GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hey all, Â I'm back from another session at Blue mountain the true mountain. What a ying yang weekend it's been..while yesterday had some of the best conditions of the season today had some of the worst. I arrived at the lower lot at 7:26am and the temperature was around freezing and the guns were turned off. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Toast, Justo, GSSSucks, Doug, Rose, T Maki, The real Kevin Thomas, JFBBDan, VTMark, Johnny Law, Ty, TP4, Ryan and probably more people I forgot. We're a lot of people out and actually got second civilian six pack wow I'm Slacking woo. Â First run was razors. Snow was firm a few cookies a few whoop dees but not bad and any early morning razors run is a gift. Next run was paradise was already sugary. Main Street not that good already pretty beat up lazy mile had some good sections early but again turned sugary without the hot or sticky sweet. Falls had some nice show. Patrollers and race team were out in full force. Asian invasion was out, lots of New York people in their Lexus jeeps and their Benz jeeps and Porsche 911s and Mercedes vans and all that. Lifelines weren't silly when I skied but I only skied an hour and a half and at some point during the two hours I was in the lot I saw the six pack not running with people and only the quad going. Also Burma was good hitting the corners tight was MSY mad sheezy yo. Had a few dirt wolfs and enjoyed the relatively mild weather with no winds. Â Although not the good conditions of yesterday was nice to be out and a few of the early runs were pretty good. With near holiday crowds and several major runs closed congestion is an issue and the snow never really set up after the rain and warmth maybe the bumps will get good this afternoon. I should be up next maybe Tuesday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 yesterday was great...today was shit. Â yesterday was the boost I needed to reenergize myself. Â like doug said, he got home yesterday and had that glow. Â not today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Here now and definitely glowing. Snow is decent. Nice large sugar piles on the sides of the the trails. Great for working the legs. MBike is in the house rocking teles. Â Great night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Razors is slick. A few people are on it that shouldn't be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarponhead Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 MBike is in the house rocking teles. Â Way nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Had to be the absolute worst grooming job that I've ever witnessed in all the years skiing at Little Gap/Blue. Â Appeared as though they put some effort into Razor's (obviously), then just put a modicum of effort around the rest of the mountain. Â To top it off, on the most crowded day of the season so far, have the 6-pack go down forcing everyone over to the quad, then having it go down a few times too! Yesterday was definitely not at top 10 day at Blue. Â We'll see what tomorrow holds. Edited January 18, 2016 by indiggio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Had to be the absolute worst grooming job that I've ever witnessed in all the years skiing at Little Gap/Blue. Â Appeared as though they put some effort into Razor's (obviously), then just put a modicum of effort around the rest of the mountain. Â To top it off, on the most crowded day of the season so far, have the 6-pack go down forcing everyone over to the quad, then having it go down a few times too! Yesterday was definitely not at top 10 day at Blue. Â We'll see what tomorrow holds. Did you still stay all day?? I don't think it was bad grooming at Blue it's just that the snow got wet then it never really set up fully which but didn't get springlike either which led to sugar city. Plus lots of traffic on limited terrain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Glad I went to JF yesterday :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 How bad was it in the am? Didn't think it was that bad last night. Have definitely skied worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poconoceancity Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 JF was great till 11. Turned in to a shit show after that. We headed over to BB around 1. Much better there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 How bad was it in the am? Didn't think it was that bad last night. Have definitely skied worse. Â Deep sugar..crowded runs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Did you still stay all day?? I don't think it was bad grooming at Blue it's just that the snow got wet then it never really set up fully which but didn't get springlike either which led to sugar city. Plus lots of traffic on limited terrain. No didn't stay all day. Decided to bold when 6 went down and quad was having issues. Â I know you have a far better memory than I, but in my opinion they didn't seem to put much effort into the grooming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 No didn't stay all day. Decided to bold when 6 went down and quad was having issues. I know you have a far better memory than I, but in my opinion they didn't seem to put much effort into the grooming. They put the same effort into grooming as normal too fast not enough passes. But I really believe it was normal grooming for them and just a lot more traffic there's only one top to bottom blue open. Lazy mile and when you ski it connecting to and down falls are a lot of people who usually would be on lower sidewinder skier cross. The first left hand turn onto paradise is narrower. Both me and VTMark took it a little wide blind and were pretty close to the edge where you'd still have several more feet of snow. Main Street gonna be crop conditions usually cause of all the traffic on lower and now with the bumps the top is narrower so gets chewed up faster. I'll take icy conditions with dull edges over deep sugar and people everywhere. Â Was nice getting a run on razors first thing Saturday and Sunday that's bonus to me. One of these weekends the forces will alrign and it will be all fresh pow...maybe Friday/Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Deep sugar..crowded runs...I don't mind sugar. Much better than boilerplate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 The only place I don't like ice is in the bumps..ice is nice speed is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 The only place I don't like ice is in the bumps..ice is nice speed is good.All aboard the Timmy bus!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I don't mind sugar. Much better than boilerplate  I'll take boiler plate over sugar every day of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 How's sidewinder looking? I assume pretty bare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 How's sidewinder looking? I assume pretty bare Totally bare I think they'll start blowing on it in a few days after they get everything else open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I think I'll wait till that's open to pay the $75 or whatever it is for a ticket to blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I think I'll wait till that's open to pay the $75 or whatever it is for a ticket to blue$55 for a weekday six hour pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 $55 for a weekday six hour pass.That's a joke too. I can't ski weekdays anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbiker Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 That's a joke too. I can't ski weekdays anyway You can get tickets for less if you buy on line and reload an RFID card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 You can get tickets for less if you buy on line and reload an RFID card.Ski shop by my house sells disco tickets I think as well. Either way blues prices are way up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Wow Blue has a pizza shop now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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