EdBacon

Isn't Dr Phil the one that tells you to drink juice if you have cancer and shit? I already said I don't want to medicate myself. A psychologist I'd talk to for therapy/behavioral modification shit. I can go see a psychiatrist but they just exist to give you meds. Not something I'm keen on doing. I have a fear of flying, not fucking schizophrenia. Jesus. So I'd rather just fly straight up but I don't want to get locked in an aluminum tube for 4.5 hours my first go around. But whatever dude I'll just get hammered beforehand or something.

I was looking there. Is there stuff to do at night?

You know how inconvenient that is? My insurance doesn't cover therapy, and those sessions are expensive. I'd rather go on vacation. I can see a psychiatrist, but I don't need a guy to just prescribe me xanax, again.

Hey all. I need to take a vacation. I haven't ever had a vacation in my life, unless you count the times my folks took me to the shore when I was a kid. I'd look for pieces of glass under the boardwalk, sometimes find a syringe or a finger. We'd pick fresh fish right out of Raritan Bay. They were hardly even dead longer than a day. It was great. But then my aunt would show up and fight with my dad and we'd go home early. Anyway that was 15 years ago we last did that in any case. So I need to take a fucking vacation as an adult, which I've technically been for 11 years now. I can't fly on a goddamn plane yet. I tried for a business trip a few years back and ended up screaming about how we were all going to die the whole way to Chicago. Medication is an option. Or booze. Honestly I want to just fly without mind altering substances so I'm trying to train myself via exposure to shorter flights first. Also, putting a nice big reward at the end should help. My plan is to fly up to New England to get acclimated to being on a plane, then next year making a bigger leap, maybe to Colorado or something like that. So, for the East Coast, my main conflict is between Vermont where I can fly into Burlington, have a decent range of stuff to occupy me in town, and several resorts within 1 - 1.5 hour drive time. However flights to Burlington are expensive, and so are lift tickets in that neck of the woods. New Hampshire wins on cost: $100 flight round trip to Manchester, and my Peak Pass (RIP) is good at two White Mountains areas (Wildcat and Attitash) which saves a good chunk of change on expenses. The problem being, where the fuck do you stay up there? And what do you do? So does anyone have any advice on places to stay/eat/drink in the White Mountains? I plan on spending like a week-ish up there. So enough distraction during the evening and night that I don't just watch fucking wheel of fortune in my hotel room. I mean, Vanna White still looks great at 62 (and she's single) but some more stimulation would be great. Thanks and God bless. And happy new year.

I live in Philly and I've never gone. One day I'm making a point to go, just because.

Kinda bummed they are still only open with Freedom and that one short beginner slope. Although they're saying 100% open by next weekend. Plus Jackson Frost is opening Friday.

Goatsville.

Makes Palmerton look like part of the wild west there. Nice.

AZ is less active than it was years ago.

I've always wanted to check out Whitefish.

Ohio has tons of meth though.

Wait, are you charging admission to your backyard?

Cannon and Wildcat aren't on the same pass. Wildcat is on Peak which also gets you Attitash and Crotched though.

You guys know how to live.

If anyone wants to ski Platty Sunday I don't mind carpooling. Last I saw they had 12 inches and were expecting 4-7 more.

Sick. You get 2 tickets to some resort in Japan with your E p i c P a s s Do you guys like sushi?

If I was driving west I would skip all those places and just go to the knob, if conditions warranted.

I always make a point to travel each season. Even if its just a few days in NY or VT, and the flexibility of basically having a season pass to whatever mountain is nearby is a great bonus. Skip the ticket lines, go right to the lifts and when you add in the cost of a ticket at Hunter or Mt Snow it quickly makes it worth the investment. My only real gripe is that Hunter is probably 3rd on my list of Catskills resorts. Haven't gotten to the NH places yet but will definitely check them out. I guess it comes down to if you plan to travel or not each season.

Was a Roundtop pass any more expensive. A drifter pass costs the same as a season pass the Blue would for me, and I have the bonus of a free day at Hunter or Mt $now.

PA mountains in order of gnarliness *provided they have received ample natural snowfall*: The Knob Elk Blue Mountain the True Mountain Jackson Frost Everything else

Platty is a gem. That place is a lot of fun after they've gotten some solid snowfall.

Montage is great because it really like two mountain on top of one another.

You could rip up the slide when they had a lot of snow. You'd get yelled at though. It was fun. Good move turning it into a trail. Still not agreeing with the terrain park move though. Doesn't matter as I never will go to CB again probably.

Wait, they put a terrain park on Pharaoh? Why? I liked when it was contained on its own little area with that mid mountain double. They had the cool graffiti thing going too.

There's still the cliff under the east mountain lifts. Skiers left a short way after you come onto the liftline after exiting River Shot. It's before Mark's Way crosses under the lift. The sign for Risk It is still there too.