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Came up north for a quick ski weekend with the son. It was snowing when we woke up and I think they reported 2 new inches and I had heard it snowed an inch or two almost every day this week. Coverage was really good and lots of terrain was open with great conditions mostly. We skied lots of natural bumps. I finally skied paradise which has never been open when I’m here, and we found some fun woods that we had never skied before. Our favorite spot in the woods needed a little more coverage unfortunately. Castle rock was open to hikers so we made the hike on the Long Trail from the top of Paradise and skied Castlerock Run to Cotillion to Lower Lift Line. It was a blast! We did a few laps of the north lynx terrain which was all nice natural bumps. We will be skiing Killington tomorrow and it’s been snowing a little all day so hoping for some good conditions! pics from paradise pics from castlerock

It continued to snow at Bogus through the weekend and @Boo Bearand I were able to get back to the mountain Monday. The drive up was way better without bad weather slowing it down. They claimed 2 inch fresh last 24 hrs, 29” for the last week. Little overcast to start with sunshine peaking out throughout the day. Hit every lift and dipped in to the trees for fresh chest shots when I could split off. Didn’t find the terrain that difficult unless bush whacking through some trees. Awesome day and views were great. Other Boise things we hit with our friends and kids while out there: Payette Brewing, Science Center, Zoo, World Center for Birds of Prey, Brown Beard Brewing, Boise State University and 13th St Pub & Grill. Red eye back was delayed and didn’t take off until almost 1 am but still made it to PHL at 930 as expected.

With the family out in Boise visiting friends and we all went to Bogus Basin today. Half an inch of rain in town yesterday so expecting a good yield in the mountain. 16 mile access road up to BB, with half below the snow line. Slow going when you hit the snow but they did a good job clearing it. Listed 7” in the last 24 hours, 17” in the last 48 and it didn’t disappoint. It wasn’t JH blower snow but everything was open and could ski anywhere. Vis at the summit was maybe 15 feet in spots but got better as you went down the hill. Couldn’t really tell where I was with the vis so it was good to be with a local. Kids quit early as they weren’t having fun in the fog and that let the dad’s off the hook and we went for the steeper stuff. Finished with Little Nugget and Liberty. Parked in lot #4. Had its own ski in/out trail and could ski right to the car. I wouldn’t want to park anywhere else.

Rode with non-vt mark and c1er. Sky was grey and crowds were moderate for a Monday but non existent compared to the weekends. I went challenge, Razors, nmdw then side and all were absolutely perfect cord to just arc the fuck out of everything. I was antsy in the pantsy to turn the throttle up to 400 and it was so nice to be able to put the throttle down without having to dodge endless Jerry's. I went nmdw again but it had started to cookie up some, this and the coming soon headwall got some light pebs once the top layer was off but the ditch was full on boxer rebellion. Super spongy scratchy snow and the right side walls are so big you think you're out in red Square. Main, Curtis where all total boner city but switch was nearly perfect. Excellent snow with nobody home and your coming out of that like Franz Klamerr at Kitzbühel. Super good morning and extra nice after all the crowds to unclog my chi. Hopefully the minor brick up tonight doesn't add a crunchy layer.

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and it was 28 under partly sunny skies. There was quite the back up for first chair on the OG six pack with a couple hundred people already in the house. Sexond civilian six pack, and I skied challenge first which was a western groomer. I repeated that again and still real nice the Sidewinder which was nice. Main Street was already, a little pebbly in the middle. Coming soon was ok but very busy and lower paradise was wall to wall people. I skied sidewinder again and wasn’t that good kind of thick and icy aka frozen and loose granular. Lazy had nice snow and I ended the session with Chute which was pretty smooth. Fun parking lot and was taco Sunday which was radical. All in all crowded but nice snow conditions at least initially. I’m gonna try to come back tomorrow for opening cause the weather looks real nice and work will be there later. JADIP

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and it was 23 degrees under cloudy sky’s with an inch of new snow. Second civilian OG six pack to challenge which was run of the year..nice grooming with a fresh inch on top..ask PARidge it was good. I don’t like going to razors first cause not as consistent. Next was sidewinder which still had a little fresh on the sides was very nice than nightmare to Dreamweaver which was nice with a few scrappy spots emerging. Main Street was good on the top but some small crunchies in the middle. X-ing had beautiful fresh perder and luckily Salty left a little for the masses as he had first descent of X-ing earlier. Coming soon was ok..Back to sidewinder was getting a little slicker but not bad…back on challenge and a mix of frozen and loose granueler..Midway wasn’t great but little gap to lower Burma was nice and not that busy and I ended the session with come around to X-ing to Main Street to switchback to connector to barbs way and pretty good for 940am but so many people by this point. All in all a fun session and despite it being the busiest day so far this season at Blue the true, almost every run was good and I didn’t personally wait more than a few minutes in line. Ski most of yall tomorrow. JADIP

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.

