The 2022-23 ski season thread.

[Benm]

terrible news at Gilson Ski/Snowboard overnight.

nothing online yet, just broke, huge fire overnight. place is 'gutted'

Edited November 18, 2022 by Benm

[Benm]

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/snyder-county/fire-destroys-popular-business-gilson-snow-snowboards-snyder-county-new-berlin/523-d4f9aab0-06b8-4249-81ca-c547848f0fa5

[Johnny Law]

32 minutes ago, Benm said:

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/snyder-county/fire-destroys-popular-business-gilson-snow-snowboards-snyder-county-new-berlin/523-d4f9aab0-06b8-4249-81ca-c547848f0fa5

Super sucks, they made a pair of customs for my step dad way back and they couldn't have been nicer. Plus the skis are holding up well and from what I gather they have become pretty popular particularly with their custom graphics deal. 

Hopefully that dude is well insured and gets back up soon

[toast21602]

Damn that is really terrible.

[Schif]

Super sad news. Those guys always had a big presence at Montage. Was always rooting for them and they had some killer graphics. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Killington opened yesterday and Blue opens in less than a week. I remember when killington would open in October and Blue opened in mid December.   

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Lucas has been to 9 opening days in Colorado and Utah so far this season. Looks sick

 

 

[C1erArt]

On 11/18/2022 at 2:33 AM, Benm said:

terrible news at Gilson Ski/Snowboard overnight.

nothing online yet, just broke, huge fire overnight. place is 'gutted'

Reminds me of a popular fiberglass kayak maker in West Virginia a number of years ago. At the end of the day he left a pot of mixed epoxy on the workbench. It cooked off and burned down the shop. Never did get back in business. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wow Lucas has already skied at 12 different resorts in Colorado and Utah so far this season.  
 

 

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Expect I will start my Skison this Sat 11/26 at Hunter. They have Belt Parkway, Hellgate, Minya Konka and East Side Drive open - 4 distinct 1500 vertical runs off the top - and it sounds like they may add Overlook before the weekend. 

Edited November 24, 2022 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

23 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Expect I will start my Skison this Sat 11/26 at Hunter. They have Belt Parkway, Hellgate, Minya Konka and East Side Drive open - 4 distinct 1500 vertical runs off the top - and it sounds like they may add Overlook before the weekend. 

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving 

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

31 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving 

And to you - and a happy Skison opening to all

[saltyant]

57 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Expect I will start my Skison this Sat 11/26 at Hunter. They have Belt Parkway, Hellgate, Minya Konka and East Side Drive open - 4 distinct 1500 vertical runs off the top - and it sounds like they may add Overlook before the weekend. 

This is great, be sure to write a report! I thought you weren't going to drive that far since it would cost an extra $40?

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

56 minutes ago, saltyant said:

This is great, be sure to write a report! I thought you weren't going to drive that far since it would cost an extra $40?

I said I wouldn't drive that far based on price savings give travel cost and time.

I will do it for 5 runs I'd enjoy skiing with 1500 vertical instead of largely lapping Freefall to Paradise all day. 

[saltyant]

10 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

I will do it for 5 runs I'd enjoy skiing with 1500 vertical instead of largely lapping Freefall to Paradise all day. 

TFTI but there will be a lot of other trails to ski at Blue Mountain like Connector and Easy Out.

Edited November 24, 2022 by saltyant

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Note that in my initial post I was intentionally not comparing it to Blue who are also doing a great job with the amount of terrain they are opening in November - compared to one green trail (Pennsylvania at Shawnee) in the rest of the Mid Atlantic region.

Edited November 24, 2022 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[RidgeRacer]

2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving 

Today I'm thankful that I'll be skiing in less than 24 hours (among many other things of course)

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, RidgeRacer said:

Today I'm thankful that I'll be skiing in less than 24 hours (among many other things of course)

You just reminded me to set an alarm for tomorrow.  I also have to trim my toenails.  Big day tomorrow

[RidgeRacer]

1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

You just reminded me to set an alarm for tomorrow.  I also have to trim my toenails.  Big day tomorrow

I'm even thankful for you trimming your toenails if it means ski season starts tomorrow!

[saltyant]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Today I'm thankful that I'll be skiing in less than 24 hours (among many other things of course)

Are you really going to ski tomorrow? It's supposed to rain. I'm afraid that I would get wet so I'll be watching on the webcams

Edited November 24, 2022 by saltyant

[RidgeRacer]

21 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Are you really going to ski tomorrow? It's supposed to rain. I'm afraid that I would get wet so I'll be watching on the webcams

Go eat your turkey saltman

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Looks like rain only til 10 or 11 tomorrow - actually should keep crowds down more than anything.

Edited November 24, 2022 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

44 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Looks like rain only til 10 or 11 tomorrow - actually should keep crowds down more than anything.

Yes I thought that as well and Sunday the rain isn’t supposed to start until afternoon.  

[enjoralas]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

Are you really going to ski tomorrow? It's supposed to rain. I'm afraid that I would get wet so I'll be watching on the webcams

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

Are you really going to ski tomorrow? It's supposed to rain. I'm afraid that I would get wet so I'll be watching on the webcams with my pecker out  

Wow just wow