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What an epic party. I stopped at Wawa on the Pocono exit of the turnpike and I accidentally napped in the car for 20 minutes before getting my iced tea and pretzel. Long and awesome day out there with all you crazy guys. Loved every second of it.

Make it 9 bottles of Champagne

What about side dishes or snacks? I was thinking about picking up some sausages, but maybe I'll go with snacks since grill space seems to be limited.

So I'll bring a Keurig instead and make hot toddies

Just remembered another thing in my tailgating arsenal. I've got a battery pack thing that will run household appliances and pretty much anything else you want to plug in. If someone has a blender, I do not own one, they should bring it and we can make margaritas.

Take me off for a table. I went down a size in terms of vehicles and don't have the space anymore.

I've got a solar powered bluetooth speaker

I replaced that one so if I bring it this year it will be painted neon orange and surrounded by cones.

This season ending nonsense is really rustling my jimmies.

Not quite. I didn't have a pass this year. I worked way too much to make it worth it this winter.

Now that my mountain is closed I guess I can make the trip to Blue this saturday.

Montage was fantastic on Saturday. Great snow, fresh snow, and winterfest was a good time too. The woods on Lightning were still very skiable and a ton of fun. Jumps in the park were super smooth and fun. Good times were had by all.

Closing time Open all the doors and let you out into the world Closing time Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl Closing time One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer Closing time You don't have to go home but you can't stay here I've Been Really slacking on this board this year, especially with getting out and seeing y'all. Well here is a last ditch effort, Montage is closing this weekend. They have tremendous coverage and the trees are still accessible, but I guess they hit the tipping point financially, or perhaps the bears are coming out of hibernation, no one is really sure. Anyway, I'll be there bright and early Saturday morning, they are having some sort of big giant party on the mountain that I keep getting emails about, and they are even advertising it on the radio so that might be cool. I'll probably have a cooler of beer, perhaps a small grill or just a microwave and ramen noodles. I'll probably do some pond skimming and/or slush jumping, depends on how much beer I drink. They are also advertising a bikini ski race, which may or may not pique the interest of a certain steeze sandwich in a borderline creepy way. Also, it's a safe bet that the lifties who haven't cared at all this season anyway will let you get away with using your morning pass up until 8pm so $29 bucks is the name of the game this weekend. If anyone is interested in branching out of the blue mountain monotony, it's a quick drive up the turnpike Peace, Love and Shred.

Debating between Blue and Frost for tomorrow.

You've never even ridden long haul, which is sad because it's a chill lift for drinking fine craft brews. Long Haul was running most days that I was there this year.

I'm staying at Montage. Haters gonna hate I suppose, or whatever the hip kids are saying nowadays.

Are you up for the whole weekend? Tomorrow is my town's St. Patrick's day parade so I will most likely be there all mid morning to late afternoon. I'm planning on being there Sunday morning though. **Notes: Long Haul was not running last Sunday for some reason, I hope it's running for you tomorrow. The woods to the right of White Lightning are pretty great right now The deep woods in the glades are a tad crusty but still skiable This was in my inbox this week: March 7th, 2015 Pay it Forward Weekend Montage Mountain’s Pay-It-Forward Program is about extending a hand when needed and the enrichment of our community! This March 7-8, not-for-profits in the surrounding area pre-sold discounted lift tickets to collectively enjoy a GREAT day out on the mountain! On these two days, our upLIFTEES from the “Giving is UpLIFTing” Team will be performing random acts of kindness throughout the Resort! A few guests will end up enjoying a full day of fun ON US; lift tickets, food, the whole shebang! So keep climbing, the summit is near! See you for Pay-It-Forward Weekend!

I'm not surprised it's down at all. That kind of weather is miserable for most people to be outside in. Weekend warriors don't typically have the kind of gear that would keep them comfortable in sub zero weather. The question that I'll pose to the PASR crowd is this; will the lack of revenue during peak season cause New England mountains to stay open even longer than usual to try to make some money, or cause them to close on time or early in an effort to cut their losses? Also I saw a pass for Killington for $199 that will let you ski the remainder of this season, which could easily be late may this year, and would be totally worth it for a few weekend trips.

I was up on Sunday morning from 8 until 1. Snow was great like burton71 said. I was able to find fresh stuff in the right places all the way up until I left at 1. The woods on White Lightning are completely filled in and super soft and deep. I didn't go in too deep since I was riding alone, but there were a few tracks in there to tell me that even farther back was worth checking out. They were running a race on Whistler all day on Sunday so there were girls skiing around in race suits aka the snowsport equivalent of yoga pants so that was nice. Crowds were light, the sun was out the snow was soft, and conditions didn't force me out by 10am. What more could you ask for?

About 4 inches

There is a Vermont plate parked next to me at montage. Must have left elk

Montage is sweeter than high fructose corn syrup right now. Fresh stuff everywhere. Long haul is running. There is a bar made of snow.

What happened to Melissa from Sno Mountain?

Bad few weeks for me to comment on conditions as I haven't been out much, but from what I have seen conditions at Montage will be pretty good. They have been making snow on the northface a night or two a week to freshen up the surfaces in addition to the natural snow so it should be pretty good this weekend. I'll be out on Saturday Morning unless something comes up.

That's an impressive record, when are some of you blue guys going to show up at any other mountains? I'm getting lonely up north this season and blue's pricing structure is off putting for a weekend morning.