First time on the snow for me this year after getting the okay from PT to give it a go. I decided to take the new sticks out for some uphill laps and a little workout. The uphill felt fine but the lateral pressure on my hip on the downhills was pretty painful so I'll have to really ease back into it. Enough about that. As always, Shawnee was quite enjoyable. Seems like they had most open but I usually stick to the perimeter of the place while going uphill to avoid people. First two laps were up Kittatinny to the shack and down Arrowhead, second was up Kittatinny to the shack and down Delaware, and third was up Kittatinny to Bennekill, and back down Kittatinny. The new setup was infinitely light compared to what I used before and it made it a lot more enjoyable. Still need to get some more time taking them downhill and skiing bindings like that. Anywho, here are some photos. Hope to see some of you soon. Cheers.

The air was cold, the latte was hot and the conditions were excellent! Great day in fact great weekend at Blue. I don't recall being this stoked on Main Street in a while. Barney's groomer was so $$ and that first run on razors was what you wait all summer for. Blue should have a great holiday week conditions wise with the forecast.

Took the initiative and signed up - Nice chatting with you all today - Nick and the Blue crew get a 5/5 for mountain prep this morning - Did they hire a new groomer driver ?

Arrived under sunny skies but winder and cold, far far less people were in the house and I only rode with Airhead and Atomics friend the Bush Agent. I might have seen C1er as he was getting on the quad but it could have been a look alike. Only the quad and new 6 running so I started quad, Razors had a Berlin wall like setup going so we went Nmdw which looked mint but had more of a firmness crunchy layer than sat-mon. Grip was still excellent but it definitely requires more angle and commitment. Challenge, Side, Coming Soon were all very good but exactly the same snow though it did look and feel like they blew in some rando spots mostly down low. Switch was good but I'm still pouring one out for my homey as without the middle air it's less interesting. Best run of the day was Raceway,mid, lower main. For unknown reasons that combo and upper main held snow without the harder layer and I ran those until I had to work. It's possible with some good solar radiation that the upper layer softens which would make it divine but hell if I know if or when that would happen. Thinking with a groom out tomorrow could be good as well.

I was thinking i should have gone to Roundtop today, because im sure lifts were ski on. but first runs at Blue today were and enjos tacos were

First couple were le tits, maybe even better than yesterday but it lasted all of 20 mins and my lord the crowds. It was busy by 750 which has to be a record. I thought nmdw was the best but probably anything early was excellent. The mowed down the little riser on switch which is mad disappointing but I doubt blue was thinking of my boost. The true star is today was the tacos, super props to enjo, they were banging and there is nothing like great food and shooting the shit after skiing.

It's amazing what an inch of snow can do for stoke...not just for tightening up conditions but also mentally ...to feel like you're in the mountains. The first few runs of the day (challenge and side for me) were so money it was hard not to smile. From there it stayed good virtually everywhere. Even skied sleepy hollow glade a few times along with the ditch. Main was probably the worst condition wise. Crowds became large around 9 and despite wanting to ski more...lines beyond the turnstiles at 940 and crowded slopes were enough to wrap up a mighty fine session. Maybe the best of the season so far.

Conditions report

Like a dealer giving out the first bump for free...

Decent amount of stuff open. A little fresh snow here and there. Aesops glade is open...not great coverage but doable. Taking a ride on the oil rig lift now

Fun day but man the crowds were crazy today. Conditions were top notch for the first few. All in all a good couple of ski days this weekend!

Arrived at Blue about 3:30. Was pretty firm all around but still pretty decent. Moderate crowds but barely any lift lines except when they shut the OG 6 pack down for about 15 min. Best snow was surprisingly on Challenge to Falls and Upper and Lower Main. Falls was exceptionally good, deep sugar that wasn't bumped up. Switchback is getting thin with a barespot near the bottom. Wrapped it up after 10 runs all in all JADIP.

