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Woke up to 3 inches of POW this morning… to bad it’ll all melt soon

It'll be gone shortly but

Day 7. Back to no liftlines. More snow on the way.

Day 6. The locals realized the resort was open and skipped church, so I moved over to slower lifts, including the T-bar to Whisky Spring, which I haven't done in a few years.

$40 for an 8 hour ticket to Montage... https://beasleyphilly.incentrev.com/wmmr/9014171-montage-mountain-resorts

The few times I've been to RT on the way home from the DC area, I've seen people tailgating. Parking doesn't get any closer than it does there, though. The place is nothing special but somewhere new is always nice.

this week coming up almost looks like a repeat of last week, but might stay cold right up to Christmas. if this pans out, Christmas week should be really good.

I think it may all melt overnight. Sorry

yah but i want it to be like concrete so that i can put this thing under as much stress as possible.

Wish it would stay for more than a few hours

Lower main I thought was the best all year, at least the first two were legit skiing with good grip and speed. It got progressively more scraped off as it went but it held on pretty well. Lazy baseballs had been milled down to pearl size so that was much improved and dis was OK. Lots of spots out and about where grip was nil made it a bit rough but generally it was ok. Chute was surface of the moon and not even good bad. I got super cold right at the end of the lot session which means I probably forgot to eat dinner so I stopped at Thai Diner in Coplay. The food is quite good but my God the decor........I like disney and I think if you can't enjoy the world that's when you old but even for me that's alot of Mickeys and princesses for a Thai restaurant

Monday 12/16 Warmish and soft. They groomed One Park and left Demattes un groomed. Very quiet today. Guns are set up on Exhibition ready to go.

Sure I’ve climbed a ski slope in ski boots or when I used to earn turns I carried my ski boots and skis on my pack, yeah I used to have a backpack and hiked up in hiking boots. Stowe, Bolton Valley, mad river Glen and McAdoodledoo are all places I’ve earned turns.

WJW. Sounds like a terrible day at the best ski resort in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I 'member one time when I walked up the Sunbowl in ski boots. Maybe they forgot to pay their 'lectric bills. @GrilledSteezeSandwich have you ever climbed a ski slope in ski boots??

One worked at Sesame Place as a photographer

I see GSS hates it as much when I discuss Blue conditions on this page as he does when I discuss anything else here. Roundtop was a real good time yesterday.

Thanks so basically * Paradise * Lazy/Falls * Vista/Burma * Vista/Chute or Midway/Main Could be worth buying a midweek ticket to ski that a little closer than any of the Epic options on a day when my time is limited. Better than anything else available closer than Catskills on a day when lines will not be a factor

they have it buried. it's top right in tiny text. here is yesterday's https://www.skibluemt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Condition-report-12-15-24.pdf

I mean that's probably not a bad idea since slop is the only thing we get around here anyway

Tomorrow AM will be great conditions. Did you see the forecasted temperatures.

It’s wet though. Good for base building. Not great for snow blowing

might have to push some of it into piles, but itll be enough to finally test the snowblower.

Pulled in around 7:20ish to another nice made made snowmaking cloud covering the mountain. Pretty cool when that happens. In the house was everyone except GSS, Tommy Moe and Mikela Schifren. Like yesterday, the OG 6 pack wasn't spinning so the summit supreme whatever is where we lined up. The old 6er stayed closed for a half hour or so it's was another slate of vista, Midway, lower main runs on tap to start. Conditions there were good to really good with some empty lower main runs that were pretty awesome. I also threw a chute run in there that felt like cardboard and looked like swiss cheese (complete with holes and yellow tint) with a nice cat track in the middle for stoke. Lazy was slightly less terrible than yesterday but indeed rocky. When the og 6er finally opened hopes were high for paradise being good. Those hopes were dashed quickly, very similar to yesterday. After another run or two off of the summit supreme I packed it up and called it a day while a bunch of the others went another run or two. Overall fun and better than most things on planet earth but idk, seems like conditions overall seem worse this season than seasons past.. It's early though so we'll see.

On another note, Lindsey Vonn is back out of retirement...

Thinking of heading to Blue on Tues. Any idea what is likely to be open?

Enjoyed Roundtop yesterday. Speaking of Buddy Passes, I am Thinking of hitting Blue tomorrow.

My kid is at the Patriots vs Cardinals and sent me this

Sunday, Dec. 15 Out for a couple of hours, started about 10:30. Lot across from the lodge was 3/4 full. Lodge itself was pretty quiet. Lapped One Park and Demattes. Blowing snow on the crossover from e mtn to top of Challenge. Snow conditions were pretty pristine, firm with a nice carvable cover. Still only 2 rails on One Park.

Schifern just had a procedure to clean out a scabbed over pocket in her wound and have a drain put in. 😔

Conditions report

They had the lift running a short time yesterday, I guess they were testing it.

Hunter opened up some new lift yesterday. i wasnt there, but i thought some might find that to be interesting news.

Nice opening day at Roundtop. Got there at 740, big line at the lift already. Not much open- all the greens on skiers left, Upper and Lower Lafayette and Minuteman. They also had a small hike park. It’s a nice little mountain, seems to be well run. Looks like some good tailgating there, as well. I wouldn’t make a special trip out here just to ski, but I was out here visiting, and it was a fun day.