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Waterfall but hard to see Some pics around CB, not much color change yet and Smokey air but pretty hikes as usual. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So to be the devil's advocate here. Assuming that we can rush ourselves to a vaccine I think it's safe to say that the politicians still don't have a clue as to handle things. In 1978, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) targeted measles for elimination. The initiative was soon followed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). It wouldn’t be until the year 2000 that the goal was achieved of eliminating measles from the United States, and it would not be until 2015 that the entire continent was declared to have eliminated measles. 22 years. To get rid of the Measles it took 22 years. Does anyone honestly think that by the end of even 2022 we will have any kind of actual handle on this thing? One of our biggest problems is that we think that nothing bad can ever happen. It does and it will and the Government can't stop it from happening. We can put up all the signs we want, wear as many masks as we want and pre register for all the skiing we want and next year nothing will be different. Nothing will be different the year after either. Covid-19 sucks, but it doesn't suck bad enough to hide for 22 years. Common sense and reason are the only things that will get us through this whole thing and both are severely lacking right now. Stay Healthy, Exercise, Don't cede all of your rights (not like you can really do anything about that anyway) and I'll see yall behind some masks soon.

i saw a meme somewhere that said any politicians urging ppl to get the vaccine should be forced to take it first and i couldnt agree more.

You really just have too many issues. I think you should take a strong look at hanging up the skis, and taking up crocheting, or basket making for the winter. I'm sure Doug will still let you come to his Hotel House to "do stuff" though.

Everyone says that, but I'm still skeptical. Aside from a sandwich with fries on it, and an inclined railway that is supposedly cool, what is there to really do there? Just seems like a nicer Scranton. There is stuff there, but nothing particularly noteworthy and it's awkwardly far (too close to fly too long to want to drive).

IMO salty would like pow mow, snow basin, Brighton, and solitude more than snowbird due to terrain and crowds. Snow bird in my opinion is tougher than the mountains I mentioned due to more advanced terrain and crowds that track the place out within an hour. Don’t get me wrong, I like snowbird; but damn that place tracks out quick, even when you in line before opening

Don’t make the mistake I did multiple times which was to go to Utah and skip powder mountain. I went there in February and was kicking myself for being to Utah a bunch of times previously, and never hitting up powwow until recently

HTFU or GTFO

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The Bird shared their operating plan: https://www.snowbird.com/winter-experience-2021/

Frost tonight. Bring in your tropical plants and pets.

Did the Big Snow with the kids 530-720. They dug it a lot as a cool treat for summer. Could have kept going as long as we wanted as they only scanned our wristbands the first run but 20 runs was enough for us. Very good snow. Skied a little bigger than I expected with 160' vertical. Skied right onto the lift every run til about 645 when more people showed up. A better first day on skis than going to BB with only the lower mountain open in mid November as I have done a couple seasons as it has more pitch and better snow than Freedom. Was worth doing as both kids found issues with the fit of their season rental boots that we now will be able to address before taking a longer trip. No photos - figured that was covered above as it looked about the same today as yesterday. About 30 sec after getting off the snow I took a hard spill as the flooring indoors is super slick with wet ski boots. Dumb ass choice for flooring. Who could imagine folks would be walking on this stuff in wet ski boots?

Mt. Bachelor President and General Manager, John McLeod, just published this open letter to passholders outlining the resort’s winter operational plan and it can be summed up as a “Back To The Basics” approach including encouraging guests to use their vehicles a ski lodge. https://unofficialnetworks.com/2020/09/17/mt-bachelor-winter-plan/?fbclid=IwAR3GSJ86aeuE95n-fg-trDZGW3KsMvoylbr5wESXnmilR3pLdhlMZgHmnvA Looks like they are taking notes on our PASR parking lot lodge processes.

Ski Alta and Bird at least. They're technically on the same ridge...right next to each other. You can even get a pass that let's you ski over to Alta from Bird and back. Then next year do a Solitude / Brighton trip...similar set up. He would do better with that reversed. Brighton this year. and every other time you go out there IMO

That's pretty rad. I've never skied in Utah before, or been to SLC, so I'm looking to broaden my horizons.

Ski Alta and Bird at least. They're technically on the same ridge...right next to each other. You can even get a pass that let's you ski over to Alta from Bird and back. Then next year do a Solitude / Brighton trip...similar set up.

You would like PNC Park. Of the modern stadiums I would say it’s the third nicest I’ve been to (tough to beat Petco Field in San Diego and AT&T in San Fran)

I went to Pittsburgh for the stadium series game a few years ago against the Flyers, minus a few things that happened in Heinz field (to be expected) the city itself was amazing. Lots of cool places to visit and drink and it’s a very cool place layout wise. I’ve been back multiple times since for weddings and weekend visits to friends in the area, it doesn’t disappoint.

Skiing one mountain on a Utah trip seems wrong but if you're picking one bird is in fact the word.

The whole steelers thing aside... Pittsburgh is awesome.

Sold....

Please inform us of all of these ‘way more’ vaccinations.

When I had chicken pox the neighbors brought their kids over to play with me so they would get it. I don’t think they do that anymore lol

I think I'll just ski one mountain per trip, especially with every mountain having different rules and hoops to jump through now. Last year I loved every minute of Steamboat and never even remotely got bored, and it was nice having time to thoroughly learn the layout of the mountain.

Well, i think it was Magic Mountain that was pretty confident we would have a vaccine by February, so you can really just take the political aspect out of it.

I think that only suggests that more people are looking at the potential downsides of a rushed vaccine.

No frost expected down here

We set the trend in so many different aspects of the skiing experience. I would actually imagine the will have some porta shitters set up this year.

I'm still down to get a season porto rental. I'll call blue soon.

We can do London to Perth first which is only 17 hours. I’m not sharing a snack box.

So if I have to wear the facemask, even when riding the lift alone, and skiing alone, and pissing alone, will I be allowed to wear my ski mask (with tiny holes for breathing) over it to stay warm? They might say, "oh but your mask has holes in it", then I'll have to keep saying "oh but there's another mask thing underneath". Also, I dont know if I can tolerate double masking.