RidgeRacer

I'm actually OK with this. They're a private entity and if they don't want smoking on their property they have the right to that. Another option would have been to just ban smoking in the liftline or on the lift and create a designated smoking area outside of the lodge. Either way, I could give a rats.

All I got was a new helmet (Boeri - black). Will need goggles at some point. I'm quite the procrastinator as well.

Ride Delaware you've been around here long enough to know what was gonna happen once you posted about the weather. Dig up one of Robert2's locker rants. Anyway it's way too early to panic. If it was 3 weeks from now that would be a different story.

I freaking love this picture.

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My wife...staying at Squaw Valley (thanks to Phillycore who hooked us up with the lodging!)

Tahoe = booked!

Thanks Trackbiker. It's all relative in PA since we're pretty much all vertically challenged. That's why we travel to bigger Mts.

Your lifetime of guilt free skiing is well earned When she sings "The shoop shoop song" just change the lyrics to "schuss schuss" and imagine yourself skiing. You'll be good.

From JFBB.com "What's New... JFBB has got you covered outside and inside at our resorts this winter. Our focus this year has been to offer everyone something from the novice to the expert skier or rider. At Jack Frost Mountain there are no out of bounds, beginners can now experience fun terrain that in the past was only available for the intermediate to expert skiers and riders. There is a new glade riding area for beginners on skier’s right of Snow Flake. With our fleet of Super Pole Cats from top to bottom on Snow Flake slope this will guarantee that this beginner to novice glade area will have pristine coverage all winter long. There is a new glade park for the snowboarders and freeskiers as well - ONE Glade Park with wooden natural features located to the rider’s right off of ONE Park which features the J-Rod Shed. For the advanced skiers we have widened Challenge Slope and cleaned up the glade area on Challenge and East Mountain." I believe the One Park Glade was cleared out fully and should now ski top to bottom which would give us at least 2 top to bottom tree runs. Lots of focus on cleaning out the brush on the west side. Lets hope for a few 20 something inch storms like last season.

Relax dude. It was a joke.

Why can't mountains offer a married with children and bills pass for these prices?

Unfortunately

Lookout mt has to be the reason. That plus the fact that WF kicks ass. Kmart doesn't compare IMO

Ok so Skiing Magazine is apparently defunct but Ski Mag did release their 2011 rankings. http://www.skinet.com/ski/node/113195 West: Deer Valley Vail Whstler Beaver Creek Park City Snowmass Aspen Breck Sun Valley Aspen Highlands East: Tremblant Whiteface Stowe Okemo Stratton Sugarloaf Sugarbush Sunday River Smuggs Loon

Good to see that they're at least talking about skiing in the trees around here. Next thing you know camelback will be thinning out their glades.Kudos to Blue.

6 an hour is about average on the east mt. Anything more is really pushing it. It's about an 8 or 9 minute ride up barring any stoppages etc. And if there are lines your probably looking at even less RPH (runs per hour).

I would give anything for 8 an hour at Jackson F...just sayin.

Yes!

It looks a lot nicer. Although not really the site itself but the moose is a bit childish. It just doesn't scream come out and ski the steeps on the north face. sno has some decent terrain. The moose seems out of place.

Oops The 2010 threw me off.

The article is titled "Resort Awards 2010"

So with stratton and snowshoe in the top 10 and killington at #2 your gripe is with whiteface being in it? Sorry but whiteface easily belongs in that list and higher than 10.

I know. It's the same story every year. The magazines never seem to agree with us but regardless the resort rankings are here (skiing magazine's anyway) which normally means that ski season is right around the corner. Anyway agree or disagree it's a pretty good read... http://www.skinet.com/skiing/resorts/2009/09/resort-awards-2010 Best Overall: Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia Best Backcountry Access: Jackson Hole, Wyoming Best in the East: Stowe, Vermont Best Steeps: Jackson Hole, Wyoming Best Snow: Alta/Snowbird, Utah Best Trees: Steamboat, Colorado Best Park: Breckenridge, Colorado Best NIghtlife: Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia East... 1. Stowe, VT 2. Killington, VT 3. Jay Peak, VT 4. Sugarloaf, ME 5. Mont Tremblant, QC 6. Mad River Glen, VT 7. Sunday River, ME 8. Snowshoe, WV 9. Stratton, VT 10. Whiteface Mountain, NY

Adult: $715 ($695 last year) $760 $825 19 and older Junior: $635 $690 $750 13-18 Child: $560 $620 $675 6-12 That's a lot of dough