Justo8484

exactly. nobody cared about that place 15-20 years ago. then they started holding some smaller rail jams and slopestyle series and started to build some hype. that turned into drawing some unknowns from pretty far away who turned into kinda big deals in the ski industry. i remember skiing with and competing against tom wallisch, steve stepp, sean jordan, brogan, jackie, the dadalis, people who are x games athletes, olympians, people legitimately making a good professional living skiing. and they all still repped boulder whenever asked about growing up skiing in the mid atlantic. not sure what vail's plan is here, but it's definitely a bummer to see boulder lose so much of what put them on the map, even if i'm not so much of a park rat anymore.

at some point

sounds like you need a macbook. Also, 5.7" at philly airport seems about right. I probably got about 5" at my house before it switched over and started getting compacted.

Uh oh, another convert to pivots. You won't want anything else on any other ski now. It's still kinda silly to me that a binding that was essentially invented 30+ years ago is still the best. Finally unloaded my last pair of salomon bindings prior to this season. I'm now at 4 pairs of skis with pivots, soon to be 5. Camox with pivot 12s should be a quiver killer for ya out in CO on all but the deepest days.

and, it looks decently cold in the long range, so this should be an excellent base for any snow we might get in the future and help to get more terrain open more quickly since they won't need to waste the first few hours of snowmaking temps just getting the ground cold so snow starts to pile up

gotta add lift capacity to capitalize on ticket sales after mother nature's free advertising

it wouldn't hurt if they were a bit brighter, but i think the yellow lights actually provide better contrast for the snow surface than the bright white ones like bear creek has. i try and avoid camelback in the day, so skiing there at night is essentially a non-starter for me so i could care less what color their lights are.

Man i'm glad i just write code and don't have to deal with the physical infra stuff. Though i'm sorry you have to deal with juniper networks. Any time i've had to deal with their software it's been a pain. On a snowier note... snow was easily 12oz deep here, closing in on 16oz. It's since switched over to sleet/freezing rain, so barring a change back to snow, I don't think it's getting any deeper.

kinda surprised they wouldn't be trying to get upper main open for tomorrow. not much else steep enough there right now if this storm pans out.

Ordered some new bindings for the new skis I bought right when the world collapsed end of last season. Spent Monday night putting some holes in skis and got on em Tuesday morning.

my dad put one boot on at home before driving up. saved him a few seconds of boot up time in the lot. the perks of living close to the mountain and not driving stick, i suppose.

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2.5" of concrete in my yard by tomorrow morning

yup but definitely won't be there for opening. hoping to be on snow by 1030 or so. curious to see what midweek daytime crowds look like this year.

wow, it actually looks like winter up there now. nice!

They also need to toe the line of making some money and staying afloat, or getting too busy and being the cause of a state-wide ski area shutdown, which no one wants. It's not a problem that's specific to blue either, I'm assuming. I think blue's doing the best they can to make sure we, and they, have as normal a ski season as possible this year, and I think they've done a good job so far. But yeah, last little reminder for people to buy season passes might get them a good chunk of cash to get through a slower than normal start of the season/holiday period.

Coulda sworn i still saw rebar in the water bars when i was up there biking over the summer. Regardless, it'd take some work to get to that trail thursday if the quad/six isn't running. Also very curious to see what this storm does. The rain/snow line on the southeast seems less promising than a day or so ago, but blue still looks like they're solidly in the 12"+ range. Unfortunately, 12" on vista and berma doesn't really make them better.

i'd bet all available firepower goes to tubing, at the expense of the quad/six if necessary. tubing lifts are already socially distant spacing, no need to do advanced calculus to figure out how to load them efficiently.

I haven't worked there in like 10 years

EPIC!

no

even at the price for a 4 hour session, if you got your pass locked in at the end of last year, you've gotten your money's worth in 6 days. i didn't think the price was bad to begin with, but you're right; it seems like a steal now. really hope these price hikes aren't permanent, but i don't see anyone making skiing cheaper next season. as much as we may hate dealing with crowds, first timers, bus groups from new york, etc., it sucks when you're priced out of doing something. i feel like @Schif probably has the numbers on this, but i'm curious how day ticket and season pass prices compare with rate of inflation and percentage of average median household income year over year. pretty stoked i have a solid job, bought a season pass, and am gonna be skiing on friday.

vape up?

just friday for me, i think. i'm gonna fast tomorrow so i've got a big appetite for the cookies.

I checked their web store and it says I have an active pass. Taking that as a good sign. I paid in installments, too. The kicker is I have two passes and have no idea which one is the right one. Fun!