Pulled into the access road at 8:50 this morning. I made it about halfway up it before I ran into a line of cars. By 9:10 the first set of lots (on the left on the way in) were full. By 10 am the only open spots were the ones on the access road(as seen from the top of the East Mountain Lift). For as many cars as were there, the trails were not that crowded. The longest lift line was about a 8 chair wait The snow was nice soft cord early but by noon it was slush and extremely slow in the flat areas. Lapped thunderbolt challenge, river shot and floyds till about 1:30 then went for some beers. Most of the crowd seemed to be there for the cardboard classic. I didn't see who won but there were two sleds that stood out, one was a Marshall Stack and the other a Radio Flyer wagon. They were both put together really well. This day had to have been a gold mine for Jack Frost. While I was waiting in line to get my pass, I noticed plenty of people buying regular priced tickets and those that had the cheap tickets were still paying $25 for rental equipment. From what I saw the bar was packed most of the day. Hung around until about 4:30 to leave to give the crowd time to disperse before trying to get out of the parking lot.
