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Seriously doubt it's gonna be very crowded at all, especially with these temps... I went up yesterday for a couple of runs and even with most schools closed, there was hardly a wait at the six and even less on the quad.

I have to believe they brought security in so that they don't need to ask regular Blue employees to try to enforce the policy. I agree that having "security guards" looks bad, but imagine one of Blue's teen employees having to tell a race mom or worse, a dad sitting at a cluster of tables behind a wall of coolers and cases of water, sucking at Blue's free Wi-Fi teat all day, that they have to leave? At least these guys don't really care as their superiority complex kicks in after putting on the uniform, badge and tazer and can't wait to tell people they can't park their sorry carcasses there all day, while their kids are out terrorizing the mountain. Don't forget that "The majority of the riders and skiers you encounter on the slopes are in the Blue Mountain Racing program, which trains them to be kind and respectful." http://www.mcall.com/travel/mc-travel-blue-mountain-tubing-20161224-story.html Perhaps replace a bunch of the tables with standing tables, since you can't really cluster them and camp out?

From my understanding of the rumors, this is at whom the policy is targeting... I doubt Blue would have a problem with people brown-bagging a lunch here and there, but when people are carting in cases of water, Gatorade, crockpots, etc. like I've seen people doing, Blue really needed to put an end to it.. I also heard that they've been doing the roaming tablet questionnaires and at least one person I know of went off on the racers and them not only taking over the mountain, but also the lodges as well. Perhaps that had something to do with the implementation of the policy? I also heard they the policy was only going to be implemented during heavy weekends, we'll see... I agree that Blue shouldn't allow one person to sit at a combined table "saving seats". If you're not there, tough beans, wait for a seat/table like everyone else... Blue also needs more outside tables on the patio area, especially now with the warm weather starting.

Ah! Run away! Run away!

Spring bumps!

I hear the beer there is pretty awful too!

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No plows through here as of yet, my guess is that they're gonna hold off plowing until later on when the snow has slowed. They're saying like 2"/hr., Blue Mountain Drive is gonna be a shit-show, Plows not gonna be able to keep up with the snow and it's gonna be littered with those wanting to get to the slopes, but whose cars aren't capable.

We who ski the sides thank them for scraping off all the soft snow and pushing it there...

Ouch! Could be for a week! http://snowbrains.com/jackson-hole-wy-may-be-closed-for-next-7-days/

That thread is closed today!

Great pics!

Ha! No pun intended...

Come up to Blue in the spring after race team is done with Razors and Razorback, there'll be T2B bumps on them! Over 1000' vertical of soft, glorious bumps.

I'm in F'ing training all week. I can't call out..

Not to mention the tail-gating! Short walk to the car, so long as you get there early enough...

I remember those beer balls. They came and went pretty quick.

That's what we drank for craft beer as well...

Sounds like you got discombobulated before you recombobulated... More skiing and longer sessions will take care of that.

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With the weather like it's been the past few years here in PA, I'm itching to move out west as well, preferably Colorado as the inversions in SLC seem detrimental to one's health and Jackson Hole is way too expensive.

Weekends haven't been very crowded at all this year... Perhaps one or two days.

Winter '82-'83.

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I took a run down it Tuesday, first of the season, sides were excellent, middle was knee-deep granular. It's a great learning run! It exposes one to all the various conditions you're liable to encounter when skiing the East, all in a single run! It's the run I learned on when it still had the one big drop halfway down that they've since smoothed out.