mbike-ski

naaaawh, its next weekend

hopefully the bbq thang works out, this sounds like some good cookin' tho, from vmb: We'll have a new beginner trail for Father's Day at Blue. So far the trail is pretty awesome. It should be over 2 miles long easy. The trail starts at the top of the Super D but cuts out the uphill. You use connector to go back into the Super D trailhead. After the first woods section the trail makes a left under the lift and heads down to Burma Rd. The trail then goes on and off Burma with some friendly berms and plenty of fun winding turns to the bottom (couple tables). There will be 2 other downhill trails opened as well, to give us a total of 6ish trails. More if you count them like ski trails. The DS track will be open also so we should have plenty of trails available for the day. Lifts are open 11 - 8pm for $15. Ridiculous There will also be plenty of other attractions and events for the whole family: Barb-Q cook-off, chainsaw chix, mechanical bull rides, balloon rides, inflatable bouncing stuff??, old cars, hot rods, beer Come on out for a great day and an excuse to ride with the family!! - Dan Vertical Earth I'm hoping to hit it for a few, anybody else?

good idea, i'd be in

yea sucks for those who want something for nothing...but a disgrace - not even close. these are lean and mean times my friend

that does suck but those blackout days along with prez day are pretty standard - i'd be intersted to hear otherwise if you check out some other areas. my guess is as blues scanning technology advances it makes it possible for them to do this crap. truth be told in past years passes may have had restrictions but i don't think the scanners/programming were sophisticated enough to differentiate between passes or even days of use. thats changed over the past year or two...still to johnny's point i don't know if that alone would make me go elsewhere, now maybe throw in a few altercations /high speed chases with a crazy whistle blowing helmetless smoking on duty ski patrollers...

nice - way to g0 after it with some "considerable" risk. it looks like i might be a year older when i make it up as my schedule is getting jammed up and my enthusiasm has faded a bit with the recent heat wave. nice TR for sure though - it certainly fired up the stoke meter a notch, we'll see... hey sno i think we mighta skiid a few runs at blue gaper day a season ago - you had a furry hat?

thanks...just hafta keep watching!

hmmm...sherbie's half closed now with the upper section mighty thin from what i understand, sorta looking for the whole experience - not hiking back down in the mud. i've also go a small window in the next 2 weeks work/home wise

really..why's that? Looking at snow (9-10") and wind last day or so i figured the ravines would have a fresh coat edit: and be stable by the weekend?

Jay, when are you guys going up? I'm thinking about maybe doing a Sunday/Monday thing...Johny Style?

rrrgh, was hoping to leave today to hike/ski tommorrow but not happening due to work/family stuff. thinking about next week sometime if anybody's interested going up with a first timer. planning om leaving mid day, crashing somewhere, hiking/skiing then driving back=day and a half trip

have fun all i'm jeeaolous. i'll be thinking of you while i rip out our powder room!

sounds like a great end to the season! and nice boards too...

wow coverage still looks pretty good

what about huntah?

might be up saturday - i just hooked mrs snobunski with some new boards and she's anxious to check em out

nice TR but kinda depressing...

i don't know root, i think your'e workin a scam here

guess my decision's made, its mtb for me

man last night my skis were gross covered with black snow slime

only on thursday nights! oh and tuesday night uhhh and monday too

raceway to midway or chute is a blue mountain delicacy but has crappy lift service off the main street chair (or "loser lift" as my kids refer to it)

my favorite for that type of ride is switcback with lazy mile being second - the turns aren't really blind, oh wait maybe thaey are for r2! sorry man couldn't resist....

maybe about a third or so of the maybe 20-22 people who started out wear protective gear. I was a little nervous the first night booting up watching the guy next to me put on his spine protector! After a week or 2 of getting beat up i got some pole guards. i be lying if i said i didn't get a few bumps and bruises on the shins and arms. figure i'd add a piece of gear or two each year as i get more aggressive, next will be some better padded gloves as my hands seem to be taking the most punishment attempting to block

It was a blast and i definately plan on doing it again next year. first few weeks did more drills than worked our way to more and more gates. sets were mostly slaloms with a few gilalolams (between a gs and a slalolm) thrown in, full gates with some stubbies here and there to mark turn initiation/fall line position on the set. coaches were very helpful and the group was a great bunch of guys ( and gals). pretty laid back structure and just alot of fun. alot of folks do this every year, i think one guy was in his 7th session.