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@Schif and I missed a ski weekend — but — we have a lot of leftover wedding cake that we’ll bring to Bleu soon!

Came up north for a quick ski weekend with the son. It was snowing when we woke up and I think they reported 2 new inches and I had heard it snowed an inch or two almost every day this week. Coverage was really good and lots of terrain was open with great conditions mostly. We skied lots of natural bumps. I finally skied paradise which has never been open when I’m here, and we found some fun woods that we had never skied before. Our favorite spot in the woods needed a little more coverage unfortunately. Castle rock was open to hikers so we made the hike on the Long Trail from the top of Paradise and skied Castlerock Run to Cotillion to Lower Lift Line. It was a blast! We did a few laps of the north lynx terrain which was all nice natural bumps. We will be skiing Killington tomorrow and it’s been snowing a little all day so hoping for some good conditions! pics from paradise pics from castlerock

It continued to snow at Bogus through the weekend and @Boo Bearand I were able to get back to the mountain Monday. The drive up was way better without bad weather slowing it down. They claimed 2 inch fresh last 24 hrs, 29” for the last week. Little overcast to start with sunshine peaking out throughout the day. Hit every lift and dipped in to the trees for fresh chest shots when I could split off. Didn’t find the terrain that difficult unless bush whacking through some trees. Awesome day and views were great. Other Boise things we hit with our friends and kids while out there: Payette Brewing, Science Center, Zoo, World Center for Birds of Prey, Brown Beard Brewing, Boise State University and 13th St Pub & Grill. Red eye back was delayed and didn’t take off until almost 1 am but still made it to PHL at 930 as expected.

With the family out in Boise visiting friends and we all went to Bogus Basin today. Half an inch of rain in town yesterday so expecting a good yield in the mountain. 16 mile access road up to BB, with half below the snow line. Slow going when you hit the snow but they did a good job clearing it. Listed 7” in the last 24 hours, 17” in the last 48 and it didn’t disappoint. It wasn’t JH blower snow but everything was open and could ski anywhere. Vis at the summit was maybe 15 feet in spots but got better as you went down the hill. Couldn’t really tell where I was with the vis so it was good to be with a local. Kids quit early as they weren’t having fun in the fog and that let the dad’s off the hook and we went for the steeper stuff. Finished with Little Nugget and Liberty. Parked in lot #4. Had its own ski in/out trail and could ski right to the car. I wouldn’t want to park anywhere else.

Rode with non-vt mark and c1er. Sky was grey and crowds were moderate for a Monday but non existent compared to the weekends. I went challenge, Razors, nmdw then side and all were absolutely perfect cord to just arc the fuck out of everything. I was antsy in the pantsy to turn the throttle up to 400 and it was so nice to be able to put the throttle down without having to dodge endless Jerry's. I went nmdw again but it had started to cookie up some, this and the coming soon headwall got some light pebs once the top layer was off but the ditch was full on boxer rebellion. Super spongy scratchy snow and the right side walls are so big you think you're out in red Square. Main, Curtis where all total boner city but switch was nearly perfect. Excellent snow with nobody home and your coming out of that like Franz Klamerr at Kitzbühel. Super good morning and extra nice after all the crowds to unclog my chi. Hopefully the minor brick up tonight doesn't add a crunchy layer.

@Dirtwolf and I did some inspection today. 800ft vertical foot run near Blue. Needed some more snow but was good enough for the wiggle.

Excellent day. Not much else to add from what @GrilledSteezeSandwichsaid. I liked the ungroomed switch, ungroomed side not as much but still fun. Conditions were excellent throughout. Even finished the day off with a run through blue baumer. The sun was a god send today because it was dang cold

Skied until 1145 and caught @Boo Bearfor a couple laps to finish. She ate her lunch on the lift to get some top to bottom laps since she was working with a group on the learning hill. What a champ. ROTD was a tie between Paradise and Main St WROTD was Lazy. Full marble field The fresh flakes were a nice touch and unexpected.

