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Snuck out yesterday after work while it was still snowing for some xc miles at Bethlehem municipal 9-hole golf course and some of the little league fields. Felt great getting in some movement on snow and xc boots don't hurt my foot anywhere near as much as downhill boots right now so that is a win. Maybe go out for an evening mile or two or possibly tomorrow while there is still some snow around. Gotta embrace it since last year wasn't feasible. There were 3 other sets of tracks out there from what looks like the last snowstorm. Nice place to just cruise around.

Ordered up a new pair of 3 pin touring boots...

Completely ignored plowing the driveway in favor of taking a tour around the block on the uphill setup. all people do in my development is complain about the roads not being plowed down to the asphalt. I say embrace it. It was nice just to get out and play in the snow.

A few fireman’s miles at Trex

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 7:25am and the temperature was in the low teens. In the house were Atomic Jeff, JFDan, Johnny Law, Mixilplix, Salty, TP4, Mute, BooBear, Enjorales, Pops, MBike Mike, Nastar Glenn, Schifdawg, Nancy, BenM, Charles and many others. First order of business was getting my bad foot into ski boot…success. Second civilian chair on the super summit safari six pack. First run on Main Street which was pretty good. First slow squeaky snow of the season I’ve skied…Lazy had nice snow as well and got my first falls of the season. No lip on the falls and the runout was smooth. Up the quad to Coming soon which was a bit ratty but good grip. Lower paradise already a clusterfuck like 820am. Then skied Paradise and decent snow but very busy. I did one run on lower Widowmaker to midway to lower main and lower Widowmaker was small cookies. The Chute is open but pure cookies. Definitely some entertaining lift rides seeing beginners out of control on chute and Main Street and even a runaway ski. I skied lazy again and ended my session with a couple on Main Street..upper Main Street was pretty quiet. Guns are blasting on nightmare/dreamweaver and challenge. Fun but chilly parking lot, first parking lot session I kept my gloves on this season. Also had a Tesla parked like 16” away from my car. While I skied liftlines were a few minutes max but I’m sure they got into the 10+ minute range. All the high speeds running helped, helped make the trails more crowded lol. I’m probably skipping tomorrow and sleeping in had my fill of Blue…gotta get ready for JH on Tuesday. See everybody in February for the third quarter. JADIP

Hit Snowmass today. Lift lines were actually busier than Christmas week. I guess because conditions are much better. Base lift had about a 20ish minute wait. Went to where I knew and headed back to the Big Burn lift. Lines were 10-15 min but I kept taking the singles line and it was like 3 minutes. conditions were good, everyone spread out and runs felt empty. There is some fun terrain off that lift. Lots of stuff in between runs not groomed. Tried to do a bunch in there, as my instructor at Aspen said last season “practice makes permanent.” just a few shots Was nice to actually ski with some sunshine today. Last few times have been very flat light.

90's are the Holy Grail of snowboard style and personalities...

Lots of fun to be had today as the snow was excellent mostly everywhere save Le Shite. A single run down that was plenty! Later in the morning. Stopped across from it to watch a snowboarder coming down on his back full speed directly for a girl who was standing near the bottom of Chute watching this guy headed right for her! In a bought of panic, she stood there like a deer in the headlights, but then got it together enough to move backwards just in time for the boarder to slide past her and into the Boulder ditch! Typical Blue antics! Saw another boarder on Lazy just under the OG6 getting places on a back board and neck brace. Not good! VIP line on the OG6 was the shit! We stayed until 1pm with only 5 or so minute wait times. Still wish people these days would learn to count to 6. I swear there’s a dimensional warp just before the lift as people weee mysteriously disappearing after they’d been grouped in 6s. Mountain Dew & Vodka is Keith’s go-to since he can no longer drink beer due to his gout.

8 out of 10. On the way back from skiing went grocery shopping and it didn’t bug me at all walking around. I also put my passenger seat floor mat down in the lot getting into and out of my boots…it’s a trick I learned from some of the boomers.

More freshies today. Too bad there were an aggravating number of lift problems.

