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Their Facebook post said mid-week rates were in effect, which would be $55. Can't believe their charging that much for what they have open, but then again, at least they're open. Heck, a return to Blue tomorrow would only be $39, and surely the one route open there is better than the one green at Shawnee. I bet you could even buy a $40 giftcard with the 20% off promo, pay $32 for it, then turn around and buy the lift ticket with it.

Yeah, it was a little confusing there for awhile, they made it sound like it was the Black friday weekend special price FOR Black Friday weekend, but their latest post clarified that the can be used all season.

Salty, don't miss that sale on lift tickets Blue is running right now until Monday. You can pick up a midweek for $29 or weekend for $39 and hang onto it for later in the season.

Looks like the all-out assault on the valley has begun.

This.

Lapped you twice, lol

It's crazy. I mean, I get why they did it, from a bottom line perspective. They have a lot of guests in that hotel for the holiday weekend, and tubing is the fastest way to get some sort of snowsports going for the families that are staying there. Be nice if they were willing to just say so.

Oh, thank god they're finally getting tubing open! Camel getting in the game!

Nice

Gettin' it already!

Should be there for opening on Friday. Maybe Saturday. Probably Sunday. Wonder what time the shop opens Friday morning. They still have my skis, lol. Probably be on the old set for Friday. Second row is first one with parking spots after the drop off row? Or second parking row?

Plus the handies from housekeeping.

Shoot, pretty sure Easy Out has more pitch than Tannenbaum and Jack Boulder! Sky Top is the one that always cracked me up as a trail. I'm surprised that's a named trail and the Vista lift down to top of Lazy isn't.

Wow, I guess Freedom was closed? There were zero lines between 10-1230 yesterday. I skied on to the next chair most laps. Never had more than one chair wait. I wouldn't be able to make myself wait in that line for that run.

The old ones are real soft, like a 65. The Apex have a changeable damper on the back that lets you change them from 95-105-115. I had them set up today at 95. The two part system is that they are basically a snowboard boot that fits into an exoskeleton chassis to snap into ski bindings. They're supposed to be designed for comfort but they were killing me. The pain was pretty much across my forefoot for the most part. I'm hoping having the inner liners heat molded will alleviate that.

You should stay in Air BnBs or use VRBO when you go away to get a switch from staying in a hotel, lol

Hit up Boulder this morning for their second weekend of operations, and it ended up being pretty a valuable trip in the end even if only Tannenbaum and Freedom were open, and I ended up doing nothing but lapping Tannenbaum for 2 hours and bailing. I had been planning all week on hitting Boulder assuming they were able to preserve enough snow to open, but then the forecasted rain and their announcement that they had put features on Tannenbaum had me second guessing that on Friday night. I woke up at about 8 am and there was no rain so I decided to head up. Left the house about 9 and got there right about 10, stopping at the BK at the rest area right by the exit off the Extension for a breakfast. Got a $25 ticket and was on the lift about 10:15 or so. I picked up some Apex boots secondhand over the summer on eBay, the two-part system really intrigues me. I actually bought two different models and after trying them on at home brought the one I felt fit better with me to try out. They didn't work out too well at all. Major foot pain from the moment I strapped the walking boot into the chassis. The pain was actually not that bad when actually skiing, but on the lift it was completely unbearable. After two runs I went back to the car and changed into my old boots for the rest of the session. That's why it ended up being a valuable trip, I learned that I'm going to need to get these things adjusted and heat-molded if they're going to work out for me, so I'd like to get that done sooner than later. The rest of the morning ended up being 18 more laps down Tannenbaum. The four features they added were pretty much 4 small ride on boxes set in a line on the slope, right at the bottom. Maybe the last one was a low rail or something, I didn't really take much notice but to be glad that it wouldn't be hard to avoid them or stay out of the way of those planning to use them. There's not too much that can be written about 20 laps on a 160 foot vertical run, but I had a good time, learned about my equipment, and got out of there just before the rain picked up a bit so definitely a successful trip. Was good to be back on the snow again, and it's tough to complain about any turns made in the Poconos before Thanksgiving. On the way out a cop car passed me hauling ass on Big Boulder drive right before getting to the turn onto Lake Harmony Rd, and about 5 minutes later an ambulance blew by with lights on about 1/2 mile before the turnpike entrance. Hope no one was seriously injured on the slopes.

It was good. I'll post a report when I get home

Leaving now. Rain just started picking up.

Guns are back on. Wasn't really expecting that tonight

Eh, or maybe not. Facebook says they put features on Tannenbaum. Might still get there at 10 and run laps til it get crowded, but probably skip it

Planning to be there tomorrow at 10 am, lapping Tannenbaum for a couple hours.

I don't do trivia anywhere else. Would, but I don't really have any friends, lol

I plan to check it out. I like trivia. Gives me another reason to carry my ass up there after work on a weeknight. I would have no problem bugging out if trivia weren't going well, and if they keep 10 pm close ski for an hour after.

Saw on Blue's Facebook they're going to be doing Tuesday night trivia in the Last Run Lounge, from 630-830. Who's in?