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[toast21602]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Looking like Blue will remain open daily through the 26th and might open the following weekend.  They did a good job covering up alot of the brown and only lost nightmare to dreamweaver…that run is challenging to keep covered it has a stream that runs under it.  They plan on blowing tonight and it’s dry and cold..they might blow Monday night as well then it gets warm..high of 68 Thursday for Allentown..thursdays have been the warmest day this season it seems.  

It is impressive to see how long they have made it considering the season we have had. Just another reason why Blue is the best ski area in all of Carbon County, regardless of what Ski2liv says. 

[DiMe]

Your my boy Blue!!!

[Johnny Law]

I had some time in the late afternoon and got up.  Nobody home and the weather was super super nice.  

Snow was straight taters but with the exception of challenge soft enough you could plow through.

The brown is creeping for sure but they blew in a bunch of spots and for the most part it's nothing serious. 

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

22 hours ago, toast21602 said:

It is impressive to see how long they have made it considering the season we have had. Just another reason why Blue is the best ski area in all of Carbon County, regardless of what Ski2liv says. 

What other areas are in Carbon County? I'm sure it doesn't include Elk so the only contender would be Camelback. 

Nothing wrong with Blue as a ski area. It's just too crowded for my taste during peak skiing times 10-2 non work days. But crowds are a sign of an otherwise good product.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[Kyle]

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, Johnny Law said:

I had some time in the late afternoon and got up.  Nobody home and the weather was super super nice.  

Snow was straight taters but with the exception of challenge soft enough you could plow through.

The brown is creeping for sure but they blew in a bunch of spots and for the most part it's nothing serious. 

I’ll be up tomorrow for opening..maybe Wednesday as well.  Thursday I have a morning appointment and looks like maybe rain.  Way to get after it.  I had a little FOMO not skiing today. 

[momskeeztoo]

I heard a rumor Sunday last day? Nothing on website 

[toast21602]

2 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

What other areas are in Carbon County? I'm sure it doesn't include Elk so the only contender would be Camelback. 

Nothing wrong with Blue as a ski area. It's just too crowded for my taste during peak skiing times 10-2 non work days. But crowds are a sign of an otherwise good product.

 

[DiMe]

41 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

I heard a rumor Sunday last day? Nothing on website 

My educated guess is closing March 26th reopening April 1st and 2nd for something small either a park thing or pond skim.  I did catch wind of a very end of season park event.  I'm guessing a school hill style rail jam kind like the early start.

Edited March 21, 2023 by DiMe

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

41 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

I heard a rumor Sunday last day? Nothing on website 

It just seems obvious due to when they stop selling tickets on their site and the weather forecast.  But maybe a bonus weekend you never know. 

[mute1080]

1 hour ago, momskeeztoo said:

I heard a rumor Sunday last day? Nothing on website 

Instructors were saying Blue was asking for people to teach lessons the first week of April but looking at the forecast, it’s seems like a stretch.

[JFskiDan]

12 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

What other areas are in Carbon County? I'm sure it doesn't include Elk so the only contender would be Camelback. 

Nothing wrong with Blue as a ski area. It's just too steep for my taste during peak skiing times 10-2 non work days. But crowds are a sign of an otherwise good product.

JF, BB are both in Carbon County.  

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

57 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

JF, BB are both in Carbon County.  

Cute edit. Certainly would not call Blue steep. But it is better than JF or BB when it is not over crowded.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Inversion today…37 at the upper entrance, 30 in the valley and top of the quad probably feels like Santo Domingo. 

[mute1080]

Blue's stats have me 9 days short of my actual total days there and Boo 8 days short. No way we missed all the gates for a trip, let alone that many.

 

#1 has 95 days, 1259 runs, 1.35 million metres vert(wtf metres). #2 Harold 96/1100/1.18 mil. They have it ranked by vert

[theprogram4]

9 minutes ago, mute1080 said:

Blue's stats have me 9 days short of my actual total days there and Boo 8 days short. No way we missed all the gates for a trip, let alone that many.

 

#1 has 95 days, 1259 runs, 1.35 million metres vert(wtf metres). #2 Harold 96/1100/1.18 mil. They have it ranked by vert

My first day of the season i overhead pass holders complaining that they weren’t getting credit for days unless they went through the season pass holder scanner/line.  No idea if it’s true or not but maybe

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

23 minutes ago, mute1080 said:

Blue's stats have me 9 days short of my actual total days there and Boo 8 days short. No way we missed all the gates for a trip, let alone that many.

 

#1 has 95 days, 1259 runs, 1.35 million metres vert(wtf metres). #2 Harold 96/1100/1.18 mil. They have it ranked by vert

My best season back when I used to put in long sessions.  

[Schif]

Stats should be super easy for Blue to keep track of and publish out. Would be cool if you got a little report at the end of each season telling you what you did that year. 

Part of me thinks they don't want to do that though because if you really dove into that data you would realize you were riding the same 3 lifts over and over and have pretty small per day totals. It's a fine line to walk between quality and quantity in the Poconos. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

FWIW I was told that Saturday was Blues 100th day they were open. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The only thing with the stats is the majority of days I don’t get scanned in my first lift ride cause the gates open automatically for the first person.  Day one my pass didn’t work the whole session but they kept opening the gate for me.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

18 minutes ago, theprogram4 said:

My first day of the season i overhead pass holders complaining that they weren’t getting credit for days unless they went through the season pass holder scanner/line.  No idea if it’s true or not but maybe

I usually avoid that line because it’s tighter and there’s a better chance my pol will get caught up in the netting. 

[NMSKI]

31 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

My best season back when I used to put in long sessions.  

What's the story on the 1 run at MRG?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

16 minutes ago, NMSKI said:

What's the story on the 1 run at MRG?

On the way to Stowe I hiked up part of MRG and skied down. 

[mute1080]

Pond skim and closing Sunday.

Edited March 22, 2023 by mute1080

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

They opened on 11/25 and closing 3/26…over a four month ski season.  @Ski2Live Live2Ski was elk open for over four months?  Montage? Jack Frost? Camelback?   Suck it Rob!!!