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  1. January 7

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    I almost didn't make it out today. I mean I didn't make it off the mountain. The lines were packed in between the new six and the quad and you couldn't tell which line was which anymore. When I came down off Main Street, which was great, there was no way to get off the mountain without elbowing my way through the crowd. Not a great look. 

    Lazy Mile was really nice too, but I spent most of my time in line today. 

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  3. Home alone for Three Weeks

    in General Chat

    Posted · Edited by EdBacon

    I can duck into the lab in Philly or Boston as long as I'm a reasonable distance drive away. I'll be working remote on off days from wherever. Not going to use up all my vacation days without my wife. But it does mean I can't go too far out. 

    I probably won't get interrupted and could just say tough if they need me back on short notice but I'd rather not tempt fate. 

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  6. Home alone for Three Weeks

    in General Chat

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    Hi. I will be home alone by myself for three weeks when my wife (God bless her) is out of the country. 

     

    What should I do for three weeks/

    I want to go use my snowboard. I have Ikon pass. Have to stay in NE though. Where should I go? Are motels safe to stay in? 

  12. Lost Ski Area: Tour of Blue Marsh Ski Area, formerly North Heidelberg Ski Club

    in Other Mountains

    Posted

    On 12/10/2023 at 11:35 PM, Ride Delaware ? said:

    Only gondola I’ve ever ridden in NH is Loon’s old 4 seater.  I think it’s still in use.  I think Bretton Woods has one now too.  Not too many in NH…

    So, this is pretty wild. Somebody commented on the video describing how the gondola system worked back in the 60s. I thought it was a fixed grip lift that they just ran slow enough to let people on and off since it just looked like a simple haul line and bull wheel design. Apparently the gondolas were detachable, but an attendant had to manually detach the gondola and reattach it to the line as you boarded and got off. Fun stuff. I guess there was a hanger system to hold each gondola as it departed and was taken back up. 

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  17. Camelback is the 8th Best Ski Resort in the U.S. & Canada

    in Camelback

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    2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    So camelback opens at 730 on the weekends for passholders? Remember when security at camelback wouldn’t let us drink beer in the lot…so ended up at barley creek..I think that was when @toast21602 had a concussion in a rail jam cause I remember seeing @Justo8484 and Rose at barley creek and them saying. I’ve been to camelback a few times since. Last time was in April 2019 with root and TP4 for an alien day.  

    Last time I was at CamelBack (or CB as locals call it) was 2015. I punched a french person in the face and broke my pinky finger. It's still crooked cuz it healed weird I can show you sometime. 

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  22. Zee Lights

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

    They have had better weather for snowmaking.  For sure.  they have also been making snow at BB, which they usually dont do.  

    And since it seems to be a huge point of contention here, did they say anything about tubing?  

    JF doesn't do tubing anymore. It isn't family friendly enough.

  24. Camelback is the 8th Best Ski Resort in the U.S. & Canada

    in Camelback

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    8 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

    I forgot that the new lift has a bubble to protect you from the harsh elements in the high elevation, alpine zone at camelback. And while It’s difficult to view the krummholz as you rise through the thin air, it is cool none the less as you’ll remain @toast21602-y for the duration of your ascent.

    Camelback's base is about the same elevation as the top of Blue Mountain.

  25. Camelback is the 8th Best Ski Resort in the U.S. & Canada

    in Camelback

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    Camelback is older and more comfortable with where they are. They're less motivated to make big changes. Which I can sort of appreciate. They have a stable of old fixed grip lifts still while Blue is all high speed now. They did build out the hotel and waterpark thing in 2015 but otherwise I can't think of any major improvements on the mountain recently. Their new high speed lift is only going in because the lift it replaced had a major accident. 

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