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These are condos at the bottom of Solitude where we’re skiing for two days. They look 100% identical to what I’ve seen at Keystone, both inside and outside. Living area, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, balcony, TV, fireplace. I keep having dejavu moments all the time. But the arrangement is awesome. Walking distance to the slopes, 3 hours of skiing, lunch break at home, and off for three more hours. Nice to travel with a chef too 🤣

Today was murder! An absolute murder... I’ve never seen so many people at EWR. TSA line before the escalators was running across the entire terminal. Literally, end to end. We were stupidly expecting an easy flight, hardly any lines, because you know, COVID, but nope! Having arrived at the terminal 90 minutes ahead of the flight, we hardly made it to the gate in time. 10 mins more and we would not have made it. Even this was a pure luck because we begged and were allowed to cut a short piece of the line near the scanners. Ah, spring break! But in the end yay, we’ve made it! The skis have made it too, and I was fully expecting them to end up somewhere in Florida or Aruba in this chaos. It is sunny in SLC! It’s so warm that people walk around in T-shirts, both in downtown and in the mountains. The thermometer may show 55F, but the sun is merciless! Got a Highlander, which was nice, as it has tons of space for everything, but yet is such a waste in a weather like this. It is going to be a rather short trip, only three days on the snow.

It's just going to overcrowd the surrounding trails...I'm sure they will sell a bunch of permits though.... I was at Indian head this past fall....It's spectacular ..

Was one of BC's best years; record number of season passes. Sold out because of limiting ticket sales to control the crowd. Probably saw more families than ever this year.

White Castle BEFORE hitting the hill just feels like a race to get the runs in. Pun quasi-intended.

LOG IT!

Great season. Glad to meet all you guys.

Miss all you guys already. This winter is going to be extremely memorable for everyone in the world and we are lucky enough to have positive things to reflect on. Cheers to another fantastic year at Blue Mountain and many more to come!

Witnessed plenty of scantily-clad sliders on the mountain yesterday!! Next to powder days, spring skiing is the Tits McGee. 😉

RAW session last night from 6:45-9. Conditions sucked and the place was full of 15 year olds, but it was still fun as hell to get out one last time, and my 30th blue day this year

Great day. Triple dip session, hit 8 runs in the morning session, out for drinks and piz courtesy of @PSUFlyand then Pops and I went back for 3 more runs before relaxing in a set of the adirondacks having a drink for about 20 waiting for the boy to finish with his camp. Turns out with the schedule shuffle he ended up being the only one in the group, and got down Main Street today so he was stoked about that. We went out for 2 more runs with him and he chose Switchback and Paradise, so ended out Blue, and probably entire season.

Couldn’t ask for a better end of the blue season day! Great snow , suds and buds! Bump runs and Red chair and blowing by skiPo was the cout de tat, whatever that means! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@mbike-ski has ended his season in the most baller way possible. Really milked that last day for all it’s worth.

Hey All, I just booked my airfare for my Colorado skifari in three weeks. Airfare has actually got up a little on southwest but I had some credit to apply to this and with early bird check in my out of pocket is $99 roundtrip for direct flights from Philly to Denver. Just have to book rental car and hotel now. I’m psyched to finally go somewhere after 14 months of being in PA...I’ll use this thread to post updates of my trip and as many of you know from my past Colorado skifaris...it dumps when I’m out there...

So, spring skiing here has been amazing so far. Awesome weather, mostly sunny, hardly any people especially after lunch, we never saw any lines here. The temperatures are going down, though not as fast as it was forecasted, and I expected lots of ice after yesterday’s 60F, but nope, groomers were A-OK from the start. Softish, fast, wiiiiiiide and fast, super enjoyable. Ungroomed trails were on the other hand rough and icy, so screw them. Partly cloudy in the morning changed to about an hour of strong snow after lunch with terrible visibility, but then things gradually improved and it’s now fully sunny again. The difference between skiing here in snow and under sun is so drastic, I just can’t get over it. The only thing I feel bad about now is that they close at 4pm. Just why??

Initially I had 2 days at Solitude, a day at Brighton and a day trip from SLC to Snowbasin, but then had to cut it short as we need to be back by Friday.

