JFskiDan

sweeeeet....i will see you there. i'm kinda excited because its not going to be 15 degrees blowing 30 mph.....

that sucks mike, and i'm sure its for no good reason, too. new topic.....PC, you heading up this weekend?

seems like playing hookey worked out pretty well for you. today was kinda nice in philly.... anyways, i hope condition are similar this weekend.

i'm thinking i will be doing the 9-12 session. brown jacket, orange hood, white helmet. i will be on east mountain.

met PC and Serch in the lot. headed to east mountain were we ran rivershot over to the elevator. the elevator was in good shape early on so we made quite a few runs at it. Barb stopped over to say hi and made a run with us down rivershot. bumped into C1er twice, i think, he pretty much had the same agenda as we did. P A Ridge Racer caught up to us by 11:30. Dom and John decided to check out risk it, i opted to be the photographer. risk it seemed to live up to its name, definetly challanging. elevator glade is bumped up pretty good, but still skiable. P A Ridge Racer in the elevator glade PC in the elevator glade Serch on the elevator P A Ridge Racer And PC on top of risk it PC in tons of powder

i'm in. looks as though there may be some additional members on tap for tommorrow, with varying arrival times. maybe we should meet top of east mnt lift 9am, and like 11:30? if anyone wants to meet up that is. brown jacket, bright orange hood......might wear my dirtbike helmet tommorrow.

i skied wmmr day last year....ok till about 11, then i rolled because it was pretty crowded. the slopes will be fine for the weekend, their groming is always top-notch. anytime you ski early, you wont be dissapointed. MLK will be crowded, Pres weekend will be more so. usually Usually C1er has a quick conditions report like around the 9 oclock hour which is nice when you cant make it out first thing.

got on the snow about 8:30 or so...made my way over to east mountain where i found PC and Serch. made some nice runs alternating between rivershot/elevator, floyds and the trees on challenge. trails were awesome, lots of nice poweder. the elevator is still in ski-able condition, but its definetly showing signs of a well used trail. deep in the challenge glade the snows getting pushed off pretty good, closer to the trail is nice but not quite as technical. we ran the trail under east mountain lift to retrieve my ski pole that i dropped off the lift for no good reason what so ever. the top 2/3 of the run were pretty nice, the last bit will be nice when we get another shot of snow. we went back for round 2 of this run since PC thought the cut-off on skiers right would be cool to try. PC lead the way, where he quickly found lots of rocks covered by a dusting of snow. we were advised of the rocks but Serch was determined to give it hell, but eventually the rocks had a negative effect on his forward motion. i hiked it out after some good advice from PC. we spent the last of our runs together on the lesser skied tree runs on the east side. i left PC and Serch to ski with another friend who got to the mountain about 12:30....just in time for longer lift lines, blowing snow and uphill winds. skied 4 more runs, and rolled out. another wonderful day at Jack Frost.

boulder had similar conditions. just back from a late afternoon session. crowded.

perfect morning session at frost. groomed stuff, ungroomed stuff, lots of powder everywhere. the elevator is really getting a lot of action. Dom and i talked with a couple of guys from the ski patrol who were just as stoked about the elevator as we were. no tickets were issued. Dom in the elevator glade Dom on the elevator lift lines were picking up some when i left at 11:30.

just back from a short session at Frost where conditions were just awesome. tons of poweder everywhere. hit challenge trees on the first run, then straight to east mountain where i laped rivershot and of course made the right hand turn down the elevator. the elevator was in great shape today, i think it got some man-made last night, and an inch or 2 of fresh on it this morning. the base on the elevator seems to be some solid man-made, not a sheet of ice, so even though the powder is getting pushed around some, its still real managable. challenge glade the elevator from about halfway down. the right hand side by the trees is filling in nicely the elevator from about halfway down looking towards the lift. nice powder. Cant say enought good things about conditions, and the crew at JFBB keeping it top notch. Hopefully making some turns at Boulder a little later on.

that one there is the theme song for this week, i think at pretty much any mountain. i never saw more ignorant people pushing their way through the lift line than yesterday. you make some valid points, but it really think alot of it is due to caliber of people skiing this week. i really havent seen anything crazy on the elevator when i was there, and i was there monday when it was pretty dicey with the ice from saturday. i saw people come over to rivershot from the challange glade, right before the second headwall. i actually heard them say "now what", looking down at the headwall which was covered in ice. isnt there a sign on east mountain lift that says it only services expert or more difficult terrain?

