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They have no issue with folks skiing the trees to my knowledge. Writing "glades" on their trail map seals the deal. But Jack Frost is the place in NEPA with the most glades to ski, coverage permitting, and a clearly permissive policy. Only time I go to Frost is when there will be coverage in the trees.

The designated glades on the map are very gentle and are a great way to get your feet wet for that kind of skiing. A lot of fun when there is enough snow coverage. There are some more technical glades on the North Face that are not on the map.

Yep 2:55 to get there, terrible 5:20 drive to get home. Only lift with a line was the main quad, and even that had a 3 minute singles line at its worst time. It was the best day of the 6 I have skied this season on all criteria other than drive home.

Windham was super this morning. Especially enjoyed the soft snow cover on Why Not? Wolverine and Wheel Chair. Cool to check out the new Wolf's Prey trail which is nicely cut and has a mice secluded feel to it. . Unfortunately even leaving the lot at 1:30 was not early enough to beat the bad driving weather, which slowed the NYS to a crawl, and made my return trip take 2.5 hours longer than my AM trip.

Had a great day at camelback today. Nice conditions with a lot of open terrain. Anytime lines got bad they were easily avoided on the doubles. Was worried about bad crowds forming by afternoon but it was fine all day. Only disappointment was that nothing was left ungroomed.

Real nice time skiing Cannonball and Boomer today, though it was disappointing in light of the soft bumps on Boomer touted by their website, that they felt the need to close Boomer early this AM to groom it flat. Having the choice between a bump run or groomed run, or even leaving Boomer half bummed ala Barneys would have made for a much more varied experience.

Thinking about doing am there tmrw. $15 tkt if I use psaa coupon. Are Boomer and Cannonball groomed?

Cool. Probably heading there in the next 3 days.

While hampered by short vertical and slow lifts, the Northface at Montage is more challenging than anything at Blue, particularly as much of it is often left ungroomed. And the slow lift is made up for by the absence of lift lines even on holiday weekends (not to mention the $28 4 hour weekend morning ticket, that you can usually stretch to 5 hrs)

First day on rollerblades ~21 years ago I was going too fast and couldn't really brake adequately and followed my skiers instinct to bail - wearing only wrist guards. OUCH! Before trying it again, I picked up some knee and elbow pads, and did not try that maneuver again. After a couple years I was done on rollerblades entirely.

So they started on Dec 15 2014, and their 10th day out Dec 13, 2014 they made 4 black diamond runs to wrap up their day at Shawnee. Never thought they would come so far their first year.

Whatever fits in my jacket pockets for lunch on the lift.

What is exit 87 gonna do for skiers? Short cut from tpk to BB? Is that it?

Awesome day at Shawnee. 11 runs including the kids making it down a black diamond 4x just 1 year after their first lesson. Sure its a Shawnee black diamond, but for 7 year olds it is quite an achievement. The day is within sight when a ski day for them will be one for me too. Less base than 2 weeks ago, but more open terrain and nice carvable conditions

Try to avoid skiing on crowded times like weekends and on the easier blue trails where beginners first step out of their comfort zone. Biggest risk is other people who don't know what they are doing. Also don't get your bindings set too tight. Better to have them pop off more easily than not easily enough, if you want to avoid injury.

If you are looking for a beginner package with lift, lesson and rental, you can get them for $49 for lots of PA ski areas here: https://www.skipa.com/deals/first-time-offer/buy-first-time-package

Heading back tomorrow for another day of three people skiing for a grand total of $25 :-)

So rain fell at Blue, eh? What fell further north in the poconos? Planning on taking the kids to Shawnee Sat.

SkiBarn has a nice $109 seasonal rental deal that includes a book of coupons that get you free youth lift tix at many resorts. I used the one in Lawrenceville. And if you role over your deposit to the next year it gets you a 20% reduction in price that year.

It's a Hard Rain Gone-and-fell in central NJ last night and this AM

May head to Catskills instead if Terrain at Blue is minimal, as seems likely. Particularly if they dodge the rain further north.

I will be skiing somewhere. Not sure where yet.

Great day with the kids at Shawnee today. 11 top to bottom runs, no lines, soft snow, and they learned the new skill of riding the lift unaccompanied. Called it quits when their legs did. They are starting this skison better skiers than they were in April :-)

I am a single parent half the time so these are days with the kids one way or another (not that I am complaining about that). No better way to spend our time together than on the snow with them learning to ski.

Not a place I bother skiing on my own but a great place to go with kids. Sounds like they will just have one green top to bottom run off the high speed quad (and the school slope) open this weekend. But that should reduce the crowds and be fine for the first day of their skison. At least it will make it harder to lose them :-) And conditions should be great as they seem to be in the area where 10 to 12" are forecast.