Old Geezer

I was there on Saturday. But I saw several old timers with there greying hair like mine.

The most under appreciated point of Elk is the almost 360 degree view from the summit. If you hike up to the true summit where the radio towers are, you get a full 360 view of the surrounding area. On a clear day, you can see weather and storm fronts rolling in, cloud layers, and snow squalls. There are very few places in the state where you can see these things so clearly. The view is so panoramic that its hard to capture on one photo.

Germany is a great country to visit. Post some pics of the country, and of all the blonde Fr

Elk's website this morning says "Open: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, tentatively. Please check for updates!" Sounds like there's a possibility they may not open. That happens occasionaly with them, when the local employees cannot even get into work.

In addition to posting here, you should write a letter to them saying you appreciate what they did. No imagine your experience happening at Camelback or Blue Mt? No way you'd get the jacket back.

I'll be interested to know what effect the rain on Sun had on the snow? Someone told me the snow was very nice on Saturday, even with the crowds.

Headline says: 2 Yr Old Skis Must Go!! 2008 Dynastar Legend 8000 w Bindings 178cm - $300 (Center City) Link: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/1527800869.html I'm not associated with this in any way. I just saw this, was tempted to get them myself, but decided I have enough skis already. ... Need to sell some to clean out the garage.

The incident I heard about was on the quad.

I over heard they tried a lift evac that day, bur because of the wind, and maybe because not many patrollers were present that day, they opted to wait for lift repairs to get everyone off, with some people being stuck up in the for 60 minutes. With that wind chill, I'd imagine some people got darn cold and frost bite might have been an issue?

Do we know yet if the JF lift tickets will be full price for the opening weekend Sat or Sun?

Their website today says "Our tentative opening date is Wednesday December 16th!", on the Day's Photo page.

Denton Hill seems like they might really open this weekend, 12/5. Weather reports seem to be on their side, with cold weather, real snow in the forecasts several days this week (although no significant accumulation), and a possible real, snow storm late Friday and into the weekend.

Good tent sales are hard to find these days.

I agree.

I notice Elk does not have their 2009/2010 rates and season pass prices up yet. And I heard from some old-timers they have not mailed out their forms to obtain a pass yet. What's going on?

Their sign out front says it starts at 5:00 pm, Fri Sept 25th, and continues Sat and Sun. For sale items accepted through the 23rd.

Someone told me this, I doubted them. Now Buckman's website says their West Lawn store has moved to a new location in Reading, with same an address near where Pinnacle is or was. What happened to Pinnacle?

Isn't this the time of year when Nestor's have their Tent-Swap sale? I haven't gotten the usual postcard announcement, and they don't have anything listed on their website.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...0/NEWS/90210018

This sounds more like a 'bar run' report. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

According to the The Pennsylvania Ski Areas Association website, Elk is making snow today: http://www.skipa.com/

I don't see how they get 160 extra feet out of that small hilltop above the ski patrol shack. It's maybe 40 feet at best. Like I said, I hiked it once with a GPS, from patrol shack to to base of the parking lot lift, and I never got 1000' difference. Only got in elevation differences in the 820-840 range.

2660 - 1820 = 840. I've often wondered how Elk got to their claim of 1000 vertical feet. If you hike to the top with a GPS it will tell you something similar, total vertical on the 820 to 840 range. Maybe they count the very peak/summit were the radio towers are, down to the lowest spot in the lower parking lot. If they did, they wouldn't be the only ones.

For the next few days, I can look at this picture in place of taking my dose of Viagra. And the beautiful thing is the ladies won't know the difference!

That's called getting the marketing dept. to increase the number of trails on your mountain.