GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 37 minutes ago, saltyant said: "Fellow Blue Mountain patrons, today we commemorate the opening of this collosal metallic engineering wonder designed across the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean and manufactured by the finest Swiss ski lift maker in Europe, so that we humanoid beings can be gloriously ascended upwards over billions of frozen granular atoms along a one thousand foot high pile of dirt in the great Appalachian Mountains". -John Law, probably I believe blue mountain is mostly rock… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benm Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) they posted a video of the lift ride. man it is so close to the learning hill lift. https://fb.watch/i1v7y54hBF/ Edited January 13, 2023 by Benm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoralas Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, Benm said: they posted a video of the lift ride. man it is so close to the learning hill lift. https://fb.watch/i1v7y54hBF/ I like that they slowed the video down to give a good look at the skid marks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, Benm said: they posted a video of the lift ride. man it is so close to the learning hill lift. https://fb.watch/i1v7y54hBF/ Yeah it’s rad!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 Ohh that's cool. It provides a whole new perspective on what's going on below and less opportunity for people to throw trash under the lift because most of it is over actual skiable terrain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 30 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said: Ohh that's cool. It provides a whole new perspective on what's going on below and less opportunity for people to throw trash under the lift because most of it is over actual skiable terrain. People will throw trash anywhere especially when it’s dark out. I wonder if they have a big can to place under the new super summit safari six pack near the top. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 26 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: People will throw trash anywhere especially when it’s dark out. I wonder if they have a big can to place under the new super summit safari six pack near the top. There was trash at Hunter yesterday, I can't believe there's trash in New York too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Yeah it’s rad!!! I don't think I'll sleep at all tonight because I'm so excited to ride the new 6 Pack Safari! I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. Only 52,860 seconds until opening remarks and 53,760 seconds until the chopping of the pink ribbon! I think I'll be completely drunk on Yoo-Hoos by that time and will be yelling "Speech, speech, speech, speech". This is fantastic. The last time I was this excited was never. Edited January 14, 2023 by saltyant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoralas Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 I guess I didn't win one of the coveted 6 seats on the first chair. Not sure how I go on after this disappointment 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 31 minutes ago, saltyant said: There was trash at Hunter yesterday, I can't believe there's trash in New York too! Some of the New York people have discovered Pennsylvania as well and they love it here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billskis Posted January 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 Let's Go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 1 hour ago, billskis said: Let's Go! I’m pooping 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billskis Posted January 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 Lift not running when we left at noon.. I saw there was POMA guy at top keeping bar from klunkimg your head. Anyone know why it stopped? Nice to see they were still blowing snow - hope the can get coming soon and nightmare open for Monday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 5 hours ago, billskis said: Lift not running when we left at noon.. I saw there was POMA guy at top keeping bar from klunkimg your head. Anyone know why it stopped? Nice to see they were still blowing snow - hope the can get coming soon and nightmare open for Monday. Probably because the auto-Safety bar was whacking everyone in the head in the base and top stations. Looks like they were adjusting the chairs during noon stoppage. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) The new lift at Blue and Blue mountains growth sort of reminds me of Sim City or Roller coaster tycoon or ski area tycoon. It’s truly an ecosystem within an ecosystem complete with armed guards and steezy 80s music. The Billy Ocean song blasting was as old as the burma chairlift. The fries are Salty and Salty gets pushed out of the way by the media lol. Edited January 16, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Salty gets pushed out of the camara by the media lol. Fake news! That was a camera illusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: The new lift at Blue and Blue mountains growth sort of reminds me of Sim City or Roller coaster tycoon or ski area tycoon. It’s truly an ecosystem within an ecosystem complete with armed guards and steezy 80s music. The Billy Ocean song blasting was as old as the burma chairlift. The fries are Salty and Salty gets pushed out of the camara by the media lol. I used to play both those games. It's so rad. Today in the upper lodge I read a historical poster on Little Gap and that Ray Tuts dude or whoever renamed the resort to Blue Mountain because using "little" in the name is really bad for marketing, considering Blue was at the time way bigger than other resorts. Edited January 16, 2023 by saltyant 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprogram4 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: The new lift at Blue and Blue mountains growth sort of reminds me of Sim City or Roller coaster tycoon or ski area tycoon. It’s truly an ecosystem within an ecosystem complete with armed guards and steezy 80s music. The Billy Ocean song blasting was as old as the burma chairlift. The fries are Salty and Salty gets pushed out of the way by the media lol. It’s fun looking at satellite pics of blue through the years on historic aerials. Weird seeing no valley lodge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, theprogram4 said: It’s fun looking at satellite pics of blue through the years on historic aerials. Weird seeing no valley lodge For the 1992-93 ski season, they extended the challenge double from the current end of falls/end of shuttle to the current valley location. The first few years of valley skiing being homestretch and lower sidewinder(that was the name of the former terrain runs) hero’s there was no valley lodge or parking. Around 1996 or so parking in the valley was allowed for season pass holders and there were a couple of port oh potty’s by the base of the Quad. Now the base is a beautiful village with one of the best lodges in ski country and an outdoor village of food trucks as well. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 18 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: For the 1992-93 ski season, they extended the challenge double from the current end of falls/end of shuttle to the current valley location. The first few years of valley skiing being homestretch and lower sidewinder(that was the name of the former terrain runs) hero’s there was no valley lodge or parking. Around 1996 or so parking in the valley was allowed for season pass holders and there were a couple of port oh potty’s by the base of the Quad. Now the base is a beautiful village with one of the best lodges in ski country and an outdoor village of food trucks as well. Amazing. I miss the carny trucks with fried oreos. The og valley lodge I remember being way different than now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 48 minutes ago, Johnny Law said: I miss the carny trucks with fried oreos. The og valley lodge I remember being way different than now. The old lodge that was basically wood floors on top of mud and smelled of sewage often. Good times. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 When I started skiing at Blue, the summit lodge allowed smoking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbike-ski Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Johnny Law said: I miss the carny trucks with fried oreos. The og valley lodge I remember being way different than now. we did Friday night ski club there for years. The food was done by an outside vendor and a really nice family, great fresh cut fries and they even baked a cake for one of the kids birthdays one year... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mute1080 Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 The new lift is currently stopped and not restarting. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, mute1080 said: The new lift is currently stopped and not restarting. Did they try unplugging it and plugging it back in? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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