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Yeah I mentioned the line thing - is it bad at beginners area too? With 2 kids age 4 and 6 who got on skis once so far and loved it, this is an obvious move for her. I'm not suggesting she buy a Blue pass at $675 even with getting them for her kids. They won't go enough to make that worthwhile so she is better off buying day tickets when she takes them. Does Blue sell reduced price tix to access only beginner lifts?

Is Blue offering skiing end of this season with their 9 and under passes - asking for a friend

Maybe change your name to BMskiDan

Easy Out to end the day. Only time I generally ski it. Traversing Connector bites. And usually my only Burma run is start of day.

If I was gonna get up early enough to ski at 8 at Blue I'd rather get up 20 min earlier and ski at 830 at Hunter

Pretty sure I will be spending at least $675 on a pass, but it will be good at more than one only ok mountain

Still get a mini run at the end. And end of day not on my mind when parking.

Could see skiing Blue a bunch more starting winter of 2035-36 if they keep with this pricing model and I stay in this area.

A combination of Habit - it was the only game in town when I started Ski right away rather than waiting in line first More scenic Closer to my home - no reason to drive down and up a mountain an extra time. Facilities nicer looking

Good chance my kids would rebel and tell a lifty so they would not have to spend a 2nd season waiting in ridic lines at Blue and skiing the same 1000 footer every weekend. Nice deal though - I will tell a friend who has two young kids she is starting out skiing. Recently tabulated that I have now taken each of my kids skiing 118x. Gotta find some deals to make that work.

Nah no pix - didnt ever carry a camera skiing back when phones were mounted on walls. My first skis I owned were used rentals from Little Gap and had the name printed on the poles, but those are long gone.

Born in PA and skied Little Gap before a bunch of you were born (1981) TopLot4Ever

I snoozed & losed

Awesome Blue could become a cool place to ski if the trend away from crowded weekends continues. $800 passes could help.

Don't see a RTop forum, looked like the 2/18 discussion. Were lines nonexistent all day at Blue too?

Real nice at Roundtop today too. No lines and wall to wall coverage on the 80% of the Mt they have open. Nicer than Shawnee was yesterday though that wasn't bad.

Gonna apply our 25% off a 3rd Indy Day to the weekday rates at Shawnee early afternoon today - after the rain and before the freeze up and weekend crowds come.

That means they doubled their price over 5 years since I bought mine there for $399 (along with 2x6th grade passes for $99/each so they are asking 25% more for 1 pass than I paid for 3). Also more than either an Epic Local or Ikon Base went for last year. Maybe they throw in Camelback too (including parking) at that price.

Closing at 4

Nah - that's powder day talk.

Possibility of a nice window Fri afternoon with some soft snow after the rain stops and before the freeze over. Could be the best conditions of the weekend as well as fairly empty. It'll be a bit like threading a needle to hit it - hope to be at either Roundtop, JFrost or Shawnee in that window - monitoring where it is most likely to get its fullest expression.

Oops - looking at forecast I was thinking Friday PM could maybe be nice, rain-free and pre-freeze - but checked for tix and this Friday afternoon is not considered off peak. Will ski elsewhere if we ski.

Tried 6 and 8 and learned my lesson Best Western right off Interstate gets my vote for a place near Stowe. Nice breakfast there too.

Hampton Inn is my go to chain. Nice beds and breakfast buffet, always clean. Often choose them over cheaper options. Especially with two kids a good breakfast is worth it. Holiday Inn Express has also impressed with their breakfast buffet. Some places are just crap with prepackaged muffins and/or cold cereal.

Is the short lift up from JGore much faster than those up from Clocktower. Can't say I ever paid attention to duration. Either way it is a pain to have to take a short lift to access the main lift.