New Trail - Scarab

[toast21602]

59 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

I may need to hit up CB for a ride on Basslick or whatever it's called.

I'd be interested in skiing Buzzkill. Always fun trying new trails when places around here rarely expand. 

[theprogram4]

1 minute ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Of course trail rankings indicate difficulty compared to other things on that mountain. 

 

except for aspen mountain and aspen highlands who say screw that, we are getting rid of all green trails for marketing purposes lol

Edited February 22, 2019 by theprogram4

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

On 2/15/2019 at 4:55 PM, saltyant said:

My guess is because Shawnee put a terrain park on a top-to-bottom run accessible from the high speed quad, so Camelback did the same to stay competitive with the park people.  I rarely skied the Pharaoh/Bactrian combo anyway because I don't really like either trail that much.

Salty when is the PASR day at camelback?

[RidgeRacer]

I'd be interested in skiing Buzzkill. Always fun trying new trails when places around here rarely expand. 

Truth. Between Basslicker, Scab and Coming soon we have all kinds of new terrain!

[JFskiDan]

There should be something like the Postmaster General for ranking ski trails, maybe like "skimaster general".  I dont think anything in the poconos should be labeled as double black.  Challenge and Corbets are worlds apart in difficulty.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

There should be something like the Postmaster General for ranking ski trails, maybe like "skimaster general".  I dont think anything in the poconos should be labeled as double black.  Challenge and Corbets are worlds apart in difficulty.  

The mini Root rollers connecting lazy mile to the falls last night were definitely double blue square maybe even a red in Europe.  

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Salty when is the PASR day at camelback?

Monday March 4. I dont know if I'm going yet. Maybe it will be dead at your office and you'll get to ski BassLick and Scabb.

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

1 hour ago, JFskiDan said:

There should be something like the Postmaster General for ranking ski trails, maybe like "skimaster general".  I dont think anything in the poconos should be labeled as double black.  Challenge and Corbets are worlds apart in difficulty.  

It would be worth having 2 rankings perhaps, a relative to mountain green / blue / black and a more objective perhaps 1 to 10 scale based on how steep/narrow/twisty it is compared to ski trails in general.

 

Cause a purely objective scale that gave everything in PA a green or blue would not be real informative for the beginners who need these ratings the most.

Edited February 22, 2019 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[toast21602]

22 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

It would be worth having 2 rankings perhaps, a relative to mountain green / blue / black and a more objective perhaps 1 to 10 scale based on how steep/narrow/twisty it is compared to ski trails in general.

 

Cause a purely objective scale that gave everything in PA a green or blue would not be real informative for the beginners who need these ratings the most.

Blue would be off the charts because it is the best mountain on the east coast. 

[Schif]

Blue Mountain would be all blue trails obviously. It's right there in the name. 

 

In my experience though all the trails that are open are usually white, occasionally they will have a slightly brown trail too. Sidewinder was a green until about 6 weeks ago if I recall. 

Edited February 22, 2019 by Schif

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Best one West or Denver and South of I-80 not named Snowshoe for sure.

[enjoralas]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

Monday March 4. I dont know if I'm going yet. Maybe it will be dead at your office and you'll get to ski BassLick and Scabb.

This is correct. Buckman’s is having a demo day with $38 tickets, although as of last Sunday the Whitehall location did not have tickets yet:

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Best one West or Denver and South of I-80 not named Snowshoe for sure.

Have you been to snowshoe

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

32 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Have you been to snowshoe

Yeah I went there a couple times in early 90s when I went to school in NC. They got a ton of snow and had no crowds. 

Edited February 22, 2019 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[enjoralas]

On 2/22/2019 at 5:15 PM, enjoralas said:

This is correct. Buckman’s is having a demo day with $38 tickets, although as of last Sunday the Whitehall location did not have tickets yet:

Tickets are now advertised at $42 and no demos for what they are now calling customer appreciation day instead of demo day.

Since we already off work, Pops and I are likely either still going or heading to Montage on Monday. $30 ticket at Montage. Includes rental and even a group lesson. Might try snowboarding

[saltyant]

10 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

Tickets are now advertised at $42 and no demos for what they are now calling customer appreciation day instead of demo day.

Since we already off work, Pops and I are likely either still going or heading to Montage on Monday. $30 ticket at Montage. Includes rental and even a group lesson. Might try snowboarding

Still might go to Camelback... I miss that place and the weather looks good. Monday is probably the least busy day to ski anywhere.

[Schif]

17 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

Tickets are now advertised at $42 and no demos for what they are now calling customer appreciation day instead of demo day.

Since we already off work, Pops and I are likely either still going or heading to Montage on Monday. $30 ticket at Montage. Includes rental and even a group lesson. Might try snowboarding

You can't beat that ticket deal at Montage. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

Still might go to Camelback... I miss that place and the weather looks good. Monday is probably the least busy day to ski anywhere.

Correct