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Skied from 8:30am to 11:30am today. Beautiful bluebird day, small crowd, no problem. Most every thing was very nice, challenge was somewhat cookied up but skiable, sidewinder started with some cookies but improved as temps rose, as did all the other trails. ROTD - Razors. Really nice at blue, march has been great.

Had an awesome day at Okemo yesterday. Man, being able to ski on weekdays is like discovering Narnia. It's a magical wonderland full of great skiing, low crowds, and really nice people who are happy and relaxed. I met some hilarious retirees who have their own "stash" in the woods somewhere; evidently they bring up a grill and chairs and coolers early in the season and then just carry in supplies as needed. The snow is amazing: soft packed powder everywhere you go and the day turned out to be sunny, though the wind was a bit brutal at times. I bought an Okemo midweek season pass for next year for $279, which also includes Sunapee. I'm not sure what I'll be doing for work, but I plan to keep it flexible as much as possible and try to work weekends. I'm thinking also of getting a season pass at Whaleback, because then if I wanted to ski weekends I'd be on the Freedom Pass which includes days at a lot of smaller areas (and Magic Mountain) that may be fun on weekends, and I'd also get half-off discounts at places like Killington and a few other bigger resorts. Have to do adult stuff today (real estate, health insurance. Blah!) but am going to ski Whaleback tonight from 4 to 8. Night skiing in New England!

I’ve had this quick 2 day riding trip planned for about 5 weeks and of course, the last time I ride before leaving (Sunday) I tweak my knee. Thought about not coming but decided to go ahead and continue anyways. 330 wake up call. Pulled outta my parking spot at 430 on the dot after 10 mins of cleaning my car off. The Roads weren’t too bad, the worst being for the first 30 minutes of my drive. stopped at wawa for cash and coffee and let it rip for another 2 hours. Stopped right outside of Vermont for a bathroom break and Dunkin. Back on the road for the final 45 minutes and pulled into the main lot at 903. 4.5 hours with 2 stops. Notbad.gif By far the best conditions I’ve ever ridden. Perfect winter snow all morning and softened up after lunch. Sun most of the day and moderate temps. Beautiful perfect day. Got my ticket and ready by about 930. A lil 420, a donut and I was on the lift by 945. I rode their 6 pack bubble for about the first 3 runs, just getting my feel for the place. I then took a run down the north face of the mtn then over to Carinthia for about 5 park laps. They only had a couple park runs set up to my surprise, but very long runs with a lot of features. I rode the medium park nitro for the majority of the time. Went easy in the park because of my knee. Oh well. After that I took a few runs down the north side then hit the lodge. I really like how their lodge has multiple spread out small places to get different stuff. I went with a vanilla latte along with some snacks and a lil 420 at the car, then sat at the base for about 45 minutes just relaxing, trying not to fall asleep in their comfortable chairs. After “lunch” I rode the main face and the north face from 1-4 and caught one of the last bubbles up. Soooo much fun to ride as fast as you want and still have a nice long run. I had a fantastic time lapping the blues on the main face and lapping the diamonds on the north face. Around 3 I started to explore some of the trees and look forward to doing more tomorrow. After riding I hit about 5 shops on RT100 looking for something but came up empty handed. Went back to the hotel, checked in and writing this report in the indoor hot tub. After this I’m gonna shower and go grab something to eat on 100, comeback and watch the remainder of the 76ers game. Speaking of which, I saw a few people wearing eagles stuff. I had to give them quiet E A G L E S Eagles chants/gobirds. Hoping for a decent breakfast in the morning...

That's great, Doug.

Nope, b-day will be celebrated in Prague, the city with the highest beer consumption per capita in the world. It's highly unlikely I'll want to go to Killy after May 7th unless some freak May nor-easter hits. I'll be in full bike mode once I get back.

Stratton has a direct view of Bromley.

Wouldn't you and your daughters want pictures to remember your trip and them skiing? Take a damn picture.

Are you going for 1 or 2 days?

Heading to Winter Park with the kids

Roundtop.

I'm going to be in the mood to run up to VT for a weekend after Blue closes. Maybe some car camping. Who knows.

After Blue closes, my next trip will be to Prague. Leaving 4/21. I might be lucky enough to get 1 or 2 more trips to Belle. After that, my season is done.

Same. I enjoy being outdoors and hearing the sounds. Same with running. I don't know how people can run outdoors with music - you can't hear your footsteps, yourself breath, cars coming, etc.

I'm always in a great mood when skiing. I may sometimes be tired or slightly hungover at the start of the day, but after that first run, my mood dial always goes to all the way up to 11. It's one of the things that makes skiing awesome for me, and keeps it that way. Edit: Bluetooth in-helmet speakers rock. Literally.

I actually think it’s selfish to go on a trip and not post some pictures to the forum since you get to enjoy everybody else’s pictures. Give back to the community. Last night the the bartender asked if I drink cocoa after skiing and I said sometimes I buy a hot chocolate and share it with two other grown men...I said it’s called cocoa three ways and she actually looked at me like I was retarded..not the first time I’ve been looked at that way lol

Then take pics..........

Part of the beauty of Arizona is that there's nothing else like it in the world. Cactus and this type of desert environment are unique to the SW US of A. Drive north and places like Sedona, red rock country, monument valley, the Grand Canyon are just so damn cool and unique. If you want rocky type mountains there's flagstaff, snowbowl and a few other resorts for skiing etc. The bottom line is my ass wasn't built for the east.

Your sexual innuendos are not appreciated on this family friendly site. Ski2Live is going to be upset.

Pro tip salty: only gapers and Jerry’s park up top. There is a riders of the storm exception to this, not that you’ll need it.

