RidgeRacer

Stoked!

Alta, snowbird, Brighton

That's cool but the price is right horn FTW.

Utah in February?

Congrats - Place looks sweet.

Just picked up a pair of Dalbello Axion's - Much needed. My current boots have seen well over 200 days.

have you ever been to squaw?

You mean he'd have to ski in Pennsylvania in the mean time (gasp!)

Utah is winning. Listen to the voice of the people my friend.

Nice Moe - We must have just missed you guys.

Dan skiing some powder

Split rock is where its at. Dan

Big boulder is looking good. Still looking though.

15 inches and scoping out some stuff to ski on with jfskid.an. Rock skis are out. Pics to follow...

Where the F is Squaw?

Yeah I know it's Bullshit but it means ski season is near. I can't find the Best of the East on their site. 1: Deer Valley, Utah 2: Vail, Colorado 3: Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia 4: Snowmass, Colorado 5: Sun Valley, Idaho 6: Park City Mountain Resort, Utah 7: Beaver Creek, Colorado 8: Steamboat, Colorado 9: Breckenridge, Colorado 10: Telluride, Colorado 11: Aspen Mountain, Colorado 12: Jackson Hole, Wyoming 13: Heavenly, California 14: Winter Park, Colorado 15: Crested Butte, Colorado 16: Canyons, Utah 17: Mammoth Mountain, California 18: Copper Mountain, Colorado 19: Aspen Highlands, Colorado 20: Snowbird, Utah

This is true. The lunch special is typically a classy affair. Often times the lunch special choice could take you across the globe without even leaving the Jack Frost lodge.

Then it was '08. It was the season before those trails opened. I remember I hitting Blue because they were the only thing open! It was November and BB didn't open until 4pm and I had to work so I went to Blue. That was the last year Ray Tuthill ran it I think.

I'm definitely skiing blue this season. I haven't skied dream weaver or nightmare yet. Last time I skied there they were cutting those trails. What was that three seasons ago? No excuses this season.

But vert around here is virtually meaningless. Like I said we're comparing molehills to molehills in the Poconos. Are there longer trails at Elk and Blue? Of course, but by what...10 seconds? Then again It takes me longer to ski One park glade or challenge glade than it takes me to ski Susquehanna or Slalom (probably because there's more turning required due to the trees). I'll take that over the traditional run any day. Are the Elevator and Risk It short as hell? Yes. But they're steep and there's nothing at Elk like them. Vert obviously makes a difference at big mountains north and out west. Here it's just a number IMO. And you should definitely check out Jack Frost at some point this season. I think I may even get some sort of discounted ticket on my pass that I can let you have. Let me know. Dan, Phillycore and myself would love to have you come up.

This is why I'm not a fan of Monroe or Even Pike Co. I love the signs along I-80 that read "This development is a Commuter's Dream". How could a commuter's "dream" be to have their job 2 STATES over? No offense if anyone here does that commute but It's amazing to me that people actually think it's feasible to commute 100+ miles each way every day. Unfortunately these Counties had no idea what they wanted to be (suburb, vacation getaway etc). The builders are going crazy and now they have a mess to deal with in terms of sprawl, roads, foreclosures, crime. etc. Have fun with all that.

But its not the truth. It's a ridiculous statement especially coming from you as I appreciate most of your posts. I know, maybe we can stack 8 big boulders on top of 1 jack frost and that'll compare to Jackson Hole! You're supposed to compare mountains to molehills, not molehills to molehills. If you think Elk's unbelievably gnarly terrain is worth the extra 250 over Jack Frost then you must spend your evenings diving into a money pit like scrooge mcduck.

There are some gated communities in that area that are having problems with crime etc..This could be in one of those. There's a reason it's that low.

sigh.

40's in the Poconos last night.