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5" and still snowing at Elk right now. ...WTF 😃

Elk will be closed Christmas day.... For skier safety and to blow snow ASAP... Posted on their website and FB..

He is reporting No Side Effects...

Son in law.

My SON is an EMT at Hershey and he was vaccinated today..

Getting on the lifts.... at 1:00 pm Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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12/18/20. Opening day. 23° Overcast, No Wind On mountain around noon after clearing driveway, shoveling decks and gearing up. No liftlines, ski right on most every time. Only a few not wearing masks. Looked in lodge and only a few people inside Standard opening day trails open. Beginners, east, west, susquehanna, tioga. In addition lackawanna spur, hiawatha, and Seneca...the natural trail under the C lift. Surface soft and cut up. Susquehanna was moguled up inconsistently. Seneca was down to grass and dirt in most places. Poachers were boot deep in natural on Slalom. Snowmaking on Delaware and Tunk.. Now... "All the rest are Free" Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

In addition they have been blowing Upper and Lower Tunk and Delaware, so there may be more open T-B....

There is nothing posted on website about which trails will be open. Check tomorrow and they'll be posted. We're going up tomorrow morning to open the road to the cabin and take a few runs... I was told Union Dale had 12-14" ( about 3-4 miles away from Elk)....

Channel 16 weather had just shy of 12" and their production studio is outdoors at the Montage exit off I81.

This one's named after my sister Gail....next one is my brothers ' name Harold.....

I saw from NWS the possibility of "Thunder Snow" early Thursday morning. Twice I've skied in a TS. First time riding on a high speed quad at Park City..... Snowing all morning and intensifying rapidly, suddenly the snow lights up all around us and a tremendous clap of thunder cracks. Suddenly the lift stops but the lightning flashes and thunder didnt... We debated whether, if lightning strikes the cable, and we're between the strike and ground, are we toast? After about 2 minutes the lift began to move and we unloaded and hurried to the lodge on top to wait out the storm. 20 minutes later, a ski patroller entered the lodge, climbed on a table and announced "we're closing the mountain in 20 minutes and if you don't know the way down, meet out front and we'll lead you back" We knew the way back, so we geared up and clicked into our skis. As we started down, the person leading disappeared within the first 30 feet.... A very scary decent until quite a bit lower and visibility improved....Something we'll never forget and recall often. The Second time happened on our first ride to the top on the gondola at Snowbird.... But that story is for another time... Anyone else have a TS experience??

Yes they won't groom, they'll leave the whales until after the rain...

Elk just now posted on FB... "Check back here early next week for updates on opening for the season! " Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Elk 12/4/20 Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

In my "neck of the woods" there's Fearnot, Rough and Ready, and Hebe....

Last week my Dr asked if I would take the vaccine. I answered yes, and he said he would too.

I have a research scientist friend who is developing a therapeutic treatment to eliminate the spread of the virus in a person's body, once infected. Essentially attacking the disease on the molecular level. His process effectively constructs a wall around the diseased cells not allowing them to infect any other cells within the body. His process focus was originally designed to attack cancer cells, but since March his team has turned their attention to fighting Covid 19. Last week they began limited clinical trials in Singapore, his main research center. This man is a genius and I fully expect him to win a Nobel prize someday. His company name is Hummingbird Bioscience and was featured on CNBC last weekend.

It's snowing at Elk. The guns are in position and the West Slope chair is running......

No that's their normal opening time.

And just like that Big Pharma announces a vaccine that has a 90% chance of working effectively...

Elk changed their hours... Now open 7 days a week.. Sunday thru Thursday 8:30-4:30 Friday and Saturday 8:30 - 9:00 also extended SP and B&F early prices until November 25th....

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WOW. Check out Elks' Webcam.......