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Its deep and heavy

Fun day…945 -12:15 The drive really really really sucked, Coming soon main st , Barneys was primo. Someone did the old main st lift line lol. Early runs were a workout, the snow literally stuck to the top of your skis . I was stuck on the quad for 10 minutes I was thinking the power was out. Turned out someone knocked off the top safety and a patroller fixed it.

Was on the snow at 915 after a sporty drive. The hill up to the mountain from the south had people spinning out at multiple spots. After watching that carnage, I elected to park at the top for my first time this year. Managed 8 runs before heading to work. Thicc, wet, and deep. NMDW and CS were my favorite. Razors had a single track out from the bottom since it was so slow. Lots of people on Switch and other off trail tracks. Crowd was way smaller than last snow storm with the roads messy. Fresh tracks all over to be had. Might be back tonight depending on the crowd.

I would like to give Blue a little credit today. They had employees there, and both lifts loaded basically on time. i dont think they fucked anything up today. Nice work Blue!

Some inbounds uphill at the BC ....Up Timberline..then about half way to the B lift on the old trail that's still there but never open....Then ride down and skin back up...Wet snow about 8 or so deep...Was fun to get the skins on again....Did about 4.5 miles.....Fairly quiet most of the morning....

The ditch is in. Couple obstacles. Best thing to ski right now.

What a fun, fun day. Took me 2 1/2 hours to get there, but so worth it. Most of the problems on 309 and 78. Everything bumped up, no crowds. They even had a demo day going!

I would say their claims of a foot are valid, based on what i walked through to get to the quad.

3rd chair. Suns out now. Lines are growing a touch. I think i earned some burger king or something.

Porsches

3rd civilian chair on the quad surrounded by snowboarders and dudes on race skis. 3rd at the headwall of racers until the 2 skiers in front of me ate shit. If you want to know what mini root keeps in his backpack, today the answer is, snow. very fun, but its some heavy ass shit, but im so glad i didnt go to work today. Switch is open, no grooming underneath, and thats not really my thing, but maybe later. on a beer break. Its chunder now, so that should be fun. Im hoping the headwall on coming soon has the volkswagons parked on it. Heading there now. i would say there was a foot of snow. Good base building snow so this will help lots.

looking like about 8-10 here as well. haven't been outside yet. saying there's still more to come. weird the storm panned out, i put the blade on the riding mower so i expected i had jinxed things. managed to snag the morning off so i'm plowing until 8am then making my way to blue... slowly i'd imagine.

Some nice soft snow at BC tonight....I could not believe how absolutely dead it was...It was like quiet riding the lift....Base is starting to show some signs of giving it up....But it kinda spices it up a bit.....It's been super fun ridin for like an hour or two right after work....

Had to take Shannon to the airport so figured I would do a quick uphill lap at Buttermilk. It’s 33 degrees and full sunshine. Needless to say I am a sweaty mess. Decided to try and eat a day’s worth of calories in one sitting.

If you can get to blue or anywhere….go. This storm panned out. Looking at maybe 10 down already and still falling. I didn’t take off so I’m living vicariously thru those that are skiing today.

Maybe I'll ski Tussey tomorrow night as I'm working nearby. I think they got one or two inches of perder. Get stoked!!!

Today was great. Definitely worth the 2 1/2 hours it took me to get there

Wet and heavy it was but if you pointed it straight and kept your tips/nose up you were float knee to dick deep this morning! Switchback was nutty pointing it and busting through the snowmaking piles like pillow drops. JADIP. Fresh lines all the way till about 11am with no people until the afternoon. Uppersiderwinser was deeeep, not a scratch on my base either.

OMG if you missed today..... just wrapping it up. ROTD first run on Switchback then Upper Sidewinder. STOKED!

Tomorrow is gonna be really nice. Gotta enjoy winter when it’s here.

Freefall is fun. Legs are getting pretty burnt.

Drive up was sketchy as hell, but fortunately made it for opening

We went for a family night session and it was so empty. There were a few groups of kids but we had the slopes to ourselves. Soft push piles, similar to Sunday. Very nice.

Jealous, someone got the goods . Today kicked my old butt . Wish I could have stayed longer but had to do some plowing at home , 2hrs worth.

$12.75. She asked if I wanted toppings and I just said to load me up. It was pretty good but I admit I couldn’t finish it. 😂

Top 3 PA POW day of my life. Literally rode onto the lift with no people and cut fresh lines till 11. Deep enough that if you fell in spots you were stuck unless you got into someones line to get momentum again. The few Jerrys who made it out early were parked in pow struggling, leavin the freshies untouched.

Thinking Roundtop will be best bet tomorrow AM as they were closed today with a power outage and won't get as cold overnight

It's spinning right now

Nice real time updates JFDan!!! My FOMO is starting to kick in. Definitely a day for the fat skis

2 hrs 20 mins to blue from philly. With a stop for coffee. Then i got behind every asshole that turns their hazards on when driving in the snow.

