JFskiDan

Im not gonna cancel my hair appointment for the 29th for sure. Marginal temps at best. I hope that gets colder, but no other forecast is even that cold.

a lot of the slopes at Frost are kind of golf course like. except east mountain. but if its heavy wet snow you aint going anywhere on those slopes. I dont think big boulder trail (or whatever they renamed it to) at BB is a rocky mess either, and has decent pitch.

According to Blue Mountain Chat Bot, they are open until 6 Pm Saturday, for anybody that might be in the area for some other reason that night.

Thats a nice trend for sure, but im thinking i will need to plan some other activity for next weekend that isnt skiing at Blue.

Nice. Even Accuweather is jumping on board for some accumulation. It will be nice to see some snow, but we can take bets as to what time Saturday it will all be gone. If you like or trust long range stuff, some models have something similar for Black Friday. i would rather just have some good old cold temps at this point, but maybe this is the pattern change.

I cant believe you are still hanging on.

As far as i know, nobody has public water for snowmaking, so i cant see how the EPA would be enforcing how someone like Blue uses the water they have on their land. I have a house in the Poconos on a well, and havent gotten any info that says i am under any kind of drought watch, although it would be stupid to be using water all willy nilly and everything, but my water use doesnt really affect anybody else except me. But people around me up there are simply as dumb as they come. it has crossed my mind about Jack Frost though, they pull water out of the lehigh. dont know if they could have some restrictions, or if they could have a problem with where their intake is, like if it is now above the water line. Big Boulder i think could probably empty Boulder lake if they wanted to. Might not be the best idea, but that water isnt used for drinking. i guess some could be filtered into the ground, and trickle into wells, but its not like its the reservoir for drinking water.

I find skitoolivesluvtoski trip reports and pics more interesting than whats going on at Elk at this point. both boring and kinda like “well, did it really happen?”

No pics. No lines. you didnt expect anything different, did you?

As much as i cannot stand driving 6 hrs for limited early season terrain with 6000 of my closest friends, it might be something to keep in mind for Thanksgiving weekend.

you can still get a participation trophy. how cold was it?

In my opinion, yes. fireplaces make heat. fairly inefficiently, but they make heat. No Heat November.

Space heaters are heat. turn one of those on, and its game over for NHN as far as i am concerned.

Honestly, for the sake of skiing, i hope you lose. And i wont think any less of you if you just turn your heat on now. you fought the good fight.

Some good news. This appears to be the Democrats last hurrah as far as controlling the weather. Hopefully this confirms. "colder than normal" and "winter preview" for like the week of Tday. It would be spectacular if this came in a few days earlier. https://arcfieldweather.com/videos i really dont like long range forecasts, but at this point i need to believe in this.

Need me to bring something specific? Maybe some Chili that cant be re-heated?

i dont disagree. i am fairly certain i have paid when i picked them up also. i mean, if i drop them off, and dont pay, you can hold my skis as hostage. But i guess they dont have a good system for when people have paid, so now maybe they just do upfront payment.

Tactical Tim was on location today. I tried to drop my skis off for a tune today. but i couldnt, because their system was down, and they couldnt take payment, and they need to take payment before they can send the skis to the back. as much as i like the place, its like they go out of their way to not make money. so, pretty much a typical day at Blue Mountain.

i know my house is poorly insulated, but last time i was up it was in the 50's, and i guess like monday when it was cold and i looked it was 49. How is it warm enough that you guys havent had the heat on?

I turned the ac on in the office yesterday when it got to 77 degrees, and i became quite uncomfortable. heat has been in at both homes at some point. I didnt even make november.

I know. wtf. I cant believe this weather for November.

Fake news. The fire is going to dessimate miles of beautiful land in its path, and the democrats have given all of the water to Canada. All of the beautiful real estate around the area will be worthless. The fire was started near a polling location to distract the people of Palmerton, in hopes they would all stay inside and not go out to vote.

i sure hope so.

i must have signed mine when i re-upped my pass, looking at my account it says i have no unsigned waivers, and i have a 2024/2025 waiver signed already. still doesnt guarantee my pass works though.

Dude just absolutely rocks the 90's Joan Jett hairdo.