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Epic well worth considering from Philly as Roundtop, Whitetail, Frost and Hunter all decently accessible. Roundtop tends to not be too crowded

Not great conditions at Montage today. Most of yesterday's snow either blew or scraped off or froze up. Some ski instructors who had just come down WL told me that conditions on it were hazardous enough with frozen ice and scraped off ruts between them that they felt the trail should be closed, so we are gonna leave that one be today.

That's spraying money on the table

Glad I am waiting til tomorrow to get out with all that wind. Blowing like crazy in NJ too.

A mountain with all the stuff I want to ski fully open without ice or bare spots and with a nice carveable surface, with hopefully parts of it left ungroomed. Which is a hell of a lot better than I skied the last two weekends or was counting on skiing again this year. Hopefully not much lines either, certainly at Montage.

If that map proves accurate I could consider hitting Elk either in addition to or instead of Montage this weekend.

Yeah SnowForecast.com is saying 9-13" Sat and 5-9" Sunday. Not sure I buy they will get all that, but will be there Sunday, roads permitting. Maybe drive up Sat eve - have refundable room booked. Fortunately Montage is pretty close to an Interstate. Only Camelback and Frost have as easy highway access in PA.

I've been pretty lame getting only 10 days on my Epic Pass. Made up for it with 13 so far on Indy, which is why that is the one I am renewing. Wound up having more time with kids (with me all the time now) and they got the IndyPass - one reason I am using that more. Also those places less crowded. Pretty weak year in terms of amount of skiing done so far though. 18 days shy of my personal beat last year and no way I am getting in close to 18 days. Weather not really cooperating, and the full time parenting thing too. Wouldn't trade it for more skiing though.

Looks like they got a the whole north face open again with the fresh snow. May be back for more Sat or Sun if the weekend storm looks likely to produce for them.

Just made a Sat Nt refundable (til 4pm Friday) hotel reservation near Catamount in case the snow Saturday warrants driving up Sat AM to ski Sat PM and Sunday on my IndyPass.

Appears from today's conditions report that the lower mountain is now limited to only Cannonball and Boomer

Yeah that is great - only weakness for my purposes is they only list adult prices

Little Miss Can't Get Down

Definitely getting worried about how much skison we have left at our day trip areas. Glad I got out yesterday. Time to take the snows off the SUV and check the tire pressure on the bike.

Mac and Cheese, Chili, Chicken & Waffles. 1st two were above average ski slope quality.

Afternoon was much better. Conditions on WL got real nice. Soft bumps.

Not very good conditions here today. Hard pack and icy in parts. A bit more of a carve-able surface on the double blacks. Hope it softens up after lunch as above freezing. But quite cloudy so who knows. Not really worth the drive so far today. Getting lunch at Slocum Hollow now.

Yeah and if any day trippable places we like offer something like a "triple ticket" or "frequent skier card" deal, get that as well to augment the limited day trippable days on Indy (really only 2 Shawnee + 2 Montage). And maybe get the IndySpring pass too.

As it seems likely I will be parenting the kids full time next year, the extensiveness of the blackouts Ikon base pass has over school holidays and holiday weekends makes it a poor fit for me, and the full Ikon pass is quite expensive.

No idea. Not all that likely as I have never been there. Why do you ask?

Considering pairing that with Indy but leaning towards just getting the Indy and maybe other discount plans next year

Got 10 days on it which isn't a bad deal though not a steal. Not sure if I will get anymore as I.seem likely to have kids with me 100% of time now and I got them Indy Passes. Going for our 13th 3 person Indy day at Montage tomorrow is a bona fide steal.

Montage made snow last night

For Midweek I would probably go for Blue for faster lifts and greater variety of top to bottom runs. For weekends Montage. On weekends the shorter lines at Montage make more of a difference than faster lifts at Blue. Also better glades, steeper steeps and more often stuff left ungroomed at Montage.

Not gonna do a full analysis of the many Ikon options at this point. None include anything day trip-able other than limited days at Windham, which is a hike for a day trip. And they don't touch the Indy price point for places further afield. If someone else cares to summarize, have at it.