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What time are they opening midweek this week? The website doesn't make it really clear.

The power outage after dark was really weird. I noticed that the lights in the parking lot were out and then all of a sudden everything but the little pod around the upper lodge and Coming Soon were completely dark. I think the weirdest thing was that while the power was out people weren't turning around to leave. They all just hung out in the corrals and waited to start loading chairs. There's no way I would get on a lift after a power outage, but then again I'm not someone on Christmas Vacation who spent $124 and needs to get every penny's worth out of that ticket.

There's a very good reason the official PASR start time is 8am. The snow was garbage. Interesting to see the place lose power. Very cool sight when I was staring up at the mountain in the dark and all the lights popped on at once. Definitely not something you get to see often.

How do you do 6.5 layers? Good morning out there. Midway to lower main was fun. Snow was fast and grippy. It was cold but honestly not the worst thing in the world.

It's turtleneck time! I'll be there for Saturday and Monday. I'm hoping Santa brings a fire pit or propane heater this Christmas to keep the lot warm. Or, gasp, perhaps a retreat into the bar will be on tap.

Unfortunately the immutable laws of physics contradict the whole premise of your account. Back, and to the left

Serious question about Elk. How's the wifi in the lodge? Are there any spots where I could realistically bring a laptop and take a work call or two? I have a free ticket for Wednesday January 4th but don't want to use a vacation day on Elk when I'll need them for Colorado.

I saw they have the mobile Troegs tap house getting pulled around the mountain again this year. That's probably the most important information for Montage right now.

This is the most entertaining insider blue information I've heard in a while.

We have plenty of time to start building a photo booth for the end of season party.....

Saturday is the day that seems to have every single party/event for the entire year booked on it so I'll only be there Sunday.

Hey, welcome aboard. You might have noticed some fairly useless posts in your thread so sorry about that. Kind of an inside joke thing I guess? To answer your question I don't think any of us will be at Jack Frost this weekend. The overwhelming majority of us go to Blue Mountain (the true mountain). Be sure to take some pics of Jack Frost and post up a trip report if your time there though!!!

Going to shoot for Sunday right now.

Tussey isn't terrible. It serves the purpose and I've definitely had fun there in the past. Glad to see them getting involved with the Indy Pass, maybe it will get them some extra visits other than the small local area it services. As far as I know it's one of the only ski resorts in PA that has a local bus run to it.

They really need to make a definitive call by tomorrow night so I know if I have to load up all my gear and take it up to Thanksgiving.

Half an inch of rain on Friday does not seem like good opening day weather. Saturday looks to be around 1/3 of an inch of rain and then some showers on Sunday. The smart thing to do would be to let the whales sit through the rain and then fire the guns back up Monday night when they get the next window of cold. I could be wrong since I don't have any eyes on the buoy but that's what I would do with the current forecast.

Going to need a trip report for this one.

These latest pics make it seem like the chain link fence that used to be there is gone. Does this mean that the PASR parking lot row is now that much closer to the snow?

Super sad news. Those guys always had a big presence at Montage. Was always rooting for them and they had some killer graphics.

Lots of talk about the end of serviceable life for two lifts that I've never had to scoot away from after hearing a horrible clanking noise and realizing it would probably be broken for at least 2 hours. (I'm talking about a bad experience with the quad)

That video popped up for me last night too. I watched it but I didn't think it really explained the price issues very well. As much as I would love to use trains more (or at all) they are just too impractical and expensive compared to planes. I could see the train they talked about running between Las Vegas and Los Angeles as being a real winner of a project but honestly just based on past history in this country the construction of the system will definitely somehow wind up costing something in the $Billions and therefore make the fares necessary to recoup the cost extremely high and it won't beat out cars or flights. Side note, I just found out my company is in the beginning stages of working with Amtrak so I'll track down the specific people to blame for not having a high speed train between Philly and Blue Mountain.

Great thinking. Should next years model be made of hardwood floor scraps?

We have this week, next week is shortened then it's pretty much December. There are 3.5 working weeks until it's Christmas week. I think we are looking at getting the Summit Safari Super Six Pack Supreme as a New Year's present at this point. Should we break a bottle of Champagne on it to christen it?

So now we have to install two terminals, attach all the cables, hook up the electric, hang the chairs, test it, and then get it inspected. Am I missing anything?