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Arrived in the upper lot around 7:20 to pretty much an empty lot, more/less. A few minutes later Rodney, @tarponhead, @Benm, @Mixilplix, @JFskiDan, Rick and Slim arrived, bringing a light shower in with them to add to the dense fog. Later on, @mbike-ski, Nikko, @mute1080, Ryan, Boo,@Dirtwolf @antman12and some other bumpers showed up to take part in the fun. Walking out to the rope drop in a significant rain that stopped shortly after and only a couple of very light showers fell the rest of the morning. The snow was spectacular, soft, edgeable, the fog on the other hand was thick, dense and relentless. Early on, lower Main had some good visibility, but as the day went on, the fog kept moving lower. The snow was soft enough for us to set up a couple of bump lines on Midway and Lower Main which broke up the monotony of avoiding the crazies out going full speed in the fog and then wiping out in order to stop. Peaced out to the parking lot around 12pm for beers. Was definitely worth getting up for and the trip. Best snow conditions of the year so far. JADIP

Currently on my flight home from an early season trip to Utah. I got 5 days of boarding in... Yes terrain was limited, but still very enjoyable with low crowds. A good use of my Ikon Pass and with a second trip planned in March will easily make money money back. I got three days at Brighton. They really on had the terrain off Crest open,, but enjoyable enough. The highlight was Thursday during the dumping of 20 plus inches. Enough snow to make the lower trees playable. I planned to head up ok Friday too, but when I arrived at the Big Cottonwoood entrance at 630@m and there were already 30 cars lined up at the night.. knowing that they only had Crest and Majestic lifts open I did not feel like dealing with the crowds... So I turned around and spent the day downtown and had another highlight of the trip. I found an awesome Cajun restaurant, The Bayou, which had a great beer selection and awesome Crawfish Etouffee. I will revisit on future visits and highly recommend. I also spent a short day at Solitude as they had very little open. There was not much to talk about. Lastly spent my first day ever at Snowbird. I just lapped off Gadzoom as lifts lines were nill.. They had the Tram open, but heard coverage was thin and I did not know what I was going to get into too.. All and all a good trip,, I like the low key vibe of early season, plus it fits I'm with my PTO for work... A couple pictures below(in no particular order)

My guys got the roof dried in just in time for this latest storm. Gonna head down early January once all the windows are in. Can’t wait to lay eyes on it. My builder said there was a bald Eagle hanging around all day. Property goes uphill and eventually reaches forest land. Although that lot belongs to someone else I have heard they live out of state and only come every few years. There is enough space to ski it on a makeshift 4 x 4 road. Only a few hundred feet of very but the steepness of a black resort run.

And when stuppiiddds went Mach silly into the bump line we were like Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It started to rain a little prior to rope drop but was pretty much finished by second ride up..Fog was variable but by 9:30ish Midway/top of Lower Main visibility was tough..Snow conditions were fantastic though ....Some brown starting to show...Fun morning riding with Antman......Good to see some others come out too...Happy I made the trip to Blue Mt this morning....

Snow was the best it's been all season. That fog tho.

It’s like a country club up here….

You gotta go to know

Naaah. Midways a delightful trail early season.

Snow was 8/10 but visibility was 0.5/10. Fun morning!

Snowpeak. That place would have been great. I wish someone with deep pockets would open one on tuscarora or wills mountain too. 1400-1700 vert. If i win it big, you guys have my word ill do that.

You need to keep this a day of kindness and carry that into tomorrow as well.

His pictures are better

That Sir is some world class snow management. Yes, make it so. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lancaster is definitely central PA. Honestly anything west of route 100 is the Midwest to me. Thanks for the link!!!

Lancaster so we say we are central PA but still are fairly far southeast. I am about equidistant from Roundtop and Bear Creek, but if Snow Peak were still around it would be just as close. 1400' vert, northern aspect, wide ridge, and water available for snowmaking directly out of the Juniata river. Blue Knob also has the potential to be much larger than it currently is. Here is what I could find on the Tunkhannock 1500'+ vert proposed area: https://www.dcski.com/lostareas/viewlostprofile.php?id=62

@indiggio you’re in charge of the reports from now on..you get way more likes than me.

Skied in a bump line on lower main on the right. Skiing bumps yo! Legs are toast now. Excellent day. But you had to watch out for you safety out there. Some stuuuupppids going Mach silly then yard sale all over Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aspen is one hour 10 min. But if I ever get better at BC stuff this whole area is like a playground. https://www.marbleski.org/ In the summer when Kebler pass is open, CB is only about an hour plus and yeah construction costs have been nuts. This will probably be my last project.

lololol I thought they were open already? Compared to everywhere else Blue is crushing it this year. Bear Creek should be able to open by March.

Still only the 2nd weekend..

maybe not pushing out until after the rain ro preserve snow? I can't imagine they didn't blow enough to open after three nights of snow making.

Another great read, thanks! We spend a lot of time camping and hiking the Endless Mountains. There’s a lot of potential for ski areas, there just isn’t the population to support them.

He didn’t post a picture...go have a tall glass of you know what.

Excuse me?

They can take some of the snow from lazy, upper Main Street and Burma to use to fill in thin spots on the open terrain throughout the week. Not only will tomorrow be a spicy meatball but it will be crowded.

He looks a little bit like Salty.

Have you seen the radar...gonna be warm for a few hours with some rain then temps are gonna drop into the 30s. Tomorrow and this week will be fine.

WTGAI!!

fun morning with everyone tagged in @indiggios post, specifically @Mixilplix . Started raining pretty good on the way up so I pulled into sheets expecting to turn around but talked myself into continuing on. Glad I did! Conditions were the best I’ve had at Blue so far this season. I walked into the lodge at 8 from a decent rain and walked out at 805 to no rain. Didn’t really rain much, if at all for the next 90 minutes. Fun 10 runs to get my fix for the day. fog got worse at the morning went on. “riding down lower main is like riding with braille” -Mixil

I’m hoping they’re open tomorrow

Super jealous, but excited for you Barb! Such beautiful land. Cant wait to see your pictures when you get there.

WTGAI

Yeah I can't believe all the huge mountains you drive through in that area of the state, and the biggest ski areas we get are... Tussey and Sawmill lol

Mixilplix was getting rained on with us as well.

0 desire to ski today. Fog and mist / rain is the worst. See y'all tomorrow.

This is why I'm going to Jack Frost for a while until Blue opens more trails. I'm not a fan of early season Midway, though I do enjoy it later in the season.

I spy…👀

I don’t have the memory that you do!

No idea Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh and some PASRs got to see my fall on a small rail …hurts the ego more than the body 😂😂

I’m not skiing today. I don’t like skiing in fog and looks like rain is gonna but right for opening. There should be a rain free window late morning and early PM. I wasnt expecting Burma to open this weekend. As was said, you don’t groom out whales when it’s going to be warm for a prolonged stretch. After the next 24 hours, Blue is going to go from expansion mode to survival mode. We have to hope for a solid 3-4 days of snowmaking before Xmas or we won’t be in the valley until January but on the bright side they are open while most other PA ski areas haven’t opened yet

projections say burma still not open, what a disappointment. gonna be busy as shit on midway again.