JFskiDan

As much as i thought today was gonna be good, i had the fear of super firm, somehow the snow set up even though it was 40 degrees out. this was not the case. today was good. maybe not JH good, but today was good.

i really was thinking of leaving work at noon to make a few runs, but honestly i just kept looking at the cams and decided i have skied enough days in the fog and rain that i would pass. The sad thing is, today is probably going to be better than Sunday.

i couldnt agree more, but Elk is so funny. no tree skiing. hardly any discounts. no indy pass. no fucks given. dont wanna ski here? we dont care. But at some point, the fun of owning a ski resort has to wear off.

Im not sure on the park thing on NMDW. Need to factor in the weather a little. Snow making temps are gone for a week or so now, we knew it was gonna come to an end today, and then rain. So, to me, it seems like there is a decision to be made. Keep pumping snow on trails so they have a good base, or stop at what will get them open, and move on. I am in the minority that would have kept pumping snow on challenge and NMDW, rather than move over to side (which will require tons of snowmaking), and switch, just to lay down some snow, and watch it rain. Take a close look at lower main. it doesnt have a good base, and since like 15 trails come together there, it could be a problem later in the season. Last year, NMDW was open, but if you remember, it sucked, pretty much all the time. there wasnt enough snow on it. the first 2 turns were narrow, couldnt really get your groove on. I dont remember challenge being steller any time i skied it either. the whole quality over quantity might apply here.

Nice work by Jay Peak. Trying to make plans to get to Jay this year.

No knowledge what so ever, but i wouldnt doubt if there is an offer on the table for Elk at all times. i dont see why Vail or KSL wouldnt want to scoop it up.

i was pretty jealous of those that could ski Raisins yesterday. it did look and sound really nice from the lift yesterday. Glad to hear they didnt mess it up.

Sadly, both days with great conditions were crowded enough that i had my fill at 9:30. Others have more patience than me for a lift line, but when its at the scanners thats about when its my time to leave. All this isnt limited to Blue, thank the multi-mountain pass i guess. weird shit pops up on my FB, and i found this. i saw that Roundtop was "the busiest ever" saturday and sunday. But, also saw JF was not real busy.

3 days in a row that didnt suck.

its a little busy. 3 pm. everyone must have come out after lunch.

They opened raisins at 2 pm. It was good until 2:05. Lol. like any newly opened trail at blue. Widow should be good by tomorrow.

No time like the present to resurrect it.

Move it to BB. Problem solved.

Completely ignored plowing the driveway in favor of taking a tour around the block on the uphill setup. all people do in my development is complain about the roads not being plowed down to the asphalt. I say embrace it. It was nice just to get out and play in the snow.

Very fun rare mid week morning for me. Really nice to see snowmaking progress from the past week. Big gains. Pretty busy by 11:30, just lapped lazy after the others had to go do that work BS. Lazy was kind of 3D by then and super fun, other than watching for the masses of people on trail. Falls was nice too. Hopefully cuzie's/raceway/widowmaker will be a little nicer tomorrow, it was just kind of typical of the Blue cycle of grooming right after opening a trail, skiable but marble-y. Midway was pretty nice. NMDW has more snow on it than Challenge, but hopefully both will be open before the end of our nice snowmaking stretch. it will be really nice to do the lefty-righty down NMDW again. Hopefully they dont put park BS on there for the 15 people at Blue that do that. Nothing sucked about today.

Really? im no longer intrigued by whats going on in that weird chainsaw/hatchet/big hole in the ground/rubs on the lotion shed. i need to get busy getting a life.

Tell me about it.

you are just full of joy today, aint cha?

Widow all the way to Midway? Either way i will take it, but i will be impressed if its to Midway. I do feel like they are throttling back the snowmaking at times, whether its their call or not. It might be some KSL influence too. And it could be directly proportional as to how many cars are parked in the paid parking.

its hard to tell if they are working on NMDW, which is what someone said they started yesterday. it kinda looks like they are, but its hard to tell. if you look at the vista cam, up in the very left hand corner it looks like some snow clouds, maybe the lower part of come around? Ok, from the tubing cam it looks like DW is definitely on. Personally, i dont feel they ever run full blast. Ever. Compared to what other resorts have in capacity, and how much (slopewise) they run, its not impressive to me. I think Frost is 6K gpm, and it kinda seems like thats about what Blue runs. I think shortly Frost will be 100%. Granted, its smaller, and a little better temps, but i kinda feel the powerhouse Blue claims to have, they should pace them or beat them to 100%.

I just saw in a FB comment, Blue said Raisins will be open friday. Looking deep. Time to move on to some other slopes.

i cant wait until they are done working on Raisins, and Widowmaker, so they can get started on some other trails we will be able to ski.

i have always wondered why when they have the lights on, all of them are on, yet they are blowing on main street. Im not like a super cheap guy, but when i get home i dont turn on every light i have, just cause.