BC Still Sucks

[saltyant]

Thanks for the info. Last year, I went to Elk on the Friday after the March superblizzard. The crowds weren't bad at all until around 11-12 pm. Then a line formed at the main lift near the lodge, so I moved over to the other lift and it was pretty empty most of the afternoon. The lines were never terribly long, and they moved pretty fast. It seemed that most people knew how to get on and off the lift, so stops were very minimal - compared to Camelback, where you'll average 3 stops per ride.

I may try going to Elk on a Sunday, since I'm stingy about using vacation time. Camelback turns into an absolute zoo on Saturdays and Sunday, and you'll easily have at least 100 people in both high-speed quad lines most of the day. I would never pay $67 for a weekend lift ticket to stand in that cluster, but I tolerate it since I have a season pass and a lot of time to kill.

Edited November 24, 2017 by saltyant

[RidgeRacer]

I went on a Friday last year and it was amazing, truly like skiing in Vermont

Ok

[Mixilplix]

I just bought a pass to BC...

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 minutes ago, Mixilplix said:

I just bought a pass to BC...

Nice you didn't have one last season I don't think. Were you at Blue this last weekend?  Was super good 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The lights are on at Bear Creek. I'm actually only 10.5 miles away from that legendary hill. 

[toast21602]

Hopefully they can get open next week.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Hopefully they can get open next week.

This cold snap is a Christmas miracle for bear creek.  

[saltyant]

Does anyone know what time Bear Creek closes during the week? Buckman's discounted tickets says 4-10pm, but BC's website doesn't specify a closing time.

https://www.buckmans.com/buckmans-ski-snowboard/pa-ski-resort-lift-tickets.aspx

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

10pm

[enjoralas]

Sunday night special is a pretty good deal at $25 from 4-9 too.

[saltyant]

13 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

Sunday night special is a pretty good deal at $25 from 4-9 too.

Thanks. I'm looking at Mon-Thurs because I'm in suburban Philly and looking at discounted lift tickets for night skiing the next 4 weeks. My options are Spring, Bear Creek and Blue. Blue's obviously superior but it's a damn long drive for me - 1 hour 20 out, 1 hour 26 back. Yikes!

[enjoralas]

23 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Thanks. I'm looking at Mon-Thurs because I'm in suburban Philly and looking at discounted lift tickets for night skiing the next 4 weeks. My options are Spring, Bear Creek and Blue. Blue's obviously superior but it's a damn long drive for me - 1 hour 20 out, 1 hour 26 back. Yikes!

Yeah, that's rough. Spring would be the closest, probably by far. It's pretty convenient off of the extension too. Not sure when they'll open. What part of suburban Philthy?

[saltyant]

1 minute ago, enjoralas said:

Yeah, that's rough. Spring would be the closest, probably by far. It's pretty convenient off of the extension too. Not sure when they'll open. What part of suburban Philthy?

Warminster. In January for 3 weeks I'll be 20 minutes away from Seven Springs and it's going to be awesome.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

28 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Thanks. I'm looking at Mon-Thurs because I'm in suburban Philly and looking at discounted lift tickets for night skiing the next 4 weeks. My options are Spring, Bear Creek and Blue. Blue's obviously superior but it's a damn long drive for me - 1 hour 20 out, 1 hour 26 back. Yikes!

Blue is 6 minutes different on the way back.  That's not even that long.  Can still ski like 4 hours. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Warminster. In January for 3 weeks I'll be 20 minutes away from Seven Springs and it's going to be awesome.

I'll try and dig up Toasts epic report from Seven Springs I think around 2011-12 he hit it on a pow day and even cooler is you can buy lift ticket on the way in from a little hut without leaving your car. 

[saltyant]

4 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Blue is 6 minutes different on the way back.  That's not even that long.  Can still ski like 4 hours. 

True. Spring Mountain is just sad, and Bear Creek is only open until 9 (confirmed via FB). I'll continue to do thorough analysis and determine if I should go to Blue.

Edited December 12, 2017 by saltyant

[saltyant]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I'll try and dig up Toasts epic report from Seven Springs I think around 2011-12 he hit it on a pow day and even cooler is you can buy lift ticket on the way in from a little hut without leaving your car. 

Nice. I'm excited, I've never been there. Thursdays they're open until 10 so I'll get 5 hours of solid night skiing.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, saltyant said:

True. Spring Mountain is just sad, and Bear Creek is only open until 9 (confirmed via FB). I'll continue to do thorough analysis and determine if I should go to Blue.

Bear creek is sad but I've heard a nice lodge. You can run gates at BC though. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Nice. I'm excited, I've never been there. Thursdays they're open until 10 so I'll get 5 hours of solid night skiing.

You should AirBnB your apartment or house and make some Johnny cash while you're away during the week. 

[saltyant]

1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

You can run gates at BC though. 

What do you mean by run gates?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, saltyant said:

What do you mean by run gates?

It's a timed course and it's Slalom or giant slalom racing. It's called Nastar.  

[AtomicSkier]

4 minutes ago, saltyant said:

What do you mean by run gates?

 

[Shadows]

Whats the point of the two poles close together? 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

10 minutes ago, Shadows said:

Whats the point of the two poles close together? 

That's called a flush it challenges agility. 

Edited December 12, 2017 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[momskeeztoo]

7 hours ago, saltyant said:

Warminster. In January for 3 weeks I'll be 20 minutes away from Seven Springs and it's going to be awesome.

Seven Springs is a fun mountain. Not very steep, but pretty big acreage wise. I think only about half is lit for night skiing.