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He's super excited its almost mower season!

I'm gonna be leaving major stripez on Monday morning I have a feeling.

Thanks. I was on the fence but I heard there was dark mode. Really classed the place up

Finally made a RAW session last night. Saw @MrsSnowBunSki looking for @mbike-ski and she sounded pissed, but didn't see mbike anywhere. He was probably hiding from the wrath of something he did or didn't do. Still soft serve with lots of sprinkles and chocolate sauce, but felt the beginnings of it starting to firm back up towards the end of the session. ROTN was Barney's, just kept lapping them until the legs fell off. Finally got to witness the new LED lights on Coming Soon. Wish the entire mountain had those lights!

Would you leave stripez after mowing them though?

since peeps seem to be on the fence about breakfast I might do some kind of breakfast casserole thingy

I am not planning to renew Epic next year - I am just explaining why it is worthwhile. I have used my IndyPass more than my Epic this year (largely due to starting to have girls with me full time and only got Indy for them) and am planning on renewing Indy and augmenting it with some kind of triple ticket or frequent skier card or some other deal as well as maybe an Indy Spring card. The only places I ever ski that I can get to in under 2 hrs are Shawnee (90 min) Blue (100 min) Camelback (100 min) JF (110 min). Further places I have day tripped to this year: Roundtop (120) Montage (130); Hunter (160)

From this morning's WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/shoppers-reach-their-limits-on-some-price-increases-11647509580?mod=hp_lead_pos5

I hate that I did it but I bit the bullet and bought the pass last night. I honestly was really on the fence this year. @skiincy didn't want to buy one out of spite. I got a new credit card to go to Dubai with that didn't actually get here in time so I used it to buy the Blue pass which in turn gave me 0% interest and a $200 statement credit. Using the classic Ski 2 Live logic I was able to justify the price of a Blue pass this year because I got a bunch of money off of it buying it this way and also can pay it off whenever I feel like it. Suck it Blue for "Not leaving money on the table". You got me this year but might not have me forever. Their pricing team is on thin ice

Drink machine probably makes it’s triumphant return. Bought a gennie on Amazon yesterday.

At least another week boys and girls.

Thanks Antman. I'm truly humbled that the members of the pasr community like my posts and pictures. I don't do this for me. I do it for all of you. It's my life's work...and I will continue to provide the best reports that I possibly can so long as I have no one to talk to on a lift and / or do not drop my phone while riding said lift. Thank you. I am honored

What are the odds of you strapping the skis to the back and driving to Blue on your trusty mower? That would be the most Epic/Ikonic entrance possible

Oven is expected to be present. That’s how I plan to cook the crabcakes.

Wow your neck? How’s your back? Anything else sore?

I’ll bring homemade biscuits for the gravy

i'm surprised you're not selling it on craigslist. you're leaving money on the table doug heresy

That’s why I parked far away today at Target and took an extra lap around the store.

this is what i was planning on bringing rather than actually cook breakfast in the lot. i think i can keep it warm for the ride from my house to Blue, then can be reheated in Emjos oven. FYI - i am planning on a bacon egg dealio, and a french toast thingy. More the better!

If I brought double crust white pizza would people turn up their nose if the inside was a blend of cheese and broccoli? Or should I just go with cheese?

Thats my benchmark as well. if i am going to travel 2 hrs to some resort, it best be for something more than lib, RT, WT...... Greek over those almost any day. i will be interested in seeing if you still drink the Vail kool-aid as much after they announce their 22/23 pricing.

I have seen this article. It is not just Crested Butte experiencing this problem. There is no easy solution. So far they have voted to impose an extra $2500 per year affordable housing fee on people like me who don’t long term rent their homes to locals. I believe it goes into effect this year. They originally wanted $10,000 so I guess it could be worse. But as I have said to friends on this topic many times; I would never long term rent my place because then I couldn’t use it. So it would sit dark when I am not there. The renters go out to dinner, spend money at the mountain, on t-shirts etc. In addition they pay a STR tax, I pay a STR license fee. So there is money going to the town.

