RidgeRacer

Big boulder is looking good. Still looking though.

15 inches and scoping out some stuff to ski on with jfskid.an. Rock skis are out. Pics to follow...

Where the F is Squaw?

Yeah I know it's Bullshit but it means ski season is near. I can't find the Best of the East on their site. 1: Deer Valley, Utah 2: Vail, Colorado 3: Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia 4: Snowmass, Colorado 5: Sun Valley, Idaho 6: Park City Mountain Resort, Utah 7: Beaver Creek, Colorado 8: Steamboat, Colorado 9: Breckenridge, Colorado 10: Telluride, Colorado 11: Aspen Mountain, Colorado 12: Jackson Hole, Wyoming 13: Heavenly, California 14: Winter Park, Colorado 15: Crested Butte, Colorado 16: Canyons, Utah 17: Mammoth Mountain, California 18: Copper Mountain, Colorado 19: Aspen Highlands, Colorado 20: Snowbird, Utah

This is true. The lunch special is typically a classy affair. Often times the lunch special choice could take you across the globe without even leaving the Jack Frost lodge.

Then it was '08. It was the season before those trails opened. I remember I hitting Blue because they were the only thing open! It was November and BB didn't open until 4pm and I had to work so I went to Blue. That was the last year Ray Tuthill ran it I think.

I'm definitely skiing blue this season. I haven't skied dream weaver or nightmare yet. Last time I skied there they were cutting those trails. What was that three seasons ago? No excuses this season.

But vert around here is virtually meaningless. Like I said we're comparing molehills to molehills in the Poconos. Are there longer trails at Elk and Blue? Of course, but by what...10 seconds? Then again It takes me longer to ski One park glade or challenge glade than it takes me to ski Susquehanna or Slalom (probably because there's more turning required due to the trees). I'll take that over the traditional run any day. Are the Elevator and Risk It short as hell? Yes. But they're steep and there's nothing at Elk like them. Vert obviously makes a difference at big mountains north and out west. Here it's just a number IMO. And you should definitely check out Jack Frost at some point this season. I think I may even get some sort of discounted ticket on my pass that I can let you have. Let me know. Dan, Phillycore and myself would love to have you come up.

This is why I'm not a fan of Monroe or Even Pike Co. I love the signs along I-80 that read "This development is a Commuter's Dream". How could a commuter's "dream" be to have their job 2 STATES over? No offense if anyone here does that commute but It's amazing to me that people actually think it's feasible to commute 100+ miles each way every day. Unfortunately these Counties had no idea what they wanted to be (suburb, vacation getaway etc). The builders are going crazy and now they have a mess to deal with in terms of sprawl, roads, foreclosures, crime. etc. Have fun with all that.

But its not the truth. It's a ridiculous statement especially coming from you as I appreciate most of your posts. I know, maybe we can stack 8 big boulders on top of 1 jack frost and that'll compare to Jackson Hole! You're supposed to compare mountains to molehills, not molehills to molehills. If you think Elk's unbelievably gnarly terrain is worth the extra 250 over Jack Frost then you must spend your evenings diving into a money pit like scrooge mcduck.

There are some gated communities in that area that are having problems with crime etc..This could be in one of those. There's a reason it's that low.

sigh.

40's in the Poconos last night.

What Dan said. To each his own. I like JF because of the trees, east etc. Doug likes fast lifts. Who cares. This is Pennsylvania people. We take what we can get.

Yeah...ski magazine rankings don't really carry much weight on ski message boards.

By wasted potential, I wasn't referring to them spending a load of money on dumb shit like condos or what have you. I was talking about simply clearing out some gladed terrain and allowing tree skiing because (even though you call it flat) it would be that much better if they did. Every year its the same thing with them..."new for this year, we planted X number of trees". It's old IMO.

elk take notes. These are upgrades.

Meh. Such wasted potential.

I just realized that the one resort says "Ski Cooper" and not "Ski Copper". LMAO. I was wondering why those rates were so low. Really the only 2 areas on this card that interest me are A Basin and Loveland and this thing actually offers some pretty good deals - especially Loveland. It may be worth picking up if we do a front range trip.

Found this online. Doesn't seem like a bad deal, especially if you're visiting and skiing mid-week. Of course the resorts are limited, but if you're planning on visiting one or more of these resorts, this may be worth picking up. http://www.shopcolor...ard_2011_12.htm The 2011-12 Gems Card gets you discounts at all nine Colorado Gems ski areas. Participating resorts include Arapahoe Basin, Echo Mountain, Eldora, Loveland, Monarch Mountain, Powderhorn, Ski Cooper, SolVista, and Sunlight. Check out the list of deals and discounts for the 2011-12 Gems Card below. 2011-12 Colorado Gems Card Arapahoe Basin [*]2 for 1 adult lift ticket Mon-Fri, valid once 11/1/11

30 minutes maybe. I remember driving past northstar on the way to Squaw.

Cool. Thanks for the updates. Looking forward to using it this winter.

There's hope. Blue ridge sold the land a week or so ago. http://m.tnonline.com/2011/jul/22/big-boulder-jack-frost-sales-are-approved

They didn't blow too much after January last year (probably because it stayed cold for a while) and Risk It was still skiable for a good portion on the season (not as much as other tree runs). Who knows. They may even make an extra effort this year to get a little extra snow in there since they're officially calling it an improvement for 11-12. Still one of the greatest PA ski days ever for me. That and a few days before when we were skiing during that storm.

A cleared out Risk it could rival the Elevator for the best run at Jack Frost.