Bluetiful Morning 12/22/20

[toast21602]

Best conditions of the year this morning with @AtomicSkierand @Johnny Law  

Great snow and low crowds made for some speedy laps. People were streaming in as we left. 

 

[Mixilplix]

Going to try and make it up there tomorrow am to try out the splitboard set up....

[PSUFrankenstein]

looks awesome - I'm hoping to get there Thursday morning, but I'm not sure if the weather is going to cooperate

[theprogram4]

12 minutes ago, PSUFly said:

looks awesome - I'm hoping to get there Thursday morning, but I'm not sure if the weather is going to cooperate

Looking like the rain will hold off til afternoon 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Sounds  grate.  Today is one of my busier work days in awhile..I wanted to come up but had a phone appointment at 9am. I’ll be up tomorrow open to ???

Edited December 22, 2020 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

34 minutes ago, PSUFly said:

looks awesome - I'm hoping to get there Thursday morning, but I'm not sure if the weather is going to cooperate

I’m really hoping the rain holds off until late morning Thursday.  If it’s not a monsoon I’ll be there.  I was thinking that with the advanced ticket sales, Blue will be less likely to close due to inclement weather. 

[JFskiDan]

I am hoping for a Thursday morning session as well, but at the same time i have zero interest in skiing in the rain.  hope it holds off.  

[Johnny Law]

I only had a short window with work but well worth the trip. Good snow and nice weather make it hard to leave. 

[AtomicSkier]

Really good skiing this morning.  Nice way to start the day.

[C1erArt]

First day out this season, and as mentioned above conditions were pretty good. A little foggy to start off with, but the sun started trying to come out.

Took the second 6 pack up, started with paradise, a couple runs on challenge, then over to lazy Mile and Main Street which were in really good shape. Then back to paradise and challenge, which actually was in better shape than the earlier runs.

I think the mountain handled social distancing and mask wearing pretty well, most of my chair lift rides just had two of us on it although I left around 11 when it started getting a little crowded and the started putting 3 on the six pack. Seemed to be mainly groups on the quad, so wasn’t as good as the six pack for a single.

First day on my new to me Vokl Deacon 80s, 167 length. Got them from the Loft sale of their demo skis this fall. A little apprehensive since I didn’t try them out before buying them, but I like them a lot. They handled the frozen stuff in the morning and the softer stuff later really well, and were really fast turning and fast edge to edge. A lot more responsive at slower speeds than my Experience 88 180s.

[AtomicSkier]

2 hours ago, C1erArt said:

First day out this season, and as mentioned above conditions were pretty good. A little foggy to start off with, but the sun started trying to come out.

Took the second 6 pack up, started with paradise, a couple runs on challenge, then over to lazy Mile and Main Street which were in really good shape. Then back to paradise and challenge, which actually was in better shape than the earlier runs.

I think the mountain handled social distancing and mask wearing pretty well, most of my chair lift rides just had two of us on it although I left around 11 when it started getting a little crowded and the started putting 3 on the six pack. Seemed to be mainly groups on the quad, so wasn’t as good as the six pack for a single.

First day on my new to me Vokl Deacon 80s, 167 length. Got them from the Loft sale of their demo skis this fall. A little apprehensive since I didn’t try them out before buying them, but I like them a lot. They handled the frozen stuff in the morning and the softer stuff later really well, and were really fast turning and fast edge to edge. A lot more responsive at slower speeds than my Experience 88 180s.
 

@toast21602 and i were behind you in line waiting for the lifts to open.  Thought it was you, but didn't recognize the skis.  Now it makes sense.

[C1erArt]

[mention=511]toast21602[/mention] and i were behind you in line waiting for the lifts to open.  Thought it was you, but didn't recognize the skis.  Now it makes sense.

Have a green helmet, green gaiter and green on my ski poles to match my Experience 88s. Now I need to switch to orange.

[Shadows]

Was out for a few hours just now.

Mashing bumps, ripping spines, doing lines. Great snow.

[RajeevGuptaSucheeta]

Good Morning Mr Steeze it is Rajeev.. I cannot snowboard this year I must stay in Bangalore.  have a good ski

[NMSKI]

31 minutes ago, Shadows said:

Was out for a few hours just now.

Mashing bumps, ripping spines, doing lines. Great snow.

Sounds like a wild morning!  I usually wait to do lines until noon.

[saltyant]

55 minutes ago, RajeevGuptaSucheeta said:

Good Morning Mr Steeze it is Rajeev.. I cannot snowboard this year I must stay in Bangalore.  have a good ski

@GrilledSteezeSandwich This is grate!

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, RajeevGuptaSucheeta said:

Good Morning Mr Steeze it is Rajeev.. I cannot snowboard this year I must stay in Bangalore.  have a good ski

Rajeev.. @toast21602 wants to know were you poked on the peechhe ka hissa this year? Thank you I will tell Mr Steezeman to have a good ski

Edited December 22, 2020 by saltyant

[toast21602]

20 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Rajeev.. @toast21602 wants to know were you poked on the peechhe ka hissa this year? Thank you I will tell Mr Steezeman to have a good ski

why did you edit that and lie? 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, RajeevGuptaSucheeta said:

Good Morning Mr Steeze it is Rajeev.. I cannot snowboard this year I must stay in Bangalore.  have a good ski

Thanks for checking in, how is your sister Jaya doing??

[Kyle]

Not this shit again. 
 

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 minutes ago, Kyle said:

Not this shit again. 
 

 

I’m laughing so hard...thanks for that!!

[saltyant]

1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I’m laughing so hard...thanks for that!!

You're welcome and any time!

[mute1080]

Got up at 7 with the family. Had some laps on Skool Hill then over to Paradise and back. Nice moguls on the top of Midway, Falls, and Challenge. The snow was mostly soft with a couple scrapped spots. Still fun to ride.

Liftie at the carpet was an instructor and gave us some tips for the little one. They were helpful and it was much appreciated. Our Edgie Wedgie is supposed to be delivered next week and it’s been tough to hold the pizza and slow down.

No lines at the lift but the trails seemed busy.

[eaf]

Yeah, it was busy in the PM. Felt like way more people than last Friday. A red cross who happened to ride once with me said that they sold something like 9000 tickets today. And darn it, they're gonna stay open on soaked Thursday for the same reason. Which makes me kinda screwed because I have tickets for it and was hoping to switch them or having them refunded w/o paying handling fee. Crap, will now have to ski in rain on a Xmas eve. Unbelievable.

Main Street was busted, Paradise was OK, though got whistled at a few times, Lazy was probably the best, but it all largely depended on how lucky you were with avoiding the crowds.

[Shadows]

I rode a lift today with people talking about hitting challenge next run. At 3pm. They looked at it from the lift and said "oh wow, moguls. It was smooth this morning."

What? How long have you been here and not skied that more than once? Theres 4 trails