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and it was 28 under partly sunny skies. There was quite the back up for first chair on the OG six pack with a couple hundred people already in the house. Sexond civilian six pack, and I skied challenge first which was a western groomer. I repeated that again and still real nice the Sidewinder which was nice. Main Street was already, a little pebbly in the middle. Coming soon was ok but very busy and lower paradise was wall to wall people. I skied sidewinder again and wasn’t that good kind of thick and icy aka frozen and loose granular. Lazy had nice snow and I ended the session with Chute which was pretty smooth. Fun parking lot and was taco Sunday which was radical. All in all crowded but nice snow conditions at least initially. I’m gonna try to come back tomorrow for opening cause the weather looks real nice and work will be there later. JADIP

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and it was 23 degrees under cloudy sky’s with an inch of new snow. Second civilian OG six pack to challenge which was run of the year..nice grooming with a fresh inch on top..ask PARidge it was good. I don’t like going to razors first cause not as consistent. Next was sidewinder which still had a little fresh on the sides was very nice than nightmare to Dreamweaver which was nice with a few scrappy spots emerging. Main Street was good on the top but some small crunchies in the middle. X-ing had beautiful fresh perder and luckily Salty left a little for the masses as he had first descent of X-ing earlier. Coming soon was ok..Back to sidewinder was getting a little slicker but not bad…back on challenge and a mix of frozen and loose granueler..Midway wasn’t great but little gap to lower Burma was nice and not that busy and I ended the session with come around to X-ing to Main Street to switchback to connector to barbs way and pretty good for 940am but so many people by this point. All in all a fun session and despite it being the busiest day so far this season at Blue the true, almost every run was good and I didn’t personally wait more than a few minutes in line. Ski most of yall tomorrow. JADIP

I'll know its time to roll over and die if a storm comes and I'm not half way to midnight. Beyond the skiing there is just something I love about a good storm. Storm nights the whole world gets silent and that which can't possibly get any more pedestrian becomes new and beautiful when cloaked in white. I got to Blue stupid early and from the drop it was boner city. Crowds were later than I expected and the wind was some how non existent. Everything was le tits even the ungroomed bouncy stuff. Main and middle of razors where absolutely mint. Do whatever the fuck you want kinda snow that feels like real actual skiing. The ditch was the best and stupid fun to make huge dumb slashy turns. Switch I landed flat and it stung me like two turns in and I still was big grinning coming out to main. I don't know that it's even the best snow I've skied at Blue this year, one morning with Atomic I recall being haul ass sea bass kinda snow but it's the whole thing that makes the snow day a snow day. Maybe I'll live to 100 but it will always be that surprise snow and they just announced your school is closed on the radio feeling. It was probably before then but since I came back from FL every day has been pretty damn good which is the longest stretch I can recall in the last couple seasons.

Went out late afternoon on the skinny skis...Did about a 4 mile lollipop route through the hood...

All the trucks are at home, best drive in a decade at least. Much better day than I maybe thought, crowds were very low for a Sunday and the snow was good even when it got ratty. I don't fuck with lazy so only thing I thought that was not good was nmdw. The features aren't as bad as in the past and I think we'll figure out a good path but too many cookies. Super props to enjo for cooking, no matter the conditions that makes for a most excellent day and those shrimp ! Special shout out to little boo, one for hooking me up with cookies and two for an incident with a boarder. I hope she wrangled something good out of you Mute for that one.

Best night sesh on a long time

It's a mini pow night and conditions are

First time on the snow for me this year after getting the okay from PT to give it a go. I decided to take the new sticks out for some uphill laps and a little workout. The uphill felt fine but the lateral pressure on my hip on the downhills was pretty painful so I'll have to really ease back into it. Enough about that. As always, Shawnee was quite enjoyable. Seems like they had most open but I usually stick to the perimeter of the place while going uphill to avoid people. First two laps were up Kittatinny to the shack and down Arrowhead, second was up Kittatinny to the shack and down Delaware, and third was up Kittatinny to Bennekill, and back down Kittatinny. The new setup was infinitely light compared to what I used before and it made it a lot more enjoyable. Still need to get some more time taking them downhill and skiing bindings like that. Anywho, here are some photos. Hope to see some of you soon. Cheers.

The air was cold, the latte was hot and the conditions were excellent! Great day in fact great weekend at Blue. I don't recall being this stoked on Main Street in a while. Barney's groomer was so $$ and that first run on razors was what you wait all summer for. Blue should have a great holiday week conditions wise with the forecast.

Took the initiative and signed up - Nice chatting with you all today - Nick and the Blue crew get a 5/5 for mountain prep this morning - Did they hire a new groomer driver ?

