RidgeRacer

I haven't written a report in a little bit but I feel compelled to because BB was that good tonight. Temps were in the lower 40's and the snow was a really nice, cut up granular surface that was really fast. I got my ticket and skied up to the Merry Widow lift around 7 pm. As I was riding up I noticed Mittl-Weg was closed for races. I had no idea who it was racing...maybe the Mt's race team but I'm not sure. Other than the racers the place was pretty empty. I started out on Drauf then over to Snowdrift and Boulder Park. I skied those trails almost the entire night with a run on Love Park, Bunny's Elbow, and Upper to Lower Sitz thrown in for good measure. There was no ice, just great snow for carving including the upper part of Snowdrift which has been icy the past few days. After 8pm the racers were pretty much gone and Mittl-Weg re-opened and I did a run (maybe 2, can't remember) on Mittl. I may have seen 6 other people after 8. Having any ski area to yourself is a great feeling, especially on good conditions. I really wasn't ready to leave at 9 but, of course, that's when they close. Anyway, until next time...

Mid-week at Frost can be as good as it gets around these parts.

I'm not able to make it on Saturday either but have fun all.

Weeknights are really fun when nobody's there. I may be there tomorrow night depending on whether or not I'm still in pain from playing football this weekend

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. We're likely hitting the Mountain View Inn. They have a weekend ski and stay package for the 87 per night which includes lift tix which was pretty much the best deal I could find. Probably heading up first weekend in March.

I got out a little after 4pm today. The snow was scraped off and icy in the middle packed powder on the sides, typical for a weekend. The best snow was on Mittl-Weg and Snowdrift. I did one run on MW and spent most of my time on Snowdrift which I'm officially calling my favorite trail at Boulder simply for the tree part up top. Also did a few runs on Drauf as well. Boulder Park is huge and I watched a few people hit the jumps from the lift. I rarely ski at Boulder when the sun is up (although it was beginning to set) so I snapped a few pics with the phone.... Boulder Park from the lift Top of Snowdrift Mittl-Weg is never crowded Boulder Park again

Boulder's conditions were the same tonight with chalky packed powder. Snowdrift and Drauf were fun. Boulder Park has 3 really big jumps on it, one of which I never saw before. It kinda looked like a 25 foot tall pyramid.

I, regretfully, neglect the west side of Jack Frost all too often. I don't think I've skied Jane's Lane at all this year. There's some fun parts to that trail.

Is Sno doing that Sunday night discount for other Mt. pass holder thing again this season?

Or maybe do a Barney's Bumps thing and have half groomed and half bumped.

Yeah I don't know if I could do the 14th either. That could get me in big trouble. The 15th...I may be able to swing that.

Last year they let it bump up pretty good and it was awesome. For whatever reason they groomed it out in like late January early Feb and that was it for the bumps on Floyds for the season. They did get icy a lot though maybe that's why they groomed it out. Bumped up Floyd's Folly...

Just woke up and there's at least 4-6 inches of snow on the ground which I now have to shovel so my wife can get out

I had my face mask but it was working better keeping my neck warm. For whatever reason my face wasn't cold. My toes were but that's about it.

lol....That was classic. FWIW I did crack 48 the next time down.

I was nominated to start the TR for the day so here goes. I'll let everyone else go into detail but today was excellent. The weather wasn't that bad at all. It was cold at first with blue skies, sun and no wind but as the day wore on the temperature rose and it was pretty comfortable. I got there at 10am and made my way over to Exhibition to find PASR's Atomic Skier, Grilled Steeze Sandwich, Moe Ghoul, Boblikescats, Sex Kitten, Think Snow, Think Snow's friend and Melissa. I think Barb was there too but I wasn't able to introduce myself to her (sorry Barb). I think that was everyone. We made our way down exhibition then to T Bolt Glade and Thunderbolt then a run through the Challenge Glade. After that, we met up with Phillycore as he was getting off the lift. We then headed over to East for a run on River Shot then over to Floyd's Folly. Think Snow broke out the radar gun and that's when things got really fun. Me and Moe got down first and were waiting at the lift for a while wondering where everyone was. Finally everyone came down with a few patrollers who weren't happy about us going fast on Floyd's which I was shocked to see because everyone was in control and there was no one else around. I clocked in at 44 mph on my first run down but I'm rounding up to 45 . After a few more runs, we hit the lodge for lunch where we met Librider. After lunch we hit One Park then it was back over to East Mt for a few runs. I then took my last run through the Challenge Trees. On my last lift ride up with Phillycore and GSS, I got to hear Doug freestyle rap. The man's got skills for sure. The snow got progressively better as the day went on and the temperatures warmed up, not that it was bad to begin with but it was a near perfect, chalky packed powder towards the end. Anyway today was really fun. It was great to meet all of you guys. I'm definitely trying to make it to next week's 5th anniversary PASR day.

Weather.com's hourly forecast has it at 5 degrees by 10am . Just to clarify, 10am, top of exhibition right?

Ditto I also like the top of snow drift near the pine trees (spruce trees?). Skiing there at nights now, I'm actually gaining a whole new respect for Boulder.

If I survived tonight's temps, I'll be ok on Sat. See ya there.

Just back not too long ago from a cold night a Big Boulder. The temperature was about 5 degrees (it's down to 3 now according to weather.com). Once I got going though it wasn't too bad. I definitely recommend wearing a face mask and layers of course. The snow was perfect packed powder, no ice and no problems on my edges. Boulder Park and Snow Drift were closed . The groomer was building those monster jumps on Boulder park. I spent most of the time on Bunny's Elbow, Draufganger and Mittl-Weg. There was still plenty of cord on Mittl-Weg which was great. Mittl-Weg is forgotten about since you have to trudge uphill from the Big Boulder lift to get to it. The snowguns were not on. There's plenty of snow. That's all I got. Tonight was fun as usual.

My fault. I totally forgot about the ski check near the season pass validation hut. Mid-week I don't think it's there though which is probably why I forgot about it. Sorry about that GSS.

1) The best place to park is in the lot directly across the access road from the lodge. It normally filters in all different directions from there as it gets busier. Well I should say the best place to park is the VIP section up front. But I think you still need to VIP pass to park there. That's essentially ski in / ski out from your car. 2) Don't know but I'd venture to say 9. 3) Bring a lock, there's no ski check. 4) Don't know about the Trans Am.

I'm not a student but the place looks nice....I also found a place called the Woodlake Inn that looks good and I believe it's on Main Street. Wow that's a good price. Whiteface / LP has been on my list for a while and I'm looking to finally get up there this season.

Looking for nice lodging in Lake Placid that isn't too expensive...preferably with good ski and stay packages. Any suggestions / experiences?

When I was skiing mostly at Jack Frost mid week, I figured since it's not going to be crowded (unless it's a WMMR day) I can sleep a little longer and not rush out. Whenever I ski outside of PA I'm up bright and early.