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Is rain forecast tonight? I haven't paid attention to the forecast but was planning on heading up after work

I get that, and I have, but I was following the line of the thread about eating at Blue this ski season. Also, it was significantly cheaper during the last ski season, to my memory, anyway. Maybe I've just gotten cheaper.

Ate at Slopeside once. Disappointing and jacked up prices. Won't be back unless it's to hit the happy hour bar bites menu weekday evenings

Alli found you guys again? Man, I think PASR has a groupie!

Think you might be right because I remember being surprised they were willing to redeem that special ski and dine deal on Friday since it was a weekday deal.

Friday is a weekday for Blue wrt to ticket prices

I really wanted to get out this morning since I didn't make it out either of the other days of the long weekend, but just not dedicated enough to head out in the rain. Maybe tomorrow night after work. Glad the snow was good for you!

I'm going to hit a Sunday evening session for the $22 special.

Plan to be there at open. Gonna try real hard, I know the crowds will come later.

No, I ran out of money for school in like my sophomore year, so never finished the degree. I wrote for the Collegian while I was at Penn State, that's about as big time as I got. Came home and took a retail "figuring shit out" job that turned into a career. Climbed that ladder for ten years until I got high enough to realize it wasn't for me anymore. Took a job as a cable guy and now I'm ten years in this field. Much happier a decade in over here though.

Years ago I was a journalism major, so I tend toward the long winded-ness.

Way to get after a long trip report! I like it!

I still don't recognize everyone, figured the two guys zipping all over the place were PASRs but y'all never stood still long enough, lol

Wow, that one really got away from me, lol. Sorry for the long post, folks. TL:DR — fun couple hours. Dad skied some stuff he never tried before. I had a hilarious fall.

Home from a sweet evening session on the snow. Arrived kinda late, about 7:30, and as we're unloading in the upper lot Pops realizes he left his pass at home. That necessitates a stand in line at the ticket window where they look him up and give him a comp for the evening. With the delay we're on the snow just before 8pm. Start off with a run down Burma Road, and my form must have been shite because the legs were burning good by the bottom. I was worried it wasn't gonna be a good night but didn't really have much burn after that. Took it all the way down to the valley and caught a ride to the apex on the quad. Hit up Lazy after that and split with Pops at the 180 so J could run down Falls to the quad, he finished out Lazy and met me down by the quad. Took it back up and hit Lazy again, this time Pops decided he was game for his first shot down Falls. Made a couple tight turns at the top then pointed them downhill and ran it out down Homestretch. Next up was a planned run out Crossover and down Burma but we bailed at the Vista lift and then did Vista into Burma. Nice fun run down Burma, didn't have a soul on the trail with us until about the last 100 yards. On the ride up the Main Street chair Pops decided that the empty conditions were a good reason to give Main Street a go. That was the run of the night as conditions were pretty sweet with some nice soft snow on top of a hard but not ice pack surface. Skiers right especially had some good topcover, probably mostly from being pushed there. It was also run of the night because it was my dad's first true black diamond run. He'd run only Nightmare and Widowmaker last year, and then Falls tonight. All fun, but for a true honest to gosh top to bottom black, it was the first one. He handled it well, probably won't be quick to jump on there with significant people but at least he knows it's in play for those slow evening sessions. Rode back up the Main Street lift and decided to run down Clme Round to the Vista lift, then Vista to the lodge. On the Vista run I took the turn off Come Around uphill to hit the fresh blown snow coming off the uphill gun there. Oops. It was sticky as hell and I ate it hard. Hit that stuff and the skis stopped and I kept right on going. Popped out of the right ski and went about 50 feet on the left before laying down in a laughing heap. Walked back up to retrieve the ski and continued on to call it a night. Fun, fun session. Pops makde hella nice progress. I set a new top speed ever at 46.8 (app based, probably not fully accurate.) Just a damn good time. Might squeeze in another evening session Friday off the fam doesn't bail out to MD in the afternoon for holidays. Won't be able to ski otherwise until Monday. Paradise looks nice but needs a final grooming. They were just leveling Challenge at the end of the session. Guns blazing on Upper Vista, Widowmaker, top of Switchback but not the bottom, Razor and Razors Edge and tubing. No love yet for NightWeaver.

Paradise was all leveled out but not surfaced. Groomer was starting to level Challenge about 9pm.

Lol. My one visit to Bear Creek was a good time. I couldn't make it my regular mountain, but having the whole mountain to play on for a few hours for $22 when other local options have 3 trails open has some appeal.

Wow, Bear Creek opened with almost the entire mountain. $22 for a lift from 4-9 pm tomorrow night. Not a bad option if the rain dies. Assuming they open tomorrow.

I did forget too, but waitress didn't, she asked. Good on her. 22% tip for her

Eating at Slopeside right know. Can't remember what they were last year, but food prices feel jacked up this year. Pretty sure the Groomer burger wasn't $16.50 last year. Makes that $7 bar bites weeknight version of the same burger a damn steak.

Just arrived. About to hit Vista for a couple laps then get Pops onto Lazy. Can't believe they went full price just cause they opened Lazy

Planning to be there for open. Not gonna bring the grill, we'll save it for first Saturday in the lower lot.

I did use the new skis. Was real happy with them. Felt like I was getting it pretty good down Main St (although app said I only hit 42 mph) and never felt that chatter or on the edge of control like I did with the old pair. Looking forward to getting out on them again. Possibly a few runs tonight, most likely waiting until tomorrow morning.

Wasn't sure I was gonna make it up to the mountain tonight, but had to take the car out for a spin to reset the computer before dropping it off for inspection, so figured what the heck? Might as well drive to Blue and back. Pops wasn't gonna come but right before I left texted me that he was game so I wasn't rolling solo tonight. Got to the upper lodge about 7 pm and booted up inside. Too cold for that outside nonsense. Took our damn time getting ready and hit the snow about 730. Was a little harder that I'd have preferred, but not total ice. A few guns were blasting on Vista leaving some loose on top. Pops just lapped Easy Out to Vista all night, getting the legs back. A little to icy to try that fist run down Main St. I mostly stuck with him but broke off for a couple of Main St runs. Enjoyed them but run of the night for me was Vista to Midway to Lower Main St. Just had a nice ass run. Finished the night with a run through Come Around after that Midway run just to say I hit every open trail tonight. I don't ski park but was a fun run skiing around the features. Hanging out at Last Run Lounge having a vodka cran right now, Pops joined the mug club. Overall had a good first night at Blue. 3 or 4 real runs plus 7 Vista laps. Skied on the new skis and absolutely loved them. Going to be a fun season.

Just got here. Booting up in the lodge