11/25…opening day.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

 

I’m back from opening day 2022-23 at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at around 810am and Dirtwolf was already in the house.  Also in attendance were Atomic Jeff, JFDan, C1, Schifdawg, PARidgeNancy, Enjorales, Pops, Boo Bear, MBike Mike, Mrs. snowbunski, Nastar Glenn, Indiggio, Mixilplix, Tarpenhead, Slim, Faldo, Charles and many others.  
 

i had lift scanning issues and ended up on the fourth quad and into the fog for first run of the season on Coming soon…coverage was outstanding and the snow was decent..firm and soft no cookies.  Paradise was even better snow and very nice to be able to open it up a little opening day.  Burma had good coverage and was fun as well.  I got my pass sorted out let’s hope it works tomorrow.  
 

Like many opening days, there was a nice beer drinking contingent in the lot and even chips and it got progressively warmer with the temperature rising through the 40s and into the 50s.  There was never any real crowd today probably due to the earlier showers.  Tomorrow looks like much nice weather and everything should groom out well

 

Again hats off to the snowmakers on an impressive opening day.  I even rode the vista chair once to checkout the top station of the new super summit safari six pack.  JADIP

Edited November 25, 2022 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[Mixilplix]

Just a super opening day..in the Valley!...Great seeing everyone..Snow conditions were really good..No cookies....Rain was not an issue..but the fog was at the top....Just felt good to be back on the snow again!!!

 

[Johnny Law]

Soooooo jelly ! No cookies and a new lift.. are they getting their shit together ?

Who made the first chair with Atomic ? 

[RidgeRacer]

Best opening day ever and it's not even close. It's November...day 1, and there's a ridiculous amount of terrain open with three long runs from the top open (including coming soon), 2 high speed lifts running, not at all crowded with 0 lift lines to speak of, great conditions (no cookies) and we parked in the valley...again on day freaking 1. I had to pinch myself to make sure it was real. Great day! Major props to blue and great seeing everyone today!

 

[RidgeRacer]

19 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

Soooooo jelly ! No cookies and a new lift.. are they getting their shit together ?

Who made the first chair with Atomic ? 

Atomic, Dirtwolf, Dan and a snowboarder that I didn't know I think made chair 1? Not sure. I had pass issues like Doug and ended up getting chair 4 or 5 with him.

[saltyant]

31 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

Soooooo jelly ! No cookies and a new lift.. are they getting their shit together ?

Who made the first chair with Atomic ? 

I was there undercover taking pictures and it looks like some dude on a snowboard made first chair with Atomic Skier Jeff.  I thought it was @Schifso I tagged him but it apparently wasn't and apparently you can't delete when you tag someone even when editing a post.

Edited November 25, 2022 by saltyant

[skiincy]

Hey! What a great day!

It felt like the first day back to school. Hearing about everyone’s summer adventures and milestones. 

In the AM, the crowd gathered by the quad. This was likely taken around 8:45am. The line wasn’t much longer than what’s shown in this pic.

you can see Jeff + rando / 2nd and 3rd chair of more PASRs

I was so impressed by how many runs were opened from top to bottom. But while riding up, it’s as expected. Quite bare.

I loved Paradise. Later in the morning - Where coming soon & paradise meet - I ran into a gaggle of more PASRs

 

and here are some of them skiing down. You can see Jeff, Mixil and others below.

 

by the end of the day, the clouds opened up and parking lot cracked the inaugural beers of the skison

Edited November 25, 2022 by skiincy

[Benm]

How was the regrade at the bottom of Burma?

[saltyant]

5 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Hey All,

 

I’m back from opening day 2022-23 at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at around 810am and Dirtwolf was already in the house.  Also in attendance were Atomic Jeff, JFDan, C1, Schifdawg, PARidgeNancy, Enjorales, Pops, Boo Bear, MBike Mike, Mrs. snowbunski, Nastar Glenn, Indiggio, Mixilplix, Tarpenhead, Slim, Faldo, Charles and many others.  
 

i had lift scanning issues and