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Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Abasin. I arrived at the mountain at 830 and there were only a handful of people. I was booted up with ticket by 845 and only two people in line at the black mountain express. I rode the second civilian chair with some guy who hadn’t skied there in 20 years. Then over to the lenawee lift in 2” of new snow...basically breaking trail.. Up Lenawee and did the run to the left of powerline first all the way to the base and it was all untracked on top of groomer. Did a few lower laps go really milk that perder which was less wind affected then the upper mountain then back to the top of Lenawee and I took the rope tow and skied a run in montezuma bowl which was dust on crust. That area gets the spring conditions first and so the underlying snow wasn’t the nice styrofoamy snow of the front face or what I skied in the Beavers area earlier. I was really skiing runs fast and slowed down the pace a tad with some exploration. Took a fast Humbug I believe to lower mountain still leftover perd to the new Pali chair which now has a safety bar. I skied into the beavers area from Pali the wind up there was fierce and took Davis and did some single black off chutes which had nice ungroomed snow below the fresh. I didn’t see a single person on that run. I normally like to stop at the mid mountain lodge for Bloody Mary, beer maybe a soft pretzel but didn’t do that today, it probably would have just been me and the bartender as it was so quiet at Abasin. Visibility was also better than I expected. I skied another front face run by then everything on the main runs was choppy but the new 2” transformed the primary conditions into more winterlike. Back in Silverthorne I went to a strip mall taco place first and the line was pretty long so went to noodles and company and had buttered noodles with a pork topping and Caesar salad then ate some gummies and had a little nap. I think I’m gonna buy another ticket at Abasin for tomorrow. Can’t resist the lack of crowds plus it could snow more overnight

I’ll write a report later..in the woods taking a safety break..it’s a nice pleasant day and barely anybody is here.

Stowe this morning. Notch road reopened today so mega shortcut for skiing Stowe all week. Winning!

Fat two inches so far at Loveland...good thing the rental car place gave me a brush to wipe the snow off my car. Also pictures from last nights Pho.

Gonna be a nice day.

Don't jinx it. We've got good food pictures and for the first time in like 3 trip reports a decent number of pictures.

Lifts start running in 15 minutes. The warmest 24 degrees at the base.

Nice, I made it into the report

Chorizo empanada and quiche from Spanish bakery. They gave me an extra quiche as well. Also got a slice of chocolate mousse cake.

Have fun today @GrilledSteezeSandwich.

FYI, that run used to be a blue. And in fact the only reason it isn't still a blue is that last, dished, pitch needed a helicopter to just be stationed there because there's so many accidents. And it was my one fall of the season this year. Hardpack, dirt on the center, trees sticking through on the left. I tried to stay on the right third and then make a left turn on the lip. Apparently I don't belong in a half pipe. Slid 200 feet. No damage and fortunately no witnesses. There's plenty steeper around but for some reason that section is a mess. It's like a shallow half pipe with obstacles. Especially this winter where the snowpack wasn't that great.

When I was flying back from Germany we had to stop in Belgium .....The pilot landed the 747 through some thick fog...Like as soon as you saw the runway we touched down.....Deserved a round of applause and a thank you handshake...TWA took me back home.... Plus flying in the 60's was probably way better than it is now...

I didn’t see laundry or vending machines but plenty of towels.

I’m going with Ikon base pass again for next season. I don’t care about black out dates- I won’t ski holidays or weekends anyway, except occasionally at Blue. Price is great, and I like the choice of resorts.

Where are the fast food pictures?

I was able to keep my appointment, just needed to switch to moderna.

Yeah I just changed my kids appointment from tomorrow (where I believe she was supposed to get the JJ) to next Tues where I know she'll be getting the Pfizer. Wife got an appointment for Pfizer as well.

I got the grab and go breakfast from the front desk. I had apple juice box, coffee, bagel with peanut butter and hard boiled eggs. Abasin today is gonna be good the 2”+ fallen..I’ll try and take a few pictures.

You've already received more Perder than I did my entire 6 days in Utah. WTGAI

I believe they still have the old TWA terminal at JFK airport preserved as some sort of a museum. Right now I’m at Pho Bay. It’s dead here. Sitting at the bar.

Yeah but I like trying out new spots between the hotel house living. In a survey they asked how many nights a year do you spend in a hotel and I said almost 400.

Room is pretty nice, it’s large..24 feet x 15 feet not counting bathroom and little wet bar.

Just got my daughter an appointment for Wednesday

Just a touch of grey

Visited Pine Hill Vista today...at 2300 feet it's the highest point in the Poconos. You can see everything from Jackson Frost and Blue to the South to Elk Mountain to the north. Just a cool 360 view. Hard to do the view justice with a phone cam

Haven’t heard of my appointment being cancelled yet but, https://6abc.com/health/us-recommends-pause-for-j-j-vaccine-over-clot-report/10511835/

Sounds like another ‘meant to use the taser, pulled out the service weapon instead ‘