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Even better and deeper the past 3 days!

Today was nice. Tomorrow will be better with some of the freshly blown snow groomed in, warmer temps, less wind, and the return of the @saltyant who can regale us with tales of perder at Steamboat.

I’ll be there tomorrow morning... with beer.

Hey All, I’m back from a fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at around 710am and it was in the low to mid 20s under mostly cloudy sky’s with strong winds. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Johnny Law, Mixilplix, C1er, JFDan, Ryan, Mute, MBike Mike, PARidge and many others. The six pack wasnt running until around 930am so it was mainly a quad session. Razors was closed for collegiate racing and nightmare to dreamweaver closed for the freerider Jin squad. First run on challenge nice new chalky manmade on the right side..large icy spot after the first headwall still very nice and I skied a repeat on that. Then Main Street for more fresh manmade Perder..sidewinder was a bit more firm as no snow was blown but decent grooming..some root rollers to contend with. Quad line was getting long with no six pack running so went over to the Main Street chair and skied widowmaker to midway which was very nice..perhaps my first widowmaker from the top this season. Back to the quad still a long line and skied challenge again still pretty good then another sidewinder and the six pack opened with virtually erases liftlines..I skied Main Street again for the fourth time or so then hungout in the parking lot till about 1145am..was chilly and a few flurries. All in all better than expected conditions and guess what boys and girls..tomorrow will be even nicer...JADIP thanks Johnny Law for the glitter parts Levante Pineapple pretty dank beer.

@GrilledSteezeSandwich This is great! Look at those sick RTMs tearing up the champagne powder!

"The deft, effortless weaving through dense clusters of evergreen suggests that the skier behind this remarkable recording is a limber, agile man with unquestionable experience and exposure to the slopes. Having spent many a winter slithering through the ridges of the Anthracite Uplands and masterfully descending the steep gradients of the imposing Pocono Region, this "Son of the Mountains" had enhanced his performance to the next level, amassing the strength and stamina to endure the rigors of even greater elevations. Mount Werner's rugged summit beckoned, and this man unequivocally answered their challenge with relative ease." - Quote from my bro from high school after watching the epic video

Truly bonus skiing!

Yup nice, wanna buy a timeshare lol!? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Glad you had a good day there, we have had some magical days there, unfortunately they seem too far and in between any more. When she’s good she’s great but when she’s not meh

Thanks. See everyone tomorrow morning.

Thank you...one of the local bars has a $4 craft beer special for people with leap day birthdays...kind of dumb since you only have a 1 in 1461 chance of that..should be free beer for leap day birthdays.

Good stuff Saltman. Heck of a trip for you guys.

@saltyant gonna be good tomorrow.

Happy Leap Day!

Fun day but skied shorter than I would have liked because the lift situation is crap. Lines at the quad got silly just before the 6 pack started to run around 9:45 or so. Snow on challenge and main were nice first thing. Switchback sucked. Patrol dropped the rope on widow maker but beacon, shovel and a buddy were required. Overall a fun day. Oh and I got whistled at on Burma. At first I thought it was because they thought I was hot and were hitting on me but it turns out I was just skiing too fast.

Welcome back. My guess is the B crew working late at the Nork oversized baggage claim are handflexing your RTMs

