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Pretty quiet. No crowds until about 11 (i.e. I didn't have the slope all to myself anymore). Skied a few runs with Dan. They were thinking about opening East Mtn in the afternoon, but I don't think they did.

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Challenge glade. Sunny, warm, fast and smooth. No lift lines. Open slopes n

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Looks like we are not getting another week - they lost a lot of snow since Friday (even with r_a_d_i_a_t_i_o_n_a_l cooling overnight). Did the elevator a couple of times, did Floyds, ran the season pass holders race (didn't wait around for the results, so I can delude myself that I did pretty well), after they opened Challenge ran the glades several times (amazing that for the whole season, no trees jumped out in front of me), and spent the rest of the time on Exhibition bumps (pretty small now, just my style). Grabbed some chicken and pierogies (only in the coal country of PA would you find pierogies at a ski area - they are more popular than french fries at the local high school football game) and hit the road. 68 degrees when I left. Time to put storage wax on the skis (may stop at BB before it closes, though). Got our passes for next year, going to be a long wait.

42 at 8 am. Partly sunny but clouds are rolling in. Frozen cord (maybe from radational cooling). Lost a lot of coverage at the bottom of C glade from Friday.

Sounds great - should be up there first thing tomorrow. I'll be in a green softshell instead of my usual (thanks steep and cheap).

And would imagine there is a difference between skiing slush on a board and on skis. Hard getting those skis to turn together when you have to push then thru mashed potatoes.

Sorry, would have labeled it but I thought everyone would recognize it. It's Elevator and the point of the picture is that skiers left is still very skiable. Great day, would still be there if I hadn't had a dental appt. Sucks getting old. They didn't tell you when they were putting the fillings in that they would all have to be replaced in 30-40 years.

C glade is sweeeeet and still deep (cept for the far edge). Twice as challenging-avoiding the trees and the blow downs. No bumps though, perfectly flat and carveable - like before Christmas.

Last tr of the season? Be out boating tomorrow. 55 degrees and sunny. A little mashed potatoes on top but the slopes are still a little crusty. Coverage on slopes is good, no holes. Left side of elevator skiable, Floyds bumps are nice and soft, C glade looking a little bare, but you can get down most of it.

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I think most campgrounds would still be closed until things unfreeze. Promised land state park has some winter sites, but thats 25 miles from Elk as the crow flies.

I had the 'grabbies' a week ago in the warm sunny conditions, even though I waxed with Swix Red a couple of days earlier - it felt like suction getting me rather than the wrong wax. I checked and saw that whoever had the last stone grind done (used skis) didn't put any structure on it. I used my Ski Man Base Planer with the coarse stone to put on an aggressive structure (the rilling tool that does a more professional job at structuring is beyond my budget), sanded with 800 wet paper, steel rotobrushed, and did some hot scrapes. Put on red wax again, and it was nice and slick on Sunday. Have to see how they do in sunny conditions. Out of Dominator zoom old snow race wax - that's usually pretty nice for warm snow.

Coverage was fine on Sunday morning, except for the bottom bumps of Exhibition. There were no chunks out or streams cutting through the slopes. Some refrozen slushy areas, but easily avoided. A lot of twigs and stuff on the trails from the high winds on Saturday. Don't know how the rain this morning affected things. Use your old skis if you want to ski the glades or Elevator. With the temps above freezing at night, the trails will be soft, so my groomer skis are retired for the year, and my rock skis are waxed up. Didn't see any of the trail hazards they apparently saw over at Blue this weekend.

Still some snow after the rain. Bumps on Floyds, Elevator right side is showing some raspberry stumps, but the left side is nice. C glade is skiable with some branches blown down. The main slopes are all fine with the exception of the lower Exhibition bumps as Barb mentioned yesterday. A couple of dozen people on the slopes. Low 40s, just misting enough to bead up your goggles, occasional wind gusts but not bad. A couple of trees snapped off on the glades. Started to rain in earnest, I'm outta here.

My wife and I should be there.

Reading the fine print, I think you are right.

I think they transfer to next year if you don't use them. I'd check before you give them away.

Great day, got there around 11:30 with the DW and SD (sweet daughter on spring break), was corn snow when we got there and progressed to mashed potatoes at the tops of the runs by the time we left arond 2:30. The Swix red wax I put on my skis Friday night was wearing off and they were sticking a little on the approach to the Exhibition bumps. Did Elevator once, was probably the easiest run all season even with the monster bump piles. Challenge glades were very soft, and the bumps were chopped down, allowing more options thru the trees. Exhibition bumps were fluffy bunnies. Some big snow piles in the middle of Rivershot, but the other slopes were still nice and smooth, even with having a lot of loose snow. Sunny, around 50 when we left. Parking lots weren't as full as previous Sunday's, but with the Olympic and snowstorm bumps, seemed to be more crowds than previous years in March. Doesn't look good for next weekend, should be above freezing every night this week.

Hmm, kind of missed seeing everybody. Spent most of the morning on the baby bumps on exhibition. Have to check out elevator tomorrow if the race kids left anything on it. ;-)

Actually skiing was great as long as you stayed in the glade and bumps, or otherwise skied faster than anyone else. Just getting in an out of the parking lot was a pain.

Turned out to be a great day, left about 1:30, it was 47 degrees, not a cloud in the sky all day. The wind coming up the hill limited your speed, so spent the day on the bumps and Challenge glade. The glade was really nice, except for the bottom near the race shack where people had walked all over it an punched holes in the snow, and boarders have carved huge ruts when the snow was soft earlier in the week, and then everything froze. Everyone must be doing other things - didn't see any PASRers. JF takes their development class seriously - waiting in line to go down Elevator. Just joking - they were enjoying the view. Didn't see anyone go down it when I was over there. A spring hint for those of us with receding hair lines - put some sunblock on your forehead before you open the vents on your helmet. Gonna look funny at work on Monday.

Bright sunny, 27 at 8 am. Wind from the west so the east slopes are nice. Bumps gone from t bolt but otherwise same as Friday. People hitting the slopes early. Looks like a Challenge Tbolt day.