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Best conditions of the year this morning with @AtomicSkierand @Johnny Law Great snow and low crowds made for some speedy laps. People were streaming in as we left.

Where the snow is falling and the stoke is rising. Conditions are grate. No issues with the frequent skier card... straight to the gondi. Somewhat foggy so pics may be lacking.

in the car / lodge. Grate day so far. natural snow trails today. Props to my daughter for getting out of her comfort zone for first hiking over to and then skiing cathedral brook t 2 b. I love this place.

Clearing out a bit now but plenty of good shit here.

First day out this season, and as mentioned above conditions were pretty good. A little foggy to start off with, but the sun started trying to come out. Took the second 6 pack up, started with paradise, a couple runs on challenge, then over to lazy Mile and Main Street which were in really good shape. Then back to paradise and challenge, which actually was in better shape than the earlier runs. I think the mountain handled social distancing and mask wearing pretty well, most of my chair lift rides just had two of us on it although I left around 11 when it started getting a little crowded and the started putting 3 on the six pack. Seemed to be mainly groups on the quad, so wasn’t as good as the six pack for a single. First day on my new to me Vokl Deacon 80s, 167 length. Got them from the Loft sale of their demo skis this fall. A little apprehensive since I didn’t try them out before buying them, but I like them a lot. They handled the frozen stuff in the morning and the softer stuff later really well, and were really fast turning and fast edge to edge. A lot more responsive at slower speeds than my Experience 88 180s.

Cathedral Brook (au natural) is open!

Going to try and make it up there tomorrow am to try out the splitboard set up....

Good Morning Mr Steeze it is Rajeev.. I cannot snowboard this year I must stay in Bangalore. have a good ski

I only had a short window with work but well worth the trip. Good snow and nice weather make it hard to leave.

Not this shit again.

Was out for a few hours just now. Mashing bumps, ripping spines, doing lines. Great snow.

This is what bugs the crap out of me. I know plenty of people who werent real concerned with this being a real thing, werent very cautious, but i am sure will line up for the vaccine. But, in the end, the more people that get vaccinated, the better.

Really good skiing this morning. Nice way to start the day.

hey, leave me out of your rant I do eat my vegetables and wear a mask though

My SON is an EMT at Hershey and he was vaccinated today..

Got home a few hours ago. Today was awesome. Felt like January or Feb up there. Stashes in trees, trails open with natural snow only, western groomer like in other spots, private gondola rides. Really good ski day today. Wanted one or two more runs on Deer Run but the gondola "closed for maintenance" so we bailed. Great day otherwise.

@GrilledSteezeSandwich This is grate!

This might be the most accurate one yet

My wife is scheduled to get the vaccine the first week of January and she can’t wait. I’d pay to get it if I could since I’m in contact with people constantly but healthcare workers and at risk people should be before anyone else.

Will gladly trade Covid bucks for vaccine. That should really be an option. I get it that some people are still out of work, or not quite making it, but people going skiing on the weekends are probably not one of those people.

that was a good read. i got a little laugh out of - "Everesting requires a cyclist to ride up and down the same hill until they’ve climbed the equivalent of Mount Everest’s elevation. Despite the absurdity of this challenge, there was a 428% increase in Everesting activities."

30 some year old AOC gets one as well

Soon enough. I’d love to get it but I’m not high priority and definitely don’t need to jump the line in front of others.

My wife found out today that she will get the vaccine on Monday. I'm looking forward to seeing first hand what the side affects are (if any).

Just did some research, gotta do the work to get the goods. Snow was awesome, much more good snow than shit snow. Hopefully we get some more bigger storms or a few back to back on that area. Lots of potential! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Son in law.

Got up at 7 with the family. Had some laps on Skool Hill then over to Paradise and back. Nice moguls on the top of Midway, Falls, and Challenge. The snow was mostly soft with a couple scrapped spots. Still fun to ride. Liftie at the carpet was an instructor and gave us some tips for the little one. They were helpful and it was much appreciated. Our Edgie Wedgie is supposed to be delivered next week and it’s been tough to hold the pizza and slow down. No lines at the lift but the trails seemed busy.

When will you be ready to fly? This shit isn't going to get better over the next three weeks with holiday gatherings...

Dot Nebel is a badass run at Belleayre. Most of my skiing at Belleayre has been in April or very early season. After reading your report...I wanna go back..good work...while most of us were at work!!

You're welcome and any time!

Thanks for checking in, how is your sister Jaya doing??

Rajeev.. @toast21602 wants to know were you poked on the peechhe ka hissa this year? Thank you I will tell Mr Steezeman to have a good ski

Sounds like a wild morning! I usually wait to do lines until noon.

Sweet, welcome to the neighborhood! Can’t wait for lunch dates.

We moved to a new shop like 5 miles from you. Id be worried about the people you interact with too lol

Asshole

And EMTs, Firemen, Police, etc. who face interactions on a daily basis...

Some pretty interesting activity data from Strava over the last year, but also in relation to pandemic stuff. https://www.strava.com/yis-community-2020?sf134340189=1&fbclid=IwAR2odPB9vSrocSqmY4NM8zsIitZHou3c4UWO3Z8-chkEj_ZgcLfASwCaFaw

This aoc girl sounds like a teenager whenever I come across her online.

I am hoping for a Thursday morning session as well, but at the same time i have zero interest in skiing in the rain. hope it holds off.

Looking like the rain will hold off til afternoon

It also bugs the crap out of me that people who used lockdown as an excuse to day drink and get fat pretend like they care about their health. It's really the whole picture that we should focus on: masks + distance + healthy body/immune system + vaccine. If the government can mandate that businesses close, they should fucking mandate that everyone eat their vegetables and get enough sleep.

It’s dumb that anyone in government is being vaccinated ahead of healthcare workers

Same deal with my wife but a week different. She got the questionnaire last week and didn't qualify, but a bunch of other people who shouldn't have qualified fudged answers and got the vaccine last week. My wife was pissed, but all is well since she will get it only a week later.

I can’t not appreciate the musical youth reference here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well and people were hating on the airlines getting $50 billion or whatever in the spring. As somebody who flies I don’t want the airlines cutting corners and using old planes. Also people suck at math and percentages and decimals and shit. If 3% of people with Covid die that means the survival rate is 97%. They will post that .03% die from it. No move the decimal over two spots to the right as you pass the Dutchie to the left.

People see 900 billion and immediately divide it by the population to get to the argument “we should be getting this much” without realizing it’s not $900 billion dollars of relief to be distributed to every American.

Drove right past Hunter today and ended up doing a fun little tour in the Catskills, ended up with about 4k of vert and found a truck that was the drive for a lift in the 60’s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk