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Today was a fun in the sun awesome morning. Everything was good. Switchback was maybe the rotd

Hey All, I’m back from another fun session at Blue mountain the true mountain. While conditions yesterday were alright but not grate, today was much better. The grooming was excellent and snow was made in various areas around Mont Bleu. Temperatures were in the low teens to start but the sunshine made it feel slightly warmer. Challenge was excellent to start as was sidewinder and especially Main Street. Coming soon was hot and cold but there was some pixie dust blown overnight. Early in the day somebody was seriously injured and had to be life flighted our by a helicopter. I also thought Paradise, switchback and midway were good. I believe I skied 10 runs by 940am and then hungout in the parking lot for about two hours then went to point Phillips for lunch with enjorales, Pops, Salty, Atomic Jeff and Johnny Law. Excellent lunch complimented by a double jack and coke which was more like a triple. Anyway you slice it and dice it, it was just another day in paradise. I’ll be back tomorrow morning for the 8am opening..gotta get it in before Tuesday’s rain.

Later start then I wanted since we had a goodbye breakfast with the wedding crew. Got to Bolton Valley at 930, slight delay from the ticket line but on the lift by 950. Couple squalls yesterday plus wind overnight refreshed everything. Conditions were awesome. Squeaky chalk had us laying over edges with ease. Bolton had a lot of trails still closed from the melt last week but what was open had full coverage. Cobrass was closed so everything lookers right we couldn’t get to and didn’t get over to the Wilderness lift. From what we could see, it wasn’t running. Lines kept get longer after each run but the crowds weren’t Blue bad. Steeper pitches started getting scrapped off and after we did everything open, took off at 1130. Favorite runs were Vista Glades and Enchanted Forrest. Grate way to finish the trip. Stop at a farm for maple syrup in Monkton on the way out. It was an honor system store but was able Venmo the money. Surprised it wasn’t cash only but grabbed some cheese with it and happy we stopped.

Super fun morning on the skis....Besides the great conditions, when I was riding the six I got to hear @AtomicSkier yell "you ski too f#cking slow" at someone...and then saw @saltyant have a slight mishap at the top of challenge...Also saw some guy skinning up Homestretch....Long morning sesh made my legs tired,but it's always fun to get on the skis..Would have liked to have made lunch at Point Phillips but had some family stuff to do....You don't give too much thought when the ambulance rolls in but when the choppa comes in you know it's prolly some bad stuff...Vibes to whoever was getting flown out....Life can blindside you pretty quick.

Today was sooo dope I've just arisen from my post pph nap. Snow was light-years better than yesterday, switch second run the skis were just all gas where you can get nice air off the two ledges and come out to main feeling like you couldn't possibly go any faster. Side was so nice full width where you can really push on the lower section. Pph as always was most excellent though it was a little bit like taking Wayne Gretzky to play at the rink in Vorhees with Enjo. Super super super good day and another super reserection of the snow. Mad vibes to the person getting flighted, super sobering and I feel like it's been awhile.

Morning.

Skied Sugarloaf Monday 2/14 through Thursday 2/17. First 2 days were crazy cold, minus 11 in the morning, so no one rushed out for first chair. It did keep the snow nice. Day 3 very windy, managed to get one run down before they shut down due to wind holds. So we proceeded to The Bag for drinks. Day 4 was warm and threatening rain. We were lucky, had first run in a spotty drizzle that stopped until 345, when they start shutting the lifts down. Made for some nice hero snow. Really loved Bullwinkles, a mid mountain bar/ restaurant. Stopped for a break there every afternoon. Great ski trip, we had a lot of fun, but just way too long a ride. If I go again, it will be more than 4 ski days, and will check out Saddleback

Phenomenal morning. Great grooming and 9/10 snow..would’ve been 10/10 but it was a little sticky in spots. The had A lift spinning at 9 and opened it at 10 so we never waited more that a couple minutes in line. 14 runs in about 3 hours under a bluebird sky. ❤️❤️ Boink..

