Trip Report - 12/30/2017

[saltyant]

This morning's conditions were by far the best of the season at the mountain with the most skiable acres in the Poconos. I passed the toast sign on my way to Camelback which reminded me of toast. Then I parked in Lot 3 to get First Trax on the Sullivan Lift side, booted up in my car, and carried my new RTMs and poles up the hill towards the lift.

The order of my first runs was Big Pocono, Asp, Rocket, Marjie’s, Upper and Lower Cleopatra, and then down the n00b hill to the Stevenson lift to hit up Nile Mile and then also Cliffhanger for the first time this season, which I did 7 times in a row. Conditions were top notch on most trails, except Cliffhanger which had some moderate death cookies in a few spots near the top due to its recent debut, but was still very rad.

I found that carving on RTMs is lots of fun compared to on Elons, and found myself bored with all of the blue runs (except Big Pocono), so I stuck to mostly blacks throughout the day. It was by far the funnest skiing ever.

Later on in the day, to change things up a bit and to search for some fresh powder, I made a run on Birches, which I consider the Juggernaut of CB because the beginning is very flat.  Here I found some untracked pow on the far right side, and was able to found out exactly what it’s like to ski powder in Jackson Hole.

But then I made the biggest mistake of the day. I found a huge powder stash on Laurel Glade – a massive hill of manmade snow under a snowmaking machine.  Upon reaching the peak of this hill, I fell under all the powder and practically became buried.  The light snow on the hill could not hold the weight of myself and my short RTM skis. I eventually climbed out of that predicament, and spent the next hour deicing my goggles and bindings and drying off my gloves and facemask in the lodge. The demo center helped to chip some ice off my bindings and didn’t even charge me anything.

Around 1:30 I was hungry and getting a little tired, so I went to East Gourmet Buffet. There I had shrimp, mushrooms, white rice, hot and sour soup, and a Pepsi, which I considered a treat for myself due to the epic pow day, as I normally just get tap water. Afterwards I drove back to CB, but there were no parking spots anywhere except for at the snowtubing lot, which requires a long walk and wait for the shuttle. So at this point I decided to drive home, but first stopped at the outlets and bought some new shades. The first pair looked too much like Steeze’s shades, so I decided against them as not to emulate Steeze.

Tomorrow I plan to return to CB for 7:30 am sharp and get all the fresh cord again, since I've become spoiled from this morning's conditions. Then on Monday I will buy a pass for Jack Frost and go there for the first time with a friend from college.

Edited December 30, 2017 by saltyant
Used wrong font size. Removed extra spacing. Removed extra word hanging off first paragraph.

[enjoralas]

7 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Upon reaching the peak of this hill, I fell under all the powder and practically became buried.  The light snow on the hill could not hold the weight

177s would have just floated right down that due to the increased surface area.

[toast21602]

177s would have just floated right down that due to the increased surface area.

QFT


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[RootDKJ]

4 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

177s would have just floated right down that due to the increased surface area.

Especially with the 84mm width. 

[saltyant]

17 minutes ago, saltyant said:

was able to found out exactly what it’s like to ski powder

I thought for sure you guys would give me more hell for this sloppy writing. I'm very meticulous when it comes to writing these reports and can't believe I missed that.

[enjoralas]

9 minutes ago, saltyant said:

I thought for sure you guys would give me more hell for this sloppy writing. I'm very meticulous when it comes to writing these reports and can't believe I missed that.

 

I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think you've kind of reached the point where most people don't really care about what you post and are only (if that) looking for a spot to troll the troller.

[JFskiDan]

4 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

 

I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think you've kind of reached the point where most people don't really care about what you post and are only (if that) looking for a spot to troll the troller.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm gonna read this after I SU

[toast21602]

 
I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think you've kind of reached the point where most people don't really care about what you post and are only (if that) looking for a spot to troll the troller.

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[eaf]

Well, the report is certainly overdone. But salty, it does make me hate the guy who talked me out of buying a Value Pass at CB while it was still cheap.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm gonna SU soon then read this!!!

[RidgeRacer]

 
I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think you've kind of reached the point where most people don't really care about what you post and are only (if that) looking for a spot to troll the troller.

You mean you don't wait on pins and needles for Salty's insanely long trip reports

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

What's the Toast sign?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

 

I like the tags. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

 

That was nice of the demo center to help chip the ice off your bindings. You should bring them a 4 pack of YooHoo next time you see them. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 hours ago, toast21602 said:

 

QFT


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#DoubleFact

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 hours ago, RootDKJ said:

Especially with the 84mm width. 

I think 81

[saltyant]

5 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

What's the Toast sign?

There's a restaurant called The Morning Toast on the way to CB.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 hours ago, enjoralas said:

 

I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think you've kind of reached the point where most people don't really care about what you post and are only (if that) looking for a spot to troll the troller.

I like saltys reports...they're rad

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just now, saltyant said:

There's a restaurant called The Morning Toast on the way to CB.

Wow just wow..I'll clap my hands and shake my Herman to that. And way to get after it with the Pepsi..I'm a Coke or dr. Pepper guy myself..just had Diet Coke at the diner and it was great. 

[RootDKJ]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I think 81

I meant... imagine how much more float he’d get with the 84 width and 177 length. 

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I like saltys reports...they're rad

Thanks Steeze at least one person does on here.

[enjoralas]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

5 hours ago, enjoralas said:

 
I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think you've kind of reached the point where most people don't really care about what you post and are only (if that) looking for a spot to troll the troller.

You mean you don't wait on pins and needles for Salty's insanely long trip reports

I mean, I don't mind that his reports are insanely long, I like long trip reports. Hell, I write insanely long trip reports. But his have too much fuckery in them. Trip reports should be at least mostly factual. Funny is fine, but save the fuckery for the lounge.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

[saltyant]

Anyone going to Camelback tomorrow? I'll be there from about 1 to 9.