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Did some nice hiking in Zion National Park today.

Some pics of the top terminal....It looks pretty legit...On my way up I talked to a guy working there(Blue employee)...Said the were looking at Dec. 15th finish date...Where he got that info I do not know...All the guns on Vista looked to be on standby ready to go...

I don't disagree but the caveat is the US has by I believe many accounts to have the finest freight rail system in the world. We can do whatever if it's a priority and for alot of reasons passenger rail in the US is not a big priority now or post war really. They are inherently way more practical than single cars as they can hold way more people and travel significantly faster. Our problem is we built freight lines and they will not share them with Amtrack so you want to build something new along the EC or in CA and it costs billions as imagine if I said to you find a new relatively straight line from Philly to NYC without endless shit in the way. Tunneling is fucking more expensive than straight up burning money. I do think there is a huge difference with trains too that you don't get with flying. If nyc to LA is 20hrs on a train 8 of which is overnight and you get to see the country along the way often away from roads without all the hassle of flying I think you have to then think of the travel as part of the trip and it becomes alot more attractive. We need more critical mass in the system too and from a certain perspective the only party that could fork over the money is govt hence why they are always involved but it's not that way in lots of other places You need enough riders but to get that you need a big system but little private money is interested in paying up and building shit if its I think people will ride kinda deal.

Nothing is as sketchy as the Long Haul lift at Montage with the John Deere and International engine parts in there scattered all over that run the thing occasionally.

If you sort of drug the inside tail when turning so it got a shit ton of bite you could do the equivalent of handbrake turns with skis.....revolutionary ski design and I don't even think he used a ruler

I was going to say the double was sketchy af, there was a big cross beam they had slapped on that ran diagonally about 40ft out from loading. On a quick stop that fucker jumped and moved a good foot on the left end while the counter went 4ft off the ground. Loud af but of course I'm riding it otherwise I'd have to walk back like some kind of joker. I'm sure there was some kind of angular force or torsion so throw some big ass piece of metal up and call it a day but the new whatever it's called won't work with that back yard engineering so at least at that level it's an improvement I vote tbar as its both entertainment and transportation.

oh, then you missed the time when we were in line and all of a sudden the counterweight jumped 2'. No joke. I forget who else was there, but at least Jlaw. and then of course for some reason we both still got on it.

Those were the mogul skier lifts and they're, like, the best skiers on the mountain but their lifts were old and slow and the Super Duper Safari lift will be far superior and provide skiers of all abilities more fun at the second best mountain in northeastern Pennsylvania.

@Benm @

You gonna touch the sky..like that Kanye song…and Blue mountains old slogan on the radio was Touch the sky blue mountain..it’s a nice little jingle.

I think the snow making will begin at 10:01pm

I'm not convinced it is anything to really get excited about. I think it might take a few smacks from rough wake to get it recalibrated again.

Lots of talk about the end of serviceable life for two lifts that I've never had to scoot away from after hearing a horrible clanking noise and realizing it would probably be broken for at least 2 hours. (I'm talking about a bad experience with the quad)

Not sure if interference would have been an issue, but sure leaving one up would have been swell, but from Blues perspective, its at the end, or close to the end of its serviceable life. But also, again, looking at it from their perspective, they would be adding the Summit Safari Super Six Pack Supreme, then having to staff the new lift, if they were going to run the main street chair. So, they shut down those lifts, move more skiers, with the same (or less) staff.

Salty you’re always the voice of reason here.

For people who just want to ski/ride the come around park, they can ride the vista chair. I think the Main Street and Burma chair were past their usable life and leaving one or both would get in the way of the new super summit safari six pack. I’m happy to see the loser lifts gone.

The vista chair is still there. It would be sweet if they brought back the t bar or put in a poma lift for the bumpers and come around peeps. I like good old fashioned rope tows..they’re a little more technical.

I'd order scrapple from them but only if the call it "the Scrapple Haus"

I drove by on my way home from work and indeed the two side pieces of the upper terminal looked to be in place... If it's done by Christmas does that make it a Christmas miracle?

They are pouring the pad for the new Scrapple Shack.

hahahaha.......is the road big enough for a 300,000 mile subaru on a sunday drive? i saw that too....hopefully it trends down. i am trying to stay realistically optomistic on that.

Take it to the "New lift for blue" thread! lol

those d-skis were phenomenal.

Every year I say I'm not going to let the ski season creep up on me and every year I am surprised how quickly ski season arrives and how unprepared I am. See you goons soon.

Kmart opens Thursday for passholders. Thats just down right incredible, considering the rain over the weekend wiped out what they had prior. Thats a biggly snowmaking system.

It’s snowing at Blue and sort of snaining here in the dirty south whitehall

It’s a winter wonderland @Mont Bleu

With the heavy schedule at the sports complex this weekend, will commuters get to use the elusive lower level platform at NRG/Pattinson station on the broad street subway? In all my years of using that station I’ve only seen it open once, and can only find one picture of it on google

@Sal Paradisethis is getting good!!

Truth

Well the quad is 28 years old, it’s near the end of its life.

I haven’t watched it yet.