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Yes only two runs down from the top and conditions were usual blue (aka not great) but I was skiing with the PASR crew and THAT was great; not to mention, the guns were ablaze under the sunshine and the weather was perfect. Overall an awesome opening day! looks like chute to lower main, as well as come around are really close to opening up. Happy ski season all!!

FSC FTW!

Pulled in around 7:20ish to another nice made made snowmaking cloud covering the mountain. Pretty cool when that happens. In the house was everyone except GSS, Tommy Moe and Mikela Schifren. Like yesterday, the OG 6 pack wasn't spinning so the summit supreme whatever is where we lined up. The old 6er stayed closed for a half hour or so it's was another slate of vista, Midway, lower main runs on tap to start. Conditions there were good to really good with some empty lower main runs that were pretty awesome. I also threw a chute run in there that felt like cardboard and looked like swiss cheese (complete with holes and yellow tint) with a nice cat track in the middle for stoke. Lazy was slightly less terrible than yesterday but indeed rocky. When the og 6er finally opened hopes were high for paradise being good. Those hopes were dashed quickly, very similar to yesterday. After another run or two off of the summit supreme I packed it up and called it a day while a bunch of the others went another run or two. Overall fun and better than most things on planet earth but idk, seems like conditions overall seem worse this season than seasons past.. It's early though so we'll see.

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 737am and it was 25 degrees out under partly sunny sky’s with light winds. In the house were Jimmy, Harold, Bethlehem Ford Guy, Atomic Jeff, Johnny Law, Salty, Mixilplix, Airhead, Rodney and Oz. There was quite a gathering for opening bell at the OG six pack and definitely a good amount of people starting on Paradise. Paradise had pretty nice snow on the first 2/3 and then solid and uneven the last section. I did a repeat of that then took a very icy Super summit safari six pack to easy out to vista midway to lower Main Street. Midway was super slick and lower main had decent snow but very dark. Did a repeat of that and then over to Lazy mile which reopened today. Lazy mile was the classic cookies beginning with small once and getting larger then the last section single track and slick. I skied midway to lower main again and paradise again and then peaced out. Conditions were worse than opening weekend but luckily the guns are cranking on the falls, Razors, learning area and some random spots. JADIP

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 33 degrees under mostly cloudy sky’s. In the house was everybody except Johnny law, Schif and Nancy. Second Civilan chair up the OG six to a very nice paradise..almost western groomer machine groomed packed powder conditions..second run a repeat of that then Midway to lower main and we saw Salty skiing down it from the lift Was ok conditions and not many people Some skied Chute which is now open and looked firm Lazy Mike is open and decent on the top 2/3 and lower section slick and narrow I went back for a few repeats on midway lower Main Street and paradise then to the lot around 930 and was a fantastic sausage Sunday with burgers dogs and pork with temperature rising through the 40s and sunnier skys JADIP

I had to bail around 930 today but great day and a pretty damn good first 3 days at Blue mountain to kick off the year with decent conditions overall and more terrain each day. Excellent way to start the ski season!

Day 1 for me.

Opening day, 2024-2025 season. I didn't go, but will tomorrow.

Well this storm definitely delivered! In 36 hours I would say we got a solid 22-24” here in Marble. Hard to tell because the last round was wet and everything compressed. But the webcams at Aspen show big numbers. The Aspen base cam had a line down the stairs at 8:15. They opened 20 new trails since yesterday when I checked. After shoveling out our property (and our neighbor), I took my XC skis and skied my neighborhood. One street was plowed but most of it was untouched. Just a lot of animal tracks. This time of year my house does not see a lot of sunshine, only about 3 hours. So on sunny days, we try and sit out for the solid 20 min or so it bakes our porch. And here it is! Our full 20 min of sunshine.

