Robert2 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 Just poking around weather.com for Monday's temps and I find that Palmerton forecast is warmer than Blakeslee on Monday. Seems the overnight low for JF BB will dip to hardpack temps in the 20s while Blue temps stay at slush temps. Even if the daytime high climbs to 36 it looks real good for BB after sunset because 6PM will dip back down to hardpack temps. Palmerton PA 6 AM 33 degrees 3PM 42 degrees 6 PM 38 degrees Blakeslee PA 6 AM 27 degrees 3 PM 36 degrees 6PM 32 degrees This was another reason I bought a JFBB season pass. I'm the same distance from Blue as I am from JFBB and I figured JFBB would be open earlier and longer than Blue. Quote
bigdaddyk Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 Lake Harmony is usually 7 degrees colder than Palmerton. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 Blue isn't in Palmerton. Palmerton is at a much lower elevation. Quote
TT C6 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 Blue isn't in Palmerton. Palmerton is at a much lower elevation. That's why JFBB has much better conditions. I thought everybody knew this stuff already? Quote
method9455 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 That's why JFBB has much better conditions. I thought everybody knew this stuff already? Not necessarily. I look at those temperatures and would rather go to Blue. Why would you want to go to the place where all the water from Sunday/Monday is going to freeze solid on Tuesday? You can have spring conditions at Blue or crappy frozen hardpack at JF? Its going to take more than 1 night to groom it back into shape, and its probably going to require some snowmaking which won't be happening with those temps. So I'll be at Blue on tuesday enjoying soft snow. Quote
phillycore Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 News flash... Sunday River is colder than Killington Killington is colder than Hunter Hunter is colder than JF/BB JF/BB is colder than Blue Blue is colder than BC BC is colder than Spring Spring is colder than Philly Philly is colder than Atlantic City Atlantic City is colder than Atlanta Atlanta is colder than Miami now that that's settled...ski where the snow is and like it.. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 News flash...Sunday River is colder than Killington Killington is colder than Hunter Hunter is colder than JF/BB JF/BB is colder than Blue Blue is colder than BC BC is colder than Spring Spring is colder than Philly Philly is colder than Atlantic City Atlantic City is colder than Atlanta Atlanta is colder than Miami now that that's settled...ski where the snow is and like it.. This Quote
bigdaddyk Posted December 28, 2008 Report Posted December 28, 2008 ... You can have spring conditions at Blue or crappy frozen hardpack at JF? Its going to take more than 1 night to groom it back into shape... Not at JF. They always groom the place back into shape. It is only icy after the first few hours. If you get there first thing, it is groomed over nicely. They do an outstanding job at recovering. Quote
Robert2 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Report Posted December 29, 2008 Not at JF. They always groom the place back into shape. It is only icy after the first few hours. If you get there first thing, it is groomed over nicely. They do an outstanding job at recovering. and now that that's settled...ski where the snow is and like it.. All I was saying was that even with the 60 degree summerlike weather all weekend it looked to me like we would have great surface to ride on Monday morning at JF and even with the warm Monday we would have nice speed at BB after 6PM just because the temps forecasted were freezing temps. I don't NOT go if the weather is warm.... or cold. I go every weekday and ride whatever nature throws my way. Riding a snowboard on blue ice is fine by me. Just pop up on edges and ice skate. I have great control on ice so you may not like the conditions that I consider prime for ballistic carving speeds. I can't ride ice with skis. I need a few inches of powder or slush to ski. So when the soft stuff slows down the snowboard carving I go skiing. As far as comparing Blue to BB or JF goes I was saying that since it has been so warm that this may be the time to pick JF over Blue because it has been cold enough to make hardpack instead of slush. A lot of people are off Xmass to New Years and expect to ski so I figured the weather would determine where to go Monday..... by car... not plane. Quote
HouseMuzik Posted December 29, 2008 Report Posted December 29, 2008 BC also does a very good job at recovering from mother nature. All season i've been there once where conditions were really bad.. of course JFBB is going to be better.. they're in the fricking mountains. Quote
toast21602 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Posted December 29, 2008 i heard on the weather channel today that Tobyhanna is going to be warmer than athens, ga today. Quote
bigdaddyk Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 FWIW, I left Blue today and it was cloudy and 44 degrees. I arrived at JF about a half hour later and the sun was out and it was 35 degrees. Quote
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