Good skiing today. Baby bumps on tcs were fun, upper main was very nice, lower was just a notch below. Best run for me was widow-midway.

Nice turnaround from yesterday’s conditions. Really enjoyable morning all around. Vibes to whoever that injured person was who took an early morning life flight.

It was one of those days where you had to hunt for the goods. Quad gates popped open early and we all went straight for the chairs, fully expecting to be stopped at the corrals but nobody said a word so we just cruised onto the chairs. Quick time check showed it to only be 7:50! Oh well! First run down Coming Soon was blissful fresh man made. However, stray too Far East or West of center and you were out of the snow gun sweet spot and you were on dusty crust. Barney’s also had some fresh blown on them but again, too close to the guns and you got boiler in the troughs. Later in the morning a nice squall came through to add to the fun. @tarponheaddiscovered the right side of Main had some very nice snow that we lapped a few times. Broke for the parking lot when the lines got too long. However after a few beers everyone’s phone went ballistic with a snow squall alert. Not wanting to miss the fun, we all dashed back out and headed for Coming Soon. By the time we got near the top, we could see the squall line inbound. On the way down Coming Soon, the squall was in full effect producing almost whiteout conditions. Lapped Coming Soon too many more times and headed for the lot for mas cervezas. Squall hitting

And the obligatory food/ drink pictures. They had amazing hot toddies at Bullwinkles, my favorite was Makers Mark, lemon, honey and hot water. Also delicious appetizers, they made these caramelized jalapeños that were just so delicious.

Yes everyone knows.

Today was excellent. Glad to hear that Charles and @Mixilplix heard my mid-Sidewinder BMR rant 😂 Day 50 for me

Took the quad up looking for a repeat of yesterday’s early run, but as we passed overtop Razors, decided that looked prime for a rip. As we got off the quad and headed for Razors, a couple of SP waved us off saying the trail was closed for race training. Oh well, Challenge was smooth and fast regardless. Took the quad back up again headed for CS, but as we came up to the Falls, saw people coming down Razors, WTF?? Just as we hit the corner of Razors, we saw someone in the trees and someone else yelling for SP. Other BMR coaches at the top of Razorback seemed to be telling at the people coming down Razors. As we got to the top, we saw BMR w/ poles at the top of Razors so we figured it closed, but stopped at SP shack to find one already getting the toboggan out and heard about the person in the woods. A quick run down Sidewinder and back to the quad. As we rode up and over the scene, SP was working to extract the person who had gone off the trail right below the hump in the corner. Later, another person we know saw the whole incident. Evidently two people were going down Razors and hit the hump and their skis came off and skidded into the woods. The person following also hit the hump and lost their skis but didn’t go off the trail. After that, they stopped loading the quad until they removed the person. Later on we heard from another SP that the person had regained consciousness and was breathing ok before being flown out. Hoping for the best! Main and Lazy had some very nice snow on the edges. Coming Soon was meh as they didn’t seem to have blown much on it. Barney’s were bulletproof. Switchback was fast as usual and probably run of the day.

We had a lot of fun, thanks for asking. I’ll post a report and pictures at some point today.

Got a late start. If you ask Schif, he’ll say it’s because there’s a 0.0% of me ever waking up on time … putz’ed around Philly area and did a late afternoon ice skating session at Bleu as we past BMDI, there was a string of cars coming down from the mountain it was sugar and ice. And lots of people. But the sunset was was rad. The upper lodge was looking fun. headed back to the car and am enroute to Schifs Mamas in NEPA for the quintessential culinary experience of pizza and/or Gerritys.

I don’t want to play message board dick swing fight tonight, but maybe tomorrow. But check out these gas rations that I found in my grandfather’s work bench. Everything was rationed during WWII and since he worked as an essential worker for an aircraft manufacturer he got extra gas coupons. Pretty cool.