Been a while that I've been dealing with a hip injury that has been limiting some of my activities because of instability with lateral movements. Things have improved over the last few months and I'm seeing my PT today to *hopefully* be cleared to get back on the skis. Really looking forward to easing in and to encourage myself to get out I got myself a new touring setup. Pumped to get on the snow again soon and see some of you🤞

Hey All, I’m finished with another morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and it was 43 degrees under overcast sky’s. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Mixilplix, JFDan, Mute, KevinThomas, Bethlehem ford Crew, Slim, Indiggio, Schifdawg, Nancy, MBike Mike, Dirtwolf and a handful of others. First civilian OG six pack, I began on Challenge and it wasn’t great but better than yesterday..firm cord, sidewinder was nicer than yesterday and nightmare dreamweaver was good bad good bad and good depending on the section of the run. Main Street sadly wasn’t that good, lazy was OK…later in the session things softened more and Coming soon was ok, Sidewinder got real good and I repeated it twice and upper razors was nice spring snow. All in all a fun session and now that my report is published, I can relax the rest of the day. I’ll be back either Friday AM or Saturday. Tomorrow gonna go right to work 😞. JADIP

On snow bout 9:45 to no rain...The fog was pretty brutal tho....Everything looked in good shape....Light crowd with 3 lifts spinnin'....Fun morning just dickin around on the mountain..

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 721am and it was about 12 degrees with light to moderate winds. In the house were everybody except Noxidee, Ski999 and Antman and No Matt Edge either. First civilian OG six pack to razors which had nice snow but all of us had snow coated to our goggles from the guns on challenge. Once again Main Street top to bottom was the ROTD..it was like a western groomer. Paradise was good until the bottom section which was slick, a lot of snowmaking blow over from nightmare to dreamweaver. Lazy to the falls was also good. The last run I followed BenM on Come around to connector to Curzis to midway to middle gap to yeti to burma to shuttle to lower park. It was exhilerating and crowded. I hungout in the lot a little and had beer and cheeseballs and now at work counting money, then Xmas shopping and pizza eating on deck and also THC experiments on myself. Ski some of yall on the 26th JADIP

Today a 9 out of 10 awesome day. Everything was good. Upper main was 10 out of 10 good. Lazy made a complete turnaround from last week. Skied razors first run and that was excellent. Not to mention....all 3 high speeds were turning which meant minimal to no lines on great conditions. Blue was like a real ski area today, without the drive. Shout out to the dude with the green jacket and Fischer skis who's a PASR fan. We know you're reading this lol. Sign up and chime in!

Day 8. Had some sun, so more people.

A little delay this morning in getting the new six pack going so I headed over to the old six pack and did a first run down lazy. Everything on the west side of the mountain was pretty well groomed. Pretty quiet on the slopes until about 10:30, when things started getting a little fluffy except for chute, midway and lower main. Didn’t get over to Paradise until later, and it was a little fluffed up also. Ski patroller said they were hoping to get the quad running before the holidays. Bunch of whales on TCS Challenge and Curzi’s cabin looks like they could be groomed out and open by this weekend.

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.

Skied 8 runs this afternoon under sunny skies until my hip told me to quit. Shocked at the conditions and how great everything was. The snow was fantastic. ROTD for me was the Laziest Mile or Coming Soon. No lift lines either. Just a lovely day.

FYI School groups coming up during the day the next 3 days. I'll be up on Thursday morning to check on @Boo Bearand her chaperone skills with the middle school kids. Kudos to Blue to give the kids a free rental, lesson, and day pass. Some of them would probably never have the opportunity to try skiing or snowboarding otherwise. That being said, I hope they stay on the learning hill.

.... not Elk.... (Shhh)

More oil rig lift stoke

Nope me and snobunski chasing snowbows up nawth

Hey wow would be a good time to use one of those fixed grip lifts they're letting rot. You know some people collect those things and some old mountains still keep them running and would love to have them. Or not. Whatever.

Hey All, I’m back from a fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and it was 26 degrees under cloudy skys with moderate winds. In the house were Johnny law, JFDan, Dirtwolf, Atomic Jeff, BenM, Mixilplix, PARidgeRacer, MBike Mike, Nastar Glenn, Mute, SaltyAnt, Jim, Drew, Gary, Slim, GahSkier George, Spyder, Falco, Charles, Bethlehem Ford Guy and many others. First civilian OG six pack and razors was already closed for race team. First run on Challenge and was the best it’s been this season..nice and smooth and soft cord…I repeated that three more times initially then Main Street which was decent on the top and rough lower down with new manmade snow. Coming soon was also very rough and slick. Back to challenge which was still decent, especially upper skiers right…I skied that four more times and then ended the session on Switchback which was decent. All in all pretty good snow and it was also pretty crowded. Skiing challenge was nice cause it was empty but every run the falls and homestretch were looney but I’m glad Blue is making that Johnny cash. I hungout in the lot briefly and enjoyed Xmas cookies and party mix. Now at work like a dork. Ski most of yall tomorrow. JADIP

Wasn't horrible, wasn't spectacular. Just another day at Blue. Coming Soon ditch softened up and skied like a quarter pipe with soft snow that made for a good time. Ski y'all next year!

