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This weather is a little iffy. If I can find a few dry hours maybe I'll poke around up there for a bit, but I'm not counting on being on the snow until tomorrow at this point.

I was going to head up there tonight, but I got caught up putting up Christmas Lights, and I figured the party wouldn't involve getting my pass picture done anyway so I skipped it. Glad to hear it's looking good up there. I'll snap some pictures tomorrow when I run up to get my pass.

I put the Christmas lights up just now sans jacket. I hope this Arctic air gets here soon so they can blow some more snow.

Nothing but rain going on up in the Scranton area. All the white that we had last night is gone. Good luck to anyone going out tonight, it's going to be a mess of black ice and DUI check points.

Date has officially been announced on facebook: December 6th.

Beer and food is always free out of my tailgate, which is conveniently parked next to the top of the Phoebe Snow lift most days. In the off chance I feel ritzy I will cruise down to the Shoppes at Montage and grab a burrito from Panchero's and eat it up at the mountain.

Light's on and snow flying at Le Mount Tage tonight, as visible from the parking lot of my gym.

I guess I better get up there and get my pass picture done sooner than later.

Eagle Rock doesn't make any money at all off of the ski area. It operates at a loss each year, but they keep it going to add to the appeal of the resort. It gets funded by other aspects of the operation.

It has seemed to me for the past few years, and this really confirms it, that ski areas here in PA (with the exception of a few) are run like amusement parks. Shuttle them in, keep them there long enough to buy an expensive lunch and grab some rental charges, and then ship them back to the city.

Flurried for most of the afternoon here in the Wyoming Valley

Some serious stoke to see someone getting at it. Can't wait until the cold makes its way down here.

So I guess that means that the $200 off peak pass is off the table. I guess I'll snag a regular one today on the end of the discount period.

Foliage was a little on the downswing, but still pretty nice. Running both doubles was a must. The lifts were running at a snails pace and they were only loading every other chair on the way up, and every 4th on the way down. Lines were long in both directions. The place got pretty crowded, all of the lots were full and the elk wagon was running. The most crowded spot was the bar in the mid afternoon, everyone was in there grabbing some pumpkin brews. I never really thought of it before at Elk, but it doesn't really have any sort of patio or deck to hang out on. People were just kind of crowding on the little boardwalks and in the grass outside the bar to hang out and drink. I probably would have stayed longer if there was somewhere to sit outside, but a little plastic table in the bar, even with the windows open, wasn't appealing.

Elk was looking good on Sunday

I went and tried on some new snowboard boots yesterday, and they are doing a similar process now. Most of the high end liners for 32 boots get heat molded and fitted to your foot.

I'm looking at getting a pair of skis to get on this season. Anyone have recommendations for a nice all mountain twin tip for a rookie skier? Also on the cheaper side of things because I still need to allocate cash to new snowboard stuff too.

Same thing here. I never understood the fascination with first class. If you're flying domestically it's a 4 or 5 hour flight max anyway. I would rather save that cash for something fun when I get where I'm going. It's probably not much of a surprise then when I say that my go to airline is Southwest.

Leaves are still green, and I want to get back to the beach at least one more time. Put away the pumpkin coffee and let's all just keep the summer alive for a few weeks. Not like anyone is going to be making September turns anyway.

I have no problem with what the cops were doing. Call me an old man or whatever, but if there was a kid acting like that and driving around shooting out of a car window in my county, I would hope someone would stop it. I've dealt with cops and DAs (never on the wrong side of things thankfully) and honestly all they want is to do things simply and keep people safe. When you start talking back to them and pretending you're a lawyer then they get pissed, and rightfully so.

This place has gotten pretty wild lately. Remember all the times that long threads were about skiing? It's almost september and all that there is going on here is infighting and goofy shit. Preseason bar nights, weekends at the beach, different wax types, favorite runs, hell even talking about your favorite stickers to put on your gear bag would be more interesting and fun than all of this. P.S. If the bird is so damn sick, take it to the vet.

I haven't been up there in a while, but from what I've heard, its all pretty swanky now. They are renovating all over the place and I know a lot of people who have been going on adult swim nights on Thursday and loving the place.

Mid 40s in upstate new york over the weekend when I was camping. Where did that come from?

Woah, that's a major bummer Kyle, what happened?