Friday at Blue

[zzslope]

Just returned from a very good day on the slopes at Blue. Left home at 6:30am, arrived in the valley lot at 8:00am to a temperature of 11 degrees. A lot of snow being blown from challenge to paradise. Met up with Hayata who had spoken to blue Thursday night and was told the valley lodge would be open and the six would be accepting riders. While booting up in the valley lodge we were informed that the six would not be ready until 9 due to it being frozen, so the few of us in the lodge had to take the shuttle to the top to start the day. We skied to the main street chair, rode to the top then headed down lazy to take a look at the six. We discovered that by frozen they meant most of the chairs had upwards of 6 inches of frozen snow on them, the delay was needed to clean them off. The six opened around 9:30am, which was rather anticlimactic because it didn't add much to the open trail count. Lazy was rotd, Burma was a close second, midway was pretty good, main street was cookied up to start but improved as the morning progressed, come around was a little stiff, and the falls was icy boilerplate. Each of the lift lines has a red 40th anniversary chair in the chair 40 position. When we left after 15 or 16 laps the valley temperature was 21 degrees.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Who is Hayata?  New poster here?? I noticed early on that nobody was skiing to the 6-pack and homestretch still had fresh cord at 930. 

 

Nice report!!!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

 

Thats cool that you got to take the shuttle. I would have just driven to the top in my skis boots. 

[JFskiDan]

Should get like a free cocoa or something when you get the red chair.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

 

How was the snow on homestretch?  Was it smooth?  Sometimes homestretch is all mini rollers and whoop dee dos when it opens.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just now, JFskiDan said:

Should get like a free cocoa or something when you get the red chair.  

Like 17 years ago I was stuck on the lift at sugarbush for an hour and a half and at the top they gave me a voucher for a free cocoa and it was like 60 degrees out so I had to wheel and deal in the cafeteria for a soda instead lol

[zzslope]

1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

 

How was the snow on homestretch?  Was it smooth?  Sometimes homestretch is all mini rollers and whoop dee dos when it opens.  

home stretch is/was smooth

Edited December 15, 2017 by zzslope
forgot something

[indiggio]

3 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

Should get like a free cocoa or something when you get the red chair.  

At least a cookie and not the frozen kind!

 

[zzslope]

4 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Who is Hayata?  New poster here?? I noticed early on that nobody was skiing to the 6-pack and homestretch still had fresh cord at 930. 

 

Nice report!!!

He is a new poster here.

[Shadows]

was wondering what the red chair was about

[RootDKJ]

Jeff and I got the red chair last weekend.




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[saltyant]

2 minutes ago, RootDKJ said:

Jeff and I got the red chair last weekend.

Nice, purple poles.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Nice, purple poles.

They match his bikini briefs 👙 

[theprogram4]

storm is over performing down here.  a shit ton of accidents on the roads

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

31 minutes ago, theprogram4 said:

storm is over performing down here.  a shit ton of accidents on the roads

2"?  I haven't been outside since like 2pm I'll see what it's like out there soon. 

[theprogram4]

Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

2"?  I haven't been outside since like 2pm I'll see what it's like out there soon. 

3 inches at this point and still coming down.  thats not that much but with the way the roads are around here you would think there is a foot of snow on the ground

[Hayata]

Great Morning at Blue,Conditions were very Good"Except parking in the valley only to have the six close around 8,because they did not clear the chairs,REALLY" Had a nice shuttle ride to the summit.Had an unusually good run on Burma no ski patrol got to run it. The cookies on upper main are starting to break up,All other open trails we smooth and fast,Nice.It looks like Challenge and Paradise may be open this weekend. Massive piles on Both, Good Day skiing with ZZ

[Shadows]

Stoked for tomorrow.got me some good beer. Bringing my own mug

[Hayata]

Good Beer is a Good Start,Should be very good with another groom on the open terrain,if Challenge does open that may be a Death Cookie run early

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hayata nice report and welcome to PASR!!!  

[theprogram4]

took my dad 2 hours to get from KOP to Downingtown

[NMSKI]

Took my wife almost 3 hours to get from Wilmington to west Chester. Looks like about 4” in my yard.


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[Hayata]

Thanks,Hope to be back up Sunday a.m.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, Hayata said:

Thanks,Hope to be back up Sunday a.m.

Most of us will be there Sunday AM and the weather is gonna be great. 

Edited December 15, 2017 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[theprogram4]

They are letting me leave 45 mins early cause I live farther away.  According to my phone, my usual 35 min commute will be 70 mins