phillycore Posted October 9, 2015 Report Posted October 9, 2015 Have fun waiting and wishing for brush clearing in the trees at blue while I'm busy doing top to bottom laps through the trees at Montage in fresh untouched stuff 8 days after a storm. This is Pa man...seriously...8 days after a storm it's freaking 65 degrees and sunny. 2 Quote
tnt Posted October 9, 2015 Report Posted October 9, 2015 This is Pa man...seriously...8 days after a storm it's freaking 65 degrees and sunny. Ok, that's true. So, we'll dome the new side country. To review: - Thin the woods - Add a traverse at top and bottom - Add snow guns (if the trees die, we have a soft for a half pipe next season) - Lights - Inflatable dome like that golf place in the pokes. Blue will have the ONLY all weather, Power Powder enhanced, hike-to side country with night skiing. 1 Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Posted November 20, 2015 PSAA site indicates this trail will be open in their 40th anniversary season (2016-7) Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 20, 2015 Report Posted November 20, 2015 That's fantastic news!!! I would say 50/50 chance that happens. Depends how well blue does this season $$$$$ wise Nightmare to Dreamweaver took like five years. Quote
toast21602 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Posted November 20, 2015 I heard the same. Too much going on this summer for them to complete - but talk is 100% next year. Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Wonder what the last new real trail was in Eastern PA. Was it Nightmare? Edited November 20, 2015 by Ski2Live Live2Ski Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Posted September 20, 2016 Any update on if this trail will be open this winter or what it will be called? Would make a nice Xmas present. Especially if they are open by then. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted September 20, 2016 Report Posted September 20, 2016 The trail is not opening this season. My guess is 2-3 years from now. Welcome back Ski2Live Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks. Good to see you too. After last winter, I will take any trail that is painted white by late December. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted September 20, 2016 Report Posted September 20, 2016 Wrong TP4 last years trail map said opening 2016-17 ski season for the new triple black diamond trail. Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted September 20, 2016 Report Posted September 20, 2016 I want to know when the base area build out will be completed and what it will contain... Quote
indiggio Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 the fishing pond is filled in with cement and stonefish... Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 I'm sure the new trail will be completed, but you have to wonder if any of the rest of it will be... Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Posted September 21, 2016 I don't see why a new fairly short trail is a multi year project to complete. It's not like building condos or a water park. You chop down the trees, remove the stumps, and run hoses for snow guns. Heck they could just thin out the underbrush and make it a glade. It would be cheaper and make for greater variety. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 I don't see why a new fairly short trail is a multi year project to complete. It's not like building condos or a water park. You chop down the trees, remove the stumps, and run hoses for snow guns. Heck they could just thin out the underbrush and make it a glade. It would be cheaper and make for greater variety. All that costs a couple million dollars plus lights. Every trail blue has ever added has taken 3-5 years to open. It's not just removing the stumps everything has to be regraded. A couple dozen new snow guns costs a good amount of money and the new run isn't short I bet it's 3,000 feet long. Do you know of any other east coast ski areas that have cut new terrain in the last decade??? Glades work out great in areas that average 40 inches of snowfall a year. 2 Quote
JFskiDan Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 i am still kind of curious how it will be graded so it doesnt bend you in half where it meets paradise. Pretty weird angle there were they meet. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 i am still kind of curious how it will be graded so it doesnt bend you in half where it meets paradise. Pretty weird angle there were they meet. They're gonna need a net... Quote
indiggio Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 They're gonna need a net... Another interesting intersection like Midway & Main Street early in the season before Burma is open... Quote
toast21602 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 i am still kind of curious how it will be graded so it doesnt bend you in half where it meets paradise. Pretty weird angle there were they meet. that's what makes it a quad diamond! the only one in the world! 2 Quote
JFskiDan Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 that's what makes it a quad diamond! the only one in the world! i always knew Blue was unique, but that will really set them apart. Actually, if they just kind of leave it as is, taking a cooler and some folding chairs up there would make for a wonderful afternoon. 1 Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Posted September 21, 2016 All that costs a couple million dollars plus lights. Every trail blue has ever added has taken 3-5 years to open. It's not just removing the stumps everything has to be regraded. A couple dozen new snow guns costs a good amount of money and the new run isn't short I bet it's 3,000 feet long. Do you know of any other east coast ski areas that have cut new terrain in the last decade??? Glades work out great in areas that average 40 inches of snowfall a year. Belleayre Windham Hunter added some glades Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 Belleayre Windham Hunter added some glades What new runs at belleayre. Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) Dreamcatcher. Actually a glade as well (even better). Also Gore added the Hudson trail and several glades. And Whiteface added Lookout Mountain So quite a bit has happened just north of the pokes. And Sugarloaf had a huge expansion of largely glades. Not that I have been there. Edited September 21, 2016 by Ski2Live Live2Ski Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted September 21, 2016 Report Posted September 21, 2016 Glades don't count. What about in PA Ski2Live Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Posted September 21, 2016 Not much in PA. Whitetail added a short green trail called ledgewood. Blue has been the most active in PA in expanding terrain. 1 Quote
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