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I just booked a hotel room at Hampton inn and they said $129 per night and I said do you have anything better and they said how about $116...I wonder if any ski areas let you haggle.

I probably spend almost as much money in the summer because I have more idle time so go out to bars and restaurants more. Got a wedding to go to this weekend for instance. That's a couple hundred right there for gift and hotel room.

Blue pass $670 I think, Jackson hole 7 day with discount was somewhere around $550..In Colorado spent around $450 for 6 days so total was $1670 for 58 days equals $28 per day. That's freaking cheap. I rarely go a day without spending at least $28 on lyfe.

It really did the day after I got back from Colorado.

My goggle tan got me laid.

No sunscreen??

Nice write up. I don't think I would have the energy to hike after skiing.

How did you get tickets for $47??? How much were rentals? You eat anywhere good?

What did you do after skiing Sunday??? You have a favorite run or area at Abasin? Did you ski any of the terrain under the Pali lift or the east wall? I'm sure the slush was fine on the performance rentals.

Nice video. The guys YouTube channel name is Greg Brady wahahahahah

Hey SweetPlanks...PASR stays somewhat active during the summer. Not 100-200 posts per day like during ski season but only. Few days usually go by with no posts and by August people start talking about gear and trips for the next ski season. Plus people do cool things over the summer and try new beers that they feel like posting about. It's cool that you're a teacher. One of my good friends teaches in philly and she's super into it. It's got it's pros and cons vs a job where you are only around adults. I guess a cool thing about being a teacher is that you're the boss. No doubt the smart kids in the next generation are even smarter. Did you know right now there are 6 generations living in America. First and oldest are the greatest generation which were born before the Great Depression. There aren't many of them left so when I see videos of 90 year old skiing it's cool and a few of them even have iPhones. I know they're in my office every week. Then you have the silent generation born between the Great Depression and the end of world war 2...1929-1945..Most of them are grandparents to older kids and young adults and due to a robust economy doing their prime earning years and conservative spending habits they're the wealthiest generation in America. The kids of the greatest generation and the older silent generation are the baby boomers..they were the largest generation before the millenials as birth rates skyrocketed after world war 2. They're the first generation to indulge in mass consumerism as they were the first generation to grow up with TV sets. Baby boomers now range in age from the middle aged to senior citizens and many face the stress of having to help out elderly parents and adult children at the same time along with grandchildren. They're retiring a lot later than their parents in general. Then you have generation X, which is a smaller generation as birth rates dropped in the 60s and 70s. They are the children of older baby boomers and the silent generation. They are the first generation to see their parents divorce enmasse as the divorce rate doubled during the 70s and 80s. Many in generation X have hit a glass ceiling in the workplace as their baby boomer bosses aren't retiring. Then you have the millenials which is the largest generation in America. They are also the poorest generation in America due to the decline in blue collar jobs and stagnent wages in other occupations. The 18-34 demographic was once the coveted demographic of advertisers but due to ballooning student loan debt and a lackluster job market. Now millenials are starting to have kids as well and those kids and the younger gen X kids are generation Z or the igeneration. School aged kids today only know technology. The iPhone came out when a high school student was 5 years old. 77% of 12-17 year olds own a cell phone today. When I was that age was like 2% only the kids on Beverly Hills 90210.

The weather today is pretty nice I don't think Blue is gonna be able to pull off a May Day.

Thanks for that..I'm dancing along at home!!!

You went to Easton haha..and yeah I'm a smart mofo was on the scholastic scrimmage team...Enjorales was on his schools academic bowl team in Maryland

Sources say he is going to be indicted in the next few weeks.

Donchez was my AP American government teacher in 12th grade. I know like half the people running for mayor of Allentown. One of them comments on my ski pictures and another was my high school principal and sometimes buys me drinks when I see him out.

I know a girl who works in the Just Born store there. You know the Sands is gonna become an MGM casino soon...and the sale is gonna give the city of Bethlehem and the school district more Johnny Cash..

I used to go a lot in my bad gambling days. Since then only been a handful of times mainly to eat, drink and slot it up. I give them props for a good variety of restaurants. Shops are meh but I do all my shopping at Target and Kohls.

Wow casino must be packed. I always used to park on level 6

The A zone lasts me 3-5 weeks less during ski season.

I can't smoke an ounce in a week.

Like Snoopy or maybe he means eagle lol.

Cost breakdown. Airfare: $350 rental car $270 Airport parking offsite $100 Marijuana $200 Hotel $530 in Silverthorne $110 at Denver airport Breakfast: free Food and drink two days at Copper $60 on mountain bar, crepe place Food and drink two days at Loveland..$35 ate late lunch in town both days (Mexican place, Vietnamese) Food and drink two days at Abasin...$45 ate late lunch on way to Denver second day Dinners in Silverthorne $120...murphys bar twice, Ruby Tuesdays, Wendy's Gas $30 Various stuff...tips for shuttle drivers, tailgating beer, random stuff at target, random stuff from mini markets like Gatorade $60 Total about $1900 Oh shit forgot lift tickets Copper two days $158...$40 for parking Abasin..two days $182 Loveland two days $70 one day $40 the other. Total lift tickets $490 Total trip expense...about $2400 could probably be about $100 less if I bought discount lift tickets online for Abasin and Loveland.

