JFskiDan

I am impressed with the speed at which they are opening trails at JF this year. I know there is some new snowmaking equipment this year, but in years past it has been weeks after they start blowing that they get around to East Mountain.

No. the only real limitation is when there becomes the possibility of brown outs due to really high electrical demand. then they shut down. they might even be compensated for shutting down under these conditions as well. This happened like 2 years ago. The "discount" would make you sick, its considerable.

Thursday is so close to Friday, and Friday is so close to the weekend, i might as well just take off both days. makes perfect sense to me.

Not yet. But they did turn the guns back on the upper half of homestretch. i wonder if Bear is blowing with their "mr chilly" mountain water cooler. They have. Its like they want to compete with JFBB for worst social media ever, which was 2015. JFBB social media has been way better since weedeater has been around. Just giving a little credit where it is due.

Tubing, as much as we think its for the truly talentless, brings in big bucks for every mountain. I would think jfbb will start blowing on one of them shortly. Do you think they will start blowing the tubing hill at frost, where they have the most slopes open, or boulder, where they have less slopes open, and less snowmaking?

I love when they use the fluffer attachment. takes a little while longer to groom using it, but it really makes a difference.

They opened Challenge. The 6" of snow they got yesterday really helped them out. Price of lift tickets just went up again.

#‎happynewyear‬ from all of us at JFBB ! We're flying into 2016 & our snowmaking teams put in some serious work overnight to help expand our skiable terrain for the weekend. We remain at 1 slope & lift today (w/ 8 park features) but tomorrow we look to add more! Stay tuned for updates on our snowmaking progress & what we are able to offer you for the weekend. In the meantime, snow passes are $25, and this is the only place you can get on snow in the Poconos ! See you out there! From FB this morning. When the cameras do actually connect, it looks like they got going on snowmaking not too long ago. Later today/tonight looks better. Hopefully Blue can put on a show tonight.

i think he meant 4 am.

Wow! A trip to the Belle. Thats some real dedication there John. i would like to see some more pictures please.

What other trails do they have snow on? What other trails do they have snow on?

there is a little chatter about this monday-tuesday thing having some frozen precip. Really all i want for Christmas is winter.

Gave this to myself for Christmas.

You are correct. nice work Doug.

Just watched the groomer run main street. Glad i got out yesterday.

Nice pics Toast. Thanks for throwing caution to the wind like that and putting your phone directly in harms way to snap a few photos. Really makes the TR come alive. Good to see everybody again. I have only done opening day at Blue twice before, and that was my longest opening day session. Just glad i was able to get my boots on the right feet, even though it didnt feel like they were.

Go for 209?

Almost at lansdale. Considering going up to 209. My phone says 22 is fucked.

We are gonna get right on that. Right after we teach ski2live how to post pics.

Back then, the camera option really made that phone bulky.

is it really that god damn hard to take a picture?

NMSKI and myself sometime like 6:30-7.

They had "weathermaker 2000" up and running. I was kind of suprised to see them making snow. I think chances of them holding onto what they made are low, but they probably needed to take the risk.

i have a really good friend close by that might be able to do me a solid and pick my gear up for me. He is a really great guy, awesome skier, snappy dresser, etc..... i just need to get a hold of him. Thank you, thats very generous of you, but i would fucking kill myself.

Correct. It never really crossed my mind blue would open mid week.