Hey All, I’m back from another fun session at blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and it was in the mid 20s under overcast sky’s. In the house was everybody but PSUFlyGuy, Schif, Nancy and NMSki. Second civilian OG six pack to challenge which was very nice, sidewinder was also real good as was switchback and especially upper Main Street. Coming soon was a little scrappy but not terrible, the only real bad conditions were on lazy. There were crowds but not as bad as last weekend, I think because there’s some rain in the forecast today and also Ikon passes are blacked out. I did an easy out to vista to Burma run for the culture and it was a clusterfuck but decent snow and ended on Main Street. Fun parking lot with some beers and snacks. Now at work counting money, on the drive back I had to pee so bad I almost pulled into a Jewish cemetery in Whitehall to relieve myself but held it in. JADIP

Did a little weigh light ski, a little pat halfway to Pinnacle

Becky boo said her first (and hopefully last) toboggan ride was "so cool." From what her instructor said a boarder was out of control and basically plowed into her on switchback. After some theatrics (and some tasty treats from Enjo's grill), she was jumping around the house in no time. Girlfriend earned a coconut gelati for being a trooper through it all. Before the exitement at the end of the day I enjoyed main street as my ROTD.

Arrived under sunny skies but winder and cold, far far less people were in the house and I only rode with Airhead and Atomics friend the Bush Agent. I might have seen C1er as he was getting on the quad but it could have been a look alike. Only the quad and new 6 running so I started quad, Razors had a Berlin wall like setup going so we went Nmdw which looked mint but had more of a firmness crunchy layer than sat-mon. Grip was still excellent but it definitely requires more angle and commitment. Challenge, Side, Coming Soon were all very good but exactly the same snow though it did look and feel like they blew in some rando spots mostly down low. Switch was good but I'm still pouring one out for my homey as without the middle air it's less interesting. Best run of the day was Raceway,mid, lower main. For unknown reasons that combo and upper main held snow without the harder layer and I ran those until I had to work. It's possible with some good solar radiation that the upper layer softens which would make it divine but hell if I know if or when that would happen. Thinking with a groom out tomorrow could be good as well.

Decent amount of stuff open. A little fresh snow here and there. Aesops glade is open...not great coverage but doable. Taking a ride on the oil rig lift now

I was thinking i should have gone to Roundtop today, because im sure lifts were ski on. but first runs at Blue today were and enjos tacos were

First couple were le tits, maybe even better than yesterday but it lasted all of 20 mins and my lord the crowds. It was busy by 750 which has to be a record. I thought nmdw was the best but probably anything early was excellent. The mowed down the little riser on switch which is mad disappointing but I doubt blue was thinking of my boost. The true star is today was the tacos, super props to enjo, they were banging and there is nothing like great food and shooting the shit after skiing.

It's amazing what an inch of snow can do for stoke...not just for tightening up conditions but also mentally ...to feel like you're in the mountains. The first few runs of the day (challenge and side for me) were so money it was hard not to smile. From there it stayed good virtually everywhere. Even skied sleepy hollow glade a few times along with the ditch. Main was probably the worst condition wise. Crowds became large around 9 and despite wanting to ski more...lines beyond the turnstiles at 940 and crowded slopes were enough to wrap up a mighty fine session. Maybe the best of the season so far.

1/21/2025 The wife’s another year older and time for another birthday “week” ski trip up to NH, specifically for the World Cup mogul competition at Waterville, but also hit some Indy mountains too. Out of the house at 6am and into the freezer, big time! Decided to stop at Catamount on the way up as I’ve never been. The lowest temp along the ride there was -1, but bounced anywhere from there to the teens. Rolled into Catamount just after 9am, booted up, hit up the counter to get a pass using the Indy and out to the freezer. Looking up the mountain, only 1 of the 3 expert runs, Ripper, has snow on it. The other runs on looker’s right were open and they were blowing on the blues far looker’s left. The mountain is basically beginners on looker’s left and the more fun stuff on looker’s right off the Ridge Quad. Unfortunately that quad is a donkey, so it’s slow up and quick down. The place is similar to Blue but much more spread out and slower lifts. Ran down the blues which has some nice, soft freshly blown and groomed snow that was fast and edgeable, with a few slick spots in the center. Did a run down Ripper that was quite dark and lots of marbles, but it’s got some giddy-up and a nice roller at the bottom for some good air if not absorbed. Hit up the bar for a beer with the wife and headed off Brats at One Love brewery…

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. Slow drive up and I arrived at the lower lot at 724am and it was around 10 degrees under partly sunny sky’s. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Johnny Law, Oz, JFDan, Dirtwolf, PARidge, Nazareth Jay and a handful of others. OG Six pack first to challenge which was nice packed powder, a little firm, I skied that again and then razors which was a little firm at the top but nice packed powder in the center. Main Street was also very nice and I repeated that. Sidewinder and switchback were left ungroomed and I skipped those. I revisited challenge and some little cookies had churned up. I also skied nightmare Dreamweaver twice and it was decent after the first big turn..with a couple features set up. The sun rose brightly and it didn’t feel that frigid…now back at work like a dork and people to call back.

