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For the first time, I will be skiing this year, after breaking my leg. Hopefully the zero-below temperatures will ward off some tourists, but I am expecting all mountains to be absolutely swamped. I think the best time to ski this weekend may be Midnight Madness on Sunday night, into the wee hours of Monday morning...

What did your friend actually do, because I broke my left fibula in late November, and was told 6 weeks in a cast, and then maybe 2 weeks of rehab, and I could ski again. At the 6 week mark, it was "well, 8 weeks was a minimum, we'll wait and see". At the 8 week mark, it was, without hesitation, "no matter what, you need 12 weeks to be healed enough to ski." So, just tell your friend to not get his/her hopes up, because the time that a doctor says isn't always correct. I am still not skiing...two more weeks...hope your friend feels better soon...

Hey, if it happens, hell yeah...I"m just saying to not get to hyped and then be dissapointed...I wouldn't be surprised if they opened, just to be the first, and show off their new snow machines, but I just don't think it would be cost-effective enough...remember, you need employees to run the slopes, and many are weekenders...

From only blowing today? If they blow tomorrow and Monday, and maybe 2-3 more days, then yeah. It is going to be a little warmer at the end of the week, but they should have a good base by then. We'll see. I would be surprised if either JF or BB opened on Tuesday or during the week, but I would be even more surprised if at least one of them doesn't open by, or on this upcoming weekend.

The new system allows for 100% of the mountain to be covered with a decent base in about a week, or so I've heard...so if they blow this whole week, or at least get a decent base down, they could be 100% at both mountains by the weekend. But, I thought that they were opening BB first, but I could be wrong, since Peak is really taking control this year...anyways, I hope that they can open...I won't be skiing for another 5-7 weeks (broken fibula at the ankle), but that doesn't mean I am not crossing my fingers for the rest of the skiers in PA!

I called Jack Frost, and was told that since it rained today, BB will not be opening this weekend. Not at all, no small park, no three trails. Sorry to burst everyone's bubble. BB is targeting next weekend (the first in December) to open. The movie premiere is also still going on, but I guess it will cost money because people can't buy passes for the day.

I don't look on here for a month or two and look what I miss...

Kid's Ski School Instructor at Big Boulder.

Alright, so I found out some things from Heather. This following information pertains to employees of JFBB only. We will still get our season pass, but we will have to validate it, working it or not. Our 50% food discount stays , and we won't get new jackets. The only bad thing I see here is having to validate our pass everyday, but whatever. The only problem I see with that is if we get to the mountain early (7:45a.m., 8:00a.m.) and the ticket windows aren't open. We will have to run around to try to find someone. Oh well, I can live with these changes. I love to ski, so nothing can really bother me as long as I am teaching and skiing.

http://www.jfbb.com/winter-bb-trail-maps.aspx Look at this. Edelweiss, the former kid's teaching slope, is now a terrain park. But, the magic carpet is still on it. This is an unsafe area for kids to be taught. There is no way that the Kid's Center loses the magic carpet, so now an unsafe area is created that mixes expert and not-so-expert freestylers and young children. Even if the magic carpet area is roped or gated off, Edelweiss will become crowded, and danger will ensue. Also, Jib Alley has been left on Tannenbaum, again mixing children and novices with dangerous terrain (the tree) and dangerous obstacles (the rails), not to mention freestylers. These unsafe conditions are terrible, and could be easily avoided if the mountain was designed better.

The carpet will go wherever the beginner trail is. That thing costs thousands of dollars. It won't be used by freestyle skiers for a rail. All of these changes are really upsetting me.

"The badlands" refers to the old terrain park at Frost, when they had a half pipe (I think 400ft., correct me if I'm wrong). The terrain park was called "The badlands." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2001Oct23.html

the park will now be on edilwiess however u spell it. Which is gonna suck for ski school because thats a ski school slope but who care I care. Now where can ski school take the little kids that are learning to ski? Oh well... Tannenbaum will probably become another beginner slope. I'm thinking that maybe everything will shift over one, with Little Boulder becoming the true "Beginner" slope, and Tannebaum becoming the snowboarding teaching slope. But that is only a guess. Are we even sure that Edelweiss is becoming the terrain park, and if so, what's going to happen to the slow three person lifts. No freestyle skier or snowboarder is going to want to ride up the slow lift.

Big Boulder is closed Christmas day. I don't know about Jack Frost. Also, night skiing will open at Big Boulder on Monday, the 26th. The two parks at BB look really nice, even though I can't do anything on them (I just suck).