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Have you talked to them this year? It'd be great if they still have it, but I have very little confidence it the new management.

I was on the fence about a season pass this year, but the new price scheme may have just pushed me away. $400 for a limited pass? I don't think so.

Thats awesome. I'll be heading up in a bit, hopefully the rain didn't do too much damage.

I saw a few giant snowmen yesterday. There were two about 8' tall and some smaller ones, but thats nothing compared to that.

I really wish I could participate in this, unfortunately I won't be home until the following weekend. Hopefully you'll get a good turnout.

I'm on a 160 Magne-Traction and love it. Unfortunately I don't have much else to offer as I haven't ridden a lot of boards. I'm 140ish, 5'10" it think, if that helps.

There's no point debating whether Camelback should have closed lifts as that's been beaten to death in the past. The point of this thread was to inform anyone who was considering going last night of the current lift situation, something Camelback fails to do officially.

In case any one has plans to go tonight, they closed the Sullivan shortly after 3 and the Stevenson was closed before i arrived. The Bailey Lift and the Mark Anthony Lift were open. You could check the web cam to see if they start running it again but i somehow doubt that. Conditions were mostly hard pack due to the wind blowing snow off of the steep trails. The other slopes were probably ok, but I didn't take notice. Because Camelback insists on closing lifts. It would be nice if someone would at least post lift closures on-line either here or on their website when they decide to pull stuff like this.

Their website is severely lacking in usability. It seems like they ported the old site a year or two ago and never bothered to make sure everything actually worked. As for the trail histories, they're still there but theres no links on the site. I found: http://www.skicamelback.com/rocket.php http://www.skicamelback.com/rhododendron.php http://www.skicamelback.com/johnbailey.php http://www.skicamelback.com/birches.php http://www.skicamelback.com/nilemile.php http://www.skicamelback.com/marjiesdelight.php There's probably more. If you follow the pattern above you could probably find more.

Yeah, there's steam tunnels that run under the sidewalks and it melts the snow.

It was flurrying in State College on my way home from class this morning.

I think from PSU its usually about 8 hours, but the buses always seem to get held up for some reason. Either way its still a long time on a bus.

I haven't got my pass yet. but will be getting the college pass again. Apparently the college pass is the same price after the 15th. CB really slacks when it comes to getting information about their college passes out.

Thanks Glenn There's so much that could be said on this topic. But quite frankly, I don't have the time to waste right now on a bunch of people who can't seem to grasp the concept of rational thought.

Well the Camelback forum has certainly gone down hill. I really want to rip apart the original moronic post, but the replys make that hard because they are just as bad. Edit: spelling

I'll be there for a couple hours in the morning.

I was at Camelback Wed. from 2:30 to 5:30 and had a lot of fun. But then again it was my second day back after a month of not riding and I completely avoided the park. I rode comfortably in a t-shirt all day. The blacks were in good shape, the snow was soft, but not slush yet (in most places), and the lift lines weren't bad either. The bumps on rocket today were set up almost perfect for a snowboard, so I had some fun on that. There were quite a few spots though, that were disgusting. There's a gapping hole on Pharaoh, but over all it seems like they have good coverage. (But then again, Pharaoh looked fine yesterday.)

Thanks everyone who contributed to this report. This was one of the best threads I've read in the CB forum in a while. I just wish I was in the area to make use of it.

Don't most mountains use UHMW or at least HDPE for topsheet. I would think that would hold up beter than lexan.

Did CB sell their soul to Pepsi too? I wish I could be riding there now. school

Off to find an envelope.

Is it really necessary to clog threads with this garbage? No one wants to hear the same things repeated over and over, it's time to learn when to shut up.

There would not be a problem with just the beginner park for the first week or two of the season. The problem is that we're over a month into the season and there has been no improvement of the park. There is only so much you can progress on that park and it doesn't take a month to get there. CB would be doing everyone a favor by putting in a bigger rail or two, even people who are just getting in to the park scene. Here's a question for Camelback. Can you really call it a 'progression park' if it's impossible to progress beyond 15' ride on flat boxes?

If you want a radar gun you can get one for 20-30 form the toy store. http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-J2358-Hot-Whe...r/dp/B000EHLB0M It's actually supposed to be pretty good.