Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

[RidgeRacer]

If you like skiing pods, by all means Gore is better. If you'd prefer a real mountain with long runs and multiple ways to get 3k plus vertical, Whiteface. I don't care about trees.

[tarponhead]

It's accurate. I like Whiteface and when the snow is good it's great. But it's not great too often. Based on my impressions from your's and other's comments, I think you would like Gore more than Whiteface.

I have probably 25+ days at WF. Not a ton but enough to see the good bad and the ugly. Thing about WF is even at ugly, you can find a pod that skis pretty damn good because basically the hill has aspects in all directions and the freakin temps there enable them to blow snow pretty much non stop. So if your working the mid mountain lift off of little WF, that’s ~ .8k of vert that you can lap constantly that may be glorious (they constantly blow snow there as that’s where most of their comps are). If your lapping WF proper.... boy that’s a workout as that’s 3k/run and maybe only 1k is glorious and the other 2k is fuk-shit snow.

And like most bigger hills, when conditions permit WF has plenty of trees


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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

43 minutes ago, tarponhead said:

I have probably 25+ days at WF. Not a ton but enough to see the good bad and the ugly. Thing about WF is even at ugly, you can find a pod that skis pretty damn good because basically the hill has aspects in all directions and the freakin temps there enable them to blow snow pretty much non stop. So if your working the mid mountain lift off of little WF, that’s ~ .8k of vert that you can lap constantly that may be glorious (they constantly blow snow there as that’s where most of their comps are). If your lapping WF proper.... boy that’s a workout as that’s 3k/run and maybe only 1k is glorious and the other 2k is fuk-shit snow.

And like most bigger hills, when conditions permit WF has plenty of trees


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The ski talk is making the stoke market rise...I approve!!!

[Mixilplix]

I've never been there ..so might have to check it out as I am prolly not going to make it west this season..

[RidgeRacer]

I've never been there ..so might have to check it out as I am prolly not going to make it west this season..

I'd try to organize a PASR trip there but it's probably not the year for that.

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Speaking of stoke, while I think the long range is still garbage for Blue to open, we might see a test fire on Tuesday or Wednesday - low of 22 on Wednesday and there's already extra fan guns out on valley school.

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[toast21602]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

I'd try to organize a PASR trip there but it's probably not the year for that.

I was hoping this would be the year but next season works too. 

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On the positive side, once the all clear sounds, there won't be any waiting around for the snow, regardless of season.

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

People are starting to hunker down. Like half as many cars in the road as last Saturday afternoon. At primo hoagies no more dine in allowed. Dispensory is still rocking and rolling. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

28 minutes ago, IceEidolon said:

On the positive side, once the all clear sounds, there won't be any waiting around for the snow, regardless of season.

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Aren’t things dictated by Mother Nature??  Tuesday and Wednesday nights should hopefully give all y’all a nice headstart for when the first real cold snap hits. See you opening day IceE

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Aren’t things dictated by Mother Nature??  Tuesday and Wednesday nights should hopefully give all y’all a nice headstart for when the first real cold snap hits. See you opening day IceE

The 'when we get the all clear' was about the PASR trip to Big Snow. I have no idea when the outdoor places will get rolling.

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, IceEidolon said:

The 'when we get the all clear' was about the PASR trip to Big Snow. I have no idea when the outdoor places will get rolling.

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Gotcha thanks for the clarification. 

[tarponhead]

20 min wait to get into Trader Joe’s cause they are limiting access just like back in the spring. Oh yay


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[toast21602]

10 minutes ago, tarponhead said:

20 min wait to get into Trader Joe’s cause they are limiting access just like back in the spring. Oh yay


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Buy your yeast and flour now. 

[Deleted]

Buy your yeast and flour now. 

I did that two weeks ago.

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

At least some people are taking the pandemic seriously again. Two different friends wanted to go out for drinks tonight...nope it was enough having foot pain from walking too much..I wouldn’t deal well with the Covey..shits getting extra hot..my spidey senses are tingling..

 

 

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[RidgeRacer]

I was hoping this would be the year but next season works too. 

We'll see I guess. I'd just feel weird posting up a "hey guys...I know we're in the middle of a freaking pandemic but who wants to go in a ski trip?". Lol

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

11 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

We'll see I guess. I'd just feel weird posting up a "hey guys...I know we're in the middle of a freaking pandemic but who wants to go in a ski trip?". Lol

Thats why I’m so lukewarm about Jackson hole right now.  It’s like the worst town and mountain for social distancing. 

[tarponhead]

...nope it was enough having foot pain from walking too much.. 

Kudos. Your gonna have steel pistons for legs this ski season


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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

South Dakota 1835 new cases and 55 new deaths.  Adjusted for population that would be equivalent to PA having 26,000 new daily cases and 770 new deaths in a single day.  Damn Shadows 

[Mixilplix]

1 hour ago, toast21602 said:

Buy your yeast and flour now. 

I've been stocking the pantry slowly all summer/fall....Gonna try the bread thing again since I failed badly at it this past spring.....

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Rite Aid was out of Diet Coke in 20 ounce bottles so had to slum it and buy a 16 ounce can.  

[NMSKI]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

We'll see I guess. I'd just feel weird posting up a "hey guys...I know we're in the middle of a freaking pandemic but who wants to go in a ski trip?". Lol

Me!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I saw a video from the new Dave and Busters and it’s packed and the Covidiots are mostly dick nosing it.  The same people who say the government can’t tell them not to have large thanksgiving gatherings. 

[Kyle]

Something I’ve noticed the past few times I’ve been to giant (3 times in the last week) is that people got real comfortable taking carts from others or the receptors in the parking lot. Kinda defeats the whole purpose of them sanitizing carts. 
 

is it leading to increased cases? Probably not but it’s showing how comfortable people are getting.