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Nice to see Epic Local now has reduced price for teens. Bye Bye Indy. Epic for 3 (unless Ikon adds in PA)

Cool to see they are leaving money on the table while all the PA hills with one or two mountain passes are gouging folks.

Nice soft snow on Floyd's and River Shot today, gently bumping up on the headwalls. No lines on 19 runs off Paradise lift 1030-2 Challenge and Thunderbolt were a bit thin and scratchy with no trees in play. Didn't make it to other side.

Seeing as how Salty's Buddy Pass to Blue seems likely to be going elsewhere I had a real nice.time at JF today. 19 runs off Paradise lift with zero lines. Soft snow bumping up over course of day on River Shot and Floyd's. No trees in play. They seem to be planning to make more snow and stay open at least a couple more weeks, but I expect this will be my last day skiing PA this season barring a March snowstorm. Heading up to Hunter Tues on way to 2 days at Stowe

I know this. Try to keep up dude.

ORDA keeps their pricing at last year's level - making it a more attractive option as others are raising theirs. The passes with no holiday blackouts (the only ones I would consider are) Belleayre 669 adult, 369 20s, 339 teens, 239 youth All ORDA 859 adult, 699 20s, 439 teens, 339 youth And they throw in the rest of this year and summer activities and buddy tix So for the 3 of us it would run $1547 Not a bad price for that, but it means at least a 6 hr r/t every time we ski meaning we generally do all overnight trips. Will pay a bunch in gas/tolls/lodging.

I figured, just keeping it on topic in the Blue thread.

Sunday would be the day I would hit Blue this season if Salty's buddy pass freed up. If not, I will enjoy the beautiful view of the Lehigh River from JFrost, where I hear some of the glades are now skiable. Also playing guitar for Grease this weekend. Opened last night, shows at 7 tonight and at 1 and 7 tomorrow.

Planning to ski Hunter 3/7, Stowe 3/8-9 Might hit JF Sunday 3/5 and some combo of Catamount/B.East/Magic/Greek 3/11-12 Should be the best stretch of skiing yet this season

The top of the mountain is honestly irrelevant to me unless the gladed areas off Snake are open. And based on topography doing top to bottom runs confines you to the least exciting parts of the northface. So I'm not really troubled by it. It is nice that the northface lift ride is kept to reasonable duration by not covering the lame part of the mountain. It's like the cool layout Blue had for half of their trails before they removed the lifts with smaller lines that let you skip homestretch. It's all about Rattler, Cannonball, Smoke, Boomer, White Lightning with occasional variety from Lower Fast Track and Lower Runaway.

Not like it's worth anyone switching from Montage to Mtn Creek or Blue Knob to get a better deal. Perhaps this brings them close enough to prices of Blue and Camelback that some will make that leap. Moat likely it will lead more folks to switch over to the glory of the Indy and/or Epic passes.

I think I'd rather eat money left on the table than eat the frozen excrement they call 🍕at Montage snack bar.

Up by $50 next year to $549/$499 renewal No discount for young uns

Montage upped their prices by $50 for next year - which is a bit more than rate of inflation New passes now $549 Renewing passes now $499 Presumably Indy Add On will again be available Still cheaper than Blue or Cbk (unless you consider their teen/child rates which Montage does not offer). More expensive than Shawnee's prices for last year - but we will see what Shawnee does this year.

Admittedly it might be a smarter decision to use my pass and ski JF tomorrow if both are shut til 9. Back in the day Blue used to keep earlier hours, no?

When does Blue open tomorrow

Jamming with a friend today, going to see my girls sing in a gospel choir this eve, rehearsing as guitarist for Grease musical tomorrow.

No skiing for me this weekend. Next chance will be 3/5. See what options remain then.

Yep, miss skiing the place but nice that it is now dedicated to teaching urban youth to ski

$290 pass for Mountain Creek not even remotely tempting even with 1000 vertical feet 105 minutes from my home. Have never had a great ski experience there though I gave it half a dozen shots when it was 45 minutes from my home. Eventually figured out the (no longer open to the public) place less than half the size and half the price a mile away was way more fun.

I'd be down for a peace treaty if offered. Buddy pass in return for pledge to stay on topic and upbeat in Blue discussions. Would plan to use Buddy pass 3/5, assuming weather is conducive, and make lower lot tailgate appearance if desired (or stay away from tailgate if preferred - at discretion of person offering pass).

Multi mountain pass evaluation is of course my specialty on PSAR

Just counted this weekend 118 days for each on skis with me, which means about 126 days for me skiing with 1 or both.

And I am not trying to talk any of you out of being Blue regulars. To me personally I look for the best combination of ski experience, variety, travel time and price. I agree being part of a community is priceless, but I find that closer to my home as I do not have a residence so close to one ski area that desire to find community there outweighs my love of skiing a variety of places.

Yeah if Blue were to again offer me a $399 pass and my girls $99 passes I would buy them again. And I'd likely also get Indy Passes so we could get some variety and ski bigger and further places too. It still wouldn't make me think Blue was any better than Camelback, Montage or Elk. It wouldn't make me think PA skiing was as great as Catskills, New England or Rockies skiing. It would make it a good value for one of the closer mountains to my home.