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C1er, the pilot and atomics friend the former agent in the house. Plan was for hero snow but the sun was only kinda poking out up to 309 and at the start a heavy fog was in place on the top 1/3 of the hill. We started with vista/mid/ main and unsurprisingly it was soft and fast though with a definite crunch layer that is not present in hero snow. Next was the same but with le chute and the groomer must have picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue as it was an ice sheet of debris and holes. Lazy was next and that was holding the hero snow, full power arcs and even falls was pretty good. Dis was a little sloppier than lazy but still very good fast soft snow to arc arc arc. Nobody was home and the fog didn't really matter and it was very slowly moving its way out. It was as fast as we could go until I had to work at 1030 but i bet it's even better now. Super super fun start to the day and besides chute probably the best turns I've made so far.

Elk is like a lot of family-centric ski areas in that they get very light crowds before the holidays. No matter how early in the season they open. Their ski school, bar/restaurant/cafeteria, rental shop, ski shop (if they still have one) all cost more to keep open than they take-in during the slow days in early season. I'd put Elk in the same category as Platty, Timberline, Bellayre, Blue Knob for this. They're all more out of the way of big population areas, somewhat family centric, and there are other options closer to the population centers, all of which make a difference when people have especially busy lives leading up to the holidays. The one upside is if the ski area has good snow making and top notch grooming early in the season, e.g., the groomers and snow makers aren't green and don't have to newly learn their skills as the season progresses, then the empty slopes and great snow conditions can be really excellent.

Hero snow! That’s all I have to say.

Didn’t head over there, but apparently challenge is open today

Best conditions of all year, and they are holding up well. People are just starting to arrive.

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

I thought the conditions were excellent. I even went down Chute, which was ok.

I don't do FB. I wonder if they count the Indy Pass. Some other areas do.

Round-the-clock snowmaking should start Thursday night.

Gonna ski Blue this afternoon for my day 6 - using the $35 deal they are offering to folks with season passes to other mountains. Already hit Frost, Roundtop and Hunter in past 9 days so will be nice to ski somewhere I haven’t been recently. May be my first time since they got rid of the Main Street chairs - which were the only game in town when I started at LG. Next stop after this will be Stowe next Mon-Wed

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.

I’m not wasting my time explaining to you what’s open when it’s pretty easy to know what’s open by reading reports. Way to get after it Robbie F and the F is for Fucktard

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

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.

nice! I had planned on riding after work but I feel like shit so going home to nap...

James the Wu from Oz clan got stuck and evacd from the lift at CB yesterday. He said it took 3-4 hrs and super sucked. At the end they got some free tendies at least.......I was trying to ask c1er if he got stuck but I was on the wrong side of the chair.

Lots of hotties at least the ones with Ski in their names lol

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??

Shut up