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Supposed to get 8-12" at Hunter through tomorrow AM. In a $65 room at Snowed Inn 5 miles from Mt to get the freshies. Got 6 runs in at the end of day today before checking in. No lines at end of a Sunday - skipped the crowded part of the day as I was as coming up largely for tomorrow. Nice to see Montage likely to get 4-6" of base building precip as I plan to go there next weekend with my girls. It's finally winter within a short drive.

Skied here today. Wanted to go somewhere close and easy to see how my leg was doing after a bad fall 6 days ago at Jay - had been limping most of the week. No lines and a nice groomed surface on all open runs with no ice or bare spots. Best run was Snow Chute to Challenge which I did 6x. Looks like they will open Floyd's within next few days unless Sun-Mon storm is rain and sets them back - all they need to do is groom out the whales and make some snow on the run out. River shot is still bare and everything else is open. Leg felt fine being back on skis. Considering heading to VT Sun-Mon to catch tfreshness. AM freshies.

Spent Sunday PM back at the hotel in bed taking ibuprofen and icing my leg. Woke up Mon AM and initially stood up and thought the leg felt good enough to ski, but within the first dozen steps realized that clearly was not the case. If I were at the top of a run and it were a necessity to get down, sure I could pull it off - as I had after my fall the day before. But it was foolhardy to go out for a day when I would be barely skiing, risking another fall, and delaying my recovery perhaps making for less skiing on future weekends. On our prior trips to N.VT the girls had wanted to tour the VT Teddy Bear🧸 Company Factory, but the timing had never worked out with their first tour being at 11 and last at 3 = prime ski time. We had a nice leisurely Hampton Inn breakfast in St Albans and hit that on the way home instead, making for an enjoyable long weekend for them. Fortunately the leg I hurt was the left one and so did not interfere with my driving.

We picked a good day to go to Jay with the tram open this weekend for the first time of the year about 2/3 of the non-glade terrain open. Unfortunately there was a big ice patch on the top of Ullr and I had a nasty fall on it on my third run, bruising my leg badly enough that it was the end of my ski day. The girls skied a bit more without me. Did get a nice pic of them at the top after our first ride up the tram.

West was not great on Sat. They had 3 full runs "open". A black to blue open only to racers A green to blue with a narrow steep fact that was ice A green that was loose granular over frozen granular and was packed with people it was way too challenging for, falling down and skiing into one another. Still doing 6 runs was a real nice way to break up the drive to N.VT.

Planning on hitting West Mt for a couple hrs Sat PM to break up the drive to St. Albans. Will ski Jay on Sun, then either Jay or Bolton on Mon.

Due to crowding - if I didn't have Epic I would go to Belleayre over Hunter on a weekend or holiday. Or Plattekill if there was good natural snow.

I prefer Roundtop to JF. It has more vertical, steeper runs (Upper Gunbarrel has steepest headwall in PA) and smaller lines, and doesn't close at 4. Also a nice locals vibe. For me the extra 10 minutes of drive is worth it - especially times like now when JF has no glades or East Mt open. No interest in BB except maybe as a place to keep skiing when JF shuts.

They just raised that idea last week while we were in VT

Yeah twins even scoffed at the idea of a hypothetical Blue/Cbk pass for next year. They like some variety in their ski life and don't want to be limited to PA. I have raised them well.

Cause gas, tolls, miles on a car are not free and time spent driving is a factor too. I don't live 30 min / 20 miles from a ski hill like many of you do. 4 hr RTrip to Frost, 4.5 to RTop, 5.5 to Hunter are my choices. Gotta be decent to make it worthwhile. Will see based on tomorrow's reports if I decide to go for it Sunday. Not asking anyone for a handout, but would be more likely to make Sunday a Blue day if it were free rather than $158 (not sure where you saw 120).

Not worth it even with my 50% off coupon. But not sure driving anywhere I can ski free will be worth it either, and neither will buying a ticket anywhere else within 4 hrs best as I can tell. Would anyone say what Blue is offering now would be worth the $158+ they are charging for Sat or Sun?

Anyone else feeling like the best bet for skiing this weekend in the PA/NJ/Catskills region is Big Snow?

Point cameras at problem areas of lifts and take lift tickets from those who throw their bottles.

Wound up at Bolton on 30th and B.East today. No lines and a decent amount open at both with good conditions. Some bare spots on the nautral snow trails at Bolton but nice of them to leave those trails open with thin cover warnings. Gonna take Sun and Mon off as conditions will be much worse. See what looks good next weekend.

They will be a lot lower at Jay than they will anywhere around here or anywhere on Epic.

Dunno if we are gonna trek all the way up to N.Vt for Fri-Mon turns now that Sat-Sun look like a washout there. More likely do Catamount Fri and hope smaller chance of rain at B.East on Sat pans out. Maybe head to N.Vt MLK weekend instead

Great day on the groomers at Okemo. 16 runs - 12 from the Bubble as it was chilly. When I posted my stat Insaw that I beat my vertical record by about 60 feet.

Plan to do 2 days at Greek Peak with girls over Pres Day weekend. Prob Sun- on but will wait for forecast to firm up days. Before then we are likely hitting Jay Dec 30-31 and and Bolton 1st (and maybe 2nd). May fit in some turns at West to break up drive on 29th or as an alternate for 2nd so we don't get home quite so late.

Sunday Okemo Monday Mt. Snow Fa la la https://fb.watch/hBuu5i1yFf/

Plan to hit Okemo on Xmas - a day when conditions will benefit from their having one of the most aggressive and well equipped grooming operations, and the low Xmas crowds will make accessible the 2 bubble chairs (1 heated!) to provide warming opportunities on a cold day. For Monday I am on the fence between hitting Snow or West (where crowds will likely be smaller - though I am sure it will be a popular day to ski there too). Staying in Williamstown MA ($80/night including tax - with breakfast!) So either is viable.

If you put it in your back pocket you can ski on your Epic Pass at Blue, Shawnee or Camelback. Even get a bubble at Cbk.

Can't say a high speed lift makes much sense with the longest lift there having 526 vertical (and the vertical of the larger of the new lifts yet running only 403). With trees and East Mt not yet in play, not worth the trip this early in the season for me.

Not real pleased by the deluge followed by deep freeze forecast to kick off holiday weekend. Bagged plans for Stowe Sat-Sun then Okemo Mon. May skip Sat altogether and do Sun at Okemo (no crowds for bubble lifts on Xmas) and Mon either there or Snow.