Great few pre-work runs, stayed on the groomers 'cept for a run through the ditch which was a hoot with some nice soft piles On the drive up the mountain was a crazy rose color, pic not able to capture the color. Just after I took this I glanced in the rearview to see a brilliant shaft of light behind me, mesmerizing, but decided better keep my eyes on the road. Didn't think too much about it but on one the lift rides another guy mentioned he saw the same thing. Apparently a light pillar or light slant, seen some cool phenoms the last few weeks

It's soooo beautiful 😍

Gah skier George and I hit up Bear last night since it's now on the Indy pass and why not? Haven't been there in years and needed a change of pace from Blue. Arrived in the lot about 5:15pm with 30' temps that felt a lot colder due to Bear's microclimate. The pond is WAY low, but looks like they're saving some for any impending warmup so they can recover. The place was, as expected, overrun with kids but no really long lines. First ride up the B lift, we couldn't help but notice the plethora of tiny little snow guns they have. Blue should abandon the behemoths and sprinkle the mountain with these little guys. Run down Kodiak and the snow was wonderful, fluffy powder on the edges with some firm packed powder in the middle that could still hold an edge, no boiler like up at Blue. How can this mountain, being so much farther South, put down such beautiful snow while Blue puts down ice skating rinks covered in marbles and cookies? Made our way over to the F lift and up. They have seeded bumps on Grizzly so we sampled them, ugh! Kudos to them for trying, but they need a lesson on spacing as they're so tight it's almost impossible to turn in them even with bump skis. Next up was Extreme where they just blew whales and left them. The middle was scraped off but the sides had some nice, fluffly, soft snow to play in. Final run was down Sasquatch that too had nice, firm, packed powder that would hold an edge with soft on the sides. A nice little diversion from the mayhem at Blue, but with all the kids and crossing runs, you still have to keep your head on a swivel.

Solid morning riding at Blue. Some crumbs and minor slick spots here an there but nothing to stop the fun. For the first hour you could turn it up to 11 and not worry. Was on the quad when I saw them drop the rope for NMDW and was tempted but some inner voice said don't..At 10 the lines were almost to the scanners so it was time to bounce... I'm dosin' on the hopeium with this storm... Really want to get some non resort riding in..

Had a great day today at Whitetail. A lot of what Icecoast said is true. Some really icy spots, that we contributed to them blowing water out of the guns and the park lift chair no longer has chairs- just an old lift station with a concrete counterweight. And the layout is really good, everything on skiers right is beginner, gradually work to more difficult terrain as you go to skiers left. The steeps are nice, and blues a little steeper than at home. They had some surprise whales on a couple trails, and light was flat, so hard to see. Got some air off one, - accidentally, but didn’t stick the landing.

It’s a slow day at work and i just read through this thread. Im a current season pass holder at mountain creek. I have ridden there in the past and their super cheat 270 dollar season pass was cheap enough that I completely forgot that it sucks. The good: Their snowmaking investments have paid off big time. Conditions have been fantastic. The allow for uphill and open an hour early for season pass holders on weekends and holidays. The bad: The steep stuff is the last to open, despite only having 3 trails i would consider steep. 2 of them are on the main peak and have a green trail cutting each route down in half. Despite them claiming a new six pack is coming to replace the triple lift, we are still stuck riding that stupid gondola. The triple serves as backup on weekends. And there’s one narrow trail down to the triple so it’s always a clusterf*ck getting to it. They have removed more than one trail. Attached is a screenshot of the trails removed. The removal of those trails absolutely ruins any flow of the mountain. They claim they are bringing 2 back on Vernon when the six pack goes in. Marked in red on the attached photo are the removed trails. Will I be back? This season, yes for uphill and some early weekends, but I’ve already broken even on my pass and will most likely do some midweek days at the ‘Tage for 40 bucks, and go ikon or ‘tage next season unless this elk mountain rumored sale happens.

Skied 8 runs this afternoon under sunny skies until my hip told me to quit. Shocked at the conditions and how great everything was. The snow was fantastic. ROTD for me was the Laziest Mile or Coming Soon. No lift lines either. Just a lovely day.

