enjoralas Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 3 hours ago, eaf said: Holy cow and the sacred light of blue! It's only 11:30... Fuck this very-very much! Looks like no line at that far left gate . . . Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 34 minutes ago, enjoralas said: Looks like no line at that far left gate . . . 1 Quote
saltyant Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 It looks like the VIP people get their own orange separator. Is that true, or do they get mixed in with everyone else after going through the reader? Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 1 minute ago, saltyant said: It looks like the VIP people get their own orange separator. Is that true, or do they get mixed in with everyone else after going through the reader? Nope left line is Season passholders only a major perk to having a season pass at Blue.. 3 Quote
eaf Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 So you all think that with this many people at the lift the slopes are empty, pristine and are just waiting for you VIPs to ski?? Wow, just wow. Quote
saltyant Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, eaf said: So you all think that with this many people at the lift the slopes are empty, pristine and are just waiting for you VIPs to ski?? Wow, just wow. In fairness, Camelback was pretty jammed today too. The slopes got crowded. You can always go to Jack Frost, which may have 1/2 the crowd, but then you spend half the day sitting on the lift. So there's not really a perfect solution for skiing on a holiday weekend. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, eaf said: So you all think that with this many people at the lift the slopes are empty, pristine and are just waiting for you VIPs to ski?? Wow, just wow. On the most crowded days at Blue there are always some uncrowded runs. Switchback and Razors are amoung them. Remember how crowded it was Tuesday night and Razors was empty. Quote
Shadows Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, eaf said: So you all think that with this many people at the lift the slopes are empty, pristine and are just waiting for you VIPs to ski?? Wow, just wow. No. we just get there quicker. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, saltyant said: In fairness, Camelback was pretty jammed today too. The slopes got crowded. You can always go to Jack Frost, which may have 1/2 the crowd, but then you spend half the day sitting on the lift. So there's not really a perfect solution for skiing on a holiday weekend. More like 80% of the day sitting on lifts. At Blue it's way over 60% of the time sitting on lifts. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, Shadows said: No. we just get there quicker. Yup and can still get a decent amount of runs per hour..perhaps 4 runs an hour today during peak crowds..not as good as the 7 runs an hour early in the morning but still decent enough to stay occupied. Quote
tarponhead Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 Holy cow and the sacred light of blue! It's only 11:30... Fuck this very-very much!No VIP access. Sux to be you 1 1 Quote
RootDKJ Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, tarponhead said: No VIP access. Sux to be you Sure does. VIP at the quad was clutch today. I even felt like a VIP skiing right on thru the hoards. 4 Quote
eaf Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, tarponhead said: No VIP access. Sux to be you Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're all air here. For when busses come, ya all run to the lot for beers because skiing GS with crowds sucks even for VIPs. Quote
RootDKJ Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 Maybe we just get thirsty after 2-2.5 hours of hard charging skiing 1 Quote
eaf Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, RootDKJ said: Maybe we just get thirsty after 2-2.5 hours of hard charging skiing Important thing to remember is to avoid cabriolet after. Quote
RootDKJ Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 1 minute ago, eaf said: Important thing to remember is to avoid cabriolet after. There is no stupid cabriolet at Blue. But otherwise sound advice atMC Quote
tarponhead Posted January 15, 2018 Report Posted January 15, 2018 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're all air here. For when busses come, ya all run to the lot for beers because skiing GS with crowds sucks even for VIPs.Bus crowd NEVER hits the bumps or grinds the spine. Therefore, I’m good 4 Quote
indiggio Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, tarponhead said: Bus crowd NEVER hits the bumps or grinds the spine. Therefore, I’m good Ditto! Follow me behind the guns or in the ditch and you won't see another soul. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 Eaf what did you expect on the busiest ski day of the year on one of the busiest mountains on the east coast? Superman's fortress of solitude? 1 1 Quote
eaf Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said: Eaf what did you expect on the busiest ski day of the year on one of the busiest mountains on the east coast? Superman's fortress of solitude? Hmmmm, what did I expect... I dunno, I guess same as I saw yesterday at JF, but even better? You know, Monday is not exactly a day off for everybody. And yesterday, on the first skiable "warm" weekend at JF it was nice all day long, line-wise, snow-wise... Only lodge was a mess, but who cares. Here on the following day, the day when schools may be out, but most of parents still work, I get 2-3 hours of skiing followed up by a zoo across the board. Am I surprised? That depends. Peak winter weekends are always a zoo at BM. I've never skied on MLK or President's weekends wisely avoiding them, especially since they're a blackout anyway. Here I guess I got overexcited and a little bit too optimistic. Anyway, I'm done skiing BM on weekends until the end of Feb or even March. Quote
eaf Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Ha, I've been riding with a medical today, his chatterbox wouldn't stop transmitting about strangled people at Paradise. Some are afraid to move, some have broken bindings. They've been calling for a sled to be evacuated. The guy said that Paradise is actually a pretty steep trail. Go figure. Just shows what kind of people the mountain was full of in the afternoon. Grrrrr. Edited January 16, 2018 by eaf Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, eaf said: Hmmmm, what did I expect... I dunno, I guess same as I saw yesterday at JF, but even better? You know, Monday is not exactly a day off for everybody. And yesterday, on the first skiable "warm" weekend at JF it was nice all day long, line-wise, snow-wise... Only lodge was a mess, but who cares. Here on the following day, the day when schools may be out, but most of parents still work, I get 2-3 hours of skiing followed up by a zoo across the board. Am I surprised? That depends. Peak winter weekends are always a zoo at BM. I've never skied on MLK or President's weekends wisely avoiding them, especially since they're a blackout anyway. Here I guess I got overexcited and a little bit too optimistic. Anyway, I'm done skiing BM on weekends until the end of Feb or even March. That stinks as many weekends are pretty empty at Blue. Just depends on the weather. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, eaf said: Ha, I've been riding with a medical today, his chatterbox wouldn't stop transmitting about strangled people at Paradise. Some are afraid to move, some have broken bindings. They've been calling for a sled to be evacuated. The guy said that Paradise is actually a pretty steep trail. Go figure. Just shows what kind of people the mountain was full of in the afternoon. Grrrrr. Paradise is a pretty steep trail..for a green..ive hiked up it in the summer and it has a decent amount of pitch. Those people who say paradise is pretty steep help pay Blue mountains bills.and keep the place open into April for people like us!! Edited January 16, 2018 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 1 Quote
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