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that sounds terrible. terribly fun.

nice. hard to mess up snow when it doesn't make it out of the 20s. even Blue has some great snow right now.

Good to see!!

What a stellar start to the season. Thanks for the pictures! Can't wait to ski this weekend!

Let me know.

Yeah it's too expensive at PowMow. Stay home.

and more fun.

how/why are you spending so much for a trip out there? it can be done for <$1000 pp easily... including food and beer.

Who will be there this weekend? Where are you parking? What beer are you bringing?

damn. I was thinking of heading up. You have to let me know when you do evening sessions.

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that only happens in Utah, especially PowMow

yup! deep!

cold weather should be in place. looking like an all snow event as of right now.

at least the guy seems like he is big on conservation. hopefully that will help preserve the place so it doesn't end up looking like a zoo.

http://vimeo.com/81619878

that shouldn't even be a question.

True statement.

Because I thought they had 4" instead of 3"? Not much of a difference. Sorry I don't carry a ruler when I ski.

~4" at Blue when I left at 11:45. Great conditions out there this morning. I wish more was open because when I got there at 10, there were still pockets of untouched snow on the trails. Low crowds and more trails would have made today pretty great.

1.5" near Blue right now. At leas that's what I can tell from my window. Gonna venture outside soon and check it out before heading up to Blue.

just over an inch up here around Blue. I'll probably let it come down a bit before I head up there.

I think that was there. both times I've been up there it was never open so I'm not sure what the status of it really is. I've only been there while the place was Sno, though, so things were always a little odd.

Blue will have 1000'+ of vert open this weekend. JF is fun, but its only fun when it is 100% open and there is a good base of snow in the trees - both of which are not happening right now. Of course I'm biased towards Blue, but at this point, it seems like it will be the best option in the "Poconos" this weekend. And I don't think crowds will be a problem still this early in the season.

mountains will be crowded today because people think they actually got snow. ~1" at Blue.