Hi my name is Barb and I am a ski town all star hat addict. I believe this one makes 6. I wanted to break in my new hat and grr we some cardio so I went to Buttermilk to uphill. It is not yet opened. There was what looked like a groomed section (as wide as a groomer truck) in the center. But since it snowed last night about 5”, I decided to follow the path of the “main” uphill route that is signed. I didn’t go too far, maybe 2 steep head walls? Broke trail the way up and down, which was fun. I have a nagging injury from my dog pulling me down on the ice. But it was a sunny day, about 25 degrees and I saw one human when I was coming down. Still gonna log it, i was on snow for over a mile so it counts.

Set off Saturday morning in search of snow, I was hopeful as I approached my typical go to trail at Weiser SF, trees and ground were covered, unfortunately everything except the trail I was racking my brain trying to think of any mtb/ hiking trails that were close by at elevation. It had been a few years since I rode there but remembered Moosic up by Scranton. Was thrilled to find 18-20” snow and set off up the road to link up with the Blueberry trail. All earnin’ and no turnin’. The heavy snow and tangles of bent over blueberry bushes and saplings made for some slow going. Toughest 2 mile flat ski I’ve ever done but it was good to get out and play in the snow

if this confirms, it should be a baller opening with the new snowmaking stuff. they will be able to open 60% of their terrain 75% sooner then they would with only 60% of their resources. The big take away here is that all 3 of these forecasts show the same pattern. This looks really good. Like purple eggplant times 3.

Conditions report

Fun day and great to be back on the skis

Was great seeing everyone. Here’s a pic of @Mixilplix

Hey All, I’m back from opening day of the 24/25 ski season at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 8:18AM and it was mostly cloudy with temperatures in the mid 20s with brisk winds. In the house were Mute, Atomic Jeff, Johnny Law, Mixilplix, PARidge, Airhead, Dirtwolf, Matt Edge, Bethlehem Fords crew minus Jimmy, Charles, Spider, Slim, NMSki, Rodney and many others. The OG six pack and super summit safari six opened right around 9am and I began on the OG six and was third chair and our fearless leader Atomic Jeff snagged first civilian chair. Paradise had very good coverage, wasn’t full width though maybe 2/3…was solid firm cord to start..Skied that again and some cookies and Boilerplate began to be exposed. Then up the SSSSP up to easy out to vista to burma, Burma had decent snow but pretty contested, skied Paradise again and getting busy…the slowest people seem to ski the widest but it is a slow skiing trail. They were blowing snow on Come Around, Midway, the chute, lower Main Street and upper razors. Sadly they haven’t blown any snow on Coming soon. I hit up Burma one more time and extra busy and paradise a few more times to end my session. The last run on paradise I actually had a pretty clear section in the middle so could let the skis run. Fun parking lot, had hard iced tea and then a couple beers…hungout with many people and caught up on what everybody did over the summer…good VIBES all around but sort of thought they would have blown more snow during this cold period as two years ago and last year they had a shorter window and got coming soon open early but for coming soon to open they need to run the quad. Anyway as Johnny Law says any skiing before MLK day is bonus JADIP ski many of you tomorrow.

Some pix of Huntah. Reminded me of why early season sucks. But it was ok I guess. At least I was in the general vicinity of rock legend @Ski2Live Live2Ski which was pretty rad.

Day 8. Had some sun, so more people.

A little delay this morning in getting the new six pack going so I headed over to the old six pack and did a first run down lazy. Everything on the west side of the mountain was pretty well groomed. Pretty quiet on the slopes until about 10:30, when things started getting a little fluffy except for chute, midway and lower main. Didn’t get over to Paradise until later, and it was a little fluffed up also. Ski patroller said they were hoping to get the quad running before the holidays. Bunch of whales on TCS Challenge and Curzi’s cabin looks like they could be groomed out and open by this weekend.

C1er, the pilot and atomics friend the former agent in the house. Plan was for hero snow but the sun was only kinda poking out up to 309 and at the start a heavy fog was in place on the top 1/3 of the hill. We started with vista/mid/ main and unsurprisingly it was soft and fast though with a definite crunch layer that is not present in hero snow. Next was the same but with le chute and the groomer must have picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue as it was an ice sheet of debris and holes. Lazy was next and that was holding the hero snow, full power arcs and even falls was pretty good. Dis was a little sloppier than lazy but still very good fast soft snow to arc arc arc. Nobody was home and the fog didn't really matter and it was very slowly moving its way out. It was as fast as we could go until I had to work at 1030 but i bet it's even better now. Super super fun start to the day and besides chute probably the best turns I've made so far.

