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Hey All, I’m back from a big day at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and it was in the low 40s with the sun rising over the Blue mountain. In the house were JFDan, Atomic Jeff, BenM, PARidge, Pops, Enjorales, Ryan, Root, Mute, Boo Bear, PSUFly, Matt edge, Charles, Spider, Faldo, Mixilplix, TP4, VTMark and many more. The usual fuckery at the Gates with some opening earlier and second civilian sic pack of the season. First run upper Main Street..was a little like a glory hole..narrow and choppy..you thought I was gonna say sticky. Lower Main Street was good. Lazy mike was firm and not nearly enough snow for falls to open. Midway was alright some cookies...Burma was pretty solid.. In addition to spring weather was the lack of crowds. With Blue charging $80 for half day tickets and $120 for full day for 15 runs, they left a lot of lift tickets on the table. I’m sure there will be a few moderately busy days midweek but with the amount of tickets available and sold lift lines won’t be an issue. In the lot was fun had a few beers including an Xmas beer from Toast..thank you and some beef, pork and sausage. Conditions weren’t mad Steezy but some more terrain is open and we are skiing here over 1,000 vertical feet in MASH. Mid Atlantic ski hell. JADIP.

Midway and left side of lower Main rode fantastic....Everything else was meh ...Would have been a nice morning to sleep in an extra hour...Great to be in the Valley with everyone...Big Thanks to @enjoralas on the grill...

Missed this view. Time flew by out there today since it felt like skiing a new mountain.

I regret getting there for opening bell. I figured it would be crowded but it wasn’t…at all. Conditions were pretty bad for the first hour but around 930 it really started to soften up and got MUCH better under the beautiful sun. Having the 6 back was great!!!!

Flew over Camelback and then Blue within just a few minutes of each other. Sick!

For as much as conditions sucked, it was a really fun day. Great seeing everyone and being back on a proper lift.

Dude is that your car ?

Why I wasn't at Blue today

Fun day opening up the Valley with everyone. Couldn’t stick around for sausage Sunday but Midway to Lower Main made it worth coming up.

Fun day. Positive spin... We've definitely skied worse. The issue for me was the amount of green and brown coupled with the shitty forecast this week. Need some real sustained cold. Hopefully after this week. Blue's definitely doing what they can so props to them for that. fun hanging out as well. Good day

Upper main street.......LOL. upper midway, middle midway, and lower midway were pretty fun i thought. Burma was ok, lazy was decent. Fun day.

Looking mighty thin..not me lol

Those pics from the plane might be top 10 posted here just from a coolness perspective.

This better get a lot of likes. I 100% think these are both rad Pictures.

"BFD, Do you ski?" well, sure, I do what I can. This season started with an employees only Wednesday after getting close to 8" the night before. Felt like a good start, but it's december in VT. We rollercoasted thru several drench and torch moments, with a 10 incher that was a nice re-set, but we are still in limited terrain mode and OB is too risky for me right now. Next weekend has some foot plus potential...

Whistle Pig Pavilion porn: I pretty much ran the bar in there all summer, then did Banquet bartending, then quit. Whistle Pig rep gave a presentation one day, only 3 peepes showed up, and he left 8 sets of the little pigs. I took 5. 😁

Great to be back in the Valley lot. Snow definitely softened up...last 2 runs on lazy were decent but crowded

Nice morning on the snow with Toast,Atomic,MBike,MrsSnowbunski,PSUFly,Antman,Enjo,Pops,...Nice snow all around except Upper Main was a full bag of Chips Ahoy....Got crowded quick and a decent size lift line in about an hour....Forgot to bring my helmet so I rode without one....It felt dangerous....Anyway it was a super fun morning ...Happy Holidays to everyone and a Merry Christmas to TP4.....

Presents are wrapped. Delco style.

Yeah the picture blue posted is gonna get a lot more likes than Saltys on facespace but here Salty is tops..

It’s a super good picture. I already showed my friend Steph both pictures because she’s intrigued by skiing. She said Blue looks way cooler than camelback

Thanks! It's really neat seeing people skiing from the plane. I could see the line at the Sullivan Lift.

