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We call the security guard Taser Dave. He was ready to take down Harold yesterday in the lift line for ducking the gates because his pass didn't work and Bethlehem Ford guy crew egged to duck the gate. Then Taser Dave made him leave and go get his pass fixed. We heard him screaming in the lot about the drone. Hero snow all day today. Would have been grate in the morning had the sun burned off the fog, but that didn't happen until just after noon. Legs were totally shot by then.

Ha! You can thank me as well, I think. Was coming down Vista and spotted a set of keys in the snow, but couldn't stop quick enough, but stopped below them. I flagged the next guy coming down who stopped just beyond them and picked them up. Guy: "Yours?" Me: "Nope" Guy: "They're for a Honda, guess I should turn them in" Me: "Yup, someone's gonna be a bummin' dude when they go to open their car. They'll be happy someone turned them in" Also watched a couple of guys try to change a flat in the parking lot. Took them almost an hour to figure out how to use a car jack. How to use a car jack should be a mandatory test on the driver's exam.

Definitely not a bad opening day. Upper mountain snow was far better than lower due to the inversion. Midway by 11:30 was showing signs of major thinness as rocks and grass were poking through in the middle. Both sides of Midway bumped up for some early season fun. Right side of Vista outside the grooming berm was the ROTD as only a few daring souls went in there to get the goods. You had to dodge a couple of drainage ditches, but the snow there was worth it. Checked out Coming Soon and it had a fair amount of snow up top. Unfortunately lower Paradise is way too thin to open.

Rolling out the cookie dough right now...

I had been using my original RF tag until last year and had to upgrade. Half the gates would no longer read it.

Always leave em wanting more...

Cool! I didn't look in the other thread before posting here.

Ok, so I watched their latest Fakebook Story video about the guns being on and I commented that they need to clarify what day they're opening, as their heading image says 12/1 and a post says 12/2. This is what I got in response. Maybe someone else would do the same to confirm.

Yup, nope, no Lazy this weekend. Looks like they're trying for Tut's & connector all the way to the Summit lodge.

Nah, looks like they ran the groomers up the middle. From the Valley cam, upper Main looks barren.

Said the same thing in the e-mail, yet nothing on Fakebook? Blue's marketing needs to get it's act together. From their FB banner just now...

I think the clouds are from the guns right in front of the SP building on the Main Street cam. Blowing Burma at this point wouldn't make much sense. Looks like they may be working all of Main Street and the guns at SP are just filling in that area. So, possibly: Paradise, Sky Top, Tuts, Main Street, Home Stretch and (fingers crossed) Coming Soon?

Aaaanndddd they changed the Valley cam! Someone must be listening to me! LOL. Thanks Blue!

It’s a lot more fun when there are bumps to ski!

I thought that was gonna be their plan going forward, open the East side runs and start with the valley open and do away with opening up the Summit lodge first. Once they got rid of the doubles, opening up Vista just with the Vista chair would be a nightmare like in prior years.

I think they view Blue as the Uncle Eddie to Cameltoe’s Clark Griswold. Cameltoe thinks it’s something special, putting on all the chincy, flashy tchotchkes and stuff wanting to be like Aspen or Vail, but it’s really Uncle Eddie that’s having all the knucklehead fun. It’s surprising that they’ve not given Blue old hand-me-down equipment.

Representing the skiers…

Looks like they were able to put more down at the base, so I'm going with @JFskiDan's hope that they were able to put more effort into Paradise and maybe Coming Soon. Wish they would point the Valley cam back up Homestretch instead of showing the lift lines. (hint, hint).

Hang on! We are talking about Blue Mountain here...

I've had a couple VERY close calls on the slopes. One night riding up the doubles at Blue, before there was a valley. Started kicking in standing in line waiting... On the way up, the levels started building, probably because I was sitting and every rumble across the towers made it worse. Then the worst, it stopped just over Come Around! After what felt like an eternity, it started moving again. Flying down Easy Out trying to hold back the turtle is not something you want to be doing. Not many know about the bathrooms that used to be down by Ski Wees, but they were always open but the race down the stairs was always fraught with danger. Luckily I made it with less than a second to spare. Then there was the time up at Killington, taking the never-ending green from the top down to the Skyship, holding one back the entire way down. Luckily the Skyship lodge was still open, or that would have been an outdoor for sure. I hate my bowels!

Went striper fishing out of Belmar once and the coffee kicked in shortly after departure on the way out in semi-rough seas. There was no way that was gonna be held back for 5 or so hours. Luckily the boat had a "toilet" (a broom closet with a 5 gallon bucket and a toilet seat to place on top and sit) Better than sticking your ass out the back of the boat and launching that way, but riding the surf and shitting at the same time was a never forget experience! After that, having to hit the head at Home Depot or Sam's club feels like sitting on a true throne.

Oh yeah! Out drinking one night, wasn’t my turn to drive, one started just after leaving bar, of course I was last to be dropped off at home. Struggling to keep turtle in its shell the entire ride. Got back home to my parents house and there was NO time to wait. Headed to the back corner of the yard behind a bush and let loose. No greasy old napkin. Had to do a waddle of shame straight to the shower.

So do I! I need a pair of gaiters too!

Hate when that happens! Haven't had a Level 5 while driving somewhere lately, overdue.