Hey All, I’m back from another morning session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot around 720am and it was 13 degrees with a low layer of fog below mostly sunny sky’s. Everybody was in the house except Root, Nancy, Schif, Salty, NMSki, PSYFly and Enjorales. The OG six pack was initially down so began on the super summit safari which was stopped for a lengthy amount of time the first ride up. Easy out had some sugar, vista was firmish groomed, midway was the same slickness as yesterday and lower Main Street wasn’t bad. I didn’t ski lazy mile but heard it was cookies…Falls is open for race training. I continued skiing midway to lower Main Street and it was busy with race team kids and lots of traffic. Around 9ish the OG six pack opened so went to Paradise which was cookies top to bottom. It was good to get out but conditions weren’t very good. I am happy that they continue to blow snow with snowmaking on lower sidewinder, Razors, Cursis cabin and a few other spots. I hungout in the lot for about an hour and the rising sun warmed things up to almost 30 degrees. JADIP

Conditions were just what I would expect on opening...Just going down Paradizzy you got like 5 different snow conditions....Wind was gusting pretty good and thought it was gonna be bad goin down but was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't..Super fun day with blue sky and it just feels right to be back in the lot again...

Vibes were 11/10, its so good to see everyone and get back in the rythm where skiing is part of my day. I thought the snow was better than expected but only because I expected the worst and there were sections where it felt like real skiing. If they get midway/main open tomorrow that may really help thin the herds. Even on pdis anywhere where it turns was like cattle chute where the cows are only vaguely going in the right direction. For blue it was a good opening day, I even had my standard pass failure.

Fun day of mayhem: I don’t know all the PASRs but had thirdish? chair. My expectations were too optimistic for no cookies Lol . Things softened up a bit around 11 . I found a little side country fun on the first inside turn of Paradise and the usual side of Vista. I had been having some back issues and took some meds the last few days so I skipped beers . I felt really good for the first day but when the voice in my head said “One more run “ I knew it was quitting time, made it to just short of noon . Tried checking my stats but got the upside down skier screen .

It’s a little weird being back at the mountain and not patrolling this year, and I fully expected my first day to be at Sunday River, but a cold and other circumstances led me over to Sugarbush, and it just so happens it was opening day. It was a 3 hour drive from the in-laws in NH, and I had some family obligations to take care of, so I didn’t get into the parking lot and PLB until about 1:30. Crowds had either cleared out or were non existent. I hopped on the lift and ran into an old ski patrol buddy at the top, so we took a couple runs together. There were only 2 distinct runs with a third side run. All skiing was off the Gatehouse lift, so in reality, both trails that were open share the same starting trail and same ending trail. Regardless, conditions were excellent for late in the day on opening day. I expected similar conditions to previous years where it’s basically glacial ice with some granular bumps and icy troughs on the side. Surprisingly, only about 10 feet right in the middle was iced up. The rest was a mix of packed powder and groomed snowmaking. I guess the snow last week, combined with consistent below freezing temps and no warmup really paid off. I took 6 runs, going with a 66%/34% split on the two trails. It was great getting the legs warmed up and catching up with an old friend. Looks like 3” or more tomorrow at opening, so I’ll be looking to get after it before I head back to NH.

