JFskiDan

We need more videos like that.

Frost on black friday? Yeee hawwwww

No.

Will anything else be so much more epic than skiing local? Lots of people wont think twice about jumping in the car and driving 3-4 hrs each way to ski 3 hrs on 2-3 preseason slopes, but that just aint me. save the drive for something legit. Plus, if you go to Blue, Jeff might let you sit in his new car, and maybe, just maybe, let you beep the horn.

Lets not forget they handed out cookies last year in the lift line.....

you will change your tune on that when your delivery driver gets into an accident.

my decoder ring is broken.....wtf does that translate to? they are blowing away at Frost, and i sort of think at a better rate than BB, but dont expect anything soon. Be really suprised to see JF open in the next 2 weeks.

Boulder wont be crowded this weekend. Any additional ticket sales outside of season pass holders just went directly to Blue.

Temps are pretty decent from now till Sat, with only a few hours during the day they may have to shut down. i think Love park might be a possibility for sat. At least thats what im hoping for.

Whats open? who knows. Obviously Freedom.

you win

make your own assessment at your own risk.

Boulder trail has a dusting of snow on it. Dont count on that for the weekend. They seem to be blowing on love and around the triple lift, but at this point there is alot of open ground between the lift and the trail. Freedom should be deep though. Is either bell or hunter opening with more than one trail? I mean, i want to go skiing and all, but is the drive really going to be worth it? I mean 5 hr drive X 1 trail \ 800 people doesnt compute on my abacus.

From this side of the internet, it definitely appears as though Blue is putting on a snowmaking display. Its very impressive. The cams at BB suck, so its really hard to get a grip on whats going on there, but it looks like the minor leagues of snowmaking. Although, i did see a picture of lots of snow on Freedom. Hopefully temps will trend down a bit for Sun-wed.

For as many years as BB is "open" black Friday, there is an equal amount of years were they havent been. I put open in quotes, since "open" to BB is Freedom. you cant make a weekend of skiing Freedom. For something a bit more legit, you need to probably look at Blue's opening dates. Normally Frost opens a good two weeks after BB. Anyone remember the year Camelback "opened" with skiing on the tubing hill?

So, i am kinda suprised at this....they are blowing at frost. I felt like they would really hit Boulder hard, and wait a little while for Frost.

If they would go at this like Blue is, they would definitely have something open this weekend. i see some snowmaking, but the fan guns on Big Boulder arent on. at 17 degrees,and 50-60% humidity, you would think they would have more on.

im pretty sure they are using fan guns only. Last year i didnt see any air/water guns at Boulder. And, if you look at the photo above, doesnt it look like about only 4 of the nozzles on that fan gun are working? i think they forgot to turn their shit on last night.

The person that does their social media has an office at Frost that overlooks the Park lift. Nothing is going on there. from what i can see from the cameras, theres not much to get excited about. i dont know what time they got around to turning stuff on, but it was later than Blue.

from the cams i can see Love and Big Boulder have snowmaking currently. i am sure freedom is being worked on as well. looks like there are 2 days next week were they may be able to go round the clock.

i think they should clear out more trees, and leave the parking lot alone. Different strokes for different folks.

The only place it even makes sense to put in a high speed is over at the Park. that lift usually sees most of the traffic. i rarely use that lift, so no benefit for me. And really, lets face it, a high speed lift at Frost isnt gonna happen. Kinda why i dont mind that there isnt a high speed lift there.

Hook up with Schif, he can give you a good tour of Montage. I really like Montage as a alternate to break up what can become mundane at JF. And Frost really doesnt care about where you ski in the woods at all. Its almost encouraged, i stopped to chat with some patrolers in between the E glade and the Elevator, and they were trying to come up with a line to ski from there to Floyds, straight through the woods. i thought that was pretty cool.

Saw a little activity at BB this morning on the cams...couple lights on, vehicles moving around, but other than that, i dont think much else happened.