Stellar day today! They even opened the lifts a bit early which was awesome! First run top of Silver Queen down to East River. Snow felt really good. Then several off east river than we did 2 more from Silver Queen back to the base. Umbrella Bar for lunch then did some mellow runs from that side. Left around 1:30 and lines were getting busy (for CB). Natalie I’m the bumps this outfit did not look comfortable Umbrella bar looking forward to a stretchy yoga class in a few hours so I am ready for tomorrow.

The lift opened at like 12, they just put it on hold again. They gave everyone a free hotdog earlier, partly sunny since then but still gusts of wind. There is actually quite a bit more "open" than the 6 trails indicated on the report this morning - basically you can ski anything down to the triple, although those not on the report are pretty icy. Dust on crust. They have been making snow all day up top. The scoop is Stembogan and lower High Hopes maybe could open but they can't run the double when it is this windy. Place is decently fun even without the blacks, trails are long lots of vert, they wind around every which way, nice view (highest ski area in the state). Some of the blues would be blacks in the poconos. They seem to be doing decent business today but I have not waited more than a minute for the lift, no crowd of epic proportions here.

They have had a fantastic expansion plan. They've focused on a lot of rural areas where the closest grocery store can be 15-20+minutes away. I've never been to one before they put one near my brother's house. Driving 5 minutes beats 15 minutes to the nearest grocery store or Walmart for an immediate need.

if you took 209, there are at least three between those points, with these three probably in a ten mile span.

Drinking shoes, now that's progressive! Guessing @tarponhead would consider his daisy Crocs his drinking shoes.

An epic nap was also involved.

TLDR.

They do, but Biden made the price of them go through the roof, so i will have to slum it with the regular stuffed ones.

Also I will add - food prices not unreasonable at all Chicken tendies, pizza, 2 hot chocolates, a root beer, and cookie for $17 - less than 1 burger at vail?

Woke up to a fresh coating and had no issues getting to the mountain. Parked right by the Forerunner Quad and after a short line, we’re headed up at 835. Snow was grate. Fresh 3 inches at least made everything look better and kept snowing until we left. Less than half of the trails were open so not too many options down. Took 1 Gondy ride and mainly stayed off the FRQ. No lift lines at 1030 had me wondering were everyone was but a guy on the lift said there was a car accident on the access road blocking traffic. Shortly after 11 and the lines showed up. Finished with a couple Mountain Triple laps and headed out at 1145. Wedding is this afternoon so I have to get a shower and put on my drinking shoes. Fun day and felt great to have some fresh snow even if it wasn’t deep. Still nice to have some hit above the boot ❄️

I'm new here but may as well contribute. Arrived with my daughter and her boyfriend at 9am almost on the dot. This was their first time at Camelback but not mine. Waited about 20minutes while my daughters boyfriend picked up his rentals and then headed directly to Sullivan. There was a small line but we were able to grab a chair about 5 minutes after getting on line. As we were riding the chair up we heard it. The sound of ski's and boards digging into really icy hardpack. Once we got up to we decided to take it slow and start on Birches. The conditions were quite icy on Birches and Meadows. At some points it was like snowboarding on an ice cube. I guess this is to be expected, since it had just finished raining a few hours before and the temp rapidly dropped. Conditions were mostly the same throughout the day, though things seemed to soften up a bit after 12pm. We started noticing real crowds at about 11 and by 1pm the lines were longish but mostly moving fast. However, the line at Stevenson was especially discombobulated. It got better once they started having a ranger direct the line and loading. By 2:30 we had hit 12 different runs and decided to call it a day. Especially the boyfriend who was using rental gear that was killing his feet. Overall, not a bad day but not a great one either, just sort of meh conditions but a bunch of fun runs were had.

Too far to go for one day. Likely doing Roundtop tomorrow for the spring turns.