Thanks to Dirtwolf and Mrs. wolf for hosting the PASR pre season party. Good food and beer and might be catching some mad steezy air this season…

Lower main I thought was the best all year, at least the first two were legit skiing with good grip and speed. It got progressively more scraped off as it went but it held on pretty well. Lazy baseballs had been milled down to pearl size so that was much improved and dis was OK. Lots of spots out and about where grip was nil made it a bit rough but generally it was ok. Chute was surface of the moon and not even good bad. I got super cold right at the end of the lot session which means I probably forgot to eat dinner so I stopped at Thai Diner in Coplay. The food is quite good but my God the decor........I like disney and I think if you can't enjoy the world that's when you old but even for me that's alot of Mickeys and princesses for a Thai restaurant

this week coming up almost looks like a repeat of last week, but might stay cold right up to Christmas. if this pans out, Christmas week should be really good.

I thought today was terrible but great. Everything other than main was not good at all but main was fast and it felt like 3/4 real skiing which was super nice. Lazy continues to be astonishingly bad, like how kinda bad so I'm voting open widow/curtseys/raceway. Tonight they should do really well and get good production

Around 10:30 -11ish I noticed that they had shut down a majority of the guns...and when I got to my car the temp read 28...Which trail you went on depended how much you were willing to put up with ,,Midway to LM was really nice...Lazy was kinda spicy....Saw PSU Frankenstein and took al lap with him.Then saw Salty in the lot.... Really good day for mid Dec...Weekend should be good...

I'm the outlier for sure but I thought today was pretty ok. Lazy was classic blue but midway to lower main I thought was a hoot though midway does have some glacial spots. Dis was coming apart run by run, each time you got more and more cookies especially as you moved down the hill. Way way way too much water out there but not alot they can do. It was super nice out, good peeps and ok skiing not too much more I can ask for on the 13th.

Fun morning session at Blue Mountain...Brisk wind outa west...Saw some of the BFC in the lot other than that it was a pretty empty...Para was more on the sucky side of things..Again a cornucopia of conditions...Burma had good consistent conditions...Ended up just lapping Midway to LM....Conditions there were pretty fast..There were a few spots that had churned up granola type stuff...other than that it was really firm and pretty flat..Did not go down Chute(See pic)....Ended up doing a few runs with JL.... Rode from 9 to 11:30... They are making snow on TCS....It was above freezing and they had them fired up...Some looked OK...but the ones on Razors looked weak....But good for them for making an effort...Pretty sure I saw C1 a couple of times.....I think they will have things ironed out for the weekend...Should get some good production out of the guns...

Surprisingly, a good day after all the rain, slopes were definitely pretty firm but good coverage. Like Mix, I lapped midway and lower main mostly, left about 1030. Light was pretty flat on lower main early, and the area above midway was boiler plate later on. A fair number of groomer gouges on Chute. The lodge/Vista area had slightly sticky blown snow, but was good grippy skiing. A lot of snow guns going. All in all, a pretty good morning. I think I would trade not having coming soon open if they run the two 6 packs all day. No lines at all today.

That's an awesome development and I can't wait to see race parents lose their shit over it on the Facebook.

Since I'm working out of a job trailer trying to get a building out of the ground its going to be brutally cold and snowy this winter, you're welcome!

Hey All, I’m back from day two at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and only Johnny law was in the house. The temperature was in the upper 20s under mostly cloudy sky’s. In the house were JFDan, Atomic Jeff, MBike Mike, Nastar Glenn, PaRidge, Falco, Charles, Shopey1080, BenM, BethlehemFord Crew, Mute, Boo, TP4, Becky Boo and many others. First run on Paradise was way better than expected, pretty smooth and edgeable and the run to ourselves. Next run a few people but very pleasent snow compared to yesterday. Easy out and especially vista had great packed powder. Midway and lower main was rough small cookies and boilerplate but we all agreed that we’ve skied worse. Back to Paradise most of the rest of the session. The snow stayed good and some runs were contested some were semi clear. The amount of people in the house seemed less than yesterday. Ended the morning with a Burma run. Nice snow on Burma and a ton of people on there. Fun parking lot had some chips and beers and stopped at Panera on the way back. Tomorrow might be warm enough for some hero snow. JADIP

Hey All, It’s almost opening day and opening weekend. In two and a half short days, Blue mountain the true mountain opens for their 48th season. They snowmaking cannons have been going balls to the walls for several days and continued seasonably cold weather with periods of sun and clouds will persist throughout the weekend. Anybody planning on skiing this weekend or are yall waiting until more terrain opens? I’m planning on being there…and I think it’s gonna be a nice opening weekend. I usually don’t start these threads until Wednesday but I’m so Excited….

