JFskiDan
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47 minutes ago, toast21602 said:
New Christmas weather map out!
this is pretty funny for them to put out. what would be hysterical is if they were wrong. now that would be funny.
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We have all seen it before, but i am hoping for this pattern change, and hoping its a big change.
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1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
Three years ago.
I think 3 years ago was the year we had only one weekend in the upper lot, 2nd weekend we were in the valley, and i think there was a decent snow storm that was really helpful for opening new trails with just a little snowmaking.
am i right?
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Yikes. lower smith gap rd.
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23 minutes ago, indiggio said:
For those with time, energy and inclination, one could probably go back through the reports and ascertain a lot of that information.
I dont have tons going on at work right now........it might be obvious.
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1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
This is normal December weather for PA..and January as well.
Normal, probably. worse than last year, yes.
19 minutes ago, Schif said:I would love to see your encyclopedic knowledge of past ski seasons put down on a calendar view or something similar where we could look at a specific week and see how much terrain Blue had open for the same time period across multiple years.
Other than the year of 3 opening days, the last being in January, this year is going down as a second to that year, at least from what i can remember. Last years opening -
Around the 17th of December lazy, midway, and lower main opened.
Raceway opened right after christmas, and shortly after that Razors.
So, by Jan 1 there was at least all of main, razors, come around, falls was in there somewhere.
I think by Jan 1 this year, we wont see anything new open over what we have now. the weather just isnt that good. last year there was a big cold snap right before Christmas and into that week.
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Maybe they pulled the plug on websites designed with Geocities.
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On 12/14/2023 at 6:37 AM, JFskiDan said:
going a little colder after Christmas. hope it keeps up. we really need a sustained cold though.
Some decent overnight temps, not spectacular, but hopefully enough to piece back the single track on Paradise to keep that in play, and refresh the balance. Probably making paradise a thick single track layer is going to hold up better to 3" of rain than spreading that shit out. They will be blowing on Razors for sure shortly. hopefully upper main too. i would say based on this they will be trying to lay down some famous Blue Mountain Gak most of the day Saturday.
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2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
Blue is charging $102 for a morning pass tomorrow and $115 for an 8 hours ticket.
Good. well, i mean, $120 is a better number as far as i am concerned.
47 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:Agreed if they charge $40 they’d prob bring in a similar amount of revenue
This Xmas week is gonna be bonkers. Would be a good time to travel somewhere but I want to be in the office a little and also places are crowded and expensive then.
Charge $40, make $XXXX. FB "slopes are soooo crowded. WTF"
Charge $102/$115, make $XXXX. FB "OMG, no way im paying that for 3 trails....highway robbery. im going to Big Boulder"
it just works out the same.
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2 hours ago, Johnny Law said:
Gotta be a real fixer upper with some expensive fixes as that's pretty cheap even for slowkemo.
one add said "been vandalized a few times". but its also like 17 acres or something crazy.
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2 minutes ago, Dirtwolf said:
I believe that majority of the rain is supposed to be Sunday late afternoon or early evening. Maybe we get the morning with 4pm closure?
Obviously hoping for the 4 pm closure. Looking over all of the weather sites, i do think the morning would most likely be dry, but i think some are trending for it to come in sooner. i didnt quite realize how much rain was gonna be associated with it until today. Typical east coast fuckery in December. cold, then as soon as some moisture shows up, it pisses warm rain. then gets cold again. this was our pattern last year. we need to get out of it.
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I would love to see inside this house.
its stuck in the middle of Okemo, with no winter vehicular access.
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34 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:
Hopefully I'm wrong but I don't think p dis or freefall is opening this weekend, at least not based on my observation from the quad this morning and GSS is right...razors will be gone after Sundays weather
damn. i was really thinking paradise would be a lock after the amount of hours they put forth on the snowmaking this week.
the pic for upper is obviously a no go, but its hard to judge what the depth is on the last pic of paradise. Maybe FF to paradise?
Oh, and in the other awesome news department, sundays weather is really starting to circle the drain.
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9 hours ago, AirheadD8 said:
Temps looking better mid week. Any word if they will be opening ? Hopefully the rain stays south. Wednesday maybe a little Clipper coming through?
8 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:My guess is closed Monday and then open daily
i thought i saw they posted they would be open daily starting today. But, most likely closed on Monday, and then just open Tuesday for ice skating.
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3 hours ago, DiMe said:
It appears The Camel will be opening with mostly its famous and technical mad horizontal trails. Marjies looks ready also. Doesnt look like much of anything Hotel side.
Wow, that looks easy to reproduce.
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3 minutes ago, enjoralas said:
Based on the latest drone footage they posted a few hours ago, I would day Paradise and Coming Soon are a lock, unless it's a lot thinner than it looks. Obviously hard to judge depth from a drone flyover.
It looks like Upper Main didn't get the love. Maybe they needed the water for the sticks on tubing 3.
I feel like "the largest snowmaking system on the east" isnt always on full blast. i mean, who really knows what 15,000 gpm can work as far as guns, but it seems like Killington with a smaller system, puts down more snow. granted, they have better temps to work with.
But you would think they would be doing everything possible to get some shit going on Razors, for the spandex squad.
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Standard iphone app which is weather.com i believe, says 38. Accuweather says 39. Weather bug 39. So, it looks pretty clear its above freezing.
Applauding the effort for sure, but they have to be making some low quality gak right about now. better new is it looks like temps drop real quick as the sun sets.
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46 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:
I'll be up tomorrow morning and sat/sun....gotta go the blue way expect nothing and you have a chance to be politely surprised.
high Dins, low expectations.
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6 minutes ago, Benm said:
paradise sounds like a lock but i dont trust anything i hear anymore
maybe just sunday for meCan you call them and as them about upper main as well?
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On 12/11/2023 at 6:37 AM, JFskiDan said:
Forecast for the next few days is so-so. i mean, it could be worse. Thurs night into friday looks to have the most significant window. other nights are just a few hours, but im sure that will help refresh whats open.
Keep in mind, that last monday is Christmas. I really hope we get some more open before then. hopefully they go aggressive when they can turn the shit on.
going a little colder after Christmas. hope it keeps up. we really need a sustained cold though.
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58 minutes ago, Benm said:
Read the article. Is it just a detachable quad? Failing to see what is so special or 'first-of-its-kind'
Thats what im trying to figure out.
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This is interesting. I dont really get how its scored, but the food is good.
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9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
You can’t brag about being first chair the first four days of the season like Oz.
i saw that. he is awesome. i wanna be just like him when i grow up.
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12 minutes ago, tnt temp said:
Blue teasing more terrain on FB.
Thanks - i want to jump on FB so i can be the first one to say "you're my boy blue"
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Did elk forget to pay the Internet bill?
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Will be interesting to see what they have open for next week. Looking at options for next week. Not sure how they faired after the rain, but Bell was showing 1/2 their trails open before the rain. that seemed like it was pretty good in the grand scheme of things considering this "winter" so far has been mostly some cold book ended by warm rain.