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  2. Whitefish today pic

    in General Chat

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    1 hour ago, sibhusky said:

    Yeah, I bring the boots home every time. Two or three times their fire sprinklers went off and there was water coming down from the ceiling. I don't care if my skis get wet, but the boots are another thing. 

     

    Finished 83rd on the vert list.

    yeah, boot liners come out every night and go onto the dryers.

    Congratulations!

  3. Whitefish today pic

    in General Chat

    Posted

    2 hours ago, enjoralas said:

    Now I just need to convince them to let me drill a hole in my locker to pass a cable from a battery  bank to a solar panel so I can also leave the boot warmer and glove dryer in there, lol

    Better to ask forgiveness than permission...

  4. Whitefish today pic

    in General Chat

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    2 hours ago, enjoralas said:

    I did too, but I'm back in next season, lol. Just too convenient to leave the gear at the hill, especially with the kids. And being able to stash an extra pair of goggles, gloves, etc came in handy more than once 

    Yeah, I could see that, especially if you have a shit-ton of equipment that you have to lug back/forth from home.

  5. Whitefish today pic

    in General Chat

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    6 hours ago, sibhusky said:

    $590. It used to be around $100. It's nuts. I'm sure it'll be $625 next season.

    Blue kept jacking up the price of a locker each year too.
    Once it broke $200, I punted.  It just wasn't worth the price of admission anymore.
    Walking to the car to swap out skis, etc. gives me the opportunity to have a beer break too.
    Of course, the walk to the car isn't very far, so YMMV.

  7. 3/30…cloudy and quiet.

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

    Hike park on NMDW.  $35 tickets.  

    We noted on Saturday afternoon we saw more park skiers out hitting the big jump than probably the entire season combined.

    Probably would get some takers...

  9. 3/30…cloudy and quiet.

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    Ran into @enjoralas in the lodge who informed me that I missed creme brulee day, dammit!  As Philly team fans say, "There's always next year..."

    Had to be carried out both Saturday and Sunday, as the snow softened and the bumps turned HERO. 
    Can barely walk this morning as the legs are just complete @toast21602

    Will be interested to see what's in store for the coming weekend, what they can cobble together. 
    Definitely Razor's and Nightweaver have plenty of snow, but the runouts will probably need some Old MacDonald treatment.
    After the impressive magic they pulled on upper Paradise to get it covered, I'm pretty sure they won't have any problems opening.
    Where they got the snow for Paradise is a complete mystery.

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  14. Zee Lights

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

    Thats a good marketing campaign.  so here is the rub.....if the weather is calling for rain all weekend, do they open on a day they would normally close because of rain?  That would be pretty funny.  

    Well, I think they're closing at 4pm Sunday 3/30, probably to preserve what little snow there'll be left.
    The warm rain is going to put an even bigger hit on it.

    So long as they open the first weekend in April (why they're not opening Friday is beyond me), I don't think they give a rat's ass about the rain after that.

  15. Zee Lights

    in Blue Mountain

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    11 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

    Not to be a negative Nelly but I'm still predicting that they close after Sunday 

    This weekend temps are gonna put a serious hit to the snowpack.

    Might be left with Vista open, but their marketing is just shooting for "only PA slope open in April", I think.

  16. Zee Lights

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Blue is planning on being open April 5th and 6th as well.  Probably be pretty limited terrain but way to go blue. 

    And pond skim is Saturday 3/29.

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  17. 3/23/25…Party day

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    8 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Quit your whining Senor panini last year you got bad sunburn on your arms and webMD said you had MRSA which was false.. and how about those NY Metz…any leftover fries from the party those were good. Like Bay fries A Bay Bay A Bay Bay

    Oh yeah, the fries were delicious, amongst all the other delicacies @enjoralas cooked up.

  18. 3/23/25…Party day

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    53 minutes ago, Justo8484 said:

    Good times this weekend! Thanks all for the delicious food, tasty beverages, and most of all, thank you @mute1080, @Johnny Law, and I know a few others for helping to get our gear off the hill so I could help Rose to the lot. 

    +++ VIBES +++ to Rose!

    Hope she's feeling better.

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  19. 3/22/25….better than expected.

    in Blue Mountain

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    Stuck around for the season pass party that was very well attended and Blue did a very good job with it.

    When you registered, you got the typical drink ticket and raffle tickets as well as a new Blue mountain pom-pom ski cap!

    The party took over the entire upper level of the summit lodge, with the food in the big reception area and a band playing in the lounge.
    I failed to capture the name of the band, but had an attractive lead singer and played the typical party tune and did a good job at that.

    The food was all self-serve and consisted of a small salad bar, a pasta bar with pasta and tomato sauce and mac and cheese, a taco bar with all the fixings, a mashed potatoes bar with all sorts of toppings, a prime rib bar with horseradish sauce and a dessert bar with cookie and brownie trays.

    We didn't stick around for the raffle, as the snow started turning hero just before the party and returned to Razor bumps that we skied in earlier and had now softened.
    On a tip, we moved over to Coming Soon bumps that also turned hero and became the run of the day.  The bumps were nice, big and round since they hadn't been skied much lately, which made for a heap of fun as the sun and blue skies unexpectedly appeared around 2pm, making for a fun spring skiing afternoon.

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  20. 24/25 Bar Crick season

    in Bear Creek

    Posted · Edited by indiggio

    8 hours ago, AirheadD8 said:

    Rode the lift at Blue with a couple guys who mentioned that they seeded bumps on grizzly this year . Had I known I might have gone over to check them out. 

    We hit, well tried, them one night.
    They were tight, gigantic seeds and unfortunately, because of the brutal cold, icy. 

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  21. 3/16/25…foggy…empty

    in Blue Mountain

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    11 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    When I was a teenager working in a supermarket I had to do much worse like push carts and clean bathrooms. Trust me I would've much rather been on a mountain picking up cans

    I pity the poor kids going into the valley lodge's men's room during the height of a busy Saturday afternoon to clean up.
    On the other hand, I admire their wherewithal to do so for a poultry, near minimum wage paycheck and, of course, a season pass.

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  22. 3/16/25…foggy…empty

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    At the very least send folks to clean around the stupid funnels. More people miss the funnels than they actually get it in. At best it's 50/50 and the piles of trash surrounding the trash funnels is absurd. I swear to God Oscar the Grouch is gonna pop out of that mess all angry at us one day when we're skiing. 

    I heard that one day they had a single person out using one of those extenda-grabber thingies, picking up a can at a time and putting it in the bin.
    How'd ya like to do that for 8 hours?!?

  25. 3/16/25…foggy…empty

    in Blue Mountain

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    3 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    Mountain Creek has the signs threatening to lose your pass if you litter pretty much everywhere, and while there was some trash when I was there a week ago. it was nothing compared to blue. Put up signs and enforce it. 

    Chatting about it on the lifts, the majority of the crap being thrown is *probably* from the after dark visitors, as we've not actually seen anyone randomly throwing garbage off the lifts except for the few times people trying to hit the under lift bins.

    Unfortunately, enforcing would be limited to SP actually seeing someone toss something while riding up behind them.
    Maybe put fake security cameras on the lift towers with blinking LEDs?  😉

    Blue definitely takes the "garbage dump" award of the surrounding mountains. 
    None of the others even come close.

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