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IwantIceCream

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About IwantIceCream

  • Birthday December 25

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  • Equipment
    Varies :-) - In the market for An Upgrade
  • Sport
    Skier
  • Home Mountain
    Blue Mountain PA

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    Male
  • Location
    Easton, PA
  • Interests
    Different Mountains For Different Seasons :-)
    Winter: Blue Mountain Season Passholder
    Summer: Cedar Fair Platinum Season Passholder (i.e. Dorney Park + Cedar Point and so on)

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  1. I wholly agree. In a certain weird way I actually enjoyed the "adventure" of not knowing what exactly I would find and have to learn to negotiate from week to week. Would still prefer some consistency next season. A "second" to ZZ's comments about "it was nice to meet PASRs" - I only grabbed onto that at the tail end of the season - hope to meet more of you next year. - Bill aka IwantIceCream
  2. Me too. Except for yesterday when I had to take my 2 cats for their yearly shots. For that, I dressed up for the day....in jeans.
  3. In my original report, I forgot to make note of the Great (alcohol-soaked) Debate that briefly occurred over Sheetz vs. Wawa. "Who is greater?" I forget which one won. LOL Regards, IwantDonuts
  4. Hello all... It was great to meet everyone this morning. I rolled up into the lot bright and early (in the fog) to find Grilled Steeze, AtomicSkier and BMTrubs....I introduced myself and delivered a plentiful bounty of 2 dozen donuts as my contribution to the festivity. Some more arrivals and meet and greets and then it was time to head up to see what conditions were like.... Productivity: 7 runs off the Comet Quad. Run of the Day: Challenge (Graphic details below) <eg> GrilledSteeze and I took 3 early runs down Lazy Mile and it was nice - enjoyable and fast. It was apparent from our lift rides that the Eastern third of the mountain was unwelcoming to us on this day - the snow had eroded considerably since Thursday evening rendering Paradise, Nightmare, Razor's Edge and all below it as unskiable. Next year. So we then headed to Challenge....my run started out very nicely - it was easily skiable and down I went - cruised down the first third of the slope with some good speed and really not bothered by the conditions underfoot....Then Hell rained upon Me. Visibility was hindered where it begins to flatten (in relative terms) due to the fog and I was not really noticing the hard frozen cookies - a feature that chose to reveal itself right as I was starting to make some minor turns to take off some speed. I hit those and skidded into some moguls (small ones) on the right side of the trail and I was history. Flew through the air headfirst careening down the slope - off snap the skis and I KEPT SLIDING on the hardpack. I eventually come to a stop and GSteeze (who witnessed this Grand Display was immediately imploring "are you OK? are you OK?" ...My rejoinder to this was no response at all... "Where the f*ck are my skis?" (one of them was 50 feet or so uphill behind me...so I lay there in the mess gathering myself - and finally said =- "Yeah - I'm fine". Mega Yardsale. I was really happy that GSteeze was there to witness it! As a secondary note - I am also glad I am OK. It was elegant. I get back on my feet and we complete the run to the bottom.....GSS headed to the parking lot and I headed back up the hill and took a run down Lazy Mile - just to kind of reassure myself that everything was working after the crash. It was. At this point I headed to the lot for an extended break.......which eventually became PASR Social Hour. A Blue Mountain maintenance truck pulls up (2 BM staff) and wants to know (about the table) "what do we have here? Exclusive parking?" I just shrugged and asked them...."would you like a donut?" They each took one and left the PASR table alone - the donuts erased their concern over it, apparently. I was enjoying relaxing, chatting, and sharing a drink with everyone. I was happy to see that there was a solid dent in the donuts. NASTARGlenn was quite the gourmand operating Justo's grill...upon Root's table. Great Team Effort! Those sausages looked GREAT but (as I told a few of you) - I adhered to my New Year's resolution and stuck to my diet...though I did cave in and drink a beer - Thanks, Root. Maybe NEXT YEAR, I will even grill some specialties myself at a future PASR meeting. I am well capable. After social hour, we all headed back to the slopes.....I shared chair rides with JohnnyStyle, Mellissa, Vin and Phillycore. Fun times. In deference to The Awesome Power of Challenge (as evidenced by my earlier telling of the Yard Sale), I stayed the hell away from it and skied Main Street the final 2 runs of the day. ("Respect the Mountain"). So now I am home...and for me, this ski season is now in the books - I will not be returning on Sunday....but I do look forward to December when Blue wakes up again.....and I hope to see and ski with some of you again as circumstances allow. Best Regards, Bill aka IwantIceCream
  5. Deathwatch: Blue ends the season on March 18 at 5 PM (it is on Facebook - but you have to dig around to find it). Camelback - has ended Monday-Thursday Operation effective March 12... 9-7 Operation Fri Sat Sun. (From their website "Hours of Operation") Hard to know when to do Alien at this point. I bet Camel folds it in on 3/18 also.
  6. WIth the forecast that is out there, I will be surprised to see PA skiing last past Sunday 3/18 - even that starts to look like a stretch with 70s forecast the week of the 12th-16th. No WidowMaker or Chute (or "Family Tubing" but who cares LOL) - so this is The Beginning of The End. In my "other" Summer hobby, THE IRONY is we never got a proper "Closing Day" at Dorney Park in 2011 - DUE TO SNOW on October 29-30. That season ended abruptly and unexpectedly - and I was only thinking "this is going to be a great ski season" - boy was that wrong - it was really the only snow we got! We will see what the slush holds this weekend - Regards, IwantIceCream
  7. I saw the fog outside this morning - but I THOUGHT I might head up to Camelback for the ALIEN special. :-) I was up early and restless....so why not? About 7:30 AM, I step outside for the first time to go to the car and it is actually RAINING (here in Easton)...so that is the end of that for today LOL. I had not realize rain was actually FALLING earlier. I U-Turned and now I am back at my computer - with more coffee. Maybe today is a better day to go bowling. Probably going to Blue Mtn Sunday morning. I will save Camelback's Alien for a different session - maybe a night ski this upcoming week. To Be Determined. That is the best I can do for a Trip Report for today. Best Regards, IwantIceCream
  8. Sunday morning for me. I think. Depending on how next week's weather shakes out maybe a night ski Wednesday or Thursday.
  9. I got mine yesterday (2/26). Too good to pass up. At the current rate, it will pay for itself THIS year LOL. HIGHLY recommend proceeding to Online Checkout (if not the mountain itself) by Wednesday. Regards, IwantIceCream
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