Stembogan and high hopes (and route 66?) allegedly open today with 3 lifts. Would have been a good day but I could only go yesterday. Now is the time to go before the rain shuts the place down again next week! Pretty thin base on most trails. Maybe they will be able to recover for March

How many sliders did y’all eat?

A bunch of the ski ladies were at Sugarloaf. And the guys miss us a lot when we are gone. We are pretty much the life of the party 😎

I have IndyPass as well as Epic. Between them they cover at least 30 places I could make a weekend driving trip to, so there is very little reason for me to ski off pass. Blue Knob is further from me than places I still have pass days to use at that I like skiing including Hunter, Whitetail, Montage, Jack Frost, Roundtop, about the same distance as Catamount, and not much closer than Magic, Snow, Okemo, Sunnapee, Berkshire East or West. Given that, barring them getting a big snow fall there that the others don't get, I'm not making the drive to Blue Knob unless they at least have the whole vertical and some blacks open.

Word on the street is Stowe is done making snow for the year. Accept the fact that Knob is rarely 100% unless its a big snow year for them. They dont care if you go or not. Ski where conditions are best, which may mean opening up the drawstrings on your purse, and skiing outside your pass.

All this peanut talk has me hungry for some nutter butters.

Salty it’s funny you go on 100 mile bike rides but walking up a small hill or some steps triggers you.

In a half hour it will be sunny. This is the worst snow squall I’ve seen in PA.

I love this squall

Blue knob live update

Wow just wow he’s becoming a two planker wanker...I just think Mixil likes the challenge of skiing so I give him props for that. I’ve never wanted to be a knuckledragger...

That makes a ton of sense, especially with inflation the way it is. I’ve never been to a dollar general before.

Welcome to PASR, @synack!

Just wrapped up a quick rip tonight and since there were no other TRs posted today it’s coming late. Got here at 5:45 and lower lot was filled. I almost had to park in additional parking in back. First lift ride up had a about 5 minute wait but thankfully everything after that I skied right on. Conditions were consistent for the most part on all trails and were a mix of soft sugar piles and firm glistening hardback. Switch felt and sounded like I was running a luge track. I’m thinking conditions might be pretty good tomorrow morning. My theory being that the quick drop in temp and wind pulling moisture out of the snow has resulted in dry snow. Grooming that dry snow may set up tonight to make fast, firm, and grippy conditions tomorrow morning. I can also confirm some automated fan guns turned on around 6:30 and as I was leaving it looked like guns were on in the chute/midway area. WTGAI Blue!

Remember that photog we saw on sidewinder? Here are some photos from Sunday I found of PASRs. @Johnny Law @mute1080

Did a tour up Snodgrass this morning. Shedding layers early on and at 5 degrees in the sun it felt very warm. went about 1.5 miles up, realizing the snow was complete shit, we turned around. It was total boiler plate ice. Made me realize how good the mountain is doing with what they have. Overall a gorgeous morning, the sky couldn’t get any bluer. My goal today was to get some cardio in and mission accomplished.

Pictures don’t even do the area justice. Another gorgeous sunny day here. Snowshoed part way up to Snodgrass. this girl was kicking ass, went up that head wall like it was nothing. It is much steeper than it looks.

I think not quite 3 hours I left a bit after 6:30 stopped at Sheetz. Stopped to check tire pressures twice because the light came on but they were fine. Normally takes 2. Skied around this pond and up Mt. Minisi, the AT was too rocky but there is a logging road or something going up next to it that worked pretty well. Passed a big group of people they were like wtf you doing. I had to take off the skis a couple spots on the way down that were too steep and too rocky to snowplow. I'm not sure if it was better or worse that the group packed all the snow down, at least I could see where the rocks were better. Did like 6 laps at Shawnee or so, I got my alpine skis tuned up properly at the shop a few weeks ago and wanted to check them out. Yuge improvement cutting into the hardpack I definitely should avoid cheaping out and get them professional tuned more often.