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Vail bought a few smaller ski areas in the midwest a few years ago. They would buy Blue for the same reason; to get people to buy the Epic Pass then travel to their destination resorts out west and rent hotels and condos, buy lessons, buy meals etc. They buy feeder hills and then raise the day ticket prices to entice people to buy the Epic Pass. If they did buy Blue a day ticket would likely be in the $90.00 range.

It's not just in VT. People with no management experience in anything get in a position of "power" and go ego crazy in a lot of organizations all over the country. Fire companies, civic organizations, youth sports, churches, etc... Sally, I'm skiing Magic tomorrow. Doubt you'll be there tomorrow but just in case you are; what kind of skis and color parka would you be wearing?

Don't forget Crotched Mountain in southern, NH on the way up or back. It's not a huge mountain but never crowded and lots of woods to ski.

I used hit Montage a few times a year from open 'till about noon. Since they did away with their morning ticket deal it's not worth it. I do like the north face and top to bottom runs on Fast Track and Runaway. It's always a good place to go to avoid the crowds.

I skied there last Wednesday night and that trail was closed. It was a sheet of frozen groomer tracks. If it wasn't open on new sticky snow today that trail will be open two days a year at most.

Great pics! You really lucked out with two blue sky days and no wind at Whiteface.

Hit Gore on the way home. I skied there the past two weekends and conditions were good. If you like glades, I hear the ones off Burnt Ridge are skiing really well now with the recent snow. Just a tip: If you go, boot up and get your ticket at the Ski Bowl. Much less crowded than the base lodge and easy to get to Burnt Ridge.

I got a notice for a violation on the GSP. Check you EZ Pass bill. Mine showed that I was charged the toll one minute later than the time on the violation. I still had to send them a copy of the bill twice before they figured out that I couldn't drive through the same toll booth twice in one minute. 🙄

I use Preflight Outdoor Parking as low as $8.94* per day That's with their printable coupon and making a reservation in advance. Their buses run pretty regularly. They're on Island Avenue. Preflight

Did you guys notice a big increase in crowds this year due to the Ikon Pass? Seems the locals are bitching. Riled Locals Blame Ikon for Resort Crowding

Now that we know everyone's poop schedule, where the best places to poop are, and how much GSS makes to let people watch him poop; Does anyone see other resorts following A Basin's lead and dumping a multi area pass? I heard that a lot of the locals in Jackson Hole are complaining about the crowds due to the Ikon pass.

Plattekill is awesome with some good snow and has a great old school vibe. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope the wife heals quickly.

I'm surprised that they don't sell a weekday only pass. Since losing that 6X weekday deal through St Nicolas Academy this year I would possibly buy a weekday only pass depending on the price.

Only 6? I didn't have a problem getting one.

Glad you guys are enjoying Elk. Looks like they groomed Tunkhannock so you won't get to experience the best bump run in PA.

I always tailgate at Elk and others do too. At the bottom of the Lenape trail there is a cut through to the parking lot. A lot of people leave their skis there and walk through to the parking lot. The old lodge is a good place to hang out and have a few beers. On a weekday it isn't crowded. Sounds like that is the plan for the meet up.

Rolling Rock is brewed in Newark, NJ. 😒

There's a $5.00 coupon you can get at the Ski Pa website good for weekdays. Scan down to the bottom of the page. Ski PA Deals

Hurricane Swartz is the worst Philly weatherman. When it doesn't happen he'll report what did and say, "Just like we told you!" ..... And it won't be like anything that he told you.

Real men don't like heated seats. Women love them.

My buddy syncs it up with TiVo.

You could have just turned on WIP. A lot of people turn down their TV and do that especially when Chris Collingsworth is a commentator. Even the Spanish would have been better.

Cool Pic. You can see three rail lines in the photo. The Lehigh & New England and the Lehigh Valley and the CNJ on either side of the river. Shows what a part that the railroads played in LV history. Today there is only a single track running through the gap.

Hey toast, that's great. 10,000 likes with 19,000 posts is over a 50% like percentage per post. Then there's GSS with over 60,000 posts with only 7679 likes. That's about a 12% like percentage. Quality is always better than quantity when it comes to posts.