That better get a lot of likes! Sick bird! Way better than the photo Blue posted.

What's going on up there, you ask? Spent May to October working at Spruce Peak Lodge 50ish hours a week, a place the size of the largest cruise ship spread over 6 city blocks, chronically understaffed and run by McHale's Navy. And I'm being nice. I had a dozen good reasons to quit, the final nail in the coffin was when the sled dealership informed me that due to supply chain issues, my sled was not delivered. So, knowing the shortcut thru the notch would be closed shortly, I quit. I had to finish building my deck and move 2 cords of firewood and I was running out of daylight and weather. The upside is: I can keep my bennies thru COBRA which turns out to be $350 cheaper per month than a plan thru BCBSVT and I got dental and vision as well. If I knew that, I woulda quit the day after I was eligible and signed up. Some projects porn: Palates of Bluestone: 75lbs/each x 60 = 4500 lbs Me and 2 friends putting in the precast peers in May. Thereafter, I ended up building the whole thang alone.

Lastly, but most importantly, my dad was stranded in Germany from March 2020 to June 2021. He Amtraked up here for a week for thanksgiving and his 86th birthday. We talked about a ski trip overseas in the spring, but all the unvaccinated dipshits are fucking things up. When did 40% of the population go retarded? The last 5 years have been a serious embarassment and will mark another dark chapter in american history. And it's still bad.

Speedo jams, not the euro bikini. It's cold up here, fur is a good thing.

Currently working 3 bar shifts at the Morse Mountain Grille at Smuggs. 5 minute ride versus 2+ hour round trip to Stowe is a nobrainer. Free ski pass and access to the pool, 40-50% discounts on everything including ski tunes. My shift starts with laps before work and a swim after work. It's a Moeghoul triathlon. Ski, run around at work, swim. I plan to lap Morse Mountain tomorrow and ski right to the grille, lock my gear, and do a Superman routine sans phone booth. I'll wear my swimsuit, followed by my work clothes and put my ski clothes on over it. It's all in the staging and planning to maximize livin the dream, yo.

Home bar porn: Pretty much done, still need to do some rewiring and a few pieces of trim. Stained glass lamp I picked up at a thrift store, replaced broken glass and rewired.

Then I decided I needed to rebuild the hot tub. 20 years old, one pump died, so I replaced all the pumps, the motherboard, the heater, and the control panel. Runs like new and hopefully outlives me. I got some parts at a pool/spa dealer in Colchester. My tub 2021 model costs 13,000-15,000 new depending on bells and whistles. $1600 for new parts was the better option.

The undelivered sled. Woulda been a blast to jet thru the notch to work at Spruce Peak. In hindsight, I still woulda quit and had fun with it.

Blue should be able to blow snow overnight and then probably now again for an entire week. They’ll make it just fine as long as skeet spots don’t bother you.

Of course I posted that after (over) eating yesterday. All good now so I'll see you soon! Although my wife's talking about making lasagna tonight. I seriously think that I'm putting on 10 pounds this weekend alone.

I got my sister a nice(?) set of Line ski poles for Christmas, wrapped them too look like a shotgun, should be interesting during family Christmas tomorrow as that side of the family is not fond of guns.

Today’s first few runs were excellent. See everyone in the valley on Sunday! Hope I remember where we park 🌝

Absolute best conditions of the year so far. Those first few runs were fantastic. No doubt about it. I have more Christmas beers to hand out on Sunday morning. Ski you then! Hope everyone has a great, safe, and fun holiday with family and friends! Cheers!

Great seeing some PASR people today...snow wasn't bad, started getting crowded after 10 or so. Burma had people scattered everywhere

Best day of the season by far. Fantastic conditions. Got pretty crowded after an hour so I ended riding the vista lift and lapping the park for awhile to end the morning. Rode from 9-12 and got in 20 runs. Off to eat with the family and watch my cousins get buckled from my grandpops homemade wine. Lmao.

It’s not a contest.

We got take out Chinese and when we opened it up it was the wrong order. Nothing looked appealing and it was too far to drive back. I grabbed a full size snickers from the mini bar where we are staying and called it good.