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I hear there's a lot of hippy liberals.... your head might explode out there. My college roommate lives in Portland and skis out there. I'll ask her how conditions have been and what she recommends. Are you hoping to get out there this year?

Got a late start. If you ask Schif, he’ll say it’s because there’s a 0.0% of me ever waking up on time … putz’ed around Philly area and did a late afternoon ice skating session at Bleu as we past BMDI, there was a string of cars coming down from the mountain it was sugar and ice. And lots of people. But the sunset was was rad. The upper lodge was looking fun. headed back to the car and am enroute to Schifs Mamas in NEPA for the quintessential culinary experience of pizza and/or Gerritys.

DG’s has had some huge new store opening growth lately. I read an article that over 40% of new stores are dollar stores .…

Welcome to PASR, @synack!

Looks like Barb and Blue need to swap out some of their stock footage with these ones ^^ 🔥

Hey! I skied this AM. I pulled into Jeff's spot, next to Steeze's car and hit the quad starting at 9:30am. Skied for 2 hours then had an 11:30am call which I took from the lot. Solid morning. Challenge and Razors was awesome. Coming Soon was fun but I loathe the barrier. Main Street was great but only did it once because I was low on time. Sidewinder had some brown spots on it. Will definitely be waxing my skis tomorrow night to make it speedier. Interesting afternoon though. After skiing, I stopped at the Apple store in Ardmore to get my airpods fixed. As I walked in, I saw a red head dude and felt like I knew him from somewhere.... This was my face when... I learned it was Rupert Grint (aka, Ron Weasley). I think he's in Philly for a new movie with M. Night Shyamalan. The last "celebrity" I saw in Philly was (a) Gritty and (b) The Scrub Daddy who was on shark tank. 😂

Saturday is a maybe. I might do a quick trip as I need to be back in Philly by 1pm. Sunday I'll be there. My friend (who was Jeff's for the preseason party) will be skiing with me. will likely be a longer session. Possibly skiing on Monday morning too.

oh thank god. I was at a Sixers and Flyers game somewhat recently. The Wells Fargo was a shit show when they were checking vax cards.

You’re so three thousand and eight,Bill is so two thousand and late

welcome @billskis!! Happy to have someone else new here. Where do you usually ski? Just curious -- did Eninem and Dr Dree make you want to relive the 2000s? But instead of west coast rap, you joined an early 2000s website forum?

You really should draft a line of Wedding Congratulations cards, @GrilledSteezeSandwich.

Didn’t look like they had any frozen chicken thighs on their run either

3rd day of skiing in the C-O, Sore but wanting some mo’. 7am - We got out of bed, Lots of advil cause we’re on the mend. Grabbed bfast & packed the car, Hyped the playlist since we weren’t going very far. (An original poem, deliriously written on the plane home) ——— February 7, 2022 — keystone Since I have an epic pass, Schif used my "buddy pass". He paid like $120 instead of the $180 window price. We took the Gondola - Summit Chair - Santiago - Outback Express .. all a couple times. No lines for a Monday and scooted right on up. Once we got to Outback Express, my brother & @Schif decided to hike a bit. They can explain it in better detail. I lapped Outback Express until I caught them at the bottom. again the line were short. Went to the Santiago - Ruby - Summit Chair lifts. Skiied a bunch of laps. Favorite run of Keystone is Starfire which reminds me of Razors but a bit longer. It was just a bluebird western groomer kind of day. Our flight was at 7pm, so we knew we needed to leave the mountain by 2/2:30pm. After skiing about 14 lifts, 25k vert, we got Pizza on the Run and made a little tailgate with our leftover food. We drove up and over Loveland Pass, ogling at the lines in the snow. Some people were hiking up and skiing down. Some guys were grilling at top of the pass. Classic Colorado kind of day. Got back to Denver. Showered. Packed. And made it to the airport in time. While walking through the airport, Schif pointed out the the floors were tittie sparkling too Quick Colorado weekend ski trip -- totally worth it. Landed into Philly around 12:30am. But do you know PHL puts skis on the circular luggage carousel? And the big skis get stuck on the merry go round? 🤯🤦🏼‍♀️ Eventually home by 1:30am. And crashed hard.