I had some work to do in the morning, but the leg felt pretty good after yesterday, so I decided to stick to the plan and do a couple lower mountain runs followed by some mid mountain runs to ease back into it. I got out on snow about 1 today and went about an hour and a half to 2 hours on 7 runs. Mostly went off of Bravo and Gatehouse lifts. Only 7 degrees colder today than yesterday, but a huge difference in snow consistency. Yesterday was corn and today was more sugary. There were plenty of sugar piles and icy spots to be had, but for not having any natural snow in a week plus, I thought the conditions were standard for February in New England. There was a good crowd for a Monday. Trails of the day surprisingly were Downspout/Domino Chute and Valley House Traverse. The traverse, while relatively flat, was pitched well with snowmaking this year and wasn’t skied off due to the pitch. I stopped in the middle of it and still made it across with plenty of speed. Quite an enjoyable little section with a great view. All in all, a great day, and tomorrow I’ll try to make it to the top and test the leg out on some t2b runs. I guess I’ll stick with the PT and home PT. It’s made a huge difference so far. Pics below:

i asked them if the lifts were going to work tomorrow, or if there was going to be a repeat of 1-7-2024.

See pics of last night from @Boo Bear Tomorrow night will be (bumps the size of Volkswagons, in case you havent heard the phrase.)

Whew, just finished up a hut based AIARE 2 course ( the last in the series). I learned so much and all the snow science is really fascinating. Prior to this course I only used the CAIC website as a resource. I realize now that there are so many factors to look at and consider. I also have learned that there are ways to mitigate exposure even on higher avalanche days. Red Mountain Pass was closed for about 40 hours from the storm. So the first day we did companion rescue practice in a meadow behind the town of Silverton. At a certain point in the beacon rescue you have to get out of your skis. Postholing to mid thigh every rescue was really exhausting. We were finally able to get up to the hut that evening. Day 2 was a light tour and mostly digging pits. Day 3 was definitley a “full value” day. We toured into US Basin. The weather was sort of sunny to start then got stormy. We observed some remote triggered smaller avalanches from a distance. We mapped out a tour plan from Cal Topo and set a track in virgin snow to get there. Roughly 100cm. The ski down was very fun. Had to transition to skins at the end which is always somewhat annoying. today was a day of just fun touring as we officially met the requirements of the class yesterday and requested to just take off. We are both dead tired. High altitude sleeping, bad eating due to low appetite poor sleep and I have had enough. Currently at Ouray brewery waiting for my giant burger.

Some fancy shrimp with cocktail sauce in Milroy, PA. I think @tarponhead says always order seafood as far from the coast as possible. These shrimp were probably caught fresh from the bountiful streams flowing from Tussey Mountain.

Chili looks grate…over under $16. I’d take a lot of crackers.

Maybe @Ski2Live Live2Ski will be out to ski the glades. Gonna be a weekend to remember. I’ll show you a few cool super secret stashes if you don’t go blabbing to the brahs on Teton gravity about them.

Maybe a snorkel too. Good thing I have Elan Ripsticks for this weekend to ski all the fresh powder stashes in the glades!!!

The melting here is extreme right now..melting from above and below since the ground isn’t frozen and the sun is so strong

I'm looking to grab the Ikon when they go on sale and will likely be up at the Bush April 5-8. Ya live up there RD?

It’s been a tough year on the snow so far. Lots going on personally, and I’ve been dealing with a nagging injury that finally de-compensated and required PT. We had some water damage this summer to our place in VT that I had to come address, and the leg was feeling better, so I decided to get out on the snow a little while I was here. We split the drive over 2 days, so we didn’t get into Sugarbush yesterday until around 3 PM. It’s been 6 weeks since I rode last and I hadn’t tested the leg, so I figured getting out on snow for a few runs on the lower mountain would be a good test. I pulled a Joey move and threw the snow pants on over the jeans, went with the old PLB, and got on the Village Lift at about 3:15. It was the end of the day so most of the crowds had dispersed. 42 degrees at the base and an early corn harvest. I did one run each of the “distinct” runs off the Village lift for 3 runs total. The leg felt pretty good overall. It was good to be back out. The goal is to get out today after lunch for a couple hours and at least get to mid mountain for a few runs. Here’s some pics:

It's pasr. This whole sites wrong.

Haha Blue how ironic.

Forgot to mention the parking situation. Plow trucks didn’t really plow the area. All 12 of us had to dig out some spots, took a while. Then we had to park like Tetris so we all fit. One girl got pretty stuck and 4 of us had to push her out. Morning of departure I got really stuck as someone not w our group pulled in and left me very little space to get out. I cut it too hard and dug my wheel into a snow bank. Luckily a snowmobiling bro was kind enough to pull me out w a tow strap. jammed in parking and one dead battery.

Edit not 100cm of snow. I was looking at my pole. I think probably 9-10”.

Fun morning riding at Blue....