It all went to shit when they began seeding the bump runs. The old natural bump runs where there was no real line or jumps was where creativity and skill excelled. You had to pick your way through the bumps, picking a good one to launch a trick and lane back into the random bumps. Not that these latest bumpers aren’t remarkable in their own right, ripping them at full speed and send some gymnastics off the jumps, but it’s just too rigid and took the “Hot Dog” and much of the fun out of it. When mogul comps were Tits McGee… https://youtu.be/9mYyvdTK0Cc?si=lKAkCoZQEkGPNTMh

Afternoon foray. Deep Creek park at Greenlane. I had thoughts of untracked runs but there were tons of parents and kids who left not 1” untouched ☹️ So I settled for a couple laps off the disc golf path , no much pitch but fun . Met a fellow named Rodney who skis at Blue a lot. He was doing some XC with a bunch of family.

The snow today was calling to stay out and ski but the crowds made it impossible. So much would be improved if they just stood around elsewhere. Maybe instead of right in front of the corrals you moved over 20 ft but that's probably wishful thinking. Upper main was a carpet just do whatever you want skiing mid was like wtf and lower was ok. Lazy and dis were very good but they get so slow in good snow. Coming Soon the headwall still has primo grip but is still so ratty. Major props to gss for the mtn dew, no one I know agrees but it's just hyper refreshing post ski and to beer Jesus for the double hook up. I'm going to have to gift you a domestic servant and one of the good ones from Indonesia to begin to return the favor. I'm cautiously optimistic for tomorrow but another groom never hurts and hopefully everyone went today.

Toast you're turning into that eccentric old guy that avoids people. Nice

top 10 post from you. well done.

Rode with my dad from 10-2. Fun conditions. Razors opened on my last lift ride up so got ROTD last run. My dad plays 6am ice hockey so since I was going with him I played as well before riding. Had set my alarm to 4 am to get to my parents house but woke up at 2:45am and couldn’t go back to sleep. Roads were snow covered leaving hockey and looked like they needed plowing, but weren’t bad at all by the time we got to landsdale. Ended up getting 5 inches in Downingtown. I’m confused if the plowing was good down here or if the snow didn’t really stick to the roads as the day went on, cause the roads were perfect. Always fun riding blue in natural snow, good amount of people there

Tonight is 9 out of 10. David Copperfield... magical (for blue). Chop pow basically with some slick spots in between. Stay on the edge of the trails kinda night. Whales on nmdw, place looks fantastic. LFG. Not even bothered by the crowds. It's that good

I have an urgent request. If anyone can bring six Miller lite equivalents tomorrow it'll be much appreciated. Can venmo. My wife is apparently choosing alcohol tonight and I'm pretty sure I'll have nothing left in the morning. Thanks and god bless.

On the flip side, when I left there were still 62 spots left in the Valley VIP lot.

They should have lots of loot for snow making then

Please don’t waste good whiskey by mixing it with Mt Dew.

I don't know what i like better, the skiing, the computer graphics, the fashion or the music.

Le Shite is usually totally rad. Today it looked like a shite glacier. I commend you with kudos and high honors for braving the shite glacier.

I bet vtmark got mad lattes at the gangbang One day would be the jackpot of b roll, all the stuff off le chute alone but hot damn that ski was trucking. Normally I'm pro shenanigans but that's majorly uncool. Reason number 2929281849 to never stop moving at blue. Yelling off the lift at people eyeing a line is a requisite I think, one to stoke them up but two to build tension for the peanut gallery until they actually go.

Mountain Dew and whiskey is my go to drink after summer round of golf. Something about it just hits the G spot of post activity refreshment

You’re at a mountain you drink Mountain Dew and you fist bump your homeys…we all have different tastes..I’d be surprised if VTMark was drinking a vanilla latte or Mute was having a mikes harder blue raspberry which I heard are delicious. Different slopes for different folks with an emphasis on stoke. People really got after it in the 2” that fell yesterday. A ride up the OG six pack revealed lots of tracks on the MBike trails and sidewinder..people really got after it. One lift ride..on one of the corners of lower sidewinder a skier was eyeballing cutting the corner which is easy for us noob it’s intimidating and our chair and the one behind with Indiggio and slim and the bumpers were all like Send It…that’s the sort of thing that makes blue fun. Also the runaway ski..I’m really surprised warren miller never filmed at Blue…no need to drive all the way to Hunter to film some B roll.

I agree I'll take a nice slow big aired 360 styled out over 1800's anyday. I think most freestyle minded skiers and riders feel similar but still respect the crazy dedication and hard work it takes to achieve big comp glory today.

I still say the trick with the most steeze on skis is still a massive 180, I loved park skiing for like a decade, I still love to watch Casabon, Harlut etc etc but the spin to win stuff just screams aerials to me and that shit while very impressive is like the least cool thing ever. It's just diving with more hassle.