After skiing Loveland, I came back to the hotel and literally crashed. My brother went to Bakers Brew in Silverthorne and he was a fan. He said it looked like an old Perkins but the food was great and priced well. After a groggy, super dehydrated nap, I got out of the bed and my calves were sore. The altitude and out of shape’ness was wrecking us. We finally mustered up energy and went into Frisco to Outer Range Brewery. Decor was rad. Chairs were cool. Music was lit. After waiting in line for 10-15 minute and chatting with interesting people, it was finally time to order. Then, the cook came out and taped off the menu items that they ran out of …. But he was able to mix up the chicken pieces and make it work. @Schif got the 1/2 chicken with the sweet chili sauce. I got the 1/4 chicken with the honey roasted peanut sauce. It came with jasmine rice and what looked like a salad but was just straight cilantro so that was odd. Oh and they had cucumbers with a lemon vinaigrette. They call it “house pickles”. I would still 100% order again but might ask an alternative to the “house pickles” and cilantro. All the beers looked amazing. They even had a “Steezy” beer (first beer on the left). Was it named after the @GrilledSteezeSandwich himself? Or another steezy person? We will never know … It was refreshing to have a place in summit county that wasn’t the typical burgers, chicken fingers, and nachos. Great vibe. Unique food. Good beers. 10/10.

Lift 1 is now Chet’s Dream. It’s an update Lietner Poma. It’s so smooth and fast. The old lift 1 is decor on the patio. lift 6 - The double lift - is still rouge with no safety bar the other lifts have all seemed to be upgraded with safety bars.

lol. We’re good I was trying to think of a post title and it found inspiration in the 2008 banger, Zack & Miri make a …

Today, we originally planned to ski Keystone. But after learning that my brother had a 4-pack of passes, we hit up Loveland on Sunday (so we can avoid keystone weekend crowds). And it was an amazing decision. We started with a quick Santiago burrito and jumped into the car. We got 2” of fresh snow over night The lines were super short, parked in the 4th row, and the chill & casual vibe was everything and more than what I remembered. ❤️ Our first run was down Richards Run. Made some fresh lines and repeated it. We had so many tittie sparkles as the sun started to hit Loveland. We headed over to Lift 4, skied down and then Lift 9. In the morning, we signed the waiver for the snowcat so we traversed a bit and caught the snowcat. For being Loveland, it surprisingly wasn’t windy at all. I was really expecting worse. Here’s the view from Lift 9. You can see the snowcat in the distance. Since Schif was on a snowboard, he had to unstrap because it was quite the slog. quick pee break. Got hyped looking at the lines. And the snowcat came down to pick us up the snowcat was cozy… after a photo shoot af the top with my family, we headed down. I think we took Marmot - The Pluge - In The Mood. We skiied down this section, which I believe is the Pluge. It was fun and as expected the snow was variable and a bit snow crusty especially towards the top where it was windy After the cat, we skied off the different chairs from Chair 8 and 9 for a bit. Around 1 we took the Face to the tunnel (that goes under I-70) and headed to the car for some sandwiches & beer. (note: the face was miserable) After lunch, we took Chet’s Dream up and decided to duck into the catwalk trees. I accidentally stayed too high for too long. it seemed fun… but it dumped me out to a crazy flat area, which i think was Forest Meadows. The map didn’t put it to scale. It was like cross country skiing kind of flat. Although the trees were fun, the slow flat slog was not. we skied more and noodled around .. the Parmesan cheese lift, 9 lift, 4 lift and few others then called it a day around 3pm. Schif might have some photos to add tomorrow. we took @PSUFly’s recommendation and checked out Outer Range Brewing in Frisco. Thanks! Will add info about it in another post

Dinner on Saturday night was at Dillion Brewery. I love a bar that plays the Winter Olympics and ski movies on repeat. We didn’t make a reserv so we snacked on nachos while waiting I got the soup & salad schif got the bison sausage the news keeps talking about Red Gerard and the watch party that’s happening in Silverthorne nearby..

