JFskiDan

i felt like i was waiting for things to go sideways at any second while skiing today. The early run on Switch was really good, but again, just not knowing exactly how the transition onto Lower Main was gonna treat you kept me kind of tentative. i would rather ski goofy shit like today, than not ski at all, but my rating for today would be pretty low. i will take it though, with all the guns they had going to put down snow. take the good with the bad. way busier today than i thought it would be. lots of state police, 2 Dept of Conservation trucks, Paramedic, 2 ambulances, and 2 fire trucks. not sure what was going on there. Maybe policeman/firemans day off on the slopes?

how will i do shicola/raceway/widowmaker/cuzziscabin to midway then? Jlaw and DW wont be able to run switch.........The struggle is real.

last weeks forecast VS todays. Match up the Friday in the above photo, with "today" in the below photo. Trended a little warmer for this week, like it always does. lol. Glad we are skiing, but what a shit season for weather. Meanwhile, out west it just keeps on snowing.

my god is that thin.

Thats about it, but it was from way further back, and showed about 6-7 trails. Rough go for all of the East this year. Back to your regularly scheduled programing, Blue Mt season pass.

For me its the plain and simple fact i get to ski every weekend, its an easy commute from either direction, and the totally bizarre group i get to do it with. Of course i cant find it now, but i just saw a pic of Whitetail resort, and it definetly will make you appreciate Blues snowmaking. Granted, the temps are probably a tic lower than blues, but yikes. look at thier webcams. if i was them i would point them at the scrapple shack.

Total renegades! We commented over the weekend that uphill isnt allowed, but the mass of people just walking up the slopes to watch thier presious kids race, is more than cool. lol

Saturday at CB? But Blue has ridic lines? Fucking LOL dude. i still think your "friend" would be better off with an Epic pass.

You know buying next years pass will shut down your RFID card, and require a trip to customer service to get it all back working again. I too would like to see some type of deadline. I have a buddy pass i guess i should try to give out to a deserving soul as well.

Make sure you tell your "friend" about the "waiting in ridic lines at Blue and skiing the same 1000 footer every weekend." I would think advising your "friend" to buy an Epic pass would be the way to go.

I feel like this is pretty much when it comes out, just after pres day weekend. Keep in mind, offering it this year in march wont get much “ski the balance of this year”

I was really on the fence over buying an epic pass, or a Blue pass, but thanks for helping me make up my mind knowing i wont see you at Blue!

I had said the pass price would start with a 7. I was wrong, and can admit when i am wrong. But i was close, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and diarrhea, i guess. the 2022/2023 thing at the top of the page is a little weird though. Typical for Blue, but weird

I wonder if indy will have a 6th grade pass this year. I feel like skitoolives kids are in their 5th year of 6th grade.

goes to show, that when you go to Blue with low expectations, you can walk away surprised. Today was good. Solid 7.5, which really could be a little higher based on thinking it was gonna be about a 3. Thought today would be but

If you are going to borrow something, go for an SR-71. Wanna see me be impressed? show up in one of those.

I have told many people this year, that next years pass will start with a 7. i will stick by that. Probably do some type of current passholder perk i would think. They really should just do $799 and 1 free full tune for current passholders. If you run the Skiitooolive numbers on pretty much anybody posting here, its still cheap as fuck to go slide down some man made for the season. Plus, at that price, not every Tom, Dick and Harry will be buying a pass. less people on the slopes in my opinion makes for a better day i will pay more for.

When i was in College, me and 2 friends drove to Canada to go skiing, basically in an ice storm all up the east coast. Where ever it was, Tremblant, or Mt St Savoir, or whatever, the lady at the ticket window kept telling us "very fast skiing". After 1 run my buddy said "very fast skiing my ass......this is ice cubes on top of ice". Terrible trip for skiing, good trip for drinking, as the drinking age at least then was 18, and we were all under 21.

De-icing. Gunnison is a neat little airport since they re-did it, its alot like JH now, just not as over the top. So they dont have a lot of flights go out. So the people at the counter who check your bags, are the same ones that handle boarding as well. But it kinda runs at a slower pace.

I ran from one to the other. I had always considered the Gunnison flight being a problem, and i must have been a little sleepy when i thought there was another DFW-PHL flight like an hour after my scheduled flight, but second look showed that was incorrect. i spent a small amount of time trying to come up with plan B, in case i got to DFW late, but the options sucked bad. So, yeah, i was the asshole on the plane yelling at people to get thier shit together and get off the plane or get out of the way. I was going to do whatever it took to make that flight.

But wait......it gets cold next week! Its like the umpteenth time we have gone through this cycle, looks like cold air 7-10 days out that never comes in. I dont put alot of faith in forecasts that far out, but this year its been particullarly bad, almost always trending warmer. Dont even think for a minute we will see snow either of those two days either....lol. Sounds like this warm/rain spell is really doing a number on things, But so glad they opened Challenge and Switch, rather than build up the base on the trails already open! The grim reality based on the trends, its hard to imagine we will have much of a season in March.

it hates the cold. if you keep it nice and toasty warm its ok. i need an Iphone jawn to keep it warm. but yeah, its time for an upgrade.

What a fantastic dayat CB! Couple inches overnight and snow for most of the morning really filled everything in. I really wanted to step up my picture game, but my Iphone set a new record and was dead by 9:30 am. Snapped 2 pics from the first lift ride. ran the usual laps with a quick lap off the north lift before meeting Barb back down at East River. After we split up again i ran back up to the north lift to get a few more fresh laps there, then went back towards hard face for something a little more challenging. Big drop to get in, but rewarded with some deep turns. Down through some trees, and back to the Paradise lift. Didnt quite make the route i was looking for that @RidgeRacer and i took that dropped us down right on top of Rambo. It can get pretty interesting back there, its rocky and cliffy, and its hard to navigate, so i moved onto the frontside to finish out my day. Over at horseshoe springs i was rewarded with some untouched on a small steep face, after the trees, but had to hoof it out again. Very low crowds today, actually less then yesterday. Finished up on the frontside which wasnt crowded, and could easily find some nice soft snow on the sides of the trails. snow pics from Barbs after a phone recharge. Usually the mountain view. Not so much today quick session tomorrow then off to the airport.

Back relaxing at Barbs place after another fun day at CB. Switched up the routine this morning to hit the steeper groomers off Silver Queen first then over to run some fast laps off Paradise. Dipped in some trees to find some really crusty stuff with yesterdays warm afternoon temps. Went down to the trees off East River, which were better but getting firmer every day. Bumps are still decent, but kinda depends upon what side of the trail they are on. Lunch break around noon, and thats when the clouds rolled in and visibility was poor at best. Clouds yielded snow, went back to the frontside to the trees at Horseshoe Springs, which skied well, but there are a few rocky areas to avoid. Ended up in a gully that was up in either direction to get out, so worked off lunch doing that. Low crowds today, no Eagles jerseys. Looks like about 2" fell in the afternoon, and hopefully the overnight snow produces.