Different kinda season...Thanks to everyone for making it that way.....

@RidgeRacerbetter make your reservations! https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/43479/20210329/want-to-hike-some-of-the-most-popular-adirondack-trails-this-summer-you-ll-need-a-reservation?fbclid=IwAR2u-kCjDnEvLuuqoT-Iq2Y1ZSQDY8txc9WRdmsp4-ew_rPnOf0yzBeZg_c

That’s a bold move.

I apologize in advance for formatting and grammar issues as I cannot get the website to upload photos, so I’m using the app on my phone instead. By looking at the weather forecast, it was pretty clear that the season is coming to a quick end in our area. My indy pass didn't get much use, and I really wanted to check out another mountain I normally wouldn't go to. The original plan was to go on Thursday to magic mountain in Vermont instead, but they moved to weekends only and I'm glad I didn't wait. Berkshire east looked cool, and there's dispensaries nearby, so why not. I left at 430 and made the 4 hour and 30 min drive with ease. no traffic, nothing. The weather got warm and it ended up being a great day. I had never been to the Berkshires before and the area is really cool. Small mountains, but has a way different vibe than the Poconos. After driving along a crystal clear river, I saw some ski trails. The mountain reminds me of plattekill in the sense that there isn't really any runout. There are 4-5 fall line trails that cut straight down the mountain with good pitch. There are a ton of glades and smaller trails that are obscured by the trees. This place is classic New England. there is really only one trail I would consider wide. the lodge and outdoor area was pretty cool. They had one lift running which was their carpet loading quad. Since the mountain is pretty steep, lift rides were never long. I started with the runs of to the left and right side of the hill. There are two really long trails that meander around the back of the mountain and around. Really fun long cruisers. The conditions were soft spring snow, or pure ice. The ice was easy to just ride around. The fall line trails down the front rode like plattekills as well. Just straight down, and not too wide. After reflecting on my day, I realized my favorite days on snow are at ski areas like this. I definitely have a type. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Those look like the Moose Knuckle condos or something right in that area.

Is @toast21602 there?

Wow, out of nowhere ran into Bigfoot tracks. Is it even safe to ski here?!

This is going to be me, I hate to say, Roundtop tickets were insane this year and I didn't go there once. I drove the extra hour to the poconos every time. Probably going to give in to Vail and buy the dang pass but I am seriously concerned about what crowds at Roundtop/Liberty/Whitetail will look like next year - Indy+Bear Creek $25 night tickets is the other option. Highest price I paid for a lift ticket this year was $59 for Plattekill.

Wonder if you have run into my sister-in-law at one of the Lehigh Valley vaccine events. Probably a ton of people doing them. Ricki retired as a nurse a couple of years ago, but is volunteering with LVHS.

Ok boomer.

Just got back from the mountain, departed about 6:30pm. Spectacular end of season day and conditions. @mbike-skidefinitely wins the Poach of the Season award!! Rode up with him and Nastar Glen late in the afternoon and to start it off, we got the red char, so we knew something was up. Rolling over Sidewinder, mbike yells out that's going to be his final run of the season. We get to the top and a couple of SP are futzing with the rope. As we loop back around, Micah is talking to the SP, probably trying to talk them into letting him run Sidewinder. Then outta the blue, mbike ducks the ribbon right above the SP!! Slim yells out for mbike to get some and SP yells at mbike to stop! I just couldn't stop laughing at the entire episode. It was GRATE! Many laughs were had in the parking lot afterwards. Also had some chuckles w/ @AtomicSkier and @toast21602 getting reprimanded in the lift line by some decrepit SP for poaching Sidewinder, when they didn't even do it. Then some snowmaker reprimanding the same SP for who knows what. Yet more laughs! Snow and bumps were hero everywhere you went today. Just another day in paradise!

Hard to find a better vaccinated group (with the exception of @saltyant) ... hard to find a PASR in the parking lot who hasn't received at least their first dose.

Forgot to mention I got White Castle on the way to blue Saturday. Meal #1 size large

That salad will make for a nice poop.

Wow. Guess they'll need it for legal fees and what not.

Yes according to website, a lift ticket is only $82