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I didn't say that... I'm saying you haven't skied Elk in 15 ? or so years, and know nothing about Elk Mountain managements' philosophy of snowmaking or trail opening, their equipment, snow guns, or infrastructure. I've skied Elk for the last 38 years (yea I'm an "olds"). In those years they've built more trails, a terrain park with it's own rope tow. (Low priority. I know) installed miles of water and air pipes so that all their slopes, except Lehigh, are covered. New state of the art air com
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Elk opening tomorrow.  Wonder how many trails will be open @rummy???

Looks like they got a good dumping from the webcams.

Right now there's a chance of me going to Elk tomorrow. Will continue to contemplate it throughout the day.

I really like going when both sides of the mountain are open, though. Still, gotta take advantage of the weather in case it turns to shit like last season.

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We had a great day at Elk today.  Spent most of the day on the quad side and the whole family enjoyed it.  There was fresh snow blown on the ungroomed trails, and the bumps were nice and soft.  It eve

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We had another great day today.  This weekend was cold as balls but the sun was shining which was nice.  The grooming and the snow really was nice.  The conditions were so nice that my wife was enjoyi

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I didn't say that... I'm saying you haven't skied Elk in 15 ? or so years, and know nothing about Elk Mountain managements' philosophy of snowmaking or trail opening, their equipment, snow guns, or i

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There is nothing posted on website about which trails will be open. Check tomorrow and they'll be posted. We're going up tomorrow morning to open the road to the cabin and take a few runs...

I was told Union Dale had 12-14" ( about 3-4 miles away from Elk)....

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3 hours ago, rummy said:

There is nothing posted on website about which trails will be open. Check tomorrow and they'll be posted. We're going up tomorrow morning to open the road to the cabin and take a few runs...

I was told Union Dale had 12-14" ( about 3-4 miles away from Elk)....

Someone on Facebook wrote:

For Friday.....East, West, Beginners, Tioga and Susquehanna. Possibly Hiawatha, Lackawanna and Tioga Spur.

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5 hours ago, rummy said:

There is nothing posted on website about which trails will be open. Check tomorrow and they'll be posted. We're going up tomorrow morning to open the road to the cabin and take a few runs...

I was told Union Dale had 12-14" ( about 3-4 miles away from Elk)....

NWS says Lenoxville (about 4 miles away opposite direction from Union Dale) recorded 21 ins.  

Check out this NWS link while it's still good (until next weather event), some locations in the NWS forecast territory (Binghampton, NY) clocked in at 41, 42 and 43 ins.  You don't see snow totals like this very often: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BGM&issuedby=BGM&product=PNS&format=TXT&version=1&glossary=0

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43 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

You should go and if not be at Blue for opening. I’ll ski some runs with you. 

Decided I'll go to Elk later this season when most of the trails are open. I'll be at Bleu Saturday morning.

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9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Salty did you use all your vacation days this year? If not why not ski tomorrow. 

I have some days left that expire in April and am saving them for trips to Utah and NY, and a day trip to Elk.

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3 hours ago, saltyant said:

Someone on Facebook wrote:

For Friday.....East, West, Beginners, Tioga and Susquehanna. Possibly Hiawatha, Lackawanna and Tioga Spur.

In addition they have been blowing Upper and Lower Tunk and Delaware, so there may be more open T-B....

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12/18/20. Opening day.
23° Overcast, No Wind

On mountain around noon after clearing driveway, shoveling decks and gearing up.

No liftlines, ski right on most every time. Only a few not wearing masks. Looked in lodge and only a few people inside

Standard opening day trails open. Beginners, east, west, susquehanna, tioga. In addition lackawanna spur, hiawatha, and Seneca...the natural trail under the C lift.

Surface soft and cut up. Susquehanna was moguled up inconsistently. Seneca was down to grass and dirt in most places.
Poachers were boot deep in natural on Slalom.

Snowmaking on Delaware and Tunk..

Now... "All the rest are Free"6024a783f9bd3beee7cf5b2635e83dae.jpg

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Anyone know if there’s a way to buy lift tickets in advance for Elk?  I don’t want to get all the way up there with the family and have them run out due to limited quantities.

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48 minutes ago, NMSKI said:

Anyone know if there’s a way to buy lift tickets in advance for Elk?  I don’t want to get all the way up there with the family and have them run out due to limited quantities.

I haven't seen anything about limited tickets at Elk. I can't imagine Elk would do that to customers who drive long distances to get there. Now JFBB, on the other hand...

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51 minutes ago, NMSKI said:

Anyone know if there’s a way to buy lift tickets in advance for Elk?  I don’t want to get all the way up there with the family and have them run out due to limited quantities.

When are you all heading up? I didn't see anything on their site from 1996, but I would call before heading up just to make sure.

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1 minute ago, toast21602 said:

When are you all heading up? I didn't see anything on their site from 1996, but I would call before heading up just to make sure.

Not until mid January, but was going to buy the tickets for the weekend we had planned in advance. 

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5 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

When are you all heading up? I didn't see anything on their site from 1996, but I would call before heading up just to make sure.

They have a new modern website. It nice! Your PC must be stuck in the 90's.

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1 minute ago, saltyant said:

They have a new modern website. It nice! Your PC must be stuck in the 90's.

It is worse than Blue's. It looks like a 15yo made it for a middle school project. 

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11 hours ago, NMSKI said:

Not until mid January, but was going to buy the tickets for the weekend we had planned in advance. 

This says they will, but its not up and running yet.  they also say they wont be limiting ticket sales.  not sure how thats gonna work out for them, but it will be fun to play along.  

https://www.elkskier.com/covid-19-info/?fbclid=IwAR3cLgej-49FPg1W6ydWSr9Z1fJnimlYdFZHIOlGw68rafHoxuGPAfkNQuA

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16 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

This says they will, but its not up and running yet.  they also say they wont be limiting ticket sales.  not sure how thats gonna work out for them, but it will be fun to play along.  

https://www.elkskier.com/covid-19-info/?fbclid=IwAR3cLgej-49FPg1W6ydWSr9Z1fJnimlYdFZHIOlGw68rafHoxuGPAfkNQuA

Thanks!  Didn’t see that when I was checking it out.  Planning family skiing sucks this year.  Should have just gotten 4 blue passes and called it a day.

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1/6/21. Excellent conditions. Groomed soft packed powder. Overcast so visibility was not the best. Snizzle and no wind. 7 trails open from the top. Chippewa and Seneca ungroomed.
Bar is open and caught with a lot of the regulars.
Lodge and Bar have occupancy limits. CDC rules, and masks are required everywhere and enforced. 6 person limit in mens bathroom....??....
If purchasing tickets on line you can pick them up in lower parking lot and start your day riding the quad to the top, and skip the Elkwagon ride.
Now back at TLCITW in front of the fire, building up the coals for steaks later...
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