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Will find out about Hunter on Sat (unless Sun forecast clears up in which case I may do Sat and Sun at OKemo) - but by all accounts it is much better than PA. No passholder party, which would be a bummer if I liked parties more than skiing.

Bright side - whole East mtn still open at Frost and Hunter has more open acres and vert than even exist at Blue. Prob head for the latter on Sat.

Ate in that new lodge once and it was much nicer than what preceded it. I was actually there twice when it was free for us - the first time alone and the next time with the kids - who I thought might still be at a level that it could interest them - and we had fun but they did mock their idea of "black diamonds".

Alpine was 346 vertical to Roundtops 578 per Jollyturns. So it was 60% the vertical, not the 50% I estimated from memory A little bit shorter than either the shortest TTB lifts at the west end of JF or the biggest lifts at BB. Also shorter than Spring. Bigger than Campgaw or Big Snow

Both are lies. Neither have/had that much vertical. Most ski areas lie about their vertical. Roundtop is close to their claimed vertical at 578' per Jollyturns which has accurate vertical for every lift currently in operation.

No because RT has twice the vertical of Alpine and RT's Upper Gunbarrel (and arguably Upper Ramrod) are more challenging than anything at Blue. Like Frost if it only had the runs from Lehigh through River Run, had no trees, and had a bit less vertical

You didnt miss much. Went there when kids just starting out as it was on PS&R card. Their blacks were no more challenging than Burma Rd and had less vertical.

Real nice surface early, getting softer by 1130. Same stuff was open reported for yesterday. See what survives the 1.5" of rain they are supposed to get tomorrow through open on Sun. Love the slopeside parking - effectively makes time from home to JFBB slopes only an extra 5 min longer than getting to Blue or CBk.

Thanks for update. Considering hitting it one last time this weekend. Roundtop appears to be worthless at this point. Wonder what will survive rain on Sat or if tomorrow will really be the only decent day.

No way - they are not comparable academically. SATs on Sat

The very extensive blackouts on the Ikon Base pass will keep us on Epic Local - which has fairly minimal blackouts and will run us about $1900 for 3 people (compared to $3100 for full Ikon). Nice to see they kept Windham though. Many try Ikon the following year once kids are off to college.

JF open every day this week with no hotel. Blue could do it too.

Epic does not provide use this season

Nice to see the teen pass pricing introduced last year carry through to this year and with increases fairly modest our total bill for 3 will only be about $120 more than last year Waiting to see what Ikon is offering, including whether Windham remains on their pass.

Really no connection. Letterman switched networks to CBS and started broadcasting from the same theater Ed Sullivan had used - but there was no connection between the shows and Sullivan's weekly variety show had been off the air for decades before Letterman's nightly talk show began broadcasting from this theater. All of this is only tangentially related to the awesome concert we will be doing tonight.

Johnny Carson that is

If anyone is looking for something free and fun to do on a rainy night, Joy and I will be leading 18 folks playing a free show of Beatles and other acts that played the Ed Sullivan Show https://www.facebook.com/share/WpZhfRKVYHq7Qhon/?mibextid=9VsGKo Here's a tune from our last gig https://youtu.be/c7c7gGULTfo?feature=shared

As noted I'd go to blue if someone had a buddy pass for me. Your reply was off topic.

Thanks, still got my RT and JFBB options so not paying to ski elsewhere in PA on Sun

I'd check it out Sunday if anyone still has their buddy pass comp and wants to send it my way Any estimates on how long the season will last at Blue?

Kids are pulling for staying on Epic. Hope they keep their Teen Pass rates.

It's a steal at that price. Def considering doing that plus 199 Indy add on. Hope we get Epic and Ikon details before March 4 so as to make an informed decision.

Also nice that Montage is offering $399 season passes to all this year (no discount for legacy pass holders) and throwing in the rest of this season. So you can get a Montage pass with an Indy add on for $598. Not a bad deal at all. Indy also added Big Bear to its lineup since I was last on it - so 3 places in NEPA and tons of others in the NE and Mid Atlantic all for the price of a Blue pass.

Very nice that they are offering the early access and reduced pricing even to lapsed pass holders - as I took this year off to do Epic for all.