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[Schif]

All of those names are meh except the Plunge, that one is just awful

[theprogram4]

Keep it coming soon 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I like Two Tickets to Paradise as an homage to the late Eddie Money. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

37 minutes ago, theprogram4 said:

Keep it coming soon 

My first thought but it should be two-three trails..or Blue would be leaving trails on the table. 

[toast21602]

17 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

My first thought but it should be two-three trails..or Blue would be leaving trails on the table. 

Worse than leaving money on the table is leaving trails on the mountain. If I know Blue, this will be split up into upper and lower in a few years.

[trackbiker]

1 hour ago, Schif said:

All of those names are meh except the Plunge, that one is just awful

Calling it Plunge would would be a joke compared to Plunge at Plattekill.

Maybe call it "Not Plunge".

[Benm]

You know that prob half the submissions earlier suggested keeping it as coming soon. 

And they ignored it. 

For awful names at that. 

[mbike-ski]

Plunger !!!

That way we can call the backcountry line the toilet bowl

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

26 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Worse than leaving money on the table is leaving trails on the mountain. If I know Blue, this will be split up into upper and lower in a few years.

And also a bump trail maybe “Ernie’s Bumps”. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, mbike-ski said:

Plunger !!!

That way we can call the backcountry line the toilet bowl

Better than Glory Hole..

[Benm]

5 hours ago, toast21602 said:

I'm not opposed to Big Dips 

I'm voting for Ray of sunshine because I hope it gets that ridiculous name. 

Sorry, had to spend the day in delco so I'm full of rage. 

Edited November 5, 2021 by Benm

[enjoralas]

7 hours ago, indiggio said:

 

Makes sense that they would fire those up for a first thing test. Don’t want any nasty surprises at true go time

[JFskiDan]

exciting that a new trail will be opened up at Blue, with possibly one of the lamest fucking names for a trail ever.  Plunge/freefall? like there is some crazy steep on this trail? no.  Ray of sunshine?  its never sunny at Blue.  Those names all suck.  They should go back to the drawing board with them.  

That trail should have this marker - Blue square with this symbol in it, for whats gonna happen at the intersection of Paradise.  

[RidgeRacer]

Plunge and free fall are as generic as it gets. Terrible. Two tickets is Terrible too "hey guys....I'm heading over to two tickets". Wtf. I voted for big dipper because I like astronomy. Not crazy about that for trail name but is the best of the bunch I guess.

[momskeeztoo]

It will always be Coming Soon to me. All those names are completely lame. 

[Deleted]

As soon as there's a connector/bypass around that steep bit, I bet it does get split from Two Tickets to Upper Ticket and Lower Ticket.

For all the tiny trails at Blue, at least there aren't upper/lower pairs that can't have one part open without the other (IE Lower Main St can open without Upper, Nightmare doesn't have to be open to ski Dreamweaver, etc.). Shockingly, lower Lazy Mile could be a separate trail and isn't.

Personally, I'm in favour of Valhalla for "Paradise for badasses" but they obviously aren't taking suggestions.

[trackbiker]

2 hours ago, Deleted said:

As soon as there's a connector/bypass around that steep bit, I bet it does get split from Two Tickets to Upper Ticket and Lower Ticket.

For all the tiny trails at Blue, at least there aren't upper/lower pairs that can't have one part open without the other (IE Lower Main St can open without Upper, Nightmare doesn't have to be open to ski Dreamweaver, etc.). Shockingly, lower Lazy Mile could be a separate trail and isn't.

Personally, I'm in favour of Valhalla for "Paradise for badasses" but they obviously aren't taking suggestions.

Switchback is Upper and Lower and you can't ski one without the other. I don't even know where Upper ends and Lower begins.

[Deleted]

11 minutes ago, trackbiker said:

Switchback is Upper and Lower and you can't ski one without the other. I don't even know where Upper ends and Lower begins.

https://www.skibluemt.com/winter-sports/skiing-snowboarding/trail-map/

Check their list? They don't show Upper/Lower Switchback. There is an Upper/Lower Sidewinder, most call Lower Sidewinder the S-Turns.

Also, there is an old connector that's mostly blocked by planted trees and a snowgun where you used to go from Xing across Main Street and over to what would be Lower Switchback - it also carries over via a cat track to Lazy Mile. That's one reason Xing is where it is.

[Kyle]

40 minutes ago, Deleted said:

https://www.skibluemt.com/winter-sports/skiing-snowboarding/trail-map/

Check their list? They don't show Upper/Lower Switchback. There is an Upper/Lower Sidewinder, most call Lower Sidewinder the S-Turns.

Also, there is an old connector that's mostly blocked by planted trees and a snowgun where you used to go from Xing across Main Street and over to what would be Lower Switchback - it also carries over via a cat track to Lazy Mile. That's one reason Xing is where it is.

There used to be an upper and lower switchback, it was changed to just switchback in 2008. 

[trackbiker]

10 hours ago, Kyle said:

There used to be an upper and lower switchback, it was changed to just switchback in 2008. 

2007 Trail Map

I haven't looked at a trail map in years. I guess they went back to just "Switchback" some time ago. I think I remember seeing Upper and Lower on a snow report in the more recent past.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

13 hours ago, Kyle said:

There used to be an upper and lower switchback, it was changed to just switchback in 2008. 

I don’t remember that.  Thanks trackbiker

Edited November 8, 2021 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[indiggio]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I don’t remember that.

Wait!  What??

[toast21602]

2 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Wait!  What??

Rain man is getting older. 

[indiggio]

1 minute ago, toast21602 said:

Rain man is getting older. 

Mind is the first to go!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, toast21602 said:

Rain man is getting older. 

Haha I don’t pay attention to trail maps. In Aspen Johnny Law was offended that I didn’t take a trail map to keep in my pocket..

Edited November 8, 2021 by GrilledSteezeSandwich