Skison 20/21?

[tarponhead]

Alta had some Blue issues......

Alta loads lifts with military precision that would make a drill sergeant weep with joy. I don’t see solo rides happening there


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[mbike-ski]

Montage is opening today with a few good trails - Boomer, Smoke, and Cannonball are all open.  Too bad their tickets are no longer cheap, although I think they still offer a 10% AAA discount

Oh nevermind wrong club...


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[SallyCat]

Okemo was a shit-show today. I arrived a little late and had to park insanely far away. Texted my friends who said the main chair and one other quad were down, no new trails were open, and they were doing more standing than skiing. I turned around and headed home, figuring to get a few skinning laps on Mt. Ascutney. Turns out backcountry skiing is a bear right now because the snow is like chest-deep and even though it's fluffy, it's hard to make any progress even on the steeper pitches. 

A four-foot powder dump that makes skiing nearly impossible is pretty on-brand for 2020, I'd say! 

Headed out to earn some turns tomorrow now that today's skiers have chopped it up. 

[Justo8484]

Okemo was a shit-show today. I arrived a little late and had to park insanely far away. Texted my friends who said the main chair and one other quad were down, no new trails were open, and they were doing more standing than skiing. I turned around and headed home, figuring to get a few skinning laps on Mt. Ascutney. Turns out backcountry skiing is a bear right now because the snow is like chest-deep and even though it's fluffy, it's hard to make any progress even on the steeper pitches. 
A four-foot powder dump that makes skiing nearly impossible is pretty on-brand for 2020, I'd say! 
Headed out to earn some turns tomorrow now that today's skiers have chopped it up. 

Look at it this way. After the snow settles a bit, you’ve now got 3’ of base to work with for the next storm. Everything is covered, so a 6-8” day is gonna ski awesome and not be miserable on the up. Get after it!


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[indiggio]

10 hours ago, tarponhead said:

Alta loads lifts with military precision that would make a drill sergeant weep with joy. I don’t see solo rides happening there


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Wildcat looks like full chairs going up.

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Picture one is line for tickets yesterday at 10am at Mount Snow and number two is Hunter mountain yesterday.  

[eaf]

So much for the ORDA cards!

Belleayre has blocked all card reloads for holidays and weekends.

[RidgeRacer]

So much for the ORDA cards!
Belleayre has blocked all card reloads for holidays and weekends.

Sucks but I wasn't planning on using mine on a weekend. Weekends are for the boyz (at Blue). First time on the card should have no restrictions correct?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 hours ago, eaf said:

So much for the ORDA cards!

Belleayre has blocked all card reloads for holidays and weekends.

Wow just wow 

[enjoralas]

On 12/18/2020 at 3:09 PM, toast21602 said:

We can all be shirtless too, if that helps. 

I could go shirtless, but the sweater doesn’t come off

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

18 hours ago, eaf said:

So much for the ORDA cards!

Belleayre has blocked all card reloads for holidays and weekends.

What are card reloads? Please explain what this means they are doing?

[Barb]

Damn 3 people died in avalanches this weekend. One in CB Friday and body recovery for 2 more off Ophir Pass near Silverton. Bad start to the season


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[RidgeRacer]

What are card reloads? Please explain what this means they are doing?

They load the first pass on the card. go right to lift essentially. Each additional pass is 50% off but you need to purchase /load it to your card online before you go. 6th pass is free but I think you need to load that to your card too.

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

10 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

They load the first pass on the card. go right to lift essentially. Each additional pass is 50% off but you need to purchase /load it to your card online before you go. 6th pass is free but I think you need to load that to your card too.

Wow that is low. They should offer some sort of compensation. Glad at least they are not blocking season pass holders.

[RidgeRacer]

Wow that is low. They should offer some sort of compensation. Glad at least they are not blocking season pass holders.

What's low?

[Kyle]

41 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

What's low?

I think he’s talking about card reloads being blocked on weekends and holidays 

[RidgeRacer]

I think he’s talking about card reloads being blocked on weekends and holidays 

Thanks.

They did advertise it as valid on weekends and holidays with a 25% discount so I could see how people would be pissed.

[Kyle]

9 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Thanks.

They did advertise it as valid on weekends and holidays with a 25% discount so I could see how people would be pissed.

I’m not familiar with the ORDA cards, are they bell only? 
 

if not, I can’t really see whoever sells them being responsible for compensation if a mountain makes a decision to block certain days 

[RidgeRacer]

I’m not familiar with the ORDA cards, are they bell only? 
 
if not, I can’t really see whoever sells them being responsible for compensation if a mountain makes a decision to block certain days 

Belle Gore and Whiteface. Personally I only planned on using it midweek because 25% off doesn't entice me as much as midweek skiing and 50% does. And it's not just belle...its all. Here's what wf says..

Frequent Skier Cards are SOLD OUT!!!

All Frequent Skier Card tickets must be purchased online in advance. We are presently selling tickets for Monday-Friday outside of blackout periods.
For now, Frequent Skier Card ticket sales for weekends and blackout periods are paused, but we will be adding inventory exclusively for you in the coming days. Please note that tickets for 12/24/20-1/3/21 are sold out, so tickets we add will be for dates following Christmas Week. We will continually evaluate the availability of dates as we go through the season, so please check back

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

1 hour ago, Kyle said:

I’m not familiar with the ORDA cards, are they bell only? 
 

if not, I can’t really see whoever sells them being responsible for compensation if a mountain makes a decision to block certain days 

ORDA is the NYS govt entity that operates all three - they both sell the cards and made the decision not to honor as advertised. Decision could be reasonable given Covid, but some compensation should be given. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

9 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

ORDA is the NYS govt entity that operates all three - they both sell the cards and made the decision not to honor as advertised. Decision could be reasonable given Covid, but some compensation should be given. 

Take it to Judge Judy

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

This doesn’t even look that bad. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I love these videos from Whistler

 

 

[saltyant]

44 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I love these videos from Whistler

Almost as good as my Steamboat video 

[skiincy]

I skied Copper yesterday. No lines and plenty of space. But, it was like 9 degrees and windy. Did about 8k of vert in under 2 hours. It was my first day out so I took it slow. I didn’t take any photos on the mountain but this pic on 70 can give you an idea. 

 

Today, I skiied Winter Park. It was a blue bird day. Got about 12k in about 3 hours. To start, I parked in the free lot G (that’s me in the black SUV). Then, I strolled over to the Cabriolet lift (beer can lift) to hit the village. It was great to not have to take a shuttle bus. 

A couple of the lifts like Sunnyside, Challenger, Super Gauge Express, and the Gondola had 10 minute waits, everything else I pretty much skied right up to.

If there was a line, I just opted for the slower 2 seater lift versus the express. It was easy to avoid the lines. Above is line of Super Guage Express, but just to the right is Pony Express and it had zero wait. It doesn’t take you as far up but got my skis back on the snow faster.

 

 

The runs were mostly empty and easy to avoid, which felt like a sharp contrast to the Schuylkill River Trail in Philly.

 

Ducked into some of the trees. Not much powder but it was good to practice the variability.

the sun started to set and the shade rolled in around 3pm. Made it chillier but still fun to cruise down the runs as it begun to empty out.

tomorrow is an ABasin morning ski..