Johnny Law

I believe cement is referring to a slow and heavy but grippy snow. The most prominent pond is down by the sixer normally, guard is maybe the RFID turnstiles ?

How someone gets to your age with such little understanding is beyond me. Life is not about maximizing roi, money itself is nothing more than a tool, a group delusion we all participate in. Its certainly your right to take such an accountants view of buying a pass but ultimatley its something you can't understand and what makes you a shitty skier. Skiing is not about edge angles and turn radius, those things are actually simple. Skiing isnt from the mind but from the soul. You can think all day about laying arcs and nothing happens, it's a doing and like Zen Buddhism says doing and thinking aren't the same thing. To you the lot is a place to get some free meat but for us it's the equivalent of the town square. A place where like minded individuals although different in many ways can come together to have a good time. Other people that ski blue 3 times a week and can talk for five minutes about lower main st. Community, our tribe, now that is pretty rare in this world, infinitely rarer than a thousand bucks So no slightly cheaper access to mtns I already have access to is not worth that community but based on the way you ski that's not something you'll be able to understand. Its passionless, ski by numbers.

Vail resorts ? Really ? That's so.......basic. If there is one thing Blue mtn isn't it's basic. Weird means different and different in this sense is mostly good. I can't knock her at the end of the day if she takes the $$ and runs, the ski business is shitty and who knows if anyone else would want it. That said I would be disappointed if she sold, Blue is Blue, it has character and is interesting, Vail is wonderful but does the EC need another Disney type place ? What about another faux Austrian village like Stratton or a billion other places ? 5 high speed 100000 packs won't make the skiing any better and it's sure as shit going to make almost everything else worse. Does blue sometimes make some rather interesting choices ? Sure but they also employ people almost entirely from the area. Think about if you can even name another resort that does that. Besides skiing fast on Paradise they let us do pretty much whatever we want. When it snows they have never once said a word to me about skiing wherever. Fuck this weekend there is a dude who's going to make Creme fucking Brulee in their parking lot. The owner walked into the parking lot and asked a bunch of men drinking beer at 1030am what we thought if she asked us to move and when we were not so thrilled did absolutely nothing. Think about that for a second, what if we did Sausage Sunday outside of a karate dojo, in most of the world that shit just doesn't fly. I've been lots of places, there is a place for Vail resorts but there is also a place for slightly weird places that break the mold. Skiing shouldn't be golf and if saving a couple hundo on traveling places is something you'd give up alot of things money can't buy than Vail resorts is right up your alley. Vail resorts loooooooves bubble lifts, what more do I have to say ?

I like being in the Mtns and camping itself so I've had two trips were we couldn't do anything but tour around and take pictures of stuff for next time. That can be super fun in an of itself. Do you have a topo of the area ? If the terrain is conducive you can always just stick to stuff that is flat and do some fancy walking in the woods.

That's super sick, the classes are actually fun at least I think and now with some knowledge your probably feeling more comfortable and capable in terrain. Dynafit bindings take practice to get in and out of, nobody is good at it at first. Some people swear by the roll your foot line up one hole then rock straight back method but i could never get that to work great. Shovel makes a huge difference, I know that sounds goofy but it really does. Metal blades weight a bit more but abs can and does break. The flatness and size of the blade also makes crafting the faces in shovel shear alot easier. I like the BD deploy 7, the shovel your using looks like the handle is kind of short, no offense intended what so ever, maybe its just the picture but the length of the handle makes a huge difference, its a longer lever so you can throw more snow. Did you like the skis ? Width is generally your friend touring, lots more 3d snow. If you found boots that work you are golden that's maybe the hardest part.

Dude free boots ! Lol I can't think of anyone in the group with head challenger 120's

Those titty's are shopped for sure LOL I'm out this weekend, apparently I must have lost my job because I'm going to party rock in VT with my brother and friends. I'll be up tonight.

I always love pics from Montage because there is nobody else even in them. Looks like an awesome day.

Sausage Sunday is always legit af, snow was a mix but the lot always compensates. Tomorow should be real interesting.