No school today so brought my 4 year old for his first ski trip. Signed him up for Snow Monsters and got him to his lesson at 1:00. Mountain was empty. Snow was great, maybe the best I have ever had at JF. First Run was T-bolt and hit a little bit of the glade. Pretty good coverage but some rocks and twigs were coming through. Headed to River Shot then back down Challenge. Hit a little of the bumps on exhibition then it was over to Snow Flake to watch my son's lesson. They do a real nice job at JF. took a few runs down Easy rider and Spunky's secret. Spent rest of the day videoing Brady. He had a very nice instructor named Judy. Probably my last trip of the year but might try to get my daughter out for a trip to Montage next week.

I believe they have one run that’s super steep by PA standards. Went to youtube its Gunbarrel

Flew over this ski area just as we were about to descend into Allentown (coming in from the south) ... Roundtop or Whitetail maybe?

I'm just as confused as toast. Unlike this jabroni, I always wear a helmet, goggles, and a red hoodie; my ski polls are blue, not black with white stripes; and I don't have a mustache. But I do ski pretty fast. My record is 55.3 mph. I'm thinking about buying a racing helmet and attire to see if I can reach 55.4 mph.

Go to Magic tomorrow.

I went there 3 or maybe 4 times. I remember some excellent low-angle glade skiing that were just perfect for my HRJF at the time. I'm way overdue for a trip to the north country.

I've tried listening to music when I ski, but my brain must shut off my hearing when I ski as I don't realize the music is on nor do I hear wind noise. Guess I'm just in my own little nirvana, just living in the moment without any outside distractions. I carry my phone and don't even notice it in my jacket pocket. I'm more fearful of eating shit in the bumps and landing on top of it than dropping it off the lift.

I love Bolton Valley. Sure it's easy, but it's an Old School place with and old school vibe. Sketchy AF access road though, especially if it's snowed recently.

Blue is pretty yuge for PA. That's why it is truly the best.

115. Pretty f*cking outrageous but what can ya do. Since ive only been to Vermont once before I figured I’d hit a different mountain while here and it was so close.

On blue mountains Facebook there’s a new video and you can see Barbs bush pretty well. Looks flat except one section which is a little hairy

Everybody have a freaky Friday!!

Narnia always reminds me of this even though I’ve never seen the movie.

Doesn’t your flip phone have a camara or have you upgraded to the iPhone 4?

Yeah man. I was in a great mood.

This reminded me of Salty

Have fun and post a report!!

go to magic!!!

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When you ski in PA all season long Stratton feels like Everest.

Sounds like a great day! I enjoy reading about kids learning to ski. Always nice reading about Ski2Live, NMSki, Ridge, etc. getting out with their kids!

Ding him in the mouth with a sausage bahahaha

Make sure you give Root a ding for not saying hi.

Yeah, Arizona is beautiful. Hope to get back out there soon. Saw a post on IG, snow in Sedona. Breathtaking.

I just noticed I beat last seasons total ski days yesterday...while it pales in comparison to when I skied nearly every day a decade ago it proves how long and solid this season has been.

Work this time. Possible return this summer for fun.

No exception at all to parking at the top. If there’s a storm you wanna get on razors first. Only exception is if you are going to trivia Tuesday.

Headed up to Kmart for an extended St. Patty’s weekend with the family. Saturday’s conditions were awesome on the tour de K, they had gotten 3’ plus last week with close to 6’ in March. Highlights were some pow stashes in the low angle trees at Ramshead to introduce my daughters boyfriend to glade riding. Niko and I hit some nice tree as as well and ended up at Bear bashing pow bumps on OL and Devils Fiddle. It was my first time riding Devils and was pretty tech with some nice rocks in between . Ended the day with many Fiddleheads at the Wobbly Barn. Even sunnier on Sunday, but still cool with a high in the low 20’s to preserve the snow. We resumed the tour which working from bear across skyeship back to K-1. Smooth grippy groomers and cruising Great Eastern was welcome relief as my bones were feeling a bit beat up from the day before. Ended the day at Long Trail brewing. Monday I left them on there own in the morning to head up to Moosalamoo forest for some XC, did a little over 5 ish miles on the Catamount trail from Widows Clearing. My original plan was to knock off another Tony Godwin trail but I realized Moosalamoo peak was a little over ambitious (especially with no set tracks) and just did an out and back. I head back to K and parked at sky ship and met the crew at the mid station Jerk shack for a zero gravity cone head ale and some goat chili before doing a few runs . Very cool to cruise back great eastern to the car. They texted me on the way back they were doing a growler fill at Killington Beer Company. We saw a sign for it on the access road the day before so we checked it out, great beers with some funny takes on K trail names, double DIPA, etc. Yesterday was the warmest of the days with a high of high thirties which softened the bumps up just enough to jump in and out with some rubber legs. Spent some time in stash and other parks noodling around. Mrs snowbunski and I headed up to the summit lodge around 11 for a cocktail. there was a guy next to us downloading vids to his laptop and after talking to him for a bit I remembered seeing a TGR trailer at the base and put 2 and 2 together. A few minutes later a bunch of folks wander in with serious goggle tans and stoke stank so I asked them if they had change for a nickel and knew Bart, lol. It ends up they were going to all the EC Ikon resort doing shoots. Ski till i die dude (Alex?) was with them also so I told him to come back down to blue again and he was into it. It was a great weekend, awesome snow, and beers with the family, pics to follow Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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It's Georgia, not US. Nobody's gonna or will be able to sue anybody.

I'm jumping way the hell before that! I thought Trump drained the pond?