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Can we get a one or two line little report... Snow conditions? Open Terrain?

Fellas... I mostly do East Coast boarding with maybe the odd trip out west each year, but after boarding during the heavy wet snowstorm in late February in Vermont (dumped 84" in NY), I realized that my Raven and Custom just weren't going to cut it... I ride a 159 Raven and 158 Custom... Neither board is wide and I have no toe drag with a size 12 Burton boot... I am 5' 11" and currently weigh around 170 (lost 27 lbs since college). I am looking for suggestions on a board that I will probably pick up on ebay for some scarce (5 days) powder days... Durability would be key since I would use it so rarely that I would like it to last for a good couple seasons... Does anybody have any suggestions? Go with a wider board? Longer? Brand? I'm looking for all suggestions... Thanks...

Well, I am sure Dime can concur, but they definitely did some serious pushing around this past week... Alot of those flats coming off the headwalls were real thin... Looks like they did it up right for the 2nd to last day...

Yeah, that storm hit my Junior year of college, so 3 years ago... Crazy bastards got 2 feet on like April 20th and were still making snow for day to day ops on the 16th of April... That was before the budget cuts though...

Yeah, was pretty sweet times... Waking up at 5:15 and driving at 5:30 sucked, but the terrain was definitely worth it... Nice meeting Justo/Rose, KingSlug, and seeing Root again... I'm hoping to make it up to ride with the crew a little more next year... Kinda tough living in Delaware... Mostly packed powder and hard pack up top with plenty of granular and sweet & low at the bottom... 30 degrees when we got there and about 40 when we left... Flurries were nice... Minimal crowds with maybe a 5 minute lift line at the quad at the most... Mostly only a 2-3 minute wait... Definitely worth the drive up... Hopefully not the last day of the season... I'm hoping to get up North again for a day or 2 the second/third week in April... If not, 19 days on the snow...

I would love to hit Elk Saturday, but since it is so far out in the middle of bumble fuck, and I may not be able to stay at a friends house, there better be at least 20 trails open with access off the quad.... Today they only had 9 trails open... Do any Elk locals know if they are saving the snow and not opening the trails, or saving the money on using the lift until the weekend? I'm hoping they open up the rest... Anybody know the inside scoop?

I'll be there regardless of cost... Probably 8 am to 12 pm... Then CB on Sunday... I'll be wearing Carolina Blue (light teal) pants and probably some kind of t-shirt... Or not... Most likely green... I'll either be riding a burton custom (orange decals) or a burton raven with stickers from alot of mountains... Hit me up if you see me...

Always is... I'm taking enough clothes to make an extended stay for Monday since I won't be able to hit it next Friday as I had planned, but the rain may force my hand and get me back to Delaware for work on Monday

When I had an SP to Blue I always booted up in the Valley Lodge... Will it be open Saturday, or should I just stay up top?

I guess that kinda answered my question... Coverage good enough that I can bring my mid-season gear, or should I go with the rock board for Saturday?

I hate crowds, so I usually wait until spring to do my boarding on weekends... How was it at Blue last weekend? I'll be up this weekend for some t-shirt weather and am definitely hoping to get some good snow... Hows the overall coverage?

Sorry fellas, but I'm kinda going to spam this one out in several threads, but over the next few weekends I'm thinking of going to Blue, CB, Elk, and Hunter... I'm not as crazy as Moe so I'm not going to comfortable in my Jeep, but I would camp out now that its warm... Anybody know of a place near Hunter to camp in a tent at a decent rate?

Sorry fellas, but I'm kinda going to spam this one out in several threads, but over the next few weekends I'm thinking of going to Blue, CB, Elk, and Hunter... I'm not as crazy as Moe so I'm not going to comfortable in my Jeep, but I would camp out now that its warm... Anybody know of a place near Elk to camp in a tent at a decent rate?

Sorry fellas, but I'm kinda going to spam this one out in several threads, but over the next few weekends I'm thinking of going to Blue, CB, Elk, and Hunter... I'm not as crazy as Moe so I'm not going to comfortable in my Jeep, but I would camp out now that its warm... Anybody know of a place near CB to camp in a tent at a decent rate?

Website says night skiing through 3/19 and day skiing through 3/27... They don't typically call it quits on a Saturday do they?

Any Elk locals have any inside info on a closing date? I remember 3-4 years ago they closed the first weekend in April, but since then they have been closing the 3rd weekend in March... May have gotten one in one year until the last weekend... This would help me out... Sure it is more expensive than CB, but if I am going to get some uncrowded boarding in on a weekend in March, I want it to be the best it can... Holla back at me...

Rossboy, help us out here man... Your the man with the inside track... I remember 3 years ago they had really sweet deals like $24.99 all day passes and $9.99 lift tix from 3-7 PM... Any chance we ever here of these again? Or just the Camelcard BS...

Sounds like you need to hold more safety meetings to me...

I want to hit the shoe, but I have several trips to the north planned... My parents graduated from WVWU so they have a soft spot for Snowshoe. May get there in the next two weeks for a day or two if the weather holds, but overall, I really just want to hit some legit East Coast powder days on a season where some areas in which it is usually rare no longer is...

Incorrect sir... As of this morning Snowshoe, WV is tied with Jay Peak, VT as having the most natural snowfall at a mountain this year in the East... Unbelievable I know... Why do I never hit SS on a good snow year?

I guess it depends on which patrollers are there, how much they care, and how busy the mountain is... Last year I went in the woods right in front of one of the two ski patrollers there and he didn't question me... I wouldn't do it on a weekend, but they don't have the manpower to really enforce it... It was fun making my own lines off the quad... Nothing too extreme, but fun... The bottom line is that its basically 50-50... If you get caught, you get caught... Risk vs reward... It was worth it to me...

Isn't that an extra 3-3.5 hours from there?

I'll agree with that... The skillz arent that much farther but are definitely worth the extra half hour or so drive... Depending on where your coming from...

Its good to hear they can run at least one "water based" side of their business... Hopefully they get the damn water park together so they can make some extra money and work on the ski aspect of the biz...

I'll actually disagree with the "greatness" of Windham... I went there for the first time about a month ago... There was plenty of snow on the natural trails and the mountain was 100% open, but the mountain is in my opinion very boring. The trail layout look good on the trail map, but most of the trails are generic and not at all interesting... Fairly flat, not challenging, and expensive food... It wasn't bad for a one day every other year kinda mountain, but I wouldn't want it to be my home mountain... I have been to Belleayre 3-4 times, and I love every minute of being at that mountain... Decent cruisers for its size with a laid back anything goes kind of atmosphere... I'm not trying to bash on Windham, but given my choice, I would take Belleayre every time...