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  1. IMG_9740.thumb.jpeg.7bf30e1f92e602bc585809a00c085585.jpegThose of us with IKON passes drove up just past Elk mountain and skied Stratton today. Cloudy, kinda foggy, actually really foggy at times, but no dampness. Some very sticky snow in spots, otherwise if you stayed on the traveled path pretty nice soft spring like snow.  
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    killington tomorrow. 

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  2. If its true, im still going with a kalahari type thing. Those lifts wont replace themselves. Gonna need to be a chunk of change thrown down soon for lift upgrades. 

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  3. Today was exponentially better than i thought it was gonna be. I almost had myself talked into not going hearing the wind overnight thinking it would be a hill full of ice.  
     

    i cant figure blue mountain out at all. The one day they knew it was gonna be max occupancy, they run one lift. Then they blow a whole bunch of snow 2 days before it monsoons, at the end of the season, and then they announce another weekend. I hope they wont make the lift mistake again, but i certainly do enjoy the extended season. 

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  4. 15 hours ago, Benm said:

    i could have sworn that they basically have a cooling system to get the water to a lower than pond temperature. maybe that has something to do with it.

    also weather went from 'Heavy Rain' to just 'Rain' on sat. so thats good... i guess

    Those big radiator looking things might be to cool the air for the guns.  when you compress air it gets incredibly hot, which kind of works against what the end goal is.  

  5. whats interesting is last years closing day report. 

    way more open than what we skied Sunday.  I just cant for the life of me figure out what their motivation behind opening this weekend is.  I still dont think they care about being the last to close, and they wont take that title.  BB is going to be open.  will they sell tons of tickets?  we know the answer to that, and its no, it will be season passholders that show up.  Do they have too much frozen fried food they need to cook up?  did they already pay the employees to work this weekend?  someone reserved 76 parking spaces in the paid lot?  

    The return on snowmaking this week has to be horrible.  why try to patch something together now?  just a little bit more snowmaking on lower main in jan/feb would have made it skiable Sunday.  

  6. i wonder what the story is these days with this place.  

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    i remember it being built, and like never occupied, or occupied by a janitor/security guard.  I havent been there in years as well, but i never saw it occupied years after it was built.  

  7. So, they have removed the "this wont be our closing day" from todays FB post

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    Also take note, you can buy your season pass today and ski free for the weekend.  Read that as, you can ski free this weekend, but not monday, and not next weekend, cause we aint gonna be open.  

     

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  8. 23 minutes ago, Benm said:

    i really think they want to be last to close. even if that means having just vista open.
     

    They have cared so little about being last to close in years past, i dont get it.  Or, maybe now that Peak isnt around to keep BB open, they want the cup.  whatever.  i think if they open monday, they have a good shot at claiming the cup.  

    The interesting thing is the Easter egg hunt is the 24th, and we think its on Vista.  Im not sure if skiing on Vista, and having some kids running around looking for eggs is a really spectacular idea, but it sure does kind of sound like something Blue might do.  

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  9. 19 minutes ago, Benm said:

    i really think they want to be last to close. even if that means having just vista open.

    temps aren't great next week for snowmaking, but the opportunity is there to squeak out one last wknd if they just patch up a run or two.  

    are any other mtns still claiming they'll be open after this wknd?

    BB is throwing it in after this weekend.  JF is "we will see after this weekend"

    18 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    And I don’t want them to close, I just want closure and to be able to make some plans for next weekend.  

    Skiing next weekend wont be worth the drive for me, imo.  This weekend is really just about Chili Mac on Sunday.  

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  10. 2 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

    Heard they are closing Sunday.

    No they arent toast.  pay attention.  

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    Other years they close with waaaaay more coverage.  i dont remember a year where they closed with like 4 trails open, barely holding on.  i mean, we have all skied some funny shit on some closing days, but in my recollection they have been over 50% open on the last day.  I dont how they are gonna patch the Titanic back together with some bubble gum and keep it a float.  Even i know when to give up.  i just dont understand their tactic here.  

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  11. 22 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Big Facts and today is gonna be a huge melt day since the temperature began in the 50s.  Atomic Jeff sent me this earlier so looks like paradise goes soon. 

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    looks like Paradise will leave the chat soon.  so, NMDW, Razors, and a sketchy lazy mile?  Maybe paradise makes tomorrow.   

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  12. 21 minutes ago, Benm said:

    so it looks like the only way to lower main now is chute. that could get interesting.

    it looks like lower main could be taking its last breath.  

    Todays report shows challenge is open, falls and lower sidewinder closed.  Is there some type of bridge i cant see from my house that gets you to homestretch?  

    I know they keep saying sunday isnt closing day, but what will they be able to cobble back together for next week?  i appreciate they dont want to throw in the towel, but they are really fighting an uphill battle.  

  13. it interesting to me to see the specs of a lift like that.  a 500 HP motor is no fucking joke.  A Baldor 500 hp motor is about $75,000.  

    It would be interesting for find a price tag on it.  so much involved with getting rid of a lift.  

  14. 1 hour ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

    Will find out about Hunter on Sat (unless Sun forecast clears up in which case I may do Sat and Sun at OKemo) - but by all accounts it is much better than PA. No passholder party, which would be a bummer if I liked parties more than skiing.

     

    you are hardcore to drive to Vermont for what is basically Jack Frost North.  

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  15. 23 minutes ago, indiggio said:

    Indeed! 40-50' days are one thing, 62, 66, 69, 64 days are gonna put a real hurt on what's left.
    May be down to just NW/DW & Razors, Easy Out & Vista.

    I dont want to like this post, but yeah, its gonna be super interesting this weekend. The glacial headwall on CS will probably be around in June, but the top is gonna take a huge hit this week.  Im watching that spot on main street by switch just getting bigger and bigger today.  

     

     

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  16. 9 hours ago, EdBacon said:

    They sold the whole place for $412k back in 2015ish. 

    PASR could float that. We can all pitch in for the down payment. The owners were bikers who wanted to turn the place into a biker hangout but it never happened. Maybe they're looking to sell. 

    Thats why im somewhat interested in the place.  Im super jealous of the owners.  that place was a steal, no mater what was on the property.  

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  17. 1 hour ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

    No because RT has twice the vertical of Alpine and RT's Upper Gunbarrel (and arguably Upper Ramrod) are more challenging than anything at Blue. 

    Like Frost if it only had the runs from Lehigh through River Run, had no trees, and had a bit less vertical

    Directly from RT website.  image.png.584c0eaa825fb4beaf47749d7d186059.png

    And from DC Ski

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