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Yes, I think the slope does help to a certain extent to bring people in. Some of our group hit the Yard House for lunch afterwards. Others who brought family that didn't ski walked around and probably browsed, so there is that. I tend to think that the restaurants make out the best overall. In the summer when it was in the 90's it seemed like there were more people there for the AC, just hanging out. Friday & Saturday nights at the LV mall were the place to be when we were teens. Dumping loads of quarters in Space Port, eating affordable meals at McD's and hanging out in Spencer's was the thing to do. Then head over to the theater to catch whatever movie had just come out.

I can't remember the last time I was at the LV or KoP malls, and typically only go to L.L. Bean at the Promenade and that's maybe once a year, if that. The only stores I really go to anymore are Home Depot, Sam's and Walmart.

Yeah, it seems as though the big indoor mega-malls have gone the way of the Dodo. Coming out of Big Snow on the weekend into the mall area, there's just not enough people to seemingly keep the place and various stores afloat. Even walking around any mall lately, they seem pretty vacant. I've always been astonished by clothing stores having so much inventory to keep on hand and never seeing hardly anyone buying stuff outside the holiday season. I can only surmise that the margins for a single piece of clothing are astronomical to keep the places open, so they need not sell much to make up for inventory, rent, personnel, etc. if I'd be running a store and not having very much business, I'd be pulling out what little hair I have left worrying about paying the bills.

They seem to get a consistent crowd, at least it's been that way on the weekends when I've been there. I understand that the entire complex is not doing all that well financially. It's probably being propped up by NJ taxpayers, as closing it down would be a big eyesore.

Low temps look pretty good, but unfortunately humidity levels look to be too high...

The wetness throws off the wet-bulb temperature reading.

Especially when you're going for the SHRRR radar to improve the sensitivity of the falling precipitation on that side of the mountain, not to mention the all-important increased sensitivity of the air temperature and humidity sensors! Should abandon the wave height sensor altogether as it's pretty useless on Beltzville lake.

About time they deploy the new, upgraded one.

Saturday morning, between 10-12.

Checking out the cams in the dark, interesting to see where the blinky lights are...

Thanks El Niño...

Nah, not that hardcore. Rather get them a little broken in before taking them out on the mountain. It also helps start building up callous on the feet, so they're also not as sore the first days out. Ah, from your post, I thought you bought them up at Blue and rode the mountain before/after you bought them. They don't say much about the boot's liners, but it sounds like they're heat moldable, so just wearing them around and the heat from your foot might help to mold them as well.

I usually wear them around the house prior to going out the first time. I'll buckle them down as tight as I can stand it, flex them a lot, walk around in them, sit at the computer, watch TV, etc. for a while. Do this daily or so to help the process progress faster. WJW the Speedmachines. You looking to keep up with @GrilledSteezeSandwich? Looks like they have some new fandangled fitment gizmo for molding the liner. Did Blue mention that and/or have the kit to do it? (Nothing like spelling/grammar checking your site before publishing it... "you just need to heat the area trough the infrared lamp", "apply the suction cup to neutralize the pressure in few minutes.") https://www.nordica.com/usa/en/men/boots/medium-100mm/speedmachine/speedmachine-3-120-gw

Bring along your old ones too, JIC @saltyant

Do they come with skins or are those a separate purchase?

Seems to be a more recent thing (power companies shutting snowmaking down). Don't know if it's the grid, amount of people/development in the area, lack of electricity production, number of Teslas??

Yup, I believe shortly after they shut em down again. Indeed, it was a total downer, expecting huge amounts of snow only to see nada. Damn people turning up their thermostats to stay warm! Don't they know there are sliders starving in the East for man-made perder???

They know what brings in the cashola...

And then another super cold shot came in, but the power company shut them down.

I was expecting to see some snow on Vista this morning with how cold it was.

Haters gonna hate!

Evidently Pat (bumper who wears red pants w/ white knee patches and stretches up at Blue) was out there.

I didn’t know! I was the Great Pumpkin!

They used to have pretty good wings, but I haven't been there in a long while. I thought there was a change of ownership at some point not too long ago?