Had some vehicle troubles this morning. Went to take my truck only to find the power steering fluid in a puddle when I went to back out. Decided to get the truck to the shop first and ended up arriving at Blue at 12:42. The lines were UNBEARABLE as pictured below. 16 laps on firm but edgable typical conditions and will be back at it tomorrow this time in the AM!

Got my first day in on Snowmass today. Good base compared to this time last year. I took lift alone but for the first one out of the base. Very quiet. Having some knee issues so I was taking it pretty easy. Overall great first day, blue skies, relatively warm and got a baby bump run in too, my favorite.

Jf is three turns at medium speed and back on the lift for 2332 minutes. Lift speed to vert rise should be a stat................ Blow the ever loving fuck out of blue, the cold is around but less favorable next week and last year they had like 10 days. I haven't had my fix yet so maximize blowing this week and get shit open and deep. I'm still working on believing what I'm seeing, Blue opening with more than Vista and lower main is le tits

Belt is doing gods work

Good time last night. hats off to the host @Dirtwolf

My friend from Denver asked if she took a personal day from work, would I meet her at Copper. Took about 2 hours 20 min and as I pulled into the free lot with a line of cars, she was right behind me, good timing! Parking was very full but the runs were not. First run off the American flyer lift and it was in the shade (and a popular lift) and it was all scraped off and icy. Blech. We decided to try and find some better snow. We went on American Eagle lift and the one above that and the snow was so much better. Did mostly all ungroomed runs all morning. Lift lines were about 1-2 minutes and never full chairs. Making snow all over the place for the holiday. Last run we did the bumps were bigger then expected. Her and I both got the CARV gen 2 on their Black Friday sale. I have only used it 2 days but love all the info and stats it provides. 4th ski day wearing my mesh base layer and can confirm its awesomeness for keeping you dry. Would not make a habit out of the long drive to ski, but it was great to not ski alone. No snow in the forecast which is a bummer.

Today was fun despite lift issues, awful conditions on lazy and less awful conditions Paradise. Lazy went from bad to Detroit rock City. I think it was the first time I've seen cookies go from bad to worse. Usually it's the opposite. That said, vista, easy out, lower main and even chute were really good...as was the company for course

Love the pics! Looks like a whiteout.

Chute is firm was an understatement. It was rock-solid with cat track trenches on skiers left near the top. The bottom of Chute also choked down to a tight intersection with Midway and LMS which made for some spicy merges, carrying speed off Chute. The edges of Paradise kept getting better as the day progressed and the snow was softening up nicely, but didn't quite reach hero by 11 or so when we called it quits. Nowhere near as crowded as yesterday, so both Paradise and Burma didn't have near the load of sliders which made them treacherous yesterday around the same time.

Best 2nd day maybe ever, to make some semi legit turns in formation on good snow wasn't even in my list of possibilities. There's nothing like the moment, that 1000th of a second where the ski really starts to accelerate and your brain screams go slower or we'll die and you know to ignore it and push faster. With lazy I think this is officially their best non mother nature assisted start.

Just a reminder that we’ll be skiing at blue mountain in less than 24 hours.

In true blue mountain style, i think its only fair to pay ohmage to i think Okemo, which has so many intersecting trails, this would just add the same amount of thrill to that side as what is existing. Need to make sure people can get from all the way left, to the lodge in the valley without getting on a lift. That would be about 9 trails crossed. Epic. I think this makes way more sense. i will give skiitoolives all of my buddy passes the year we get to ski over there.

I’m guessing 17+ trails 4-6 routes. Gonna be a real nice one. The new Blue is spoiling us early season. No upper lot Main Street chair mumbo jumbo. The Chinese downhill is fun but love the cruising options for opening day and people spread out more.