Schif

I had a dream 2 nights ago that I broke my binding strap as soon as I got to the snow at a mountain that seemed like a weird version of big boulder. It was also the closing day of the season and all the employees were getting hammered with a keg under a deck. Only 6.5 more months until the guns get fired up again.

Snowboarding is dead. Airboarding is the wave of the future. Also I'm pretty sure this whole internet thing has about run its course too.

As far as I can tell still no confirmation on whether or not they will have a lift spinning.

Do I host a kentucky derby party or do I go get one last day on the snow?

I called killington yesterday, and the guy on the phone said they easily have at least 3 weeks left, and depending on weather are currently shooting for June 1.

Car is packed and Champagne is on ice. See y'all in the morning.

I can grab a bottle of champagne since all I was bringing thusfar was a tent and a table

Table is about 8 foot I think. I'll have to double check that tonight, but it's a full sized table. NMSKI, that's an epic pick up.

What time are most of youse guys going to get there? I'm not used to traveling to ski. I'll volunteer a table and a tent in terms of hardware, what else should I bring?

Over 2 inches in the Wyoming Valley so far and coming down steadily.

Aww man, I'll never get to see him flip and spin in a stunt ditch anymore. This will surely impact how I snowboard from here on out.

They almost look artificial there. As if they would be part of an indoor slope.

The old cut and run. I know all too well how that goes.

Gotta love geology. We would be schist out of luck in terms of having mountains to ski if it wasn't for it.

Yes

With them honoring passes from other mountains, party or not I'll probably be in the house on Saturday.

I won't start a whole new thread for this, but Here is the final TR for the Montage 2013/2014 Season 3/23/14 Montage Mountain Resort 35 degrees Windy Some sun, some clouds Today was the last day of the year so I sucked it up and headed up to Montage around 1pm. I wanted to give it some time to soften up in the sun before I took my shoulder out for the first time in 2 weeks. Since I was feeling uneasy I took my first run up the Shuttle Lift and down Mainline. I was going very slow to see how it would feel. No pain, the nice thing about snowboarding I guess is that you don't need to use your arms much. Conditions were typical reconstituted freeze/thaw corn over ice. Coverage was fantastic though. Trails were edge to edge and fairly deep still. At the end of the run I cruised across the base area and stopped to tie a bandanna around my neck because it was freezing out there. I was planning on just wearing a sweatshirt, but in the parking lot I ended up throwing on a down mid layer jacket, and my exposed neck was stinging after one run out there. So I headed down Lower Runaway from the base area, and conditions were the same as up top down there. Heavy traffic areas were a little slick, but not too bad. Next Run was down Cannonball, where conditions were more of the same. I cruised the diamonds (didn't touch the doubles today) and lightning looked a little slick, I didn't see anyone on it the whole time I was there. I left after about 2 hours of solo slow cruising around the mountain. The Lot was about 1/4 full, and there were some day tickets in the crowd, not just Passholders. I debooted and drank a beer in the lot as I looked around and reflected on the first season of the all new Montage. I poured a little of the beverage out in the gravel that I know so well, and headed home.

Awesome news, especially because this is the last weekend for Montage

Exciting Stuff! Can't wait to get back up there.

I'll definitely consider it. I did get a new tailgating tent a few weeks ago that I haven't had the chance to try out yet.

That is a pretty serious list. That's the kind of stuff that would rival a Penn State Tailgate.

Thanks for all the well wishes guys. The update is that it's Tuesday and my arm is feeling better already. I'm down to just Tylenol to manage the pain, and I'm already starting to get some movement back. My shoulder still has a bump on it, and I'm still taking it really easy, but now I'm confident I won't need an amputation. I'm going to call the Orthopedist today and set up an appointment for early next week to see what's shaking. I've been on the phone a few times with my med school friends, and they seem to think it's a fairly easy injury to bounce back from, and actually told me there was no excuse to not go to the Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday. I'm still citing my "really bad shoulder" to people who want me to go though. Sorry, but paying $5 for a warm can of Bud Light in a sea of drunk assholes who smell like vomit and are covered in springtime mud isn't my idea of a good time. I skipped the parade the past 2 years to have some slope brews at Montage and actually watch from the top of Upper Fast Track the wildness going on in the city below. Pretty spectacular view from up there actually and I recommend it.

Spandex race suits were out in force on Saturday at Montage. People get really into NASTAR I guess.

Looks awesome out there man, sounds like an epic trip.

That's what I"m hoping for, we will see. Maybe worst case scenario, I can be a parking lot pimp at closing day and not even get on the snow at all.