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  1. Went up to Elk 3/6 to use my free Warren Miller tickets with one of the ski ladies from Blue. Wednesday was great, but super cold and a little windy. Tried to tailgate, wasn’t happening, just too cold. We made quick sandwiches and ate in the car. Got lots of runs in. Snow was perfect, and we had the place to ourselves. Sun was in and out, lots of snow squalls we could see in the distance. Towards the end of the day, more of our Blue crew started showing up. Went to the bar, had a glass of wine. Ended up at a place called Chet’s. Seemed out in the middle of nowhere, but they had a pretty good crowd. Had a couple more glasses of wine, a shot, then didn’t feel I should drive home, and the person I drove up with was in no shape either. We ended up at our friends condo for the night. Skied again the next day. Weather was a tad warmer, and not as windy. Some very talented tele skiers on Tuckhanock. Ended up tailgating in the little lodge. What a nice little place! I always knew it was there, but thought it was for ski patrol or race team. I think most people there were from Blue, a lot I had never met. Fun 2 days
    6 points
  2. Went back into the park today. The access road to the area we were going just reopened late yesterday afternoon due to Wednesday’s storm. It was a gorgeous day and we arrived about 10:30 to sunny skies and no wind. The skin up started mellow then got steep. I am still figuring out the best way to go about things and on a particularly steep section I started to slide backwards a bit. Thought I would have more traction if I put one ski into the powder and get it out of the skin track. That was a huge mistake. I then tried to get it back on the track but it seemed harder to do then it should have been. Since my heel was loose whenever I lifted my ski the nose just stayed in the foot of powder. Here is a picture of how ridiculous this was. Overall a great day and I have a lot to learn with the transitions/etc. A well deserved lunch in town after. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    5 points
  3. Gritty says fuck you Jeff! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    5 points
  4. Whatever. Two weeks left. Enjoy it or don’t.
    5 points
  5. went to hunter to get my peak pass/check out the new trail pod for the first time. Left southern NJ at around 530 and made it for like 7th chair or something. temps were in the forties when i got there, and everthing on the main face was nice and soft. All the trails on north were not, and I assume its becasue they are in the dark most of the day. Hunter west never opened and hasnt been open for a while. I took the main 6er up, and headed down belt parkway to make my way to the new terrain, which as you guys know has had an eventful first year. Hunter wanted this terrain to expand their intermediate terrain, and it fails to do so. The new trails though are my favorite on the mountain, and it makes hunter feel like a totally different resort. The trails were all open but sleep hollow, which is strangely the only “blue” and not “blue diamond”. first one i hit was the overlook trail. It starts mellow, then is immeditally followed by a pretty steep pitch as seen here. I knew that the north and west side of hunter stay dark most of the day so luckily i remembered to change my lenses. If not i would have gotten pretty hurt. The snow wasnt too edgable, and under each snow gun was a barely visible roller, that if you hit at any speed over 20 will send you airborn. The fall line will send you right off the side of the trail if you get into an uncontrollable slide, which is why im assuming these trails are shit shows for your average “intermediate” skier from the city. After the headwall theres a long runout with really tall edge to edge whales of snow that are super fun. The new lift is stupid fast and steep. After riding it i thought there was no way it was 1k vert, but checked my tracking app and it sure is. The twiglight trail crosses under the lift towards the top. The grooming on this thing was pisspoor with pretty deep trenches. Once you enter the part of the trail thats still in the shade, you cant see them, and this trail also had the large unexpected bumps under the snowguns. there really isnt any room at the top of the lift. you get off and theres a cliff right in front of you. the options you have are to go left and imediately start downhill or go slightly uphill to the right and try and strap in on an area maybe 8 feet wide before heading down wayout. I cant imagine this shit show on weekends. The next trail was rips return. Fun trail. bad grooming. Same as the other trails. Weird almost invisible bumps waiting to throw you into the woods, and without lenses made for flat light, good luck seeing them before 2pm. Didnt take a photo of this but whatever. Now onto the good. It may sound like im blasting this expansion, but I am in love with it. The parking area is 2 miles down the road from the main area. you can tell theres a lot of work to do as the only sign telling you where to go is small and in front of an abanoned farm, leading to a winding dirt road through the forest. I love it. Theres food trucks and a small ticket shack, as well as a bridge from the lot to the lift.Its surrounded by pine trees and smells like pine trees. Its the anti hunter as a self contained 1k vert ski area. The trails feel classic and way less “manufactured” than the main face. But lableing these as any kind of intermediate trail will only result in more deaths. heres a shot of some of the new trails from rt 23 Ill be back a few times this year and quite a bit next year just to lap the new area. Hopefully it snows next year becasue the new glades look stellar. But hunter needs to bribe someone in NY govt because if its real deal intermediate terrain they want, and given the reality of the usual conditions, they can really only expand upwards from hunter one. And for the third or fourth time...The expansion is fantastic for most of us on here, they just missed their own mark. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    4 points
  6. I’ll use it on the karaoke machine.
    4 points
  7. 84 east but getting off and heading north into NY a little before Milford. Then it's 55 I think through some small towns into and through Catskill Park. The last part is scenic but the roads suck in there. Google Maps says 3 hours but I always make it closer to 2 and a half (queue JFDan time machine comment). There are other ways too if you don't feel like dealing with the potholes in Catskill Park. Planning on heading up the week after next.
