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Remember, JFBB is Vail now. This is their corporate policy. Seems insane to impose this on these small mountains. It seems to be designed to allow pass holders to reserve the big crowd days in advance - let them have first crack at X-mas, MLK, etc.... Then they will control crowds via the regular reservation system. They haven't announced capacity levels yet. Nor have they - I don't think - explained the plan for teh lodges.

You only get 7 priority reservations. When you use those reservations, you get one back. And you can make reservations in teh general pool as well. I think. It's all very confusing....

Hey all - My daughter's planning to do a little backpacking before school starts. Does anyone have any experience with the AT section at blue? Are there good camping sites if you set out NE from the trailhead? Is it a ice hike there? maybe she would go 5-6 miles the first day, 8-10 the next and maybe we would pick them up somewhere after they hike out day three. Any info on that stretch would be appreciate. Most curios about suitable camp sites. Thanks.

Without a coordinated national response, we are totally fucked. And ski season is right out the window. It's just hat simple.

me too... Hey, anyone have a dual suspension bike they want to get rid of? Kind of getting into the sport on the trails around me.

Where did people get the idea that kids can't spread it? Fox and Friends?

very difficult decision. The 'we need to open the economy' line of thinking is, IMO, faulty. The virus is killing the economy, not the shutdowns. FLA and TX are proving this in real time.

Here is the quote: Rider spacing of at least 20 meters is encouraged to avoid the “slipstream” of exhalation

sounds like a good boss.

No - he's a pilot, but he claims that is actually pretty safe right now. Like 5% of regular airline traffic, and strick airline rules about distancing etc... So most likely some where in an airport during work, but he can't remember being close to anyone for more than 5 minutes. He feels like utter shit. Flu x 10 is how he described it. And he's a week in, so we are hoping the respiratory stuff doesn't show up next. really scary shit.

What do you guys think about the safety level of blue mountain bike park? I'm not much of a biker, though I am slowly getting into it. But just looking for things to do. I read something on their website about maintaining distance on the downhill to stay out of other riders sweat trail, or something like that, and that kind of freaked me out.

Good news. What compelled you to get a test? A good friend and client of mine just tested positive.

I wonder how they gather that information.....

That's the one....that was a great trip, and a great spot! That whole side of the mountain was fantastic. Dakota lift...Shedhorn lift...so fun...

Yeah, it's not so vital for the poconos. Handful of days cold enough to not to be able to hang outside. But further north, and out west.... We ate at the Yurt in Big Sky - couldn't get a seat inside. It was about 15F I suppose. That was a chilly lunch.

We were at Mad River Glen and Sugarbush one year during a polar vortex. It was like -14F at the bases. I just can't really imagine how you manage that without a lodge to thaw out in.... Hell, even single positive digits.. Have to put your lunch in a color to keep it warm and eat in your car??? I guess that's a possibility....

We're all over the road with this. We might start out with a seasonal rental in the catskills. Ski Plattekill and Belleayre. Me and my daughters are kind of pushing for S.Vt and ski Magic, Broomly, Stratton... but it's another 1-1/2 up the road. And who knows if the mountains will evn be open all winter. On top of this, we 'won' a ski chalet in the French Alps at a charity auction last fall. We were supposed to be skiing there this X-mas, but doesn't seem likely we will be making that trip. So the money we were gonna spend on that trip might fund the rental plan. Then, if we use it a ton, and find it all manageable, try to figure out a way to afford our own place somewhere. That's kind of the plan...we'll see how it shakes out. Where out west? JH again? Where in VT would you go? You don't go north much, do you?

AT equipment would require weekend trips to VT to skin and ski resorts closed for COVID....Maybe even the catskill if they made enough snow before hey have to close. Blue's mountain biking is also open now. I think the difference is, the virus is gonna come raging back in the fall/early winter, as the air dries out and people spend more time inside. I think we can safely ski....mountains can safely open the lifts. It's the lodges I question.

Yeah. we're thinking about moving. Or selling our house and renting here and in he mountains. Something.

Yeah, like a stadium at 25% capacity seems kind of possible to me. But I guess you still would have bathroom lines, food and drink lines, indoors on the concourses... I don't know...I just want to know if we are skiing this year, or if I should buy an AT set up and forget about lifts operating.

lol.

Are you fucking kidding me? I hope you aren't in contact with him.

Been a while - hope everyone is healthy and safe. Are we betting on the ski season yet?

Laziness mostly.

the 94s are Blizzard Rustlers, so a little stiff under foot, soft tip and tail. The 112s are Liberty Origins. Very soft playful ski. The rustlers are probably the better call, but I just put the LIbertys in the bag....