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  2. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    2 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    Mid January?? When this happens... (I'll use another one of your quotes)

    "Mostly both high speed lifts, but I think I used some of the slower lifts, like Old Bailey, once the New Jersey gapers flooded the lines on Sullivan & Stevenson"

    I meant condition-wise. The crowds were non-existent. I never waited more than 15 seconds to board the lift. Yes, by Mid-Jan it will be a cluster bleep.

  3. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    3 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

    Yeah, snow doesn't move around very much when there's not enough pitch to make anyone turn.

    It was tracked out on Upper Marc Antony the first half of the day, but seemed to improve by the afternoon. Honeymoon was really icy at the top early on, but it also got much better later in the day.

    I'm still a little rusty, but feel a lot more confident after doing 51 runs today. Got my turns pretty consistent. I think I was relying on the poles too much because my hand started to hurt really bad, as I was gripping them too hard, so I ditched them and started skiing much better.

  5. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    4 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    "I might end up at Blue. Getting annoyed with CB. First no First Trax, and now no preferred parking despite that their website clearly says "Preferred parking on Saturday & Sunday is also available Free to the first 20 Super Pass holders." WTF?

    I know, those were pretty upsetting. Especially the preferred parking issue. But I think their terrain and snow quality today made up for it. By mid-afternoon, it almost felt like mid-January skiing. No death cookies, hardly any ice, no mashed potatoes.

  7. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    But it was all flat terrain and 8 days later than blue. 

    For me the high speed lift makes such a huge difference. I get bored on slow fixed-grip lifts, but I think 3.5 minutes on the high speed quad is perfect.

    Yes, I know Blue might open their 6 pack next weekend. But as for opening day, CB is the true winner.

  13. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Salty how long did you ski till?

     

    From first chair, which arrived approximately 8:40 AM, to 4:00 PM. Only took a break with Ski2Live for free cookies and hot chocolate for skiing fuel. Otherwise just kept doing runs all day long.

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  14. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    13 minutes ago, eaf said:

    I second that! Pics please, for I need to decide whether to go to CB tomorrow or just stay home. BM was pretty sick today afternoon. 

    Upper Marc Antony - Decent, a little tracked early on but improved throughout the day

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    Honeymoon - excellent coverage

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    Lower Honeymoon - view from Sullivan Lift

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    Detailed report to come tomorrow. I'd highly recommend going, it was epic.

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  18. Camelback Snowtubing Report - 11/24/2017

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    1 hour ago, tarponhead said:

    I can’t believe I just scrolled through this crap. GSS better get game cause SaltyAnt is bring it!

     

     

    24 minutes ago, Shadows said:

    Salty posts alot, and has not annoying posts. Good new member

    Thanks guys. I'm having way too much fun on this forum.

  19. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    8 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

    They continually hide their closing information as long as they can as well, presumably so that hotel guests won't cancel while they can still get refunds.

    Just about every advertisement they place on social media for their passes references the cheapest possible (child's) price with no mention of "starting at" or that it is not the everyone price.

    Even their opening announcement of one white ribbon of death was preceded by a video full of all-mountain skiing. Sure no one here thought that was their situation by any stretch, but there are a lot of gapers out there that have no clue.

    Lol, you really analyzed the hell out of their posts. I'm impressed! Thanks for reminding me of the pass references. I was sure I saw them do something sleazy but couldn't remember what it was. And good point about the video showing the whole mountain open, I didn't think of that. That's why they made people watch their video until the end.

    It'll be interesting to see the coverage tomorrow, since it looks like they dropped the ball in delaying making snow to try to save money, hoping the forecast would stay warm, and got too much pressure from social media to open something since 3 places are already open.

  21. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    21 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

    I was just coming here to post the same screenshot. What a shit show it's going to be with everyone having to funnel  in there to that lift. Tough to gauge how wide it is from this angle, but it can't be that wide. I almost want to go up there to watch it. Might be more entertaining than actually skiing at Blue. I would actually consider going up there, taking a run, watching the show and then heading to Blue after exercising the "WTF were you thinking opening today" guarantee to get a cheaper ticket for later in the season. But with the limited terrain open at Blue don't want to miss good runs there before the conditions turn. 

    It'll be interesting for sure. I'll post a detailed report tomorrow. It depends on how many people actually show up. I doubt many people are going to come from NYC and the major cities to ski 1 green trail. The worst part will be the "Marc Antony" trail - that area reminds me of driving on a busy highway sometimes, no joke. Two lanes of people and not much room for error. One person falling will literally cause a traffic jam tomorrow. Fittingly known as the "gapers delay". badum tish

  23. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    1 hour ago, enjoralas said:

    Never underestimate Camelback's ability or willingness to intentionally obfuscate the details of a situation when ambiguity of said details is financially adventageous to Camelback..

    Very true. I can't believe the preferred parking debacle. That was mainly the reason I bought the season pass. I guess they figured they could make $400 more by selling those 20 spots. Unbelievable. Since they forgot to change their website to reflect this change, I think I should get my own personal parking space as compensation.

  24. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    Posted · Edited by saltyant

    19 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

    Every time I've skied the Camel Cliffhanger has been edge to edge moguls. I always assumed that's why the double black rating

    It's groomed most of the time. In spring conditions, the top tends to get a lot of moguls but the middle of the slope doesn't.

  25. Official 2017-2018 Opening Day Thread

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    12 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Nothing is steeper than 30 degrees except white lightning at Montage and the elevator at Jack Frost.  Top of razors and challenge are high 20s I inamine the tops of the front four at Camelback is mid 20s cliffhanger likely low 20s

    Interesting, thanks. I always thought Cliffhanger was easier than the other 4 despite it being ranked a double diamond.

    10 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    If it's something that interests you buy an inclinator 

    Tomorrow I'll bring my cycling GPS which tells me elevation and grade. Not sure how accurate grade will be since it needs to cover some distance to calculate.

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