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I agree with TP4. Its not the end of the world. If you're out riding every minute of every day and staring at the snow it might be an issue but otherwise its no biggie. The thing you have to worry about really are the UV rays which can cause damage. No matter what color your lens is if its not a UV blocking lens its not going to make a difference. A UV blocking yellow lens is better than a non blocking really dark lens. I wouldn't really worry about it from a safety standpoint. If the light doesn't bother you then I would just leave it alone.

Saw him last year...

Its awesome that Sno scheduled a PASR day for us. I'm glad someone took the initiative! We've been slacking in the official PASR days the past few years.

Hats off to Sno Mountain this year. :clap Sounds great snomtn08. I hope you keep posting here and enjoy our little community.

Just make sure your boot fits in the binding well and you'll be solid.

From my own experience bindings can make a big difference. I went from a mid level binding to a higher end binding with a cap strap and a better highback and absolutely noticed a difference. Good bindings can make any board perform a little better. It won't turn a Wal-mart special into a K2, but it will make your decent board perform better.

Not a bad idea at all. I might pick one up, especially because you can use it over Christmas break.

The lifts at Sno are certainly not much slower than the ones at Elk. Elk is a great mountain and I always make a point to hit it up at least once a year. Sno for me is a lot closer, has a nice selection of trails, and I love ripping up the North Face. Here is a breakdown from a local's standpoint: Elk Pros: Long blacks, good atmosphere, good snow, great tree runs on snow days Cons: Expensive, farther drive, hardly any lights, bad park, in the middle of nowhere Sno Pros: North Face, 2 big parks, right outside of Scranton, no lines, snow stays good all day, Cons: Slow lifts, steep trails are not as long.

it hit 32 here last night!!

The F22s are the best boots I've ever owned.

The season rentals are good, my brother did that for a while while he was still growing each year so I would definitely suggest that. Buying boots is a good idea though. A good pair of boots can be the difference between someone really enjoying themselves and not having fun at all. Rent a pair of skis for the year, and don't hold back on boots because of price!! I'm a cheap guy for the most part, but I know that there are some things that you just can't go cheap on.

I honestly can't see the reasoning behind spending the extra cash to fly first class, or to get a crazy fancy hotel room either. If I'm going on a trip I want to spend my money on the actual fun parts of the trip rather than transportation (a plane you're on for 4 hours) or a hotel room (you're mostly asleep in).

Yes, i was referring to Ribbon Dancing, and Dancing with a ball, and dancing with a Hula Hoop and dancing with nothing at all.

Agreed Toast, at times you need a copy of Obscure Sports Quarterly to understand the Olympics. Not quite my definition of the greatest SPORTING contest in the world.

We can probably give you good gear advice once you narrow it down to 2 or 3 options but outside of that its almost entirely your own riding style and preferences. No one knows how you like to and/or want to ride better than yourself.

The only cool mountain stuff I have right now is a "closed" and a "thin cover" lollipop. additionally I have a bunch of road signs. "Speed Hump" "20 Mph" "Reserved for Best Buy In-store Pick up" "Together we can save lives so buckle up" from maryland "windy road ahead arrow" and "Smile you're on radar"

New hours are lame. Also, I am really not a fan of the new trail map. Doesn't really give me a good feel for the mountain. I guess it "looks good" but really doesn't help in the navigation of the hill.

Sno Mountain usually has bumps on the bottom of the mountain. Not the longest there is but decent. I think the best bet for you would be Tunkhannock at Elk.

Has anyone been up by there lately? Any idea how far along they are with construction? I've been so busy lately that I haven't even gotten a chance to head over for myself.

He's not looking for anything good. He's looking at something he can destroy on a ramp and a pool and not feel bad about.

I've got reports from people who stayed back at school a few extra days that they had some wet snow yesterday.

Tussey is what it is. About 400 feet of verts serviced by a kind of weird quad chair. You've got an out and back kind of green circle with a lot of little fun things to do on the side of the trail. Most of these are little up and over light poles/barriers and such, and then on the second half of the trail some cool little quarterpipe kind of things on the skiers left. Then there is a pretty solid top to bottom blue that runs along the side of the lift, pretty fun. Next to that is a diamond/blue trail that the ski team usually trains on. The top of this one actually has some solid pitch and is fun. Crowds are never an issue, and the park is almost non existent. It consists of some tiny single barrel flat rails (2 at most if they are set up) a 5 ft long flat rail, a small wooden (yes it is made of wood, even the surface you slide on) battle ship box, a pretty crazy double barrel rainbow (wayyyy too steep, but you can still have some fun messing around on it) and then the best thing in there, a 25 ft ish flat box. Sometimes it has skirting on the side, sometimes it doesn't, but it slides great and everything is always gap on so you can just hike this thing for a while and have a good time. Later on in the year and definitely before the PSU open they will build a jump, this years was actually pretty nice. The jump this year was on the bottom of the black/blue and the rails are always at the bottom of the blue. They have pretty good specials on Tuesday/Thursday nights where the tix are only $10 and thats pretty much the only time I go. (It really really doesn't seem worth it for me to pay any more for this place) Ok, long story short. If you're a PSU freshman there is no other choice for you. You need a car to get to Blue Knob and there is a bus that will take you from East Halls (where you will live) right to Tussey, and then one that takes you right back. The whole time you're there you're going to joke about how bad it is, but you'll always come back. Its not much, but if you go with the right attitude, you can have a ton of fun there. If you have any specific questions shoot. I'm a Junior here at Penn State. Congrats for getting in here! LETS GO STATE!

About an hour and a half according to the mapquesting I did over the winter, but I've never actually gone.

Its come up a few times about how too short of a ropelength can throw off a High Speed lift. Does anyone know the +/- distance that the chairs get on the line? Its been said that all HSQs have to be recalibrated every so often but how long do they get? I would imagine that a longer lift would need to be fixed much less i.e. Blue has more time between chair repositioning than Camelback. Any of the lift guys on here have any idea on this kind of thing?

Thats a great place to go. I've never been up there in the winter to look at the mountains, but It sure is fun in the summer. Its fun at night too, when you can see all the lights of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.