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Hey All, I’m back from another fun session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and it was 31 degrees under mostly cloudy sky’s. In the house were Atomic Jeff, JFDan, Toast, Nastar Glenn, Bethlehem Ford guy, Gary, Slim, GahSkier George and Rodney. First civilian six pack and first run on upper Main Street was soft cord that held up for about 12 minutes. Lower Main steeet was pretty smooth initially but turned into churned up stuff cookies fast. Lazy mike was deep thick sugar top to bottom and midway was smooth and grippy. It was very quiet, some people started spilling in after 9am from exotic places like Maryland but not the typical holiday week crowds. Looks like possible wintry precipitation this afternoon which will be good for stoke. They were blowing snow all over the east side..Paradise, Razors, Dreamweaver and I think coming soon. While conditions weren’t the best it was still nice getting out and was exciting having one run on crazy mile that had people everywhere. I’ll be back tomorrow AM JADIP

Got out for a little ski tour in Nederland today. Half way there I realized I forgot my skins, D’oh! Had to turn around and grab them. Nice seeing some snow finally. The last 1/2 mile to the parking lot wasn’t plowed so we had to skin a bit up the road. only saw a handful of people, no wind (amazing) and temps about 18 degrees. Did about 3.75 miles round trip which means my dog probably did double that. He was pooped. i need to find some new low angle areas. This place is kind of a pain because the last mile or so out you have to put your skins back on. It was all work with the powder so we earned our lunch at Khatmandu on the way out of town.

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

Upper main was a 180 from what it was yesterday. for the first run. First run was worth the price of admission. Lazy was firm yesterday, and went to sugar pretty quick today. Upper midway, middle midway, and lower midway skied great. But lower main was deep like the ocean. Burma started out nice, got kinda shitty, then got better, then a little better, and then again got kinda shitty. Beats working. Cant wait to see what tomorrow brings.

"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...

LFG!

Could have been worse, but still glad to be skiing off of the 6er.

They appear to be blowing on Razors.

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.

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. 😁

I love the crown tv show ..Utah has been super super good 8 or so today and 5 or so yesterday so really fun knee deep meadow skipping style tree runs. None of the gnar stuff has enough snow but super fun. I heard from a dude Jackson is getting hammered. Wind was solid 30+ up top all day, sultan never opened and all the other lifts were jogging at least at some point.

Promised my kids I’d take them up tonight after work. Really not feeling it, lol. I’m still on call, anyone wanna cut a fiber in Uppwr Bucks county for me? 😂

WTGAI, but Salty’s pictures are better.

Sunrise looked like fire and was pretty nice this morning 👌

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.

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.

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...

Usually my phone doesn’t do justice but today it was okay . Should have done a time lapse too .

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.

Nice report @Barb

@saltyant, stop being salty and get to blue mtn

We've bee saying that for a month....

Blowing on Paradise and dreamweaver. Also on finish line. Slim and JFDan here so far.

hopefully they are blowing on that disaster they call upper main too.

Glad to hear Hunter was rockin. Went north and did 2 days at Bolton Valley and 1 at Jay with kids. Limited terrain open at both, but zero lines and snow instead of rain on Xmas. Seemed like the best option on the IndyPass. Gonna work Monday and Tues and then head out for more turns weather permitting after that.

Why I wasn't at Blue today

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!!!!

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

A few weeks. Hope the forecast holds!

Actually I took it for a friend who loves everything British...Liz is cool..hows Utah @Johnny LawI was looking for @Schif today but didn’t see him. I’m guessing he arrived after I left.

I can't top your sunrise shots. Here was mine

Looks great, as always! Must be nice actually having snow on the ground.

forgot they opened at 8. also forgot our office was closed today. realized that and thought of heading up midday. saw the cams and was like nope. i'll make up for it tomorrow AM.

i figured you might have been close, flying between cbk and blue. i reviewed the flight path. im mad at you salty.

Beautiful sunrise this morning.

4 hour afternoon tickets for today are still available at $95 each and 4 hour evening tickets are available at $89 each. Wow just wow

Gotta start somewhere... They may have been able to get some small piles down that might make it and help to cover the dirt. Otherwise, they're started from dirt if they don't blow anything at all.

Everywhere they are blowing is on bare ground except for coming soon. Anything they blew today will melt by the weekend

Base building.

snowing with an inch down. We're grateful for anything we get and they can add up. should be good for 3" by tomorrow. Will snow until at least midnite.

Good eye, bars in JH use Carson city 1/2 dollars. I went with $1 coins to keep up with inflation.

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.

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

Still waiting for @Benm’s…

We even had some Boilo yesterday.

Good to see they are still blowing and it may snow. Who loves the queen ? Salty ? Dan ?