JFskiDan

Thats Blues #1 FB fan. That pretty much sums it up right there.

They do know how to bring them in with pricing for sure. I can see people saying, "well, i guess the lines werent maybe that bad, and i could put up with them again....." If you can be flexible, and stay away from peak times, it works. Granted i was there Sat, late season, but it was apparent some trails were not blown full width, and there was no snow what so ever in the trees. not a speck. Not that i was expecting to rip up Happy Land Sat, but with nothing in the trees, they didnt focus on them at all. Peak treated Happy Land like it was a trail, just like Challenge.

Perfect.

i paid $583 for the epic local last year. i am very surprised to see them (what i consider) this cheap again this year. If you have plans to ski around the Northeast, sure. If you are comparing a "JFBB" pass with Blue pass, it fits right in there. Vail had way too many issues with their resorts on the East Coast this year. They lack the importance of snowmaking. I really hope they improve the overall customer experience for next year.

Great parking lot activities, great food, fun on hill activities. Skiing was, well, just ok, but it was skiing. Hopefully i will see most of you weirdos again this coming weekend.

Just bring a table to set up in back of NMSKI's car. Breakfast goodies are prepped and ready for the oven in the AM.

Fun for a couple mid day runs. Great weather. Not sure what they will have next weekend, but i will give Vail some kudos for even being open. things are thin, nobody, and i mean nobody was there. From a past passholder point of view, Peak would close with a shit ton of snow, in March when day pass people stopped showing up, Vail has the place open, but skiing on/around grass at times. i remember skiing the Elevator with @phillycoreand @RidgeRacer on more than one closing days. Looks like alot of trails werent full width all season. if you could combine Peaks model on snowmaking, with Vail staying open later, like i mean skiing on some sketchy shit, you might have the perfect happy meal combo, with a toy. it is kinda sad to see the place just isnt the same it used to be.

That was kind of abrupt.

hope you feel better for sunday Doug. Take the Drs. advice.

this is what i was planning on bringing rather than actually cook breakfast in the lot. i think i can keep it warm for the ride from my house to Blue, then can be reheated in Emjos oven. FYI - i am planning on a bacon egg dealio, and a french toast thingy. More the better!

Thats my benchmark as well. if i am going to travel 2 hrs to some resort, it best be for something more than lib, RT, WT...... Greek over those almost any day. i will be interested in seeing if you still drink the Vail kool-aid as much after they announce their 22/23 pricing.

I dont think they will either. And i think they will have more pass options, to add to the confusion, and try to sway some from skiing weekends as much.

Im ok with this. I have said it before, i will pay more for the pass provided there are less people on the mountain. real world is this probably wont happen, but its always good to dream. do you think vail will sell the same amount of passes as they did last year, when they announce that pass is gonna be $1000?

i think when you compare the price of the pass to a similar hill, like Elk, its actually on point. I dont find $650 this overwhelming amount of money considering. I mean, yeah, ski sawmill, montage etc will have lower priced passes. No disrespect to Montage, i like the place, but i just dont think its, well, somewhere i could spend every weekend. I think everyone should really stop comparing any season pass to an Epic pass. Its a different product/model. Plus, i think Blue out performed all of the local Vail resorts this year in snowmaking alone.

I thought i read that both of them would show up, and care should be taken to pick the one from 21/22 to hand out first.

Yup, without the pass, i would be less likely to ski. No way im gonna show up and fork out $100 or whatever to ski at Blue. Somewhere else? sure. So far my Epic pass has mostly turned out to be a convenience thing, rather than a huge financial gain.

its more about the base then the temps at this point, and there is a good amount of base, at least in most areas. Hell, if they would mow that shit sticking up all over the place on NMDW, we could ski there until May. Not every trail has to be open for them to have skiing.

i saw that last week as well. I sort of wondered if they were using that as a guage as to whether or not the lifts would continue to spin, like if XX number of tix is break even for expenses, and they sell XXX, they know they make some cash, and dont "leave money on the table"

Im thinking more time skiing, less time cooking. Less fuss, less mess. Not saying we cant cook up some breakfast, but im not sure how into it i am this year.

Im thinking about some pre-made breakfast items for early AM.

Conditions were pretty much as predicted, it was pretty nice that it quit raining and started snowing as we were booting up. Where the new snow stuck, it was pretty nice, but crazy slow. Wind was pretty interesting. Parking lot always good. Another super delicious sour from beer fairy #2. thought for about 2 mins about going to BB, but it is blowing like crazy here. of course im in the mood for a pizza, but im betting my #1 spot is closed because of the snow.

Kinda depends where you are and how far you wanna go. My '55 hasnt had the best track record, it was towed twice last year. first time about 7 miles from my house, that was $100, and then the second time i probably had to get towed about 20 miles and it was $2XX. So i got AAA for $100 a year. The tow companies that are contracted to tow on 76,276,476 have to take AAA, so basically for me it makes sense. they tow 100 miles for free.