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Fun morning with soft snow. Speeds were throttled back due to visibility but light crowds made it manageable. Got my first Razor’s run of the year before they closed it for BMR. Nice to meet @Jimkovalalso. Ski everyone tomorrow.

Was debating on whether or not to go today. But I'm glad I did. Conditions were good, snow was soft, nothing too terrible but there were the usual divots and unevenness to be aware of; but what made it extra spicy however where the crowds and fog which started out about half way up when we got there to almost entirely covered by the time we finished. Btw In the house were JfDan, Mute, BenM, Mixilplix, indiggio, mbike, enjorales, pops and if I missed anyone else I'm sorry! Overall a good ski day and no rain (at least not while we were there) Happy new year all!

Love how Blue Mountain takes credit for Barney's Bumps being open except they had no hand in setting them! Happy New Year all!

I got first tracks on X-ing yesterday. It was very nice. Glad to have that trail back.

Was a really nice morning. Loving the pictures @RidgeRacer and thanks for the iced. tea, @Benm!

Nice today. Lots of PASRs in the house and lots of new terrain to ski on. Snow was good but the trails were sorta off kilter with some divots here and there. First run on razors was nice. Other ROTD was Midway to lower main. Upper main was open but good depending on where you skied on it. Chute was also opened and decent. Free fall was also "multi leveled" so to speak (not sure how else to describe it) causing me to lose an edge and a ski at high speed. ..should've known better I guess than to go full throttle first run without seeing it first. Overall it was a really nice day with.good snow, comfortable temps and great company.

Warming temps brought excellent snow conditions with them. Warm enough to set a line of bumps on Main that got fast and deep quick. Crowds were manageable using the VIP lines and they were grouping at the 6 when crowds warranted it.

Good day at Blue and a good day back home on the bike.

Yes finally got up there today after not skiing since the Tuesday before Christmas. Conditions were pretty good. Got a bit too busy for me around 1130, so I left. Didn’t hang in the lot, had some things to do. I’ll be back Monday.

Super soft snow made it a little rough in some spots later.......Rain held off which was nice.....The fog was a bitch though...shit appears out of nowhere...Fun morning at Blue...and got to meet @Jimkoval....It's really raining in Macungie now..........

Wound up at Bolton on 30th and B.East today. No lines and a decent amount open at both with good conditions. Some bare spots on the nautral snow trails at Bolton but nice of them to leave those trails open with thin cover warnings. Gonna take Sun and Mon off as conditions will be much worse. See what looks good next weekend.

Nice reports everybody. After four nice mornings in a row I took today off and slept in and did some work and met with a customer ski everybody tomorrow I can ditch that fleece layer.

It was a good day at Elk. First ski day of the season for me and the closest I have got to Vermont since March. Freezing temperatures in the morning warmed up to 40s for a blue sunny day, but not too the point of too warm I don't think. Snow surface softened up nicely on most of the trails and was quite good except for a few heavily trafficked or shaded spots. Generally the trails got slicker again in the afternoon. There is still natural snow cover in the area. I am not sure what conditions will look like later this week with the temperatures, they may or may not be able to blow tonight yet. It was busy but lines were not bad at all especially after they started up the north double next to the quad to get all lifts spinning. Ski on north lifts, lodge side was a minute or two wait until after lunch. Excellent snow surface for telemark skiing and there were a half dozen other guys I spotted. I switched over to downhill at lunch to avoid the slicker spots later in the day and to rip some runs. Also I did leg day tuesday for the first time in a while which was not a forward thinking move. Tunkhannock - nice snow, icy patches, not quite bumped up yet but it was getting there Lackawanna - ungroomed, bare spots, was somewhat icy Seneca - ungroomec, bumps starting to appear, bare spots Wyalusing - very good shape Susquehanna - mint 👌 Slalom - good Delaware - narrow spots got icy but it was regroomed mid day from like 2:30-3:30 and was pretty nice afterword Tioga - slick, crowded 🎳 West slope - soft, nice condition Lower tunkhannock/spurs - good soft surface Wissahickon - crunchy but not too slick Lenape - good shape in morning becoming icy in afternoon Natural cover has been poached and there seems to have been attempts to make snow on the yet to be opened trails. Terrain parks are not open. The ticket printer by the north lifts is convenient even if you order on your phone while already there. Just make sure you get the email because there is nowhere else with your qr code unless you talk to guest services... Also it would be nice if you could ski back to the north side parking lot at closing time rather than taking the shuttle since patrol ropes it all off like half an hour before although I do understand they need to sweep it.

I ran Razors twice....First thing and then maybe an hour later....It was pretty bad..Full on Chips Ahoy...But at least a consistent size cookie...I thought everything else was pretty good .....Some park stuff in...The lower sides of the last jump almost caught me out..Really steep down side....Still enjoying Midway/Chute/Lower Main...Conservative side of TCS was fun.....Good time on the snow this morning...

It’s looking like our annual January thaw is on tap…not to fear more seasonable temperatures are in the long range forecast and there will be plenty of water in the snowmaking ponds.

Santa sprinkled some Covid in my stocking so I haven’t been up to Bear yet. Hopefully this weekend.