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How else are we going to get this thread to 100 pages before the lift opens?

I’m sure there’s just nothing there yet. Either they will plant some trees, or plant some snow fencing. I’m betting they just haven’t done it yet for access.

7 Springs is Epic. It’s gonna be Sawmill.

My money is on Sawmill

New line of shrubs going across the new bottom of the school hill where the lift goes over it, and the ground drops down for clearance. Wonder if they called in Elk for expert advisement?

They have a couple of test gates inside the lower lodge this year, which is awesome. One of my two kids' passes didn't work at the test gate on Friday, (I wasn't binging them up until Saturday so tested ahead) and when I went to the Customer Service counter they said it was showing he had a pass but needed a picture. I was sure happy to know that ahead of time instead of at the gate.

That’s interesting. I thought the lights on Paradise were upgraded to the new LED lights.

On a day like today the decision to drop 4 hour tickets is a real detriment. They’re not gonna sell a ton of 8 hour tickets with the rain coming, but they could have opened for 6 hours, sold some 4 hour tickets and only had to run one 8 hour work shift.

He was a real pro when that guy buzzed the tower at the end there.

Later in the season? I’m sure Come Around will still be a park once they are ready to open it. And they’ll likely remove the features from the School Hill. It gets a decent amount of casual first timer use during the season. Parents helping their kids or boyfriends (or girlfriends) helping their SOs try to get the hang of it on an I’ll advised first date that they thought would be so cool but end up being a terrible idea because of course their boo has never done this before and nobody’s having a good time. It’s a nice setup for spectators who don’t participate to be right there next to slope to see the kiddos, something the valley school setup isn’t super conducive to

Kind of surprised they didn't bury these. Guess there wasn't time . . .

Crane is outta there, working on the juice lines now

Also, if someone really wanted to be a troll they could comment on Blue's Facebook page something like "Will we have to take the quad to ski Free Solo and the OG6 to ski Paradise, since Sky Top isn't listed on the expected open trails?" I bet that would prompt them to add it. They don't want to leave trail count on the table.

Making snow with the gun closest to the new lift . . . Wonder if that crane operator is gonna be pissed in the morning, lol

Inversion I guess . . . Valley is back in the game

Also, don't discount the wave pool effect snow.

All three days. If the weather is 90% chance of steady rain, likely no Sausage Sunday.

I used to be really into being a dad, but then I became a skier

Setting out the ski racks up top. Every little thing they do is good for stoke, lol

Upstairs on the load terminal taking shape nicely, it looks like

Pushing out the snow in the horseshoe area too. Filling in the queue area for the OG6

Groomer action on the slopeside cam