Son’s at again. Mars hiding behind the moon for a while.

Like a dealer giving out the first bump for free...

Fun day but man the crowds were crazy today. Conditions were top notch for the first few. All in all a good couple of ski days this weekend!

Arrived at Blue about 3:30. Was pretty firm all around but still pretty decent. Moderate crowds but barely any lift lines except when they shut the OG 6 pack down for about 15 min. Best snow was surprisingly on Challenge to Falls and Upper and Lower Main. Falls was exceptionally good, deep sugar that wasn't bumped up. Switchback is getting thin with a barespot near the bottom. Wrapped it up after 10 runs all in all JADIP.

Been a while that I've been dealing with a hip injury that has been limiting some of my activities because of instability with lateral movements. Things have improved over the last few months and I'm seeing my PT today to *hopefully* be cleared to get back on the skis. Really looking forward to easing in and to encourage myself to get out I got myself a new touring setup. Pumped to get on the snow again soon and see some of you🤞

Hey All, I’m finished with another morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and it was 43 degrees under overcast sky’s. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Mixilplix, JFDan, Mute, KevinThomas, Bethlehem ford Crew, Slim, Indiggio, Schifdawg, Nancy, MBike Mike, Dirtwolf and a handful of others. First civilian OG six pack, I began on Challenge and it wasn’t great but better than yesterday..firm cord, sidewinder was nicer than yesterday and nightmare dreamweaver was good bad good bad and good depending on the section of the run. Main Street sadly wasn’t that good, lazy was OK…later in the session things softened more and Coming soon was ok, Sidewinder got real good and I repeated it twice and upper razors was nice spring snow. All in all a fun session and now that my report is published, I can relax the rest of the day. I’ll be back either Friday AM or Saturday. Tomorrow gonna go right to work 😞. JADIP

On snow bout 9:45 to no rain...The fog was pretty brutal tho....Everything looked in good shape....Light crowd with 3 lifts spinnin'....Fun morning just dickin around on the mountain..

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 721am and it was about 12 degrees with light to moderate winds. In the house were everybody except Noxidee, Ski999 and Antman and No Matt Edge either. First civilian OG six pack to razors which had nice snow but all of us had snow coated to our goggles from the guns on challenge. Once again Main Street top to bottom was the ROTD..it was like a western groomer. Paradise was good until the bottom section which was slick, a lot of snowmaking blow over from nightmare to dreamweaver. Lazy to the falls was also good. The last run I followed BenM on Come around to connector to Curzis to midway to middle gap to yeti to burma to shuttle to lower park. It was exhilerating and crowded. I hungout in the lot a little and had beer and cheeseballs and now at work counting money, then Xmas shopping and pizza eating on deck and also THC experiments on myself. Ski some of yall on the 26th JADIP

Today a 9 out of 10 awesome day. Everything was good. Upper main was 10 out of 10 good. Lazy made a complete turnaround from last week. Skied razors first run and that was excellent. Not to mention....all 3 high speeds were turning which meant minimal to no lines on great conditions. Blue was like a real ski area today, without the drive. Shout out to the dude with the green jacket and Fischer skis who's a PASR fan. We know you're reading this lol. Sign up and chime in!

I wish I wasn’t even aware of the snow for Sunday. I don’t even go on weather forums anymore and the stuff still finds me. I could care less about it for snowboarding, but it’s potentially lining up to snow right during the eagles game and that has me giddy

FYI School groups coming up during the day the next 3 days. I'll be up on Thursday morning to check on @Boo Bearand her chaperone skills with the middle school kids. Kudos to Blue to give the kids a free rental, lesson, and day pass. Some of them would probably never have the opportunity to try skiing or snowboarding otherwise. That being said, I hope they stay on the learning hill.

.... not Elk.... (Shhh)

Went to Frisco Nordic center today. Some really nice views there. It’s all wide open. 2 degrees but the sunshine felt nice.

After 3+ days being down with the dreaded stomach flu I finally felt well enough to take my new XC skis for a neighborhood spin today. The neighborhood part of the ski, before I got to the air strip was extremely icy! Temp was about 12 when I left my house. Not being used to these new skis I walked down one of the hills. Have to get used to stopping on these, or at least slowing down. started following these tracks down to the river, but the snow was pretty thin so I turned around.

Hey wow would be a good time to use one of those fixed grip lifts they're letting rot. You know some people collect those things and some old mountains still keep them running and would love to have them. Or not. Whatever.