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Hey All, I’m back from a fun morning at Blie mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 830 and it was 15 degrees under partly sunny sky’s with light winds. In the house were C1er, the Bethlehem ford crew, Oz, Rodney and a bunch of school buses from places like Scranton and Salisbury township. Blues free kids program is really attracting a lot of groups midweek days. The Super summit safari was not operating and I began on the OG six pack. First run on challenge was very nice cord, somewhere between western groomer and frozen cord. There was some bite and crispness but also some cushion for the pushing. I did challenge two more times as most of the Boomers and Jerry’s were on Paradise and Lazy then went to Switchback which was still wall to wall cord, I skied that again then Main Street which was pretty nice but a few crumbles lower down. I then did X-ing to Main Street and X-ing frozen cord. I took the quad only once and was gonna do coming soon but there was new blown on Paradise so skied that. The top half was silky and bottom half a little crumbly to slick. Final run was another X-int to Main Street. First few runs was a ghost town but by the time I left around 1020, there were minor lift lines. Was amazing to see glare ice on upper challenge an hour after it was so nice. All in all a fun session and my first solo session of the season. JADIP

In addition to hitting up Schweitzer yesterday I wanted to check out another new place. I went to a cool brewery in Spokane when I landed on Sunday and the bartender told me to check out Lookout Pass if I wanted something off the beaten path and fun. I made an early morning hot tub decision to head there even though it wasn't on Indy or Ikon. I got there to find out that they give 1/2 off to season pass holders from other places so I got a ticket for $30 which is a freakin steal nowadays. Possibly another spot that hasn't been hit by PASR? This place is a gem. It is 90 years old and has old school Powder Mountain vibes. Nothing too technical but the groomers were incredibly fun and the trees had stashes in them from the storms over the last few days. Old slow fixed grip lifts kept trails and trees pretty empty. It was a beautiful little hill and I had an absolute blast there. It was hard not to smile ripping down some runs with titty sparkles in the sky. One of the unique features of the place is that it sits on the Idaho and Montana border so you get to ski in both states on the same run or lift ride. It was also super confusing because it is also the border of time zones, so my phone and watch kept shifting back and forth an hour depending on where I was. The snow was incredible and sun filled the sky. Would also highly recommend if you're in the area. That's all. Looking for a dinner spot in town now. Then back in the hot tub to consider a place to ski tomorrow.

Was definitely a week off in picking the dates for our Steamboat trip. After about 10 days of at least some snow every day, looks like nothing in the forecast for next week. At least the coverage should be good!

2 hours in, supposed to be in the 6-10” range with higher localized numbers when all said and done. Jim Cantore is down here. People are losing their minds, feels good to see a significant snowfall again

It's official. 25/26 all access blue Mt is $699. $519 for off peak and $299 for youth

2/19 Dartmouth Skiway I have mad meetings this afternoon and could only swing a half day so I wanted to peep somewhere a bit more intimate. My first memory of Dartmouth is rich wanna be investment bankers booting and rallying but only a bit after that was I wanted to ski Dartmouth Skiway. The logical question is why ? It's like 900 vert and has two old mad slow lifts.....because it's literally ski history, short of getting a DeLorean and going back in time this is as close as you can get. The skiway is two pods across the street from eachother so I started on the Holt side as I wanted to ski their big race trail Don Warden Schuss. They only kinda groom and blow snow so I figured this would be by far the best and I was not wrong. A razors like wide strip of perfection, unlike Ragged it pours the steep on. When you get to the point were most trails ease off it goes even steeper. I ran this like 10 times it was sooo good and had that dramatic background that makes you feel like your movie skiing. On the natural snow only trails like lift line the snow was hyper hyper dry and slow which was good because there is a solid layer you can't get through so the surface is quite firm. After I skied all the Holt trails I went across the street to Winslow. This seems more like the noob area and the lift stopped about 5 times per ride. More rolling blues and greens this was set it and forget it territory where I wasn't even warming up down the hill. It honestly felt like a step back in time, super cool place to ski.

2/18 Ragged Mtn Indigio was here earlier this year and it sparked my interest to check it out. Super picturesque and rolly rather than steep, kinda like the Okemo of NH. From what I understand it doesn't get very busy and the leftover supersonic winds certainly helped that. You could get a seat for lunch no problem. Coverage in the woods was good with everything I found this sort of mid angle rolly. NH I think is almost always worse than VT as their resorts are lower and the tree snow had a solid three inch super hard layer that made rotating the ski particularly difficult....... though it mostly didn't matter as it had so much drag you couldn't go that fast. Groomers were mint and up could arc until your hearts content as they do alot of winding twisty type trails. Cool place, that I think is better than Sunapee which is nearby. Way more mid angle and even it's steeps go flat so I'm sure it's part of the reason the snow was so good.

New blown snow on Lazy, and Freefall had grippy snow on top and groomed snow on the headwall. Main and Switch were deserted all morning except for one run past a bluecoat training session. New Carv high score on Main today.

I got an email. We get the $50 hooray!

i see almost nobody on those chairlifts. skiing is great when it's that empty.

Sick !!! Even among skiers that get around its way underrepresented. I say ski and go somewhere weird like Kelly Canyon or Tamarack, the latter is a statement in modern economics , snow sports and mtn land issues all in a day of skiing.

After skiing I’m, of course, stopping in old forge to pick up pizza. But the plan this time is to pick up an A&G red and a Salerno’s red for an official pizza off.

399 Montage 599 Camelback 699 Blue 899 Blue + Camelback pricing is for unlimited adult passes at “buy early” rates

I can believe that. Ghost town with crushable terrain that you don't really have to think about. Easy. Nice little airport close to the city which is a cool spot too. I'm staying in Coeur d'Alene and it is a good central location to a lot of different hills.

Just shoveled the driveway a second time before packing it in for the night, 6” so far and still coming down. I don’t think we’ll eclipse the 8” mark, radar shows everything moving out by 10pm. 511VA shows zero plow trucks in the city. Driving around down here it’s very easy to spot who’s a northern transplant.

So first of all this has been a rad report and thanks for the shout out..in college I skied with a guy named J spin..my photographic memory remembers hearing his voicemails in my dorm room freshman year in college about rides to the mountain type shit and his nickname was JSpin cause he was spinning off everything. Fast forward he went to grad school and got a job is western Montana and for a time he and his wife skied Lookout regularly and post great reports on the ski Vermont discussion list. How is flying into Spokane?

Someone I was talking to recently claimed all their best pow days were there and Turner.....seems plausible with nobody home.

In the pocono ski rant group there are alot of camelback regulars and alot of them have seen the light..some former camelback passholders got the peak to peak pass this year and getting Blue mountain pass next season.

snap thanks

I was going to go on Presidents Day but my driveway and car were encased in stupid ice. Then I heard thru telegram message via Morse code that lifts were delayed at Camelback anyway so I'm glad I didn't waste my time. I was watching the webcams as people lolly gagged around at the base watching empty chairs of the BB6 go up at slow rates of speed. I have better things to do with my time like SUJOPO and post Camelback troll memes on Facebook

Camelback peak to peak holders should get a $500 renewal credit for undue pain and suffering

wow i am stunned. i'm waiting to see if cbk offers a 'locals' p2p. their normal SP would be $470 for me. would bite if the diff was +$50.

... sneaky no $50 credit or whatever for early purchase. at least i'm not seeing it

I'm out for this unfortunately. I took my daughter to the ENT this afternoon and she needs to go back on Monday when they'll likely tell me that she needs a third ear surgery. Thinking about trading her in for a puppy