Upper Widowmaker wasn’t too bad. Chute could definitely use a couple more days grooming. People shooting down from lower sidewinder to the slow crowd at the top of Barb’s way made things interesting. Central Park was a featureless bypass to Barb’s way. Gates already set up on Razors at 8 am. Left at 9:30 when lines on all 3 lifts were getting backed up. Nice while it lasted. People talking about their trips coming up.

It’s not that bad. I wouldn’t say brutally cold…more like seasonably cold.

I don't think Tubing has a park open. Sorry.

I love the cams. Every time i say "maybe i should do a night session", i look and am reminded it's an absolutely awful idea.

It's evolving. The male pros have become hard to watch. Competition went from style to regimented super strict olympic type training spinning to win to the point you can't even count the rotations on the tricks anymore. Air bag training and such has become almost a requirement. No longer can you be that grungy park rat from New Jersey or Rutland and climb the ranks like days of old. New things have come to fruition like Natural Selections and such we can't really relate to on the East Coast. Female XGames and Olympics have become the ones to watch because you can still tell what tricks they're doing. Rail Jams and that type of park and or events seem to have grown in popularity over the halfpipe and slopestyle days past. Times have also changed where far more kids play on their phones and PCs than play outside. It seems to be making a bit of a come back though. Big Snow is a big boost to this region for the park scene. It will be interesting to see which direction it goes, going forward.

Great suggestion, I know a place just 5 or 10 minutes from Elk! @J.D. Wallis

Still love watching Tom Wallisch. What style.

Good thing I scoped it out first. I hope that racer is ok and learned a valuable lesson to not send it on Le Shité on its first day open.

Or on the flip side don’t waste good Mountain Dew mixing it with whiskey.

Mogul skiing is cool and I feel is alot more centered around actual skiing than aerials. Again it's impressive and requires lots of skill but it's more like diving in the winter. A good mogul run is cool to watch and gets you stoked, even in the Olympics aerials are impressive but I feel no stoke to ski. I skied with him years ago at Snowmass, he absolutely destroyed moguls like he's to the downhill ski before you can blink but not a big high speed carver guy.

Stevenson Lift appears down again in webcam on 2nd busiest day of the season. Moving but empty. WJW, no CB for me for a while. 2:42 PM:

Blue stress test! Sold out quicker than 1/7.

It wasn’t bad tonight. I’m glad I went. Amazing how running 3 lifts at the bottom and implementing the vip line properly helps with crowd management

Main was meh. Note to self never rate conditions based on a few runs down coming soon only. Overall a solid. 7.3 which is a good night sesh

One of the graffiti writers CB hired, “Ader” is one of the biggest snitches in nyc graffiti history lol. Revs and Skuf both served time cause of him. He also ratted on some writers in Japan. however, CB also hired “2esae” who is a nyc graffiti legend, so I guess it evens out lol

Yeah Dime with a decent start to the season come around is the place to be for the Jib Unit..this season Mother Nature had other plans.

Blue shouldn’t have a park on their busiest run. They could actually make a narrow entrance for more fuckery in hopes of getting more people onto homestretch…once Central Park opens up, should spread things out a little. There’s also the little cut through meant for ski patrol that goes under the OG six pack from homestretch back to lower barbs way and can have some real nice snow but better keep your head on a swivel cause always seems to be somebody at that mini merge

What is this @saltyant? Are your freakin skis in your hands? 🤣

Very fun rare mid week morning for me. Really nice to see snowmaking progress from the past week. Big gains. Pretty busy by 11:30, just lapped lazy after the others had to go do that work BS. Lazy was kind of 3D by then and super fun, other than watching for the masses of people on trail. Falls was nice too. Hopefully cuzie's/raceway/widowmaker will be a little nicer tomorrow, it was just kind of typical of the Blue cycle of grooming right after opening a trail, skiable but marble-y. Midway was pretty nice. NMDW has more snow on it than Challenge, but hopefully both will be open before the end of our nice snowmaking stretch. it will be really nice to do the lefty-righty down NMDW again. Hopefully they dont put park BS on there for the 15 people at Blue that do that. Nothing sucked about today.

Chemical engineer. MA in Theology was a layman’s degree - one reason I took it was because I wanted to get out of Jersey for a couple of years after getting a BS ChE from Ruptures, the state university.

Late afternoon tour to a nice sunset.....