AirheadD8

Used to drive by Fernwood resort in the Poconos on my way to Vt in the 80’s . https://www.dcski.com/lostareas/viewlostprofile.php?id=63 @EdBacon’s a wealth of knowledge for the local deceased areas.

I ditched my cousin and Paul early to take some fast runs with you guys. I can pretend I’m 40 for a while. 😁

Lol … @GrilledSteezeSandwich did a good job of staying upright. That first run down was no fall zone. In the afternoon it was a 1000% better. Before I ran into the bumpers I hiked up Barneys and ran the tail end of the line. The Bumpers built a line on chute and we hit that a bunch. Razors softened up nicely, last run down challenge was heavy but fun. The line was better after lunch even before the six opening. Stayed till 2 , glad I played hooky today Pretty sweet but the weather is not looking good.

New 6 is running. Not loading yet though.

Nice inversion this morning

Tomorrow

2016 Carnage on Challenge, had a nice bump line on skiers left and someone cut me off. I bailed through a deep trough and pow! Messed up the toe piece too. In my early teens I broke a tail just like @saltyants picture a long time ago. Ludicrous speed backseat landing off a jump.

Kneisel Magic star . 82/63/76 180 s I haven’t been able to find much information on them. I found them at a yard sale 15yrs ago $15.00 still in plastic. I mounted some old tyrolia 350’s . There’s hardly a scratch on them. I’ve only skied on them three or four times.

3/5/25 Robins and Running water. Bought a Flashback day ticket but didn’t get there till after 4:15 , too late for any contest. My old stretch pants are very absorbent “ Vintage 1982 “ I did get some laughs from some of the older employees. I’m amazed I could barely still fit on the last clip. Skied my old Kneisel magic star skis. One run and done, just to skinny for the slush. Looks bleak, F lift side is clinging. I got a run down the last 3’ wide strip on Sasquatch . Skied nicely considering.

Lol

I’m not train savvy. How many people does it take to operate? My wife and I had a discussion the other night about there being two locomotives. Is the second one connected electronically or is there a separate crew?

Yikes, 😳that had to be a scary ride for the conductor . Luckily the cab wasn’t any further into the water.

Probably a fuel containment barrier.

Some type of Hawk. Haven’t looked it up yet. I was hoping to see some bald eagles. When I was over the ski area I saw what I thought were three but I as got closer they were Buzzards. Two males were really dog fighting. I saw a flock of seagulls over Palmerton. The hawk was close to Lehighton .

👍 Clouds were a little lower than I would like but between 3,500 - 4000’ the thermals were pretty strong in that altitude range . I hung around West of the ski area but noticed a nonstop thermal by the sand quarry . I wanted a picture from due north .

Definitely a nice day with awesome visibility. Could see Philly and Manhattan.

That would be cool, Re name it Superstar. That would be quite a buzzsaw for lip launchers . I met someone at Cannon mountain who got rekt by a mogul field. He lost an edge and went into a field at 40 mph. Busted up his ribs pretty badly and took quite a while to recover. Challenge was okay but there were a bunch of newbs on Falls . I returned for a late afternoon session and Barneys was haggard with turf in places and icy spots ☹️ Took a few runs with @mbike-ski Coming soon ditch was meh , I popped back out and couldn’t set an edge in one spot. Main st was not bad.

I worked late yesterday and was feeling a bit tired, but decided to go for a morning session. Made tail end of Quad open , mostly racers. I took a high speed run down challenge. I headed for Main Street second run and was greeted with Barney’s beautiful 2”” refresher about as good as it got this year aside from natural snow. Stayed on Barneys till 11ish . It was starting to get scraped off in a few places, but still skiing really nice. They seeded some bumps on King .

Who can forget the Nike Air Kavorkians they were all wearing. Shoemaker Leavy 9 was cool as well!

Retro Day 3/5/24 Hopefully they make it till Tuesday. Thinking of going, my wife reminded me of my old stretch pants. I pulled them out of the closet and they fit… Barely. Nice memento attached. A ticket from Doe Mountains last day lol.

Up until a few weeks ago the long term looked cold. I think the quick pattern change caught the weather guys by surprise. I don’t see any below freezing temperatures from Saturday through Thursday sadly. This might be one of those years we get a huge storm end of March that melts in a few days.

That might be all that’s left this year. 🤮

2 runs down Barneys, the first one was without rain and the second with. First one was great and second which was the last before bailing not so much. I was amazed at how slick it got with just a few minutes worth. Did Coming soon Ditch twice which was awesome 4 runs but a lot nicer than expected. I was driving down Blue Mountain drive feeling a little disappointed but saw a bus inbound ,bad timing. I wasn’t planning on going up today but got a job done early. A couple places have dirt bleeding through but good coverage although the usual seasonal brown tint.

Just got an email they’re going to be closed tomorrow. Hopefully it’s not mush by the time I get there today.

Dude’s obviously a disgruntled park rat , look at the pants he’s wearing. A non riding Boomer wouldn’t know anything about Ikon. 😁