[Tuckermans]

two days is possible. i wanted to go this year, but the coverage is terrible. from what ive read, the main headwall is unskiable, you have to rock climb up to the upper snowfields which have barely any snow on them, or ski the shepburn trail or the lower snowfields. locals say it looks more like late may then early april. so with that in mind, im waiting until next year when there is hopefully more snow, more routes down open (hillmans highway, ect), and when i get an avi probe and beacon.

 

There are pleny of skiable routes in the bowl. I skied last year the weekend before memorial day and it had less snow than in the picture in the above post. We skied THE LEFT GULLY and THE CHUTE. I am heading up in May for some turns. The drive sucks, but it is well worth it for the experience.

 

Two sites to check:

www.tuckerman.org - They update the avalanche report daily through the end of may.

 

http://www.timefortuckerman.com/

 

 

LEGEND

1 - Left Gulley

2 - Chute Variation South

3 - The Chute

4 - Chute Variation North

5 - Center Gully South

6 - Center Gully North

7 - The Icefall

8 - The Lip

9 - The Sluice

10 - Right Gully (Lobster Claw, Lion Head Gully 1 2 & 3 further over)

[Has anyone skied/boarded Elk]

well both their bump runs are under the lifts, though the one in the base area is a good "learn to ski the bumps" trail, even though its sorta tight under there, bumps aren't that narly, though the ones on tunkhannock are pretty big sometimes

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Last time I was up there in early March they had let Wyalusing (or maybe it was Chippewa) get bumped up. I found that a good place to work on my bump skills without being a spectacle for everyone on the lift.

[Snow Forecast]

I was just looking at www.snow-forecast.com and they are predicting a foot of snow for Elk Wednesday into Thursday. The NWS is calling for 4 to 10 inches but it will eventually turn to r@in Thursday afternoon.

[Discount Tickets From Acme]

Hi Guys:

Does anybody know if Acme Supermarkets plans to offer discount Blue Mt tickets this year. Last year they were selling them for $25 each. I went to my local acme yesterday and they said they did not have any yet and did not know when or if they were getting them.

Thanks

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