Missed this by 6 days...I know exactly where he's skiing and there's only a few people on the chairs wow...I'm gonna post a few more pictures from Colorado. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0x01y4SDk This was my fourth year in a row doing a Colorado skifari in April. This wasn't my best trip for snow..three years ago had a deep pow day at copper and the following season had a pow day at Abasin. Steeps are not as long and unrelenting as Jackson hole and the towns of Silverthorne, Dillon and Frisco don't hold a candle to Jackson hole. In April it's mostly local looking forward to summer to mountain bike, raft or have a little peace and quiet without thousands of Herb tourons from Texas. I guess it's like that in most ski country towns. I figure I'd do a cost breakdown to see what I spent on the trip I think this was my cheapest 6 day 7 night trip to Colorado likely cause the warm sunlight and 5-6 lap per hour pace had me sleeping through supper a few days. Also will post a good the bad and the ugly. Why I don't know cause I like writing ski reports and analyzing stuff. I like logistics most of my job is supply chain management. I watched a YouTube video on Douchbags the elite ski and travel bag brand and now want to buy the entire set of douchebag luggage and hook em all together into a giant douchebag train. First off I enjoy flying and really like Southwest Airlines. Newark airport can suck but Denver airport being one of the worlds best airports makes up for it. Alamo rent a car at the Denver airport is so user friendly. They are as productive as the iPhone factory in China. Open 24 hours and renting out a car every minute or so with one returning every minute or so as well. When I arrived they had 5 people working the counter. For the first time I didn't arrive on a weekday which meant no serious traffic. Denver and colorados population are growing so fast. Will increase another 50% in the next two decades it's the new California at least the front range. The Lehigh valley is also growing in population like crazy probably the only thing it has in common with Colorado. Silver Inn where I stayed was 30% occupied at most. Whether I had the free breakfast at 7am or 8am there was always a good variety of bagels and muffins and fruit. The proprietor was happy to see me taking advantage of the free breakfast as he personally goes to the grocery store everyday to buy the items. I think only two people run the place. A middle aged man and an older lady. So each is there 80+ hours a week. In the lobby there's usually a case of complimentary bottled water which is a nice touch. They went through 2 cases the week I was there which is under $10 so it's not costing them much but not common. Loveland: Pros...parking is really close to tickets..tickets really close to lifts. Lift tickets are cheap..lots of gapers which is entertaining. Safety spots plentiful but only on lower half of mountain due to no trees on top half. Super wide can go from lift to lift to lift. Cons..runs aren't that long..lifts are all low speed..lifts don't have safety bars. I know J Law is gonna say it's a moving couch how the heck are you gonna fall off but I always have my arm over the back and it's a little un-nerving in 30-40mph winds when the wide surface area of my skis are being whipped around by the winds. No on mountain food and drink. Abasin..pros..It's Abasin..it's a legendary mountain its compact and immense at the same time. They only have one high speed lift to mid mountain but it gets you out of the base fast and if you wanna ski a top to bottom run it doesn't take much extra time..maybe 2 minutes for lower mountain run and 4 minutes up. Lenawee lift is long and slow but you can access all the front side except Pali from it along with Montezuma bowl with a 150 yard slightly uphill cat track. Pali lift is great I think 1300 vert but steep to the base. Mid mountain lodge has good food and a full bar with a bartender who tells stories and reasonable drink prices. I think $6.50 for an IPA..at 11,000 feet that's not bad. Cons..close parking lot is small and fills up fast. If you can get in that lot can essentially ski back to the row you're parked in which really belongs in pros. The upper lots are a longish slog in ski boots including 3-4 flights of stairs. It's a busy place you might think you found a good place to take a piss and a ski school group goes through one row of trees away. Copper mountain pros...it's a really big place...not mega resort sized but I bet in the top 20 in the USA. Nearly every major lift is a high speed quad or six pack and some of the lifts are long and go at least 3/4 of the way up the mountain. It's a fun atmosphere..there are trivia questions on the dry erase board at the base of the lifts, music playing all over the place from the various terrain parks and a lot of tourists which means if it's a pow day you're gonna get a lot of freshies. Multiple places to get food and drink on mountain...waffles, BBQ, beer, fireball whatever u want and prices aren't that crazy for a ski resort. 6 dollars for an IPA Cons..close parking is $20, lots of low intermediate flatness..right on the highway not the most scenic place.