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My only complaint is that they don't have a halfpipe

I think it's pretty interesting that they have snowtubing open and operating at Keystone but not at JFBB. I wonder if they are assuming that people who are staying at a resort will want to snow tube and that people won't go on a day trip to snow tube.

So why even put them in then? Or if they are necessary why not put them behind plastic or something so people don't mess with them?

In an attempt to educate myself here, when would or when do you guys adjust those flex screws? It seems to me that you would likely just set it and leave it that way unless the screws loosen themselves. Do you ever tighten or loosen them on purpose to change the flex in the boot for certain things?

I played at the course in FDR park a few years ago, a group had a big speaker, at least 7 people playing together and a sixtel strapped on a cart instead of a bag. Keep it Classy Philly. Also I can't drink and golf, that's just weird to me.

Good Luck team PASR tonight!

Just another teenage trend I guess. I saw a guy skiing with a fanny pack over his shoulder the other day too. People just love bringing their trends with them I guess.

Every time we talk about them raising prices or not leaving money on the table we pay more. So let's not speculate. That being said the Epic pass will 100% go up at least $200 next year in an attempt to thin the herd.

Grate day. Stayed until 3 with my cousins. Lines were long but went relatively fast. The Ditch of the Fearless Leader was pretty fun today but getting a little thin in spots. Nice and soft and slidey. Main Street like everyone said just delivered run after run but you couldn't really let it fly at the bottom last noon, it was ultra choppy.

That's the first step. In a few years they will turn the overflow parking lot into a Nordic center

Maybe Pioneer Pass is just hike to terrain now. Blue is stepping their game up in that case. Exclusive earn your turns trails are a feather in the cap Palmerton's top tier resort.

Are you preparing a whole Super Bowl menu? Making skyline chili?

I will likely be there just Saturday but my two cousins, including @pyro_boarder, are interested in coming out.

Square or round?

Here are some final pics from the last day at Keystone. I hiked out above the Outback Express lift with Skiincys Brother. Such a beautiful day. We dropped into Puma Bowl together and then I lost him in the trees. He got down to the chair just a few minutes after me though. I liked Keystone but it skied a lot smaller than it looks. The 2k very runs off of the front are great but realistically since it hadn't snowed most of the black trails were ungroomed, sun baked, bumps with some questionable troughs. Great cruisers though. If I had more time I would definitely hike the bowls more. Loveland Pass on the way back was amazing to see.

Top of White Lightning, through the trees to the bottom of Boomer. Best tree skiing in PA. Barb's Bush is a close second

We better get late March at least!

I've definitely had an open beer on a lift, on the trails and back in the lift line. Guess I'll just use a Koozie next time

Skiincy at the top where the Cat dropped us Skiincy and the Cat Dropping over that edge Loveland can look desolate in certain spots \ I would suggest replacing Punxatawny Phil with Loveland Skiincy Disappointing Tunnel

Loveland: From my perspective Loveland was the best mountain of the trip. Woke up to a surprise 2 inches and spent the morning meadow skipping through titty sparkles. I think the worst part of going to a new mountain is not having your bearings completely no matter how much you look at the map ahead of time. Would have been sweet to go out to the meadows earlier but we started with two sweet fresh snow runs off of Chet's Dream to start before we explored more. We got to the top of Chair 9 relatively early. When that chair drops you off though it really whips around the bull wheel fast and caught my arm a little bit, kind of annoying. I turned around at just the right moment to see the next chair slam into Skiincy's brother's fiance like a linebacker and toss her at least 6 feet. She was definitely shaken and after a quick check from the lifty we were on our way. She did not want to come back up that chair though so my plan to ski off of that chair at least twice before the cat ride went out the window. I guess that's what happens when you ski with a group. The ridge cat was absolutely Tits McGee to the highest order. Just seeing that beast pull up and knowing you are getting inside is just awesome. Being at the drop off point, pretty much alone, is amazing too. Just you, your crew and the solitude of nature. There weren't too many possible lines from where we got dropped but we picked one and ran with it. Some spots were definitely wind swept and thin, decent amount of rocks poking out but still really killer. My take on The Face trail is that it was a narrow, double track bumpy east coast style little run out trail that was pretty technical and more annoying than difficult. I definitely stopped at one point and let a guy who had taken a bad line come back onto the main trail so it was half managing the snow and half managing the line. Seemed completely worth it to get to a kick ass ski tunnel though until you pull up and realize you need to walk through the tunnel. 😒 The vibe at Loveland is just perfect though. Everyone there is legit and is PASR worthy. I would love to get the whole gang out to Loveland and have a kick ass tailgate. The sun and the vibes were just as good as the terrain.

It was day 1 on the snow and the altitude was definitely getting me a little. Only about 12 hours between touching down and getting the snow will do that I guess so it was a nice casual day of exploring and western groomers. The first groomers off of Independence Super Chair on Peak 7 were a great way to just tear up some long and fresh cord before we started exploring more. Most of the day was just nice blue cruisers as most of the blacks were ungroomed days old sun baked bumps and didn't look particularly appealing. Peak 8 was fun and we did two laps to the top of that chair, the highest lift in the country. A few runs on peak 9 were nice before wandering around trying to find the route back home. I didn't do a ton of research on the lift layout and we missed a whole peak so a second day would have been good. At the end of the day it became a guessing game of where each chair would take you. It was my first time experiencing chairs that crossed over each other so that was cool. The last one we took was a slow double that not only crossed other chairs but made a hard right at one point. From there it was a nice little cruise down to the road where Skiincy's brother picked us up. ****Not sure why the text up there is so weird so here it is in a more legible way****

Solid little trip out to the Rockies. Here some update from my perspective. Saturday at Breck was fun. Lines were long ish but I just kept thinking to myself that I was on vacation so it was OK. The higher up you went the less the lines were a problem with the exception of the T bar which had a long line and sucked as a lift. Long and steep is not particularly fun to get dragged on. Breck is huge and I really enjoyed exploring it. Would like to get two days there next time. The stuff above the tree line was really cool and I would have liked to spend more time up there but it really hasn't snowed much and the stuff high up was really windswept and not so great. It was day 1 on the snow and the altitude was definitely getting me a little so it was a nice casual day of exploring and western groomers. The first groomers off of Independence Super Chair were a great way to just tear up some long and fresh cord before we started exploring more. Lots of great Blue cruisers. Most of the black trails were just sun baked bumps so they were not particularly desirable. I didn't do a ton of research on the lift layout so a second day would have been good. At the end of the day getting on chairs became a guessing game as to where it would end up. First time experiencing chairs that crossed each other was pretty cool and the last chair of the day was a slow double that made a hard right hand turn at one point. That actually worked out for a nice cruise down to a bus stop where Skiincys brother picked us up to head back to the hotel.

Is lightning groomed?!?!

That Truly looks grate. Nice new sign at White Lightning too!

Sitting on the plane. 10 minutes late to push back already. Here's Sunset in Denver. See you back in PA. More detailed trip reports to come.