stever2003 Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Has anybody been at Blue during the day this week? I'm thinking of heading to Blue tomorrow, I'm wondering how crowded it has been. Quote
xNick11 Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Today was so packed! I had to ski around a the outer edge of the lower park just to get to the vip line which was usually a good wait. I got up there today around 11 took 4 runs, said F this and took a 5 minute break to call some friends and see where they were riding today. I decided try to get a few more runs in, waited about 40 minutes in line and then the lift shut down for a good while. I then proceeded out of the line while the six pack was still down and left. Today was just extra crowded, and I don't expect tomorrow to be any different.... Quote
trackbiker Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Snow in the customer's back yard always brings more people than snow on the mountain. Quote
toast21602 Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Today was so packed! I had to ski around a the outer edge of the lower park just to get to the vip line which was usually a good wait. I got up there today around 11 took 4 runs, said F this and took a 5 minute break to call some friends and see where they were riding today. I decided try to get a few more runs in, waited about 40 minutes in line and then the lift shut down for a good while. I then proceeded out of the line while the six pack was still down and left. Today was just extra crowded, and I don't expect tomorrow to be any different.... yeah i got there around 12. took a run. waited in the VIP line for 15 minutes. got on the lift. sat on it for about 25 minutes, and then took a run and left. so packed today. i blame the snow for this being worse than normal. oh well. i'll be there for opening on thursday. Quote
Iskidu Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Is it the new lift ticket system that makes the wait longer at every lift? Even the VIP line. I also can't figure out why the people that work there count to six at the six pack. Why didn't the quad open until after 10:30? Quote
stever2003 Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Posted December 28, 2010 I might go to Elk instead. Thanks. Quote
trtaylor Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 XNick don't show up at 11AM during the Holiday week....I can't wait for New Years morning..usually empty till the Jibhonks start rolling in.. I think crowds through New Years will be worse than a normal holiday because it was empty Sunday and Monday was closed a good chunk of the day...most goobs wanna get out one day during the Xmas holiday maybe MLK day and one day in Feb.///Living the dream... This ^ quoted for truth. We were there today and 15+ minute waits at the six pack and quad both, were common. And from what I can tell, the new ticket systems has noting to do with that. I did see several six pack chairs going up with less than 6 people, sometimes only three. Especially in the morning when Razors was closed for race training (lots of racers going up on less than full chairs). For as long as the wait lines were, the trails were relatively crowd free (stay off Paradise and Lazy). Made a few laps on the double-double side and waits there were tolerable. We left around 3:30 and conditions really were staying in good shape. Quote
RootDKJ Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 I'm thinking about getting some RAW turns in tomorrow. Quote
toast21602 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 I'm thinking about getting some RAW turns in tomorrow. it's going to be ugly. Quote
Shadows Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 15 minutes up, 25 seconds down. awesome. Quote
Nidecker Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) Morning sessions are good as long as your out by 10. Thought blue wasn't going to be a shit fest today that's why the quad wasn't open at 8 so when the crowds moved in the quad opened at 10.... Then it broke as soon as it opened and took about 15 minutes to fix it. Challenge lift broke for 15 minutes to. I wouldn't recommend going to blue till after the holiday, Unless you can make it for a morning session like I said before which is a okay, the crowds usually show up by 10ish give or take 20 minutes or so. Shit show all week once crowds show up. It's going to be an interesting week. Luckily I won't have to see it after tomorrow Edited December 29, 2010 by Nidecker Quote
RootDKJ Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 it's going to be ugly. Hmmm, maybe I'll just get loaded and play Wii Mountain Sports. Quote
trackbiker Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 I might go to Elk instead. Thanks. Good plan. I'll be at Elk Friday. Great conditions, well managed "crowds". CB and Blue will be a $hit$how all week. This week is a good time to check out Sno as well and avoid the once or twice a year goobers at the other areas. Since I don't have a season pass, paying $50+ for two hours of skiing is not an option or something that I want to do anyway. Quote
Justin Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 I really want to go skiing tomorrow but I doubt I feel like dealing with crowds Quote
Kyle Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 i was behind a lady at ski bum in newark yesterday who was trying to buy tickets to blue because "since we got an inch down here they must have a foot of snow up there". i laughed at her. Quote
indiggio Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 Snow in the customer's back yard always brings more people than snow on the mountain. Isn't that the truth! Far better to just be cold enough for them to blow snow, than to get natural. Natural brings everyone out of the woodwork (South Jersey, Philly, Delaware, Maryland, etc.) To them, no snow on the ground = no snow on the mountain, but we all know better... It was way-crowded today. Get their early to get your runs in by 11, then beat-feet! Lift ticket lines at the top shack were out the door, past the ski check and almost to the snow...unbelievable! Quote
toast21602 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 anybody going up for opening tomorrow? Quote
snownskateguy Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 Rode from 930 to 2 today. Mostly rode come around to chute to main st down to the lower park. snow was a little sugary with some fresh man made here and there. Chute was all cookies, difficult to turn hard without bouncing all over the place and losing my edge, but i kept riding it because of the fun little lip at the top. Park crew kept the park lips nice all day. Liftline people were enforcing in the VIP line, that helped a lot.. I never waited more than 3 minutes. As for crowds actually on the trails, it wasn't bad at all until my final run, when there were gapers all up and down main street and probably 60 people standing around at the top of the lower park. As for the in-progress sidewinder grooming, not sure how excited i am about the jump line. actually it is difficult to tell much except for the last jump, but definitely not a fan of that so far. they have a relatively small, non vert kicker, off center, with a pretty long gap for the size of the kicker. I just prefer jumps that throw you up more than out, this looks like a boardercross jump or something. Quote
toast21602 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 And I would rather gave a mellow floaty lip than something sending you into orbit. It would be nice if there was one of each. Oh well. I'm excited to check it out in the AM. Maybe I'll snap a photo it two if I feel like taking out my phone. Quote
snownskateguy Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 Well the reason that the kicker is off center is because there are 2 kickers at different distances. So they could possibly vary the amount of vert/floatiness between the two.the longer kicker is also right next to the trees on the left side of sidewinder, which could be dangerous for anyone spinning left. Just to clarify, maybe i misunderstand the terminology but I would think of a mellow vs poppy lip as being the last few feet of a kicker, depending on the size... not necessarily the pitch of takeoff? In which case i am always a fan of mellow lips. long smooth transitions ftw. Quote
toast21602 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 I'd rather get booted out than booted up...what is the status of Sidewinder park..will it be open Saturday morning???? likely. Quote
Shadows Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 someone take pics of the park. i want to critique the shit out of it. Quote
toast21602 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 someone take pics of the park. i want to critique the shit out of it. only if you promise me you will get up once this year and ride with me. i don't care how you get there or make it work. Quote
indiggio Posted December 30, 2010 Report Posted December 30, 2010 likely. Yeah, got probably 2/3 of it groomed, jumps built and some rails in. Probably want to make some more snow on the bottom 1/3, looked a little thin near the merge. OK, so they were monitoring the VIP line today. Seems a bit hokey with the new RFID tags. They had a worker stationed at the end of the line asking to see passes, so now you gotta whip out your pass and show them to get into the VIP line. Before you could have it dangling off the retractor and they could just see it. Wondering if I saved my old armbands of days gone by to hold my new pass. Quote
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