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I remembered they got someone, just couldn't remember who. Ouch! Typical BM SP, not doing their job! The other morning, they didn't have a tape across Chute and some people went down it to the drop and had to hike out. Guess all they do in the morning is track up the slopes to get their first runs in.

It's freaking 12' out now and clear skies, perfect weather for blowing tons of snow. I would think Paradise may be coming online, may be Sunday? They're grooming Homestretch right now.

Yeah, they caught a number of people by surprise, many of which were flying down DW and didn't see them until it was almost too late!

Too much zinc in the brain?

But does he tell them like a Salty Pirate?

They really should, mainly to keep people from screaming straight down it right into people coming down Main Street!

This guy's not new, he's been doing it for a few seasons now. He's the one that started seeding them on Razor's when the racers are done with it. If it weren't for management, he'd probably seed bumps on all the trails. We're just happy they do it. It's another reason to love BM. Other mountains (Cameltoe) don't or have some cordoned-off area, like bumps are a park or something. The only better thing Blue could do is let a trail (Switchback) go natural like Elk does with Tunk. That would be spectacular!

Suns out, titty-sparkles out...

Sarcasm doesn't come through very well. They're still blowing Homestretch.

No, it's because of the racers taking over MS until Razors is open, from what I'm told. Ty seeds the bumps now. Is Switchback open yet?

Damn! No bumps.

Was the employee a Zinc-ie, Zinc-er, Zinc-ite whatever?

Was there a substantial delay in getting stuff from asogear, with the stuff having to go through customs?

I believe Camelback also puts the kibosh on parking lot tailgating as well; bunch of heathens some of these mountains are.

Now I'm gonna have to count the number of steps it is from my usual spot in the valley at Blue to see how it compares. At least we don't have to pay for prime parking and don't get yelled at for tailgating in the valley, mainly because we typically offer the workers food if/when they drive by in their carts. Boggles my mind that mountains frown upon tailgating, as that goes hand-in-hand with skiing/boarding.

Currently pumpin'

I can't make up my mind on what I want for a new daily yet, as the Chronic's have seen better days.

I've used Al's Ski Barn aka Untracked.com (https://www.untracked.com/) for a lot of ski purchases and tend to have excess prior year's stock available at discounted prices and will give deals to ski/binding combos. They tend not to match prices, but will work with you, if you give em some grief. They'll even mount bindings for free, all you have to do is provide boot size, but they recommend you get them checked for proper release settings of your boots.

Release the heel and go tele!

Yeah, they love them, but most will go to fatter skis when the marbles are out. There's no such thing as a one-ski quiver, especially at Blue where you get changing conditions on an hourly basis. Since skiing is one of my guilty pleasures, I can afford to buy a few sets of skis for particular conditions and since Blue is so small, I can swap them out when the spirit moves me.

My agent orange beaters are Line Chronics. I do have a pair of Hart mogul skis, but I don't like skiing marbles or sugar piles in them, as they're only like 67 underfoot. They're like skiing on ice skates. I picked up the Tigersnakes over last summer on a cheapo Evo sale. I wanted something with rocker to try out, as I tried a pair of ON3P's in the bumps the other year and liked them, but they were too wide.

I've been told the new groomer is a park groomer (why they bought it when they've done away with the park is yet another Blue debacle), not a general trail groomer.

I have a pair of Line Tigersnakes that are twin-tip, all-mountain that I mounted back from center that I bring out when I want to ski the bumps (88 underfoot) and/or ski the spine. Depending on where you mount the bindings, you can use them all mountain or park.

Mmmm... Anchovy pizza! Maybe it's Zincers?