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Looks like the rain/snow line won't ever go as high as Allentown/Bethlehem. Just north of Quakertown is the last of the rain as of now. So this will be an all snow event for Mt. Bleu

I mean in some form or fashion it will absolutely stick around. The only question I would have is how many tickets are offered/sold at this price? It might take a while but there is always a market correction. Either the market will catch up to the $100 ticket price or the price will have to fall. If $100 is the new normal for the Poconos will $180 be the new normal out west? Where does the price of a ticket in Vermont fall? What does this do to Ikon and Epic? How do they handle school groups on Wednesday nights? If you ask me this is a more complex version of the whole Gamestop saga. An unstable and one in a million market that isn't really reflective of anything typical in the industry.

That one day ticket pricing of $100 is just in a constrained market though. Once the competition from all of the other forms of entertainment come back next year it's going to be a lot harder to get away with those kind of prices at high volume. When there is nothing else to do in the cities, there is tons of snow everywhere and the weather is nice Blue is worth the $100 ticket. Next year when everything but the trails is dirt, people are comfortable going to dinner or seeing a movie or going to a birthday party and it inevitably rains hard in February Blue isn't worth much more than $40. I think dynamic ticket pricing could definitely work in their favor next year if they use the $109 price for snowy bluebird days but they will be hard pressed to get a significant number of people to pay that on other days. All it would take is for another mountain to undercut them with an $80 day ticket and all of a sudden a family of 4 can save $116 by driving an extra 30 minutes or they can decide that $436 isn't worth it for a day on the mountain when they can use that money for something with more perceived value. The crowd out there on these crazy weekends has got to be comprised of a lot of "I haven't skied in 10 years" skiers or "There's so much snow in my yard I had to get out" skiers. You can't count on those people for next year. As for season pass pricing, they can probably get a few extra bucks out of the $429 price but they have to be careful to not push people away and towards Epic or Ikon. @Mixilplix had a good thought in the lift line yesterday, offer returning season passholders a lower rate than new ones. Create a sense of customer loyalty. Give people a reason to come back year after year (besides the parking lot). If the returning pass is $50 bucks cheaper than the new price it gives a serious incentive to buy. Do cool things like print a fancy pass for your 5th anniversary or after 20 years you get the 21st free. A loyal customer is a profitable customer.

Does boulder still have a pipe cutter?

I guess we can hope that we get some overcast days in the next week or so to preserve the snowpack. Too many hours above 32 degrees for my liking on the forecast.

43.82 mph! Nice!

On my way

Maybe he will follow you down Burma one day if you're lucky

Don't be fooled by the negative comments from some, the Red Iguana has some killer mole

That's really saying something considering it's the season with the most number of high quality trip reports in years.

Unless they used a drone to take that photo they are probably about 15 feet from unloading. Probably the Eagle Express lift

From what I understand about the current price of oil a lot of it has to do with speculation and futures and pricing reflecting the markets reacting to what looks like a return to normal consumption. Some of it is also due to the fact that there is an infrastructure bill on the table which would consume a ton of tar and diesel if we started building things.

I have no hopes to get a vaccine before ski season ends. Womp womp

What a shame. Razor's was absolute perfection a few days ago.

It makes you a cover model. Use that title to your advantage.

I guess this is the definition of too much snow

I think the fun part of this storm is that off trail the fresh snow is falling on an existing snowpack. It's going to make me feel a lot better about heading into the trees and not worrying completely what's under my feet.

Everything is completely up in the air but my hope is that my Thursday class is cancelled due to snow and I can duck out of work early for a RAW ROTS session if the roads allow.

You can deliver them since you've got extensive and regionally recognized print media delivery skills.

Elk Looks like it's in the sweet spot this time around

The question that has never been addressed from day 1 is what is our level of risk tolerance? Covid isn't going anywhere so what's our plan going forward with it? Every time in the past I thought "This won't fly" or "There's no way people will be OK with this for more than two weeks", it just keeps rolling along. This entire school year is pretty much shot and I have a bad feeling about a majority of schools reopening in a meaningful way in the fall as well.

I figured Coming Soon was Coming to an End yesterday. Glad I grabbed some more turns on it. Hopefully this next storm refreshes it back to skiable.

I like the chairs on the porch. They have character

Nothing but rain down here on my drive from KOP through MALVERN to Exton. More of a mist than anything. Mid 30s. No ice anywhere to be found.

Snow was pretty good today. Really weird to not see a bunch of PASRs. Did Coming soon withy Salty once but I was waiting at the Quad for him to come down behind me and he turned for the Sixer instead so I just rode solo. Good snow, pretty much no crowds. Goggle freeze sucked but wasn't terrible. Wished I could have stayed later but I have a bunch of homework I need to do today so I'm home already.