We woke up this morning to ski Breck. Breakfast was Santiago breakfast burritos .. my brother picked them up while in Denver. Huge fan if you haven’t ever tried them. Water. Advil. Water. More Advil. and left the hotel at 7:30am for the gondola lot. It was kinda crowded but the line queue was efficient. We waited about 5-10 min. we were chatting on the ride up and the random guys with us were penn state alums and Elk / Camelback skiers who grew up in the poconos. Small world. it’s been about since 2016 since I skied breck. The expansion has been wild. —— we started at peak 7 with my family. Lots of western groomer with a bluebird sky. The temps read 2 with 0 wind but it wasn’t that bad. We did a few laps on Independence Super & Freedom together. Schif dipped into wanderlust and ore bucket. But after enough groomers, we played in the horseshoe bowl area. we took the t-bar and Imperial Express area quite a bit. Super fun. we eventually meandered down ro peak 9 with goals to hit up peak 10. But by the time we got there, the chair was stalled for a bit so we switched plans & got a snack. the lines were long at the base but as long as you stayed away from the bottom lifts, the lines were no longer than 5-10 minutes. I was really expecting much worse. On the way back, we took a motley mix of lifts and ended up skiing down 4 o’clock into town.. mellow and scenic. It was mostly a trail of homes with old men in hot tubs. overall, great day and super fun. Will add pics and write more on some of the lifts. A few seemed different and new… tomorrow is likely Loveland.

For the past couple days, I was in Vegas for work so … I decided to add a quick Colorado trip to visit family and use my epic pass a bit. On Friday, I flew from Vegas to Denver. @Schif met me in Denver, which was super convenient since our flights landed within 20 minutes apart. Strolled to baggage claim with the 100 others waiting for the bags… My brother met us at the airport, loaded the car and headed to summit county. A quick vom break along I-70 while we adjusted to altitude and continued on. We’re staying at a hotel in summit county. The plan is to ski Breck on Saturday, Loveland on Sunday, and Keystone on Monday. more to come …

A little swirly in philly. Won’t make first chair but I never do 😂 i live on a main artery near City Avenue so it was mostly plowed. once on 76, I was behind 5 snowplows & salt truck that formed a V formation. the trucks were slow but it got me hyped. might ducks style. The salt trucks were my flying V

Penn state has a small venue? Sounds like an oxymoron

Most people I know have G3 skins. They tend to be the most popular. I appreciate how it hooks on the ski. I've had mine going on 8+ years and they're still in great shape. And ... my final suggestion. Rent it. Try it first. It's not like every weekend is a backcountry kind of week in PA. If you find yourself in a place like Park City, you can rent a touring setup and get a feel for the different gear and then go touring at Park City after hours. White Pine Touring does rentals in Park City. If you find yourself in a place like Denver, you can rent a touring setup at BentGate Mountaineering and then tour up Loveland or ABasin. Hope that's helpful!

@Dirtwolf- Touring out West is interesting . . . You can do it at places like ABasin, Loveland and some other resorts. But touring the backcountry in Colorado can be pretty dangerous. If you do tour out west in the backcountry, I highly recommend sticking to a resort at first and then doing a class or hiring a guide. I have had 2 touring setups. I started touring while in Colorado because I wanted more of a workout at the resorts and wanted to venture into the backcountry with friends. While in CO, I did my AIARE avalanche level 1 and a few workshops. As for the setup..... My first setup was atomic century with dynafit TLT speed radicals. They're super lightweight. The ski has a waist of 100, which was better for touring in the Colorado backcountry. Atomic Century Ski: The ski was good for CO & UT. It had a bigger underfoot that helped in the powder. I would often ski at Berthoud Pass, RMNP, and around Breckenridge. + Dynafit Speed Radicals: They're super lightweight. Some of my friends were into doing things like the Grand Traverse (where speed and weight matters). When I started, I was doing laps up Loveland. So in hindsight.. honestly .. I think I gravitated towards them more because everyone else around me recommended them. But I'm not winning any races or doing competitions. I prefer ease of use over the weight. My second setup, I got when I was in between Pennsylvania & Colorado. Salomon QST 85: I wanted a ski that could do touring but also be a better fit for the east coast. So, I went with a smaller underfoot. I use these skis most often at blue. Huge fan. + Salomon Shift Bindings: After the dynafit experience, I wanted a more traditional binding and prefer it over the speed radical. This video explains the difference between Marker & Salomon binding. In short, the video says the Marker is better for someone who is doing 80% resort / 20% backcountry. The Salomon is better for someone who is doing 50% resort / 50% touring. The Salomon is lighter than the Marker and because of that - Salomon tends to be a pricier option. They generally do the same thing. In the end, I chose the Salomon Shift binding because I was able to get a pro deal through a friend and it was the less expensive option.