No question Blue is the closest mountain to Philly with high speed lifts and over 600' of vertical. That's why they can charge as much as Epic Local. It's a trade off to ski less good and/or less close places locally for access to other Epic destinations. I have found Roundtop.the most appealing PA option on Epic, as there are rarely bug weekend crowds at the Ramrod triple which accesses 600' vert including a couple headwalls (Upper Ramrod and Upper Gunbarrel) as steep or steeper than anything at Blue.

Rode this morning, C1er, BenM and BFG crew in the house. Stiffer frozen cord first thing that was 30% rattle your bones, oddly some of the trails had pockets of 3d snow that was considerably softer but it was probably tough grooming last night. We followed the sun and as it warmed up the snow went to a super nice fast soft serve ice cream. Widow-midway/chute-main was rotd, excellent huck your meet soft snow. Sidewinder too was most excellent down to the turn as the top had baked up nice fast jump off everything snow. Quad only but light crowds of mostly slow skiers so I didn't notice them. We were a bit early on the cut over to soft snow, it was good but my guess is the c1er and those that could ski until later are getting primo corn harvest. Coverage is most excellent, deep across the hill with no spots I saw anywhere. My guess would be anyone thinking about the twilight session would get classic blue super spring skiing.

Are you really comparing blue to roundtop and whitetail here?

Sure. It's after all the holidays. What you're not accounting for is flexibility. With a pass, if I decide I want to ski tomorrow, I can, and I don't have to factor in how much it'll cost me. The pass is a sunk cost that I paid last April. I've got my money's worth out of it fourfold based on the fact that a weekend ticket usually hovers around $100, and that's when I usually get to ski.

not surprised. personally, and i get that it's not as easy now with the online only purchases, i'd rather give that pass to a family so that it doesn't evaporate into the ether.

I would probably be more analytical about where I ski if I had to drive distances like you and others do. I'm definitely lucky where I am with a bunch of decent places within 60 minutes. Blue 10min, Shawnee 40min, Scamelback 40min, Bear Creek 50min, JFBB 50min. And then there are a few great easy day trippable places as well.

Not doubled, but appreciated in value.

The one lane in each direction between route 10 and Lancaster outlets is a nightmare on 30

Haha too funny as we saw not one but two indiggio look alikes last night, but no real deal!

Last time I checked you click into your skis, slide on snow, enjoy the ride. Sounds like the same sport to me.

holllyyyyyy shit how did i miss this until now. yesssssss

A little caramels ok, it’s the chocolate chips that’ll get ya

Nice night Barneys was pretty nice. Spring peepers serenade on my way out.

Not sure what flavor ice cream is was this morning but it’s vanilla fudge now…

A song for all the haters.

See you Friday. RAW!

Thanks and welcome to PASR!!

It was $95 in January. What’s your point.

certain people wouldn't be happy until everyone skiing blue made 100k+/yr

How so? Works beautifully for US government. And did Biden just approve some $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid?

Lololololol. What a dumb thing to say. A majority of Americans don’t have $650 in their bank account right now

FWIW.... Awesome!!

i think when you compare the price of the pass to a similar hill, like Elk, its actually on point. I dont find $650 this overwhelming amount of money considering. I mean, yeah, ski sawmill, montage etc will have lower priced passes. No disrespect to Montage, i like the place, but i just dont think its, well, somewhere i could spend every weekend. I think everyone should really stop comparing any season pass to an Epic pass. Its a different product/model. Plus, i think Blue out performed all of the local Vail resorts this year in snowmaking alone.

I thought i read that both of them would show up, and care should be taken to pick the one from 21/22 to hand out first.

@RidgeRacer

I miss the days of the Bump-N-Jump

Any table is collapsible after 8 ipas.

Finished lunch and did the rest off the East chair. Iroquois and Tuscarora are ungroomed but Tusq was pretty thin and Iroq was bumped up and skied better. Slalom and Seneca to finish while temps were rising. Snow got sticky but it was still a grate day. On the road a little after 1 pm and took 84 minutes for 90 miles home. Glad the free tickets made us get out there and have perfect groomer day.