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Bekshire East pretty crowded but fun Saturday. Did hit some rocks on the natural cover trails. Magic was awesome Sunday, but when they said "thin cover" they meant it even more than B.East, so we only hit one of those trails.

Camelback paralleling blue with the 25% off the sister resort and adding special Pass Holder lift access. They come in an insignificant $20-$30 under Blue's overall price, but throw in Camelbeach and offer considerably better deals for their off peak pass - which also starts an hour earlier (3pm) on weekends. - Unlimited Pass for $629 ($399 for ages 6-22) - Skip weekends (until 3pm) with a Value Pass for $349 ($199 for 6-22)

They got popular while I was in law school

I like Spin Doctors alright. Saw them a few times in NYC bars before they had their hits. And once coming back to play a packed bar as a special event after they hit it big.

He was talking about Blue I was talking about things Epic could do other than raising price to reduce crowding

I think it would be a positive thing if they raise prices somewhat to reduce crowding. Bringing back capacity limits and the need for reservations could work too.

Lift lines will definitely be a factor when I evaluate Epic's offering - and if they raise prices I will similarly be hopeful that this will help make lines more managable.

Almost that exciting time of year when those of us who don't live in the Allentown area get to compare ski pass products and make our selections for 2022/23 Blue kicked things off by taking a baby step into the multi-mountain arena with a 25% discount at Camelback, while charging $649 for what is still basically a single mountain pass. They can do that - and could even raise it more if they wished - cause the local crowd has no comparable option anywhere near as close. Hopefully this price increase will cut down on the lift lines that have been Blue's one real weak spot, as they do have a better combo of lifts, terrain, snowmaking and vertical than anywhere else south of New York. Still that's more than I have paid the past 3 years for a 40+ Mtn Epic Local pass.

Inclined towards Magic for sure. Should be smaller crowds and better terrain. But will add 2 hrs to drive home Sunday Nt so want to make sure their conditions will be good enough to warrant that.

HoJos in Williams MA - about an hour from either Magic or Catamount and 35 min from B.East. Gonna make the call after we see conditions reports from Sat. B.East is supposed to get the most snow on Friday. And staying right off the Interstate at Red Roof in Deerfield MA Friday for easier drive up on the snowy day.

Saturday - Berkshire East Sunday - either Catamount or Magic

I'd get an Ikon pass if they added either Blue or Camelback

Would be nice if they offered a Blue/Camel combo pass. Wouldn't actually cost them anything extra to do so as you can't ski them both at same time and there are negligible people if any buying 2 Pocono only passes. And they could even charge a little more for it I'm sure.

Expecting I will soon have sole custody and girls will get to ski a lot more.

I was done alimony by then actually. I went 15 times, which was more than I ever skied a single place and a fair amount given it is a 1:40 drive for me. Definitely got my money's worth. I prefer changing it up rather than skiing the same place all the time, which is why I lean towards.multi-mt passes. Contemplating doing a Montage pass with the IndyPass add on for next year if the price is right. Give me one of my fav PA places unlimited, and a lot of other options.

$599 for 3 passes (including 2x$99 6th grade passes) in 2018-19. I call that leaving money in the wallet.

Looks like another year I won't be getting a Blue Mountain pass unless they put some $ back on the table

Take more pix when warm. Love chatting with the locals on the lifts at RT.

No but I hope they will get there soon.

$4.40 Mac and cheese

21 runs. No lines. Rode lift solo about a third of the time. Shots of Gunbarrel and Ramrod. Expect this is last non weekday for Gunbarrel as base not deep there and a couple days of rain in forecast. Glad to hear Blue was as empty must have been fun too.

12 runs in so far this morning and have yet to wait in line. 100% open and all groomed. Now softening up but no bumps yet. Bluebird day. Good call for a holiday that would be super busy elsewhere.

Too far to go for one day. Likely doing Roundtop tomorrow for the spring turns.

Don't understand the acronym

I have IndyPass as well as Epic. Between them they cover at least 30 places I could make a weekend driving trip to, so there is very little reason for me to ski off pass. Blue Knob is further from me than places I still have pass days to use at that I like skiing including Hunter, Whitetail, Montage, Jack Frost, Roundtop, about the same distance as Catamount, and not much closer than Magic, Snow, Okemo, Sunnapee, Berkshire East or West. Given that, barring them getting a big snow fall there that the others don't get, I'm not making the drive to Blue Knob unless they at least have the whole vertical and some blacks open.