First run was best blue run of the season, heavier snow but a good cream cheese run. Bmdi was sick too, sorry I had to run, I had to be home on time today. Tomorrow should be dope and Monday morning maybe tits mcgee

You are correct. Tree density is determined largely by canopy width at full maturity which is related to 10000 things but quality of the soil is pretty major. The ADK's skiing region is mostly slope spruce with very rocky soils. ADK is part of the canadian shield mtns not the Appalachians. The mtns are not old, the Apps are worn down ancient mtns but the daks are stupid old bedrock that was forced up as a result of the last ice age (10k years). VT Green mtns are the apps and alot of skiing lies withing the southern and northern piedmont region where soil is better and there are more northern hardwoods which are slightly wider spaced because they get bigger canopies. Basically the upper portions of the Daks are spruce and balasm fir that are packed together because the ground sucks to grow in, 2500 ft and below in the Daks where the soil is better and there are more Northern Hardwoods which go all the way to the top in VT except Mansfield which has Krummholz. ADK Krummholz is much lower and there are large sections of lichen and non tree areas in the Daks which are way more rare in VT. ADK glades ski really well too it's just a much different place than the Greens or Whites. Here are some good resources about the trees in these regions - https://www.esf.edu/aec/adks/forestcomm.htm https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/resource_bulletins/pdfs/2003/ne_rb158.pdf

Tonight was top 10 snow of the season. NMDW was perfect and like the second day it was open. It's so much fun to be able to attack the turns on that trail full out with nobody around.

They have bindings on them, like I said og p series. That picture is from when I got them years back.

For five bucks we can get you like the best hooker in Palmerton, she'll meet you at your car for 3mins of fury in the lot.

They are pretty nimble and easy to ski, you don't always have to be pressing the tongues to get them to dance but they are certainly more aggressive. They are pretty awesome skis but I don't think they'll help him touch a boob or anything......well maybe Doug's boob.

I'm not selling them they are free to a good home. I got them from Drew Haus that wrote the daks slide guide. They are 89's in a 178 length 23.5 radius I think. You should try them salty then you can start to get that long radius turn feel going on.

If you don't want to park in the 30$ a day short term lot the only place to park is the economy lot after E. Once you start heading out the airport on the right hand side right before you go to get on the highway or go to the way out there lot you'll see a sign for economy parking. Pull in there, it's like 11$ a day and you can walk to any of the gates. Maybe it will be 7.95 or something if you ride the bus but then you gotta ride the bus and who the fuck wants to do that. 99% of peeps, like Salty don't even know the lot is there and go to the way out there lots. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8819245,-75.2404664,3a,75y,5.68h,84.01t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s_qs8oaTyYoDMvZZBLtjSBQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D_qs8oaTyYoDMvZZBLtjSBQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D245.99742%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100

327 but the are early p series so they are on the worm screw and adjust pretty far. He can take them if he's interested but they are man skis not RTM's

Today besides the low vis was pretty great. Best part though was maybe the ladies from nj talking glamour shots in the parking lot.

Cloudy is awesome beer. Look up into the top house on long haul sometime, it's a mix of 50 different long defunct lift companies and "custom" parts. I assume that's why it doesn't always run but it is cool as all hell.

Snow was alot better than I would have thought, snow was much more even than Thursday night. Lower park is irrelevant. Switch was good and sidewinder is still super playful. Tarpon - Death Posture is crazy good beer and the abv creeps lol EAF ! - I have a pair of stockli stormriders that haven't left my basement since last year. If you like stockli's so much they are yours, somebody should ride them.

I'll be there saturday and sunday once the rain is done.

From blue to reading via 78/61 there was very few cars on the road. This morning was shit but apparently they all went home. I heard 476 was super awful

I was up for about 3 hrs, I saw zz in the lodge and said hi but he must not of heard me. Edge's car was in the lot. Maybe and inch over some pretty firm crust at first, maybe 2/3 inches total by the time I left. Razors to razor back had good consistent soft snow, everything else was a mix of softer stuff and icy crystals that was a little hooky.

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