see post above....X2 spent the day on the west side as well, making some turns with some friends. lots of people, lift lines were definetly a little longer than i really expected, but the awesome conditions made up for that. plenty of snow for everyone. the trees on that side might be the secret stash, not that many people ski them, so the snow is real nice. like someone mentioned before, watch the gully at the bottom of Janes. i believe i over heard someone say they were going to make it snow again at frost tonight..... kudos to the crew at JFBB for such good conditions.

(amount of time skiing) / (3 lift tickets + 1 rental) X 2(kids that want to ski/ride) - 100(1 mom that doesnt really want to ski in the first place) > the amount of times i hear "see, i told you it was to fucking cold to do this. need my calculator?

super cold with the wind? i have some friends in town and right now theres a big debate going on.....

thats the truth right there. i saw plenty of carnage on east mountain today....comparable to WMMR day. C1er - i really appreciate the early morning TR....i was a bit lazy getting out today. i made it there about 10 or so...stayed until just after 2 pm. east mountain lift was moving along nicely even though the crowds were definetly there. C1er made the good points for the day, snow on the edges of floyds, river shot was nice on skiers right, but the last headwall was just completly skied off down to ice. lots of skis going to the bottom without people attached to them. trees are ok, ski-able, staying closer to the trail was better than going in deeper, since they did put down some man-made last night. i made 1 run at the elevator from the glade....theres just a little powder on top of hard crusty stuff...the base isnt really a solid sheet of ice, but it does make for some fast skiing. jahhdip

got to Jack Frost about 10 am, no where near as crowded as i thought it might be.....at least the slopes anyway. seems like more people were hanging out by the lodge than on the slopes, and that didnt bother me. parked over near frosty so i made my way to east mountain pretty much skiing about every other trail. the beginner trails were nicer to ski on since conditions were typical for the day after rain, then freezing temperatures. not alot of people skiing east mountain, so the trails hadnt loosened up too much, still pretty icy. floyds was pretty interesting...lots of people sliding down it after realizing there wasnt too much grip. the elevator and the trees on challenge are gonna need some love by either mother nature or the wonderful folks at JFBB. (hint, hint) skied my way back over to frosty, spending a little time bombing Janes Lanes since the snow got pretty nice there around noon. Left JF about 12:30, grabbed a samich, and headed over to BB. the slopes at BB had some more traffic on them so they werent quite as icy. definetly more crowded than frost, big boulder lift line was moving pretty good, so i just made runs on bunny schuss, dragonfire, big boulder and mittlewig. eventually found PC and Serch, made a couple runs together before PA RR joined the usual suspects. we made 1 run together before i had to roll. i am making some turns at frost monday, if anybodys around.

looks like my arrival time will be between 9 and 10. brown coat, orange hood, black pants, white helmet, PE's.

my christmas commitments should be over shortly......thinking about skiing.

thats pretty cool! new PR guy at JF.....robert2

i agree with that one. i know robert2 would be fine on east mountain, but for some reason chooses not to go over there. now you two kiss and make up, GSS is just having some fun here. i find the both of you quite entertaining.

all the snow we are going to get this year will keep it nice. actually, i am confident that JF will do thier best to keep the trees and the elevator fresh.

for some reason i didnt see this post saturday night. didnt know there would be anyone else in attendance, or we would have put up a time and place to meet. usually we are there first thing, but, i left my house without my snowpants , and PC was sleepy. it was one of those perfect days.....all except for my ankle getting tweeked a little.

yep...another great day at jack frost. i made it there by 8:30..the usual conditions that the nice people at peak provide us with. met up with PA ridge racer, PC and Serch at about 10:30. we made our way over to the elevator glade, and the elevator where we made numerous runs down this little ungroomed wonder in the poconos. PA ridge racer and PC picking a line PA ridge racer on his way down....3rd floor, sporting goods, recreation..... PA ridge racer about halfway PC....going......down PC....second floor, hardware, electronics watch the boulders at the bottom of the elevator. they are kinda hard.

yup. yup. yup. Dawn patrol.