Matt

+1 ... mountain and road, however i never really stopped riding during the winter.

I would check out either clipless pedals (once you go clipless, you never go back) and/or new wheels. ...you're not the only one who's looking into bicycle related stuff right now. prices are cheap right now. I'm probably going to purchase a new road bicycle next week sometime.

the proper ski technique to initiate a turn is to roll your ankles, then your knees over, then hips. i have a tendency of doing the opposite, hips knees ankles. it's a tough habit to break. oh, and the 1 ski drill helps with your overall balance as well...

it helps with learning how to roll your ankles.

holy amazing that's alot of pictures. great job!

It's probably Mixilplix. Definitely wasn't me.

That was my fault. I meant Pocono Raceway. The Near East dumps you into Pocono Raceway.

Howdy y'all... Yesterday I decided to switch it up and ski Camelback. I needed a vacation day away from Blue. I've skied the 20/21 days for this season there (now 20/22). So here it goes ... I left my house around 5:45am with a light snow already on the ground, went to pick my friend up in Elverson then make the trek up. The roads weren't that bad actually until half way up Route 33, then it started to get interesting, nothing that special though. Eventually arrived around 8am and there was already a good 20 person line for lift tickets. Got suited up and headed down to the Stevenson Quad. (For those who don't know, Season Pass holders get first dibs at 7:30 for a hour then the general public gets it at 8:30). I had to wait 5 minutes for them to get the "call" to let us go up. Eventually they did and we went up. Did the first run down Nile Mile, which good, but wasn't that good. It had good fluff on the top, but below it wasn't very well groomed snow. Proceeded into Cliffhanger, which was super nice and I laid it all out on my edges. I love that feeling). Aftewards, proceeded down to the Marc Anthony, then to the Near East. The Near East is now probably my favorite trail in the poconos. It's super wide, and just the right pitch. After exhausting all the trails on that side, proceeded to the other side. The Sullivan Quad was a mess with the lines, so me and my buddy went into the singles line and went up quickly. Then did all the trails on the other side. The black diamonds they had on that side were perfect. Plenty of fluff to have some fun in. Marjie's Delight was where it was at though. Skiers left had the fluff, the bumps, and it all. I skied that trail numerous times. Left around 12:30. The roads coming back weren't bad at all. Some snow on the road from Tannersville to half way down Route 33, then wet roads all the way home. Marjie's Delight gets the "trail of the day" award for this post and the Near East coming in a close second. That is all.

i'll be there.

huh? just like GSS said, the whole mountain is open. razors is only 3/4 of the width and they'll take care of that when the weather allows. the only thing that they still working on is the halfpipe, and that'll be open this weekend. i was there monday night and they had two groomers on it the whole night moving snow around. it should be open by this weekend.

hey snydershredder ... grammar, punctuation, and spell check do wonders (and people take you more seriously as well).

one of the best amateur films i've ever seen. hands down.

I was there friday and saturday, and I didn't think it was bad at all. I enjoyed skiing the mini-mogals all day. I didn't go thru the park at all, so I can't comment on that.

Same as Phillycore, I left my house around 8am and pulled in around 9:30 and got prepped for the day. Unlike some people here, I actually saw the guns running and got excited. I did my first run down the outer run, I don't know it's name. It's the one next to Boulder Park. Proceeded back down, and I guess BB had some bad planning because they didn't open up that lift until 10:30 or something. The Lift Attendants blabbed something about the groomers being on the trail, but that was obviously wrong. I primarily skied Boulder park. Skied for about 2 hours until I jammed my thumb and it wrecked the mood for the day and skied one more run. My thumb was in too much pain. If my GPS was correct, I skied roughly 2,800-3,100ft of Vertical. I brought along my bike computer for the day. It is GPS based, so it'll do elevation, mapping, speed, and also has a heart rate monitor. Linkie-> http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7187205 Overall, for being the first day of the season ... I would say it was pretty good, I definetly need to update my iPod with the ski mix I created last season. The current mix isn't cutting it. I'll be back up tomorrow at 10am sharp.

speaking of snow ... 2-3inches left over night in the Downingtown / Chester Springs area. Woke up to a nice little surprise. Too bad I don't have my snow tires on yet or this would have been fun to drive in.