AtomicSkier

Mainstreet is the one in the middle of the mountain there. Switchback is one of the later trails to open even though its one of the least skied on trails, it always has the best snow

they never blew alot int he base area....i think the one night they focused mainly on the upper mtn....they didn't loose alot from yesterday, as you can see in that pic, compared to the pics of the day....

I love Elk. It's a great mountain. Slow lifts, but the amazing snow conditions make up for it.

Heres a nice shot from the cam just now.

I got an email back from blue, and they say they are making snow for opening day, weather permitting. So I guess what they mean by that is that is defaintly for the ITC, and if the weather starts to comply, and the current snow sticks around, it'll of course help build the base for opening day.

http://www.skibluemt.com/POD/index_html

like if a trail is a mile long, thats not 5280 verticle feet. Blues verticle (maximum altitude - minimum altitude) is 1082 feet or something around there.

they've been open for more then a week and you haven't been out yet Who are you, and what have you done with SibHusky?

i think they'll blow again monday...that should be a real nice day.....

i don't believe they made snow on homestretch last night, there main focus was on midway/main street and some other upper mtn trails (the trails right around the lodge, there names escape me at the moment)

heres a little update....

i don't think it melted, it looks as if there is snow all around the challenge lift and up home stretch, unless that is an illusion beause i think i see snowmobile tracs or something

they form the piles naturally, or at least they always seem too. and yea, of course, since they won't have 3 nights of snowmaking, there is less surface area when they are in piles, hence less snow will melt. Hopefully they get enough down tonight to last 3 days, and still have a decent amount left. As long as there is some down, thats better then nothing.

the coverage on the cam looks pretty decent on homestretch...and mainstreet looks nice too....but the temps dropping rapdily, so i'd expect them to fire up any minute now, and as i'm typing this, it looks as if the guns are on in the upper mtn area (main st)

didn't realize this was in camelback...moving to gear

he is just plain amazing. amazing.

haha i think you've said fire DaveK enough Well bandwidth for a webcam would be expensive for an induvidual, but for a corporation, its nothing. I mean you'd think they'd want to point at things that broadcast a good image, not pointing it at the clocktower 1/2 the time.

they weren't blowing at the time you thought....they started later i believe

yup, they own and operate CB's cam, they just allow CB to get an internet feed off of it. Fox has a cam at blue mountain, but i don't beleive its the one you see on blue's site.

low of 24 in palmerton...looks good, they layed down alot of snow on mainstreet and midway it looks like

just incase they stop, heres a look at the orgasmicsight:

NBC controls CB's cam

NOW THAT IS SNOW!

yea, cause Flourine in its gaseous form is a VERY posionous gas. Skidude, where do you wax your stuff, in your garage?