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I was leaning towards Ikon next year and this solidifies it.

Must have been nice looking out in the distance and seeing snow and not just brown zinc hills.

Switchback was next level bad by 9am it was almost impressive. Between the Air Force buzzing the lot and the cavalry shooting up in the hills I'm just glad @JFskiDan stayed safe. Cool aerial pic too. You can tell that's actually us because even just as a pixel JLaw manages to exude swagger.

I'll be there. Goats you say? Still have broken boots until the replacement comes Monday so I'll be sliding real slow on skis.

Not sure this is the exact right spot for this but here it goes. Just an FYI to you indy pass people, it seems like if you use it at Montage this weekend you also get access to concerts to see Everclear, Lit, and Fuel.

Maybe the wire got bent? Not sure but the replacement kit is free and is shipping to me now. The laces are metal, which I like because they have less give than a standard lace and adjustments can be made in a second or two. My bike shoes have a boa with plastic laces which are really comfortable since they are much closer to my actual foot than on the snowboard boots. This is really the first issue I've had with BOA.

Has anyone ever had an issue with the Boa in their boots? The lower laces on my right boot would not release yesterday when I got off the snow. Some of you might have seen me struggling to get it off when I got back to the lot. I immediately hopped on the BOA website which goes through a lot of questions and then sends you a kit to fix it but I'm not sure what to expect from that process. I hope it's relatively easy to fix.

I stayed until around 3 today with my cousin. The guys in that awesome camper had a huge tailgate going completely surrounding that machine. Lines never really got long except for when the new 6 stopped for a decent amount of time. The line for the cocktail truck was pretty big though.

Be there or be square. Both days.

That is a great news!

I haven't been to PJs since I used to work in an office and we would go there for lunch occasionally but that was the one in Downingtown. I love MALVERN but I don't love PJs enough to go out of my way to go there.

If Blue somehow has a soft heart for uphillers this might be a pretty awesome weekend coming up.

Today was unexpectedly good. You could really hammer on Switch and the cover was really good.

That's a rad picture. I'll be at Loveland March 11 and 12. Any good local advice?

Sat Definitely. The rest TBD

March 9 to 19

I've been really nervous that Blue will close while I'm out in Colorado.

The beginner lift is just towers and stations now. The haul rope and chairs are gone. Instead of having a chair for the beginner area they have a Polaris with treads instead of wheels that a guy drives up and down to shuttle people back to the top

Big shout out to @mute1080 and @Mixilplix for helping me with the skins.

Today was good at Blue and also pretty good over at Eagle Rock, even though my stop over there doesn't count as a second ski day. I arrived at the lodge around 12:30 and hung out with my brother for a while. Was nice to just chat and hang out. Eventually I got the gear out of the car and got it on the snow. I put the split board in touring mode and shuffled up this little ridge next to the lodge to get the feel for it and it came much more naturally than I expected. Since the lodge is at the top I ripped off the skins, reconnected the board and headed down. There was a trail there called halfpipe that is not really a pipe but has sloped walls on both sides. That was really fun to noodle around in, then I dropped down their only open diamond called Predator. It's got a nice sustained pitch and is somewhat steep. Kind of like a longer Chute. I took the super old wooden seat double up and rode down the only other route to the bottom which is a green that drops into a blue for a little switchback and a decent pitch to the bottom. At the bottom the transition to tour mkde went really smoothly and while I was switching bindings a kid had a fantastic yard sale to the side of me, probably slid 100 yards, but he seemed ok and was laughing with his friends about it. Toured back up that same trail. 0.64 miles, around 425 vert in 23 minutes. Gear felt good, super comfortable. Bonus pic of a cool looking train I saw in Jim Thorpe.

I got this new board but it broke right in half. Never Summer Icon Split board and Spark R&D Surge ST bindings

But where is the cement mixer?

Do you get to skip security in Allentown if you go on the bus? Interesting that it dropped you off at terminal F and then you had to make your way to terminal B. Also super happy to hear that Pops was able to make it.

Cold but actually felt good in the sun. The snow was nothing to complain about and Coming Soon was the run of the day.

Can't leave any races on the table