Ride Delaware ?

Stoke level is high. It would be nice if I could use my Epic pass somewhere this weekend, or avoid the Monday madhouse at Killington for Veteran’s Day.

I’m still standing by my previous statement. IF they can make snow throughout today, then they will open tomorrow at 3 PM at the latest. It looks like they also fired up on Love, but it must have been after Freedom. Coverage looks a little less over there. I’ll be up in VT this weekend, and there’s a very real chance that BB is the first Epic resort to open east of the Mississippi.

As long as I’m able to go snowboarding, I’ll be back here and there. I’m no stranger to sarcasm sir...

Just checked the cams, and guns are on t2b on Freedom...

I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I checked the cams. 3:54 AM and no guns running at Blue...

Surprisingly no lights on at BB. Temps showing at 30 right now, so I figured there would be some action. Although, the fan guns have lights built in, so maybe they just use those and haven’t lit them up yet...

That was neither Epic or Ikonic...

Let’s be real, nothing is happening...

Maybe it’s this!!! https://snowbrains.com/first-u-s-indoor-ski-resort-set-to-serve-up-5500-tons-of-snow-on-opening-day/

They probably want to announce snowmaking, but they are waiting as long as possible to make sure the temperatures will be what they are forecasting. It’s all a stall tactic...

GSS is all over it. He’s already left several messages on the FB page. When they release it, we will know.

I am also expecting an incredible letdown...

They don’t need to put a ton of snow down. Terrain is pretty flat. Unless they are dead set on grooming it for day one, they can probably get it done with around the clock temps starting late tonight.

You’re an incredible linguist!!! I’m still calling for a BB opening Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Rack it!!!

It’s as exciting as you living in a hotel or getting free play at the Sands!!!

It’s the most important thing to my ski season, so this is great news!!!

Is the bridge open?

Going with the “safe” bet this year? It really depends on whether Vail requires them to change early season operating procedure...

I try to post trip reports when I have something new and interesting to post on. Quality over quantity. Unfortunately, I’ve been limited in days outside of Sugarbush the past two years, and I just don’t feel like I have much to contribute when I’m not posting a TR.

Thursday night looks solid after the front moves through. Friday could be around the clock pending a slight change in temps. Worst case, they lose a couple hours midday and start back up as temps drop in the afternoon. Saturday is similar to Friday. My gut tells me 3 PM on Saturday. Make as long as they can Saturday and groom it out for an opening in the afternoon. That would match their earliest opening of November 9 that occurred around 10 years ago... I don’t get as excited about blowing out the mice in PA now that my equipment is all up north in VT... I’ll keep it together.

Any thread is a hotel house thread for GSS. Or a parking lot pimping thread. Or a freestyle thread. Or a rack it thread. Or a...

How much does a hotel house cost? Do you get rewards points? You can probably stay lots of places with those points for free ninety nine.

Killington opens tomorrow at 11 with the walkway in both directions. They’ve been able to keep the guns on for about 36 hours and coverage looks pretty good on the webcams. Sunday River might be able to pull off a surprise opening tomorrow afternoon, but they may just wait until next weekend. There’s a solid chance they are the first t2b mountain open with the cold temps settling in after Wednesday.

Does he still freestyle?

I wouldn’t make a special trip for freedom, but I have plenty of friends I visit up that way from college, and it’s not drastically out of the way to/from VT if I’m really jonesing.