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Ah, NVM. I can't read apparently.

I actually wonder, if Covid year turned out to be more profitable for them than past years. The reservation system looks more of smoke and mirrors than a working tool to limit crowds. New 4-hour and 8-hour tickets, the latter being $109 on weekends unless you buy almost a month in advance. People having more time on their hands to actually come and ski. All Pocono discount cards cancelled. Even weather turned to their advantage, hardly anybody remembers to check snowmaking pools these days. Can't wait for next year season pass prices. I'm sure, the dividends will be huuuuge!

I don't play pretend.

Let's be honest. How can it possibly be an A+ day with lines that long? Did you come there to ski or enjoy company of this mask-less boarder? Do you own Montage shares? Come on! Lines at Blue were less than this.

Relaaaax, he was obviously more aware than you're, and it was a mistake, and he probably suffered way more in the end. Worst crowds ever today, everybody just gone mad. Kudos to Blue for having all lifts operational, but I don't see things getting any better during the upcoming week knowing how they like keeping Burma and Vista lifts down and how rain's coming the week after. I'll reroute to Belleayre next Wed. Gotta make that ORDA card pay for itself, LOL.

Like for the music, good memory.

You really hate your skis.

Looking awesome in Jersey. So fluffy too.

Well, how do we say it in PASR lingo?... "I made an observation". I'm fine with riding up to 3 on a quad and up to 4 on six-pack if everybody's masked. Interesting, even Blue can't make up its mind regarding whether people should be masked on the lift or not. Attendants say one thing (not), their PA says the opposite.

Btw, where is the new season pass pricing, now that the President's Day is behind us, surely we should already know how much the next season is gonna cost us?

Alright, Batman. Your secret is safe with me.

WJW, that's what happens when Doug takes a vacation from writing his JADIP reports. Everything just falls apart. I'll say that the snow wasn't terrible, but it wasn't awesome like in the last few weeks either. Blue's trademark grooming is back. And so are the crowds. In fact, I kinda liked the snow, was very skiable, not everywhere, but still. I didn't like the crowds a little bit. Anywhere. It was clear that the day was doomed when I had to park far. The lines started forming almost right away. I had to quit at 11:15 because it was too bad everywhere, even at the slow lifts. Oh wait, why did I say "lifts"? Blue management figured that since it was a Wednesday morning they could avoid running Burma and Vista chairs, so everybody was lining up for the Main Street chairs. Who would've thought that people, having skipped icy Monday and Tuesday, in light of a bad commute on Thursday, would decide to show up on a sunny Wednesday?? The crowds were also weird. Main street lift had to stop every few mins because people were continuously losing their skis. And everybody decided to be efficient all of a sudden. Once on the quad I was joined w/o being asked by two crazy Russians w/o masks who kept on talking trash and spitting all the way up. Once on the 6-pack I was warmly invited to share the ride with 4 other elderly yet brave folks from the clan of Connor MacLeod. And once on Main street some guy was just gonna load with me, no questions asked. In short, I liked the snow, the new skis, adored the unique crowd and hate Salty who said that after the President's day we're out of the woods.

You're probably talking about glue blobs?

Ha, I didn’t post the actual skis... Don’t tell me that bindings color doesn’t match. I know

Cool, even the shore gets about 5".

I thought, GSS was joking about heated goggles, but nope, they do exist. Go figure. And not that expensive.

Who thinks that for this showy and coldish winter we should be thankful to Covid?

Salty, these Monsters would not do you any good in perder because they're heavy, and they're fully cambered skis. They'll do in chop, but not because they're stiff. It's because they're wide, long and heavy. Where they will not carry you over due to geometry, they'll just plow through due to weight. Would be even better if you kept them on edge, then they would also cut through. I don't get the obsession with stiffness. Are you heavy? Carve a lot? Like to workout? And anyway, what stiffness do you mean? Torsional? Longitudinal? And yeah, R23 is a big R.

Lol, now I know what Salty faced at WF. Freezing fog. Two runs and I can’t see anything 🥶

Not too bad actually. Most of the fog was around the top where I started. I do stick to the chairs. Gotta be careful when disembarking 😂

Yep, no issues on treated roads but couldn’t make a step on my own driveway. And it’s fooooooggy at Blue.

Is it snowing/raining at the mountain this night? weather.com shows nothing at all, so I was kinda optimistic for tomorrow morning...

This site can be closed now. Nothing can ever beat this TR.

Wow, time flies!