I'll be there both days

I have wanted to check out GP for a while now, saving a day off for a pow day at Blue seems futile at this point, so i figured i would take the day off, since it will only become harder as March rolls on. Been watching the weather all week, rain then snow. They reported 1" of snow yesterday. Knowing today wasnt going to be epic or ikonic, i stuck to my guns and headed off to check it out. After reading last nights report from Blue, i kinda figured Blue wasnt going to be superb by any stretch, so i figured i wasnt going to miss anything at Blue. On the snow just after opening, which is 9:30. Huge crowd. like 10 people. So i started out on this lift, its a quad, they call it something "express", but it is really lacking in the express part. Nice grooming, and some ungroomed stuff over to the left that looks like it has a little more than 1" on top. Turns out there is a nice coating of snow on top of some midly crusty stuff. Fun to ski, dont make tons of hard turns and it skis well. I rode this lift for a little while trying to figure this place out. Over my left shoulder, i see more trails off in the distance, a chair lift, but i cant tell if that area is really open, or how to get there. My first attempt landed me right back at the express. this was that ungroomed area i saw from the lift. Just kind of ignore that fact its a little crusty underneath, and it was fun to ski. Anyways, back on the Express again, this is all the way to lookers right. Again, ungroomed on top of some firm stuff. Fun. Super crowded trail though, as you can see. So, some guy was actually to my right skiing this trail as i made my way down. We ended up on the express together, with another guy. So i'm in between these two, i need some info on this place from someone local. i know the guy to my left just skied down whatever trail that i was on, the guy to my right has a face mask on, and is skiing RTM's. Figuring he knows the best spots for Cocoa, i turn to the guy on my left and ask him how i get over to the other side. he said he was going that way, and just to follow him. Off the lift, and down some trail, he stops about halfway. Says, you can keep going down this trail and make a left, and it will take you to that other lift, or you can ski this glade, and join up with the trail below. I told him i wanted to ski this glade, and he said, "good. so do i." Turns out you can judge a book by its cover. We headed off down here. Disappointing sideways picture, but the glade was fun. I took this picture later, after i split up from this guy, rather than tell him....."wait, i need to take a pic for PASR," and have to go through explaining all of that. This was taken looking up from where we started skiing that glade. I couldnt figure out how to get to the top of this to ski the whole thing. So, after that, we got on the next lift, and he told me where this and that would go, and from the top of this lift you could go to (i think) East Mountain, if its open. It was, and he said, i will show you where another nice glade is. So down a little we head into another nice glade, and ski that about halfway down to the lift, then onto some ungroomed trail with some variable snow, then onto a little cut over, since the cover on that particular trail was getting a little thin and weird. Back up that lift, rinse and repeat, and then i split off to go back to the base, which is kind of a ways off to grab a beer. This is where picture time ends. i went back out, started back at the express, then worked left again, just having a good old time. I did pass by what i can only assume is the oil rig lift, but no pic. Called it quits about 2:30. Great day. What a great day. There were some areas of lake ice on the trails, oddly enough, they were just small patches surrounded by really nice well groomed snow. They do a nice job grooming here. There were a bunch of trails closed for snowmaking, and maybe one that looked a little dicey in the ice department. Come to think of it, i bet that closed trail would have lead me to the very top of the first glade i skied. No crowds to speak of at all. I think there are a ton more glades here than i skied. Coverage in the glades was good, not JH good, but lets face it, its the east coast. The firm layer under the good snow was actually probably a good thing, my skis came away unscathed. I am amazed at how much snow they actually get right in that area. you dont have to drive to far to find pavement. Theres nothing crazy steep here, but the conditions and trees well made up for that. Super fun place. I think its an hour north of Elk. I like Elk, i was there once a few years back, but drive by Elk, and go here. Totally worth it. Its all fixed grip lifts, so its a GSS free zone, and if you like to complain about Blues parking lot, go to Elk. Its 2 hrs 10 mins from my house in the poconos, so its a super easy drive, and i will keep this place on my radar.

Yessir. See you on Sunday.

Housekeeper is gonna think you are some weird fucks with only whipped cream and giant pickles in the fridge!

I’m in. We’ll see if my hack job binding mount holds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow Salty that was rad...you definitely had a little pep in your step.

Extra quiet today with @indiggio and his crew in Utah.

This is special.

@saltyant looks like some sick bird skiing. You’re ready for Verbier with @toast21602

They have a kiosk right by the men’s room at the lower lodge

Wow quite the demo day...

RACK IT!!

See ya there!

Looks like Sunday would be the better day to make the trek up there 🤨

I sprayed the whole empty ice cream cup with Reddiwhip and ate it with a spoon. Also had some more.

It’s nice, too.

way to make the season pass party page photo.

Then "Best Deal in PA" cannot be used to describe the $299 Montage pass offer. "A heck of a deal" or "Best value for me" would certainly be more apropos.

Wow just wow..I forgot my probe

You’re welcome. And anytime!