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Day 4 Arrived at snowdon lift at ~9:30 (pro tip, park in corner next to lift. Easy access to lift and car for lunch). Guns blasting all over mountain. 25F and receding winds. Ice baby ice. Wow! Swept mountain from snowdon to bear and back. Bear ok. Outer limits and wildfire closed so no bumps. Some guns blowing wet so almost went over the handle bars a few times. By end of day mousetrap-down was skiing grate because guns blowing good product. Got word two bumper friends joining me Wednesday. [emoji41] oh yeah, I’m talking to my skis now so I got that going for me... Couple of hero to zero pics

Wish I knew, would have been fun

bottom of course

Day 3 Late start but arrived at Pico 10:30 ish. Was not planning on skiing but sun came out. Never been but this place has potential. Reminds me of a smaller smuggs. Only lower mountain open as upper lift was not spinning. Winds still blowing but calling bs on wind hold. Upper trails had enough coverage to connect the dots. Sun soon disappeared then the rains came. Then the snow came. Then the sleet came. It even started doing something that looked like baby squids. This state got some weird weather... snow was mixed. Frozen moon craters on some trails to fluffier surface with occasional frozen rivers that you traversed at speed. Blue skies by 3. Skied until 3:30 and called it a day. Would recommend going back when more terrain is open.

Update: weather forecast completely different from yesterday. Thinking Pico now. Never been

Day 2: We decided to start at bear because snow was best there yesterday. 8:sumptin start time as our legs feeling it and crew was banged up from yesterday. 45F ish and snow was soft and flat. Bumps where still set so had to wait to soften. Woods were no longer in play. Took a break at 10:30 (hot chocolate) and we were all decidedly still nicked up from yesterday so decided on low-hanging fruit goal of skiing over to rams head and back. While on lift line at rams head heard someone call us out. Was the 6 Canadian girls staying at same hostel. They asked to ski with us and we like ‘ok’. We headed back to bear and first run apparent they were bunch of ringers arcing turns etc. Collectively they skied Japan, Norway (combined sail surf trip) and heli skied BC back country. . We were ripping back, having fun riffing off of each other’s lines and basically skied as a fun unit. Outer limits was stupid hero snow by afternoon yet superstar was still ice ((slide 30’ at Mach silly until you saw some snow and turned). Anyway, skied until 3 when we felt first rain drops. Girls wanted live music so hung at bear lodge for apres and song. Finished night at hostel chatting bs-ing around the family table. I told them it was like skiing with their Dad’s but no one was buying them dinner (they got a good laugh at that). I’ll miss their stupid accents. Girls and my crew going home today. Rain is here and I’m pretty sure I’m not dropping K$ for today. May hit local library, do some work and try to make a dent in my pile of unread New Yorkers. Awesome 2 days skiing. Winter returns tonight so see what miracles Killy ops can do (?)

Bare

Awesome day. Skied opening to 3. Snowed in AM, freezing sleet in PM. Woods were good

I’ll be north. Conditions will suck. Clothes will be wet. Friends will make for a fun time. Life is good

Note the OP has skedaddled, just sayin. S2L, you said your opinion. Grate. No more needed

6 pak liftie? She is a blonde. Daria does not work then. Maybe a Betty?

Extra helping of ice cream for you! Well done

This made me lol

Ha! First run down they pull yer pass for going mock-silly!

“500’ vertical” [emoji1787] Da google says 160’. Maybe you guys can shop for polo shirts when your done. Regardless, enjoy

This is the only grown man who is allowed to say ‘fluffy’ or derivative there of. Otherwise, just don’t https://youtu.be/sijAbpgmaXU

Yes

Fixed it for you

No salad?

SW will clean up the waves. Don’t give a crap about clarity (and fish don’t either)

Single chair weather blog has a big nope for most of January. So we got that going for us

Off shore wind had the water stirred up? Or was it more southerly cause offshores don’t do that

After the fact and I hope you had fun yesterday wherever you landed. All previous advice above good but these folks are pennsy-centric and don’t know shit about Mt peter which is the hill that fits your situation/location to a T. NYC to wRwick is a no-brainer It’s a throwback to the Vt family skiing centers. Small vert, small area but Uber family friendly and convenient. The “lodge” is centrally located so kids can wander and no problem meeting back up. Prices will be much better than anything in pennsy or Catskills also. After several visits, if your family is still into skiing, THEN go to a bigger resort.

Lake’s calm