretty great. Best part though was maybe the ladies from nj talking glamour shots in the parking lot.

Inside tip for Mute, Ryan and Toast..when the liftline for the Thunder chair looks like this, take the Marmot lift instead, it will have zero line..from there can ski lots of woods and go over to Casper and Teton lifts.

Happy wife, happy life!

I don't know what to think about that. This is seriously a full generation of people? We're fucked.

I feel like some people were skiing a different mountain than me today

This advertisement by Camelback doesn't surprise me in the least. They have a history of misleading and outright lying to their own clientele. At least they've not done the unforgivable and used a stock photo from another mountain on their website.

Sounds great but probably not very realistic. Each area should have a pass specific to that mountain IMO for a little less dough. I feel bad for the locals at liberty or whitetail who now need to drop all that coin just to ski their local hill.

100% agree. Some shady ass shit right there.

Most likely not. Sorry to disappoint! The joke here is the Value Pass is only good for evening sessions during the weekend, but they compare it to full passes at other resorts without explaining it. Shady advertising!

Blue removed the ski racks outside the lower lot west side entrance by the restrooms. Off to Facebook to kick and scream.

Woke up at 1. At camelback now

Tournament for my kid all day Saturday. Met with my cousin who I haven't seen in a while and her family this morning.

If Instagram ever shuts down there’s going to be a lot of chicks who aren’t models anymore.

When are you going to tell the funny story?

Does your wife get to go out on her own also? Pretty important she has the opportunity to do so also. One weekend day for you with a very young family is a win in my book.

Shes 1(19 months to be exact). So a bit young to go skiing. Other than my in laws, no one is ever around to babysit so that doesn't help. I have been able to get out pretty much every weekend, so I cant complain too much.

I have to disagree that Boulder has the best view. Blue has an awesome view from the top. That ridge is a gem ... Hawk Mountain, The Pinacle, Pulpit Rock. Appalachian Trail. It’s so cool to stand at the top and see snow squalls in the distant hills, bald eagles. It’s different every time I’m there.

Actually I live outside of Reading (Sinking Spring). Nothing's wrong with Blue, but I couldn't pass up the $ 150 season pass to Montage. Montage is ~20 min further than Blue for me, I usually make pretty good time on 476. Honestly though, I'll pretty much ride anywhere...I'm pretty easily entertained. Planning on at least one trip to Blue later in the season. I'll have to check that out. It has actually been pretty good this year up until today. And yeah, Cloudy is great, I picked up cans of that and Tickle Parts. Last time I checked it was 10 am or so and it wasn't running. I asked and they were planning on opening it, but not sure if it ever did.

Got there around 8:30 and parked in the third row. I was shooting for an 8 AM arrival but I wasn't feeling that great the past few days...my daughter was sick last weekend - she picks up all kinds of germs at day care and usually passes them on. Did a few runs on Cannonball and Runaway/Fast Track, and checked on the Long Haul (wasn't running). Conditions were pretty firm/packed powder and frozen cord. Did a few runs on smoke/boomer and then decided to crack the lift beer I was saving for the Long Haul. Lapped Boomer and Smoke for a bit and then did 3 runs on White Lightning. Pretty much everything was groomed flat except for some small bumps on the left side of White Lightning. Had a nice fall - belly flopped and slid catching a bump I didn't see. After that I checked on the Long Haul again, but still not running. I did some runs on Rattler to Cannonball and just kept hitting Boomer/Smoke. Rattler had some cookies at the top but wasn't too bad. I called it a day around 11:30 since I still wasn't feeling that great. I skipped Breaker Brewing this time...wife wants to go out to dinner and after a few beers and some food there I usually don't eat the rest of the day. I did stop at Saucony Creek in Kutztown for a quick lunch (short rib sliders and an IPA). Overall not a bad day. I was hoping the sun would come out and the snow would soften up a bit, but that didn't really happen.

Watch out for Moose!!! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=407793503364623&id=445890028818305&_rdr

Hammertime

Stop

When you get rid of your RTMs and get real skis.

Is that because JFBB is more of a resort??

Wow that’s not apples to apples..which is a nice way of calling camelbacks antics pure deception. Mentioning the competition is a bad marketing play in and of itself. I remember a time when camelback got the best and brightest marketing graduates from east stroudsburg..no more...

wow I figured you were a natural on skis like Root

The funny thing is I barely used them because I often would get my poles stolen.

Wow can’t wait for the report!!!

Decent day. Fog sucked. Would've ripped if it was clear.

Wow the powder buoy is saying JHMR could push 100” this week..yeah Boy-eeee

I’ve done the East Coast float spa a couple times, it’s the shit.

10” new at JHMR with 12-18” expected in the next 24 hours. Looking at the webcams as I drive through the fog to blue.

Yeah although she doesn't get out as often. Most weeknights she relaxes and I keep my daughter occupied which is probably nice for her. I've been trying to get her out on the slopes again too which I think she would enjoy.

Those sound like interesting activities, but I was thinking more along the lines of floating sensory depravation session at http://www.mettarelax.com/ But they only have solo tanks.

After being married for almost 30 years now, my wife is more than happy to let me ski both weekend days just to get me out of her hair for a while, so she can do whatever she pleases without me pestering her to do stuff I want her to do. With the way the weather has been this year, she also doesn't have to hear me bitching about that either. She's not good at understanding the weather, so thought it was going to rain all day, which is why she made plans.

I stayed in bed past 7 for the first time in months. Definitely missing the mountain today but the rest wasn't the worst thing for me.

WTGAI

I'm out. Wife thought I wouldn't ski because of the rain and made plans for me. Snow should be excellent.

First run down Challenge was great. It went downhill from there FAST!

Damn. I wish I could have been there to provide the definitive say on how conditions really were 😉

Don’t know where to put this so this is the default thread. Cody is insane http://

JH local (and owner of Bold Poles) Owen Leeper has been crushing it in JH side country

You drive from kutztown to montage? What's wrong with blue

Chuck Norris is allowed to ski the woods at Elk.

My son made me on his DS. Apparently he thinks I look like a nerdy version of Chuck Norris

Do you guys scissor too?

Just booked my airfare for Colorado trip. 4/15-4/22