JFskiDan

so, i think its likely the price of heating oil could double that of last year. i had this all figured out what i burned at my last house before converting it to Natural Gas. and i just threw it all away. but i think i was on the 5 gallon per day average. You dont really think you can heat any home for like $500 for a winter, do you? I mean, @Dirtwolf might spend $500 on oil just for before and after the wood boiler gets going. This is where the latest "rebate check" or "refund" or "dividend" or what ever they wanna call it, will come in handy.

holy shit. CODoil.com so glad i dont heat with oil. sorry @RidgeRacer @Benm

im not sure if the compressors are diesel or electric, good question, but electricity isnt getting much cheaper either. groomers are diesel. and have a way bigger engine than i would have thought. a new piston bully 600 (not sure what Mt Democracy has) has a cummins X12, based on their literature and what i can find on the internet, it probably burns about 12 gallons an hour. Dyed diesel should come in around what heating oil costs. buying bulk, saves a little, but its not a crazy number.

nah, im with you, nothing there that would make me want to switch passes. but again, good on them for at least doing something. i will say that Jason is doing a great job running the place.......could Mt Democracy need some new blood? probably. 100% accurate statement there. that will be the most challenging thing there. i think he said "untamed" which to me means ungroomed. and we all know how often ungroomed terrain in the Poconos is skiable. Remember how long it took Cliffhanger to soften up even in the spring? But hey, i wouldnt mind some ungroomed stuff at Mt Democracy, but im realistic on how often it might be skiable. if Lazy Mile was left ungroomed, it would be the most challenging thing on the mountain as well.

We ski. We ski. you act like you are the only individual on a ski forum in PA that skis outside of PA. Anyways, im glad you figured out that skiing in PA is better than no skiing, cause it is. Democracy Mountain isnt always the best, but i get to hang out with a bunch of other really colorful characters doing so.

its nice to see how stoked you are to ski at Camelback this year, when just a few short years ago, PA sucked, and Hunter was the spot.

So, the double black will be right under "Bra and Panties Tree" on this map. hopefully, they name it that. The second trail, a Blue square, will connect "always icy" to Big Pocono. Third trail is a Black from "new fake double black that is really a green" to john henry. Kudos for doing something other than plant trees......but really just some little connector trails they can turn snow guns around from other trails to put some snow down. But do they now have more trails than Democracy Mountain? Yes, in the spirit of ongoing distractions from more important things, and renaming things, i have renamed Blue Mountain. Change all of your GPS settings, because waze told me they were no longer going to recognize the other name. Google should be falling in line shortly too. and i heard from many people that they are saying its a great idea, like 400% of the people say they are on board by 250%. But honestly, we would get pretty excited if Democracy Mountain was to cut the stumps down under the new 6, throw some snow in there and let it bump up. that would be a big time double black.

Don’t they have a snow cone maker? Be sure to post up a report on that.

that is big. the other ones they were adding didnt seem to really add that much value to the pass in my opinion.

Fantastic lean! I havent been out much on my bile, but this was after a big 4 miler. found out my front brake was barely working. Tried to bleed it which then left it completely unoperational. And the very next ride, my rear brake left the chat. Made it back using my feet to stop. Good times.

Да, подавляющее большинство американцев тоже ненавидят Дональда Трампа. Однако есть и те, кто по-прежнему слепо верит ему.

snow pass. https://mysnowpass.com/ Discuss. not really doing it for me, but if you could buy the 3 pass at anytime during the season, that would be beneficial.

i still hate the whole skiing over top of a water park thing. but of the days i skied there, Christmas and in the spring, i never once saw that. But they did alot of things right last year, so they move up a notch or two in my book. If they do a repeat this year, they will move up another notch as well. We would all just lose our minds if Blue did the same spring skiing thing, so props to them. My memory isnt great, but maybe the biggest blunder of the year between the two was Blue closing on that powder day?

Wishful thinking map #2. looks pretty similar to me.

first round of bullshit long range weather forecasts just hit the press. im not sure if some of the "cold, snowy at times, breezy" could really be more vague. oh, and imagine that....we will have snow, sleet and mix in the Northeast. Wow. thats a new one!