RidgeRacer

Forgot about the park stuff. I guess it's worth it if you are into that sort of thing.

charging $25 this weekend , real money, not monopoly money. real actual dollars.

6 runs in. The lines moving pretty quickly. crowds are thinning. I'm skiing so it's all good.

So I'm at the f'ing zoo that is big boulder.

Ride I like Elk a lot but to say it can't be mentioned in the same breath as the Pocono areas is a bit much. JFs trees, elevator etc are just as fun as anything at elk. Good snow on razors or switch back the same. That's all. Fan boy all you want. It's all good.

Dude elk isn't heaven on earth. Blue has the funnest trails in the area. Whoever cut them knew their shit.

I know right. While I would love to be nit picking over what constitutes the rockies, this ass area is where I reside. Actually it's not bad. Only ass when compared to 95% of other mountain regions based on the fact that the skiing sucks in comparison.

There's a PJ weilehans in Beltsville. Used to be platz's

Tell me about it. I've been waiting for this thing for a decade.

That's what the Pocono mountain vacation bureau calls the poconos. That doesn't mean that it's the poconos proper. Pocono is basically a native American word to describe what is now the Delaware water gap. The "Poconos" used to only consist of eastern Monroe and pike counties. They added all 4 counties for marketing purposes. Most people in places like Palmerton and Lehighton will tell you that they don't live in the poconos.

Technically the Poconos and the Catskills are a raised plateau cut and formed by glaciers. None of them are true mountains. So yes, elk, jack frost bellayere are technically the same geologic feature. That being said, I live in carbon County and I don't consider myself to be in the poconos. I reserve that title for most of Monroe, pike and Wayne. I would call carbon and the West end of Monroe the western poconos.

When the Penn forest interchange (on 476) opens next year it will be by far quicker to get to BB than Blue. Elk is remote. I don't consider the Pocono areas remote.

It exists. It's called elk but it's a long drive unfortunately.

They were blowing in the valley when I drove past at 8am this morning. Nothing up top.

I purchased a toy and everything too. Might as well use it and go tonight. This Weekend is not an option. $20 for freedom is not worth it.

Damn I should have went. Didn't get home until 7 last night. Anyone going tonight

I like Blue Ridge.

Any signs of snow making anywhere else? Love Park?

I think the crowds will descend after dark.

Guys post up how it is. My motivation levels have dropped since this morning. If I go it wouldn't be until 7 or so tonight.

Its just criminal if they charge full price for just freedom. I don't think they would do that.

I'm torn between tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow will probably be a shit show.