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RidgeRacer

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  1. Oops. The subject should read good times FOR our sport. I need to type slower.
  2. I just realized that a whole lot of good stuff is happening for skiing / riding here in Pennsylvania. Our Mountains are staying open in to April. They're opening in November. They're making snow later. There's all kinds of great season pass deals to be had. CB is giving freebies again to other Mt. pass holders. Jack Frost is giving us back the Elevator. Snow conditions have been really good. Blue Mt. opened a new trail. Numbers are probably up everywhere. I'm sure I'm missing a few things but definitely not bad I would say.
  3. I always figured that the crowds are likely to be larger at CB or Blue over either JF or BB on a weekend because those crowds (at JF and BB) are being divided up between 2 separate hills...if that means anything. Combined, who knows it may be the same. Good to hear the ski business in our area is thriving. That's good for everybody.
  4. Boulder will likely be last to close....probably not JF though unfortunately.
  5. The Elevator is the steep slope in between River Shot and Floyd's. I'm not into hucking things but Risk it is the only trail that I can remember having to "work up my nerve" to ski in PA in a long time.
  6. Cool...I'll be there to take advantage of this again this season. BTW I hope Elk does this too.
  7. I thought this deserves it's own thread. I can't wait for next season! Special thanks to Phillycore for starting the Petition thread.
  8. I would say it's been off the map 3 or 4 season's now.
  9. Just back from a quick morning session at Frost. I got on the snow around 9:30. It wasn't busy at all for a weekend which was nice. I made my first run down T-Bolt. T-bolt came complete with lots of ice patches with sugar mixed in. It was best to stay on the sides of the trails there. I then headed over to East and met up with Smartass at the top of the East Mt. lift. We made a number of trips down Floyd's as well as River Shot. The snow on East was much better than the rest of the Mt. It was sugary, sans the ice which made for nice conditions all things considered after a rain freeze / thaw event. We decided to hit Challenge to see what that was like. I hopped into the trees and hopped right out since it was a solid sheet of ice. The trail was like Thunderbolt...sugar and ice. So we headed back to East for better conditions. Floyds was actually really nice today. Smartass and I then stopped to view the Elevator and noticed that we may have actually taken some of those sticker bushes out last week when spilling down it. That wasn't something I was about to try today though. Overall, another nice day at Frost. Conditions are still good. There are no bare spots and there's still a solid base mostly everywhere.
  10. lol...I was stuck in that last year. That was the first time and the last.
  11. What is going on at Blue? The Patrollers love you guys this year.
  12. I'm out There's no way I can be there at 8am tomorrow morning so I'll probably miss you all. I can't be on the snow until later in the day. Right now I'll be there there Sunday Morning for possibly some fresh snow in the AM. Let me know if you'll be there Sun.
  13. Right now I'm at 75% yes for tomorrow morning. Sunday morning is definite for me.
  14. BTW....here's a zoomed in photo that Phillycore took last weekend. There's really no where to go from that point. If you don't want to ruin your gear, I wouldn't try it.
  15. lol... True...but if it gets overgrown with vegetation then it cant be skied on....it's virtually unskiable now.
  16. Don't forget the steep trails at Jack Frost Sounds like Saturday may be turning into an unofficial PASR day. I'm going to try to go. Getting out before 2 or so may be tough.
  17. Good to hear they're still making snow.
  18. That says it all right there. Last year there was a clear path if you hopped in mid way down the last headwall of Rivershot. Even that's grown over now. It's amazing how quickly that stuff grows.
  19. Are you saying the old Elevator will be cleared out or are you referring to the woods to skiers right of Risk it?
  20. I was tempted for maybe 2 seconds....The Value Pass isn't a bad deal but Saturday's conditions at Frost solidified my decision for next season.
  21. Maybe another foot or so of snow (to cover up the brush) would make it skiable. If people express interest in it, maybe they'll end up clearing it out some and you can tame the beast next season.
  22. That value pass at $349 isn't a bad deal and you can still ski weekends, just at night.
  23. It wasn't skiable at the PASR day or at all this year because of the growth. Last year you could jump in midway down the last headwall on Rivershot but the actual entrance was well above that. Me and Phillycore spent a good part of the day on Saturday trying to figure out a way. There looked to be a line maybe 2 feet wide but that's really not skiable, we tried. Plus whatever isn't covered with growth will be by next season if it isn't cleared out.
  24. Yeah there's plenty of snow on it right now, most of it likely blow over and some natural, which is fine. I wouldn't want them to blow on it or even put it back on the map....just to clear it a bit, like they do elsewhere on the Mt.
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