Sometimes it's more than conditions that make a great day. Thats the beauty of skiing. That was today.

Rolled in around 7:45ish to 33 degrees/light rain and fog on the mountain...It was interesting how the fog/mist would move around ....Sometimes you would run into weather next time it was gone...Snow was super nice/smooth......Could do pretty much do what ever you want.....Low crowds added to the fun...All lifts in operation....Moisture was starting to creep in so was gonna call it but ran into Shif and Nancy and did a bunch of runs with them...Back in the lot @enjoralas had the meats goin on under a tent...Big thanks to him for all he does...Today was a good day....

Blah blah… everyone and no one low viz no crowds, saweet snow and sidewinder too! Fun morning topped off with some beer and grilled meat! edit: first time 100% piste before new years ?

Loved today! It was nice to have so many runs open and so few people. soggy and wet, but worth it. wish I had a clear lens on my goggles though. @enjoralas made some delicious meats — as usual. But I think I was most impressed that he’s able to get the tent collapsed by himself.

I'm back from another fun morning at Blue the True. I arrived at the lower lot at 8:15am and it was 2 degrees with no wind and bluebird skies and nary a gun blowing. In the house was Harold, Gary, and later Atomic. Rolling the dice that they would have Coming Soon open, Gary and I headed to the quad and lined up at the VIP lines, only to have them CF them up at the open, with the attendee holding the iPad but saying he didn't have the iPad. WTF?? At the top of the quad, we saw a couple helmets heading towards CS, but then turned around and went right? There was only the Experts Only sign and we continued to find an edge to edge field of baseball sized cookies. We continued on and at the slight right turn, the snow turned to groomed, chalky goodness. Ended up having the first civilian run down Coming Soon for the year and it was spectacular! Back up and down Razors which also had fine snow with some breakup in the middle section. Main Street still had wonderful snow and was virtually empty, probably because everyone was on CS and Razors. Ran into Atomic and rode up with him a couple of times. I think he went off to check out CS. Did the tour and they seemed to have dusted all the trails, but there's still a glacier at the bottom, middle of Chute, beware! The didn't blow any more on lower Switch; disappointing. However, there are gigantic whales on Nightmare/Dreamweaver. The groomers have their work cut out for them! Challenge has gaps, but there may be enough for a WROD on the left side for the holiday week. No guns were going at 11am when I left, but I see they have them back on on NM/DW and what looks like Sidewinder now. JADIP

Planned on only sticking around until 11 or 12 but kept going until 2. Lazy was great first thing as was Main. Happened to be going down Paradise when I saw the rope gone for NWDW. Cookied up in spots but still a lot of fun. Happy to finally get on Freefall.

I had negative time but the first runs were the best of the year. Little crunchy under razors but main was a dream where you can just attack attack attack. Around 10 it started to get busy and razors and such didn't hold on well but main I thought was definitely worth getting chewed out and.......

damn they are openin up a bunch of shit for this wknd

Hey All, I’m back from a fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and it was in the mid 20s with moderate winds and cloudy sky’s with a few flakes in the air. In the house was everybody but Zonked, NMSki, Toast and Salty. First civilian OG six pack to razors ledge..snow was pretty nice for the opening of the run and no root rollers. Next run paradise which was nice groomed snow, very pleasant. After that over to the super summit safari six pack to the first upper Main Street of the season and that was the ROTD…was like a western groomer and lower was decent as well. Lazy mile was also good..a little crowded with the race team but they aren’t annoying at all lol. All three high speed lifts were running and I got to ride the comet quad for the first time this season and my first non six pack so far in this young season. Fun but chilly market lot and some went back out for some more. All in all it was moderately crowded but the snow was super good today. Ski some of yall tomorrow.

Lol this dude in the green jacket? That would be me. I lurk here from time to time. 😉 Had a blast this morning. Don’t know how many times I lapped Lazy to Falls but I seemed to keep missing the log jams so I kept going back.

Super happy fun time today..Those inches of natural really added to to the flavor....Everything in play had a nice ride to it...Legit morning at Blue...

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

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.

3pm on a monday and the place is already a fucking zoo. camelback needs to get their shit together so that ppl go there instead.