RidgeRacer

One of the reasons why I couldn't teach anymore was because of the my dick is bigger than yours mentality amongst the PSIA 2s and 3s. The training and critique totally takes the fun out of sliding down the mountain with an ear to ear smile on my face, which is all I want to do. I didn't want to focus on my ankle flex. I wanted to jump into the trees or ski with my buddies having fun on East mountain. Some people are cut out for that shit. Others aren't. I look at all of the idiots on this site and see some damn good skiers doing what they love. That's what matters.

This thread delivers... Nice work Doug I like Elk. I like the hill. Their marketing, prices, lack of tree skiing turns me off completely. It's in no way like Vermont and it takes balls to advertise as such. When you can't and don't deliver, that's false advertising... A shitty thing to do. Phillycore is right. Kickapoo is their switchback... Just not as good. Blue still has NMDW, Burma, Paradise etc. Blue's trails are cut to perfection. Yes it's 1k vert in the heart of the Pennsylvania slate belt but there is variety and character which is nice. Obviously I like frost but what makes frost special are the trees and parts of East Mt. (and they seem to be taking that away). If taken away and it's a wider version of big boulder. Plus their ski season lasts 12 weeks tops (I don't care how long BB stays open... To me they are 2 separate and distinct areas). Plus of you work a 9 to 5 skiing at frost is limited. When I worked nights a few years ago it was great. CB is a circus. Every time I'm there in waiting for the clowns and the elephants to make their appearance. The mountain is kinda boring with the exception of Pharoah and cliff hanger. Margies etc are a smaller, flatter version of razors and challenge. And yes Tannersville (complete with outlets) doesn't give off that ski country vibe. Nor do the water slides and Rollercoaster. At least blue has a cool ass covered bridge. Blue is far from perfect but definitely gives you the most bang for your buck. And they are open till 10pm every night.

Awesome pics.

Still busy as hell. Snow is straight up sugar with some slick spots mixed in to keep you honest. Comfortable weather. not a bad evening

That looks fabulous!

That's funny about the people waiting for my spot. I even told them that it would be a few minutes. They could care less. They were just so stoked that they scored a good spot. The skiing was really good. NMDW was it's usual awesomeness. Challenge was good first run but quickly turned to shit. Skied it at 8 and it was great. Skied it again at 9:45 is it was a death cookie minefield. It transformed quicker than the first generation Megatron (the only Megatron that I recognize, not the bastardized version from the Michael Bay movies) when he needed to transform into the gun to attack the Autobots. Anyway I digress. The challenge bumps make absolutely no sense if razors isn't open. Anyway today was still pretty awesome. Switchback was also sweet. NMDW gets the nod over Switch for better visibility. #freerazors #groomchallenge #VivaNMDW

In. Hoping I can make first chair for the second week in a row.

"here be dragons" at solly is the best trail name ever So jealous homie

Solly... And take a freaking lot of pictures.

Beautiful.

"You realize those people are basically "Magic: The Gathering" outcasts that just happen to have some mild athletic ability" That's funny. Lol

Looks freaking awesome dude. Thanks

Last night was beautiful. Good weather, great snow. NMDW was spectacular as was damn near everything else.

That's awesome. Congrats. I pulled over on challenge to watch for a little. I think I saw team PASR. Looking good!

I'll definitely try...depends on what time I get up there. Good luck gentlemen.

I'll be there to cheer you guys on. Pom poms and all!

Hopefully it'll be good later on. Planning on an evening session

RideDE where have you been? Nice post!

This morning was incredibly fun. Whoever designed NMDW should receive an award. Love that trail.

Kachina looks awesome. Thanks for sharing

I'll be there tomorrow morning. Been seriously slacking since CO. Sunday is March. Need to get my days up

I'm sure you know this already but enjoy your life now. All of that will come when it comes

Dude I'm jealous. Looking forward to reading

I would love to see a Jack Frost only pass priced in the $300 range. It'll never happen but it would be nice. I've pretty much narrowed down my PA skiing to Frost and Blue and I'm extremely happy with that.