JFskiDan

I had one of these at Blue yesterday, with the most awesome people south of where ever the fuck it is that you skied. I win asshole.

Silly question. of course we are. Breakfast is awesome. Walt, i will take care of eggs, pork roll, and my favorite breakfast meat, scrapple.

Great day. I will say we are all getting really good at skating from one broken lift to another.

So, really, in your book, cheapest = best? Got it.

I have wanted to check out GP for a while now, saving a day off for a pow day at Blue seems futile at this point, so i figured i would take the day off, since it will only become harder as March rolls on. Been watching the weather all week, rain then snow. They reported 1" of snow yesterday. Knowing today wasnt going to be epic or ikonic, i stuck to my guns and headed off to check it out. After reading last nights report from Blue, i kinda figured Blue wasnt going to be superb by any stretch, so i figured i wasnt going to miss anything at Blue. On the snow just after opening, which is 9:30. Huge crowd. like 10 people. So i started out on this lift, its a quad, they call it something "express", but it is really lacking in the express part. Nice grooming, and some ungroomed stuff over to the left that looks like it has a little more than 1" on top. Turns out there is a nice coating of snow on top of some midly crusty stuff. Fun to ski, dont make tons of hard turns and it skis well. I rode this lift for a little while trying to figure this place out. Over my left shoulder, i see more trails off in the distance, a chair lift, but i cant tell if that area is really open, or how to get there. My first attempt landed me right back at the express. this was that ungroomed area i saw from the lift. Just kind of ignore that fact its a little crusty underneath, and it was fun to ski. Anyways, back on the Express again, this is all the way to lookers right. Again, ungroomed on top of some firm stuff. Fun. Super crowded trail though, as you can see. So, some guy was actually to my right skiing this trail as i made my way down. We ended up on the express together, with another guy. So i'm in between these two, i need some info on this place from someone local. i know the guy to my left just skied down whatever trail that i was on, the guy to my right has a face mask on, and is skiing RTM's. Figuring he knows the best spots for Cocoa, i turn to the guy on my left and ask him how i get over to the other side. he said he was going that way, and just to follow him. Off the lift, and down some trail, he stops about halfway. Says, you can keep going down this trail and make a left, and it will take you to that other lift, or you can ski this glade, and join up with the trail below. I told him i wanted to ski this glade, and he said, "good. so do i." Turns out you can judge a book by its cover. We headed off down here. Disappointing sideways picture, but the glade was fun. I took this picture later, after i split up from this guy, rather than tell him....."wait, i need to take a pic for PASR," and have to go through explaining all of that. This was taken looking up from where we started skiing that glade. I couldnt figure out how to get to the top of this to ski the whole thing. So, after that, we got on the next lift, and he told me where this and that would go, and from the top of this lift you could go to (i think) East Mountain, if its open. It was, and he said, i will show you where another nice glade is. So down a little we head into another nice glade, and ski that about halfway down to the lift, then onto some ungroomed trail with some variable snow, then onto a little cut over, since the cover on that particular trail was getting a little thin and weird. Back up that lift, rinse and repeat, and then i split off to go back to the base, which is kind of a ways off to grab a beer. This is where picture time ends. i went back out, started back at the express, then worked left again, just having a good old time. I did pass by what i can only assume is the oil rig lift, but no pic. Called it quits about 2:30. Great day. What a great day. There were some areas of lake ice on the trails, oddly enough, they were just small patches surrounded by really nice well groomed snow. They do a nice job grooming here. There were a bunch of trails closed for snowmaking, and maybe one that looked a little dicey in the ice department. Come to think of it, i bet that closed trail would have lead me to the very top of the first glade i skied. No crowds to speak of at all. I think there are a ton more glades here than i skied. Coverage in the glades was good, not JH good, but lets face it, its the east coast. The firm layer under the good snow was actually probably a good thing, my skis came away unscathed. I am amazed at how much snow they actually get right in that area. you dont have to drive to far to find pavement. Theres nothing crazy steep here, but the conditions and trees well made up for that. Super fun place. I think its an hour north of Elk. I like Elk, i was there once a few years back, but drive by Elk, and go here. Totally worth it. Its all fixed grip lifts, so its a GSS free zone, and if you like to complain about Blues parking lot, go to Elk. Its 2 hrs 10 mins from my house in the poconos, so its a super easy drive, and i will keep this place on my radar.

This place doesnt suck. Fun day. More later.

he works in MALVERN.

Yes! they will be flying direct from Denver.

pushed button 2 many times. nothing to see here.

Maybe its just been so long since he has been around, but i kind of miss him. IIRC, he started the beer thread.

Dude, seriously, how do you contain your awesomeness? I mean, you are just next level awesome that most of us just dream of being.

Did everybody pick up on the TTC6 reference in my first post? Just curious.

leap year has dates all fucked up.

Oh no. Enjoy this fellas.

I think i made it pretty clear how i feel about timeshares, thanks for bringing that back up. I'm not looking for an overnite stay.

So, dont get me wrong, i like hanging out with you assholes, and conditions were great at Blue this past weekend, but we all know we cant have nice things 2 weekends in a row. Anyone interested in a road trip Friday or Saturday? I could easily be talked out of going to work on Friday, in fact, i would really almost prefer that. Elk? Greek Peak? I think Greek is skiing pretty well, but maybe @mbike-ski would have some "insider info?" Just for shits and giggles, take a look at the forecast for our northern areas for later this week. Car pool is cool, but my Vette only has room for 2, and you have to like Bud Light Lime, and Vanilla Ice.

We saw someone on sidewinder just neglect to turn at the first hard left. No real effort made to stop, just went straight into the arborvitaes. Amazingly, he appeared to be ok, i mean, as ok as you can be after bouncing off a tree. If it was the same person, i hope he just gave up when he got to the bottom.

Fun ski day. Weather good.

A coworker does this over the winter. Says you wont get rich, or have an endless supply of syrup. Says the same thing, “keeps him busy”

Actually its the other way around. Enjorales is continuing to do us all a huuuuge favor.

Tussey looks almost identical to Ski Sawmill, which was a $10 ticket on Tuesdays when i was in college.

100% agree on this. I get the idea of stocking spare parts, but stocking parts that may never be needed is just a huge waste of money.

Might bug out work early tomorrow for a mid day session. Sat and Sun. My condolences to Doug.

Steamboat has consistently been getting snow, so odds are definitely in your favor for that. Really at this point i would just be planning out which strip clubs would be best based on location/services.