12/26/20...better than expected.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

 

I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot before 720am and Johnny law was already in the house. The temperature was about 20 with a moderate west wind making it feel much cooler.  Also in the house were Atomic Jeff, JFDan, Mute, Ryan, PSUGuy, Falco, Mixilplx, Enjorales, BenMEddie, Pops, enjorales cousin, Bethlehem Ford Guy, Toast, Slim, Liftee Bob, GahSkier George, Antman, Rodney, Marty, Charles, Charles Dad and many more. 

 

First run most of the PASRs went f R razors which is now open..I went for challenging which was surprisingly good with nice groomed a few whoop dees..after the falls was a little hole in the middle of the run would have got me if I wasn’t such an agile mofo..they actually lollipopped it off about an hour later. 

 

Lazy mile was cookieville, Main Street was nice with nice smooth cord at the top..a few guns and floaty manmade poe middle and a mish mash lower down. Paradise had nice chalky manmade..everybody enjoyed that run. Nightmare to Dream Weaver opened today as well I didn’t go on it cause I figured it would be pretty bad but only Blue opens two major runs a day after a monsoon with guns blasting on lower park, Central Park, lower sidewinder, switchback and widowmaker. 

 

Fun parking lot...Charles dad gave me a cookie and later Pops bought two pizza pies from the stand w buffalo chicken and a pepperoni and they were MSY mad steezy yo...the temperature never got out of the 20s..all in all it was just another day in paradise and tomorrow should be slightly warmer.  

[eaf]

Is this new Salty's car?

[toast21602]

Way better than expected. Paradise was ROTD and Lac des Bleu is back under the 6er. 
 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

 

4 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Way better than expected. Paradise was ROTD and Lac des Bleu is back under the 6er. 
 

Like given for this unique shot. 

[Mixilplix]

I never even noticed the lake under the six....Paradise was super nice...but a few trails to the left it was total shit...Wish they would have had the quad running at opening...

 

[Benm]

NM / DW was ok, I hit it a couple times. There were a few spots that could have been better but, compared to lazy mile and lower main, it was pretty good. 

[Mixilplix]

Lazy was pretty nasty...

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, Benm said:

NM / DW was ok, I hit it a couple times. There were a few spots that could have been better but, compared to lazy mile and lower main, it was pretty good. 

That’s a major Nguyen for the first day of NMDW

[PSUFrankenstein]

Paradise was good...nightmare dreamweaver was ok.  I hit that the most since it was empty 

Parking lot was good as usual...pops bought pizza which was awesome 

[Mixilplix]

When I saw that 911 wheel in right away this came to mind....Robert Redford driving this 911T in the movie Downhill Racer...I really dig the narrow body 911....

 

[enjoralas]

I forgot to go in and bitch about Razor’s being roped off in direct violation of the Governor’s ban on organized youth sporting activities.

I can’t even fathom the value of the gift card I surely left on the table.

[JFskiDan]

When you go into the day with low expectations, like a 3, and come out with a 6 or so, theres not much to complain about.  Paradise was money, and then NMDW for me.  Challenge and Main had lots of varying conditions that i will complain about at a later date,  possibly in a different thread, when it makes no sense to be complaining about something.  

Mute and jlaw showed up with a lot of good beer.  

[Benm]

8 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

When you go into the day with low expectations, like a 3, and come out with a 6 or so, theres not much to complain about.  

Pretty much this. I expected things to be so much worse. With the exception of lazy, today wasn't nearly as bad as what I had expected. It was ok. 

Edited December 26, 2020 by Benm

[AtomicSkier]

The lake was quite large today.  Definitely 2+ ft deep.  Much better day than I was expecting.  What a pleasant surprise. 

[RidgeRacer]

Stunning.  Reminds me of Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Did anybody ski skytop today?

[antman12]

Yup, better than expected. New park layout is cool, didn’t really mess around too much in there yet.  Paradise was ROTD and a few gapers may have been sprayed with some fresh man made perder. Sorry not sorry. 

Also ollied the slow sign on paradise a few times. Pretty stoked on that haha.

[antman12]

49 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Stunning.  Reminds me of Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies. 

If you squint you’d hardly notice!

[toast21602]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Stunning.  Reminds me of Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies. 

Reminds me way back in 2019 when you could travel and I made it up to Peyto Lake after my conference.

[saltyant]

4 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Did anybody ski skytop today?

Was the quad closed? If so it would be sick to hike to the top of Skytop. I bet there's so much untracked perder up there.

Edited December 27, 2020 by saltyant

[toast21602]

8 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Was the quad closed? If so it would be sick to hike to the top of Skytop. I bet there's so much untracked perder up there.

No. 

[Benm]

sounds like blue is opening at 8am weekdays this week only

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, Benm said:

sounds like blue is opening at 8am weekdays this week only

Yeah it’s a holiday they always do between Xmas and New yeaes.