    3 points
  8. I’d like to see an action shot of someone biting into the burger! Does one of them have an egg on it? I’m drunk and hungry.
    3 points
  9. Sunset over Elk.. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
    3 points
  10. Staying with my folks in Philly betwen the two, then Cassidy is doing Girls Day Out with Grandma while Amy and I do our Daddy Daughter Day at Whitetail Kinda doubt Rolling Stone covered our show, but here is me doing my best David Ruffin
    3 points
  11. No action shots as I was in front of Shannon. She is just learning to ski and I give her a lot of credit for basically learning this way. It wasn’t pretty. I still feel like my form goes to hell in powder. I have to learn just to trust the skis and let them run. I must say the Zelda’s felt good though! Skied the powder much better then my other ones.
    3 points
  12. 3 points
  13. Damn blue is closing in March despite being able to go 2 weekends into April? That's bullshit
    3 points
  14. Yep. Noticed Mike's pants and pulled a "hey there's Mike and Indiggio...oh shit!". LOL
    3 points
  15. We rip Elk solely because of their marketing (Vermont and all that). It's an otherwise really cool hill. Nice change of pace for sure.
    3 points
  16. They hire ex-penndot employees to groom. they cant help but make everything look like a speed bump.
    3 points
  17. Haha yes, she got egg on hers
    2 points
  18. https://www.attitash.com/blog/lifts-/new-blog-61/ And they call out peaks as being unwilling. It’s a good read. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2 points
  19. Why aren't you playing your guitar at our parking lot party? We'll have to book you next year. Anything is better than 311 blasting from the back of Edge's minivan
    2 points
  20. Awesome. I'm interested in your Whitetail report. take pictures and have fun!
    2 points
  21. Because her horse head friend is totally badass...and so is Barb. I’m not a fan of many people so be flattered Barb aka Skier with purple garb who likes carbs
    2 points
  22. Please, don't say 'all the guys' when the only idiot that said that was Doug.
    2 points
  23. Beautiful pictures. You must be pretty tough to even try this....and all the guys can think about is what’s for lunch and the blonde with the horse head🙄
    2 points
  24. Yes Doug, blonde with unicorn head. Lol. I finished half the fries. Only had some Ezekiel bread w peanut butter for breakfast so I was hungry. That burger was lunch and dinner. And it was a beef burger. Too hungry for a veggie burger. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2 points
  25. Is the blondie you’re with the horse head chick from the hot tub?? Are you gonna finish all those fries?
    2 points
  26. After these downpours at least the snowmaking ponds will be full....
    2 points
  27. Love a good winter thunderstorm and rainbow on a 74° day.
    2 points
  28. I’m going to be there first thing tomorrow for a few hours with my daughters. We’ll be poking along on some blues and greens trying to get them to graduate from pizzas to french fries lol.
    2 points
  29. Be there with bells on. and i plan on buying my Epic Pass this weekend.
    2 points
  30. Heading home to trim and inject the brisket, inject and rub the butt, trim and inject the hanger steak, and prep the atomic buffalo turds.
    2 points
  31. Bumping this picture for stoke!!!!!
    2 points
  32. If I ever ski Jackson hole with you I’ll show you a good one between the top of the gondola and Casper area. You can fly...in my younger days I solidly flew 50-60 feet at least and like 15 feet high at the one spot where the trail drops away after a catwalk. Woo...I felt like I was Pepi Stiegler for a second before I came back down to earth.
    2 points
  33. TFTI! Snow was great, hardly any pushpiles to speak of. Coming down homestretch blasting through pockets of warm air was interesting. Parking lot beers with @mbike-ski is always fun.
    2 points
  34. Me and @tarponhead are likely to staggger/stumble through at some point. This is your final warning!
    2 points
  35. Fine night - not like Pi Rode the lift with ridge and saw indiggio and gahskier, stopped to chat and edge booked so ski’d some runs with them, snow was primo spring, fairly smooth with some chop here and there. Had a beer with indggio and saw jlaw slink in Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2 points
  36. Just getting in. One of the best night sessions of the season tonight.
    2 points
  37. We need Champagne. If you don't know what to bring...bring a bottle or two of champagne. We never have enough.
    2 points
  38. Parking lot shenanigans have no beginning or end.
    2 points
  39. Might as well post my pic from today
    2 points
  40. Gondola installation. Vail wants it in for next year to be EPIC.
    2 points
  41. Pi night is pretty damn good
    2 points
  42. I just stumbled across this video of Daron Rahlves skiing High Somewhere to Hidden Chute at Taos last Tuesday. Would have been cool to cross paths him that day. I must have been close because its a small mountain we were all over West Basin and we skied that same run (except I stayed off that spine in order not to risk death).
    2 points
  43. Girls want to do new places. I can bring out my guitar next Sat and play it while we wait for Passholder Party.
    1 point
  44. We should have hung for a little while longer @mbike-ski
    1 point
  45. This is for Allentown so cooler for Blue. Aside from today I don’t see a week of 60s
    1 point
  46. You always ask gaper questions. The base will outlast the season. They blew too much snow on most of the runs..
    1 point
  47. You’re trying too hard now.
    1 point
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