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That's bummer. Montage was good option on weekends to avoid the crowds. I'll probably head there a few times on the $40 Monday to Wednesday deal. Maybe now Indy can get Elk to sign up.

With the Indy add-on that would be a steal.

It's awesome when the Bailey Falls side is open. Glad you enjoyed it.

Nice report. Skied Berkshire East last Saturday. Conditions were great all over the mountain. The only line was at the HSQ. The quad with the carpet loader next to it is actually faster if there's a line at the HSQ. That and the Exhibition Quad were ski-on.

Or Middlebury Snow Bowl. Refurbished Baily Falls lift opened today. Was there last Saturday and the front side was great.

Sounds great. Looks like East Bowl is open but I'm thinking the flat run-out at the end probably isn't too fun on a board.

Nice report and photos! Love Saddleback. Nice views driving up Rte. 17 too. You're staying at Burke hotel but not skiing Burke? Burke is 50% off with the Indy Pass.

Thanks for the report. I'll be there in three weeks. The Schaefers have made some nice improvements since they bought it several years ago. They put a HSQ in at Berkshire East last year. I'm sure they have one in the plans eventually for Catamount. Black Mountain, NH was bought by Indy Pass and they totally redid the snowmaking there. You might want to check it out if you have the time. The Woodstock Inn Brewery has some good micros. Better than Love's for food and beer IMHO.

Skied Bear Creek last night 4:30-7:15 on the Indy Pass. Conditions were pretty much as described. Nice snow on hardpack. Everything carve-able. Snowed the whole time I was there so the surface got a good inch or so to keep things nice. Lines weren't bad. They opened Lift A in addition to B around 6:30. No race team on Timberline which was pretty empty due to the flat traverse to get to it. Nothing too hard there but not bad for a midweek after work session to stay in shape for bigger mountains.

This has always been the problem at Blue. They turn the guns off and immediately push the piles out. They're a cookie factory. They have the worst grooming in PA. If they waited a day to push them out the conditions would be much better.

They have snowmaking but it's not a great system unless they've upgraded it a lot recently.

Sometime when the natural snow is good, you should check out Blue Knob. It's still a ways past Carlisle but worth it when the snow is good.

After the Epic lift lines last year and even long time Philly weather person Cecily Tynan posting about the crowds, people are avoiding the place this year. Fail doesn't understand the Pocono Market. The Pocono Market includes a lot of families who do a once year trip to the mountains to ski. They're not Epic pass buyers. With the super high day ticket prices, they either skipped the winter weekend trip, went somewhere else, or did other activities. Fails pass sales went down this year even though they started including pre-purchased day tickets in their sales numbers to make the numbers look good for their shareholders.

Montage was ski on most of the day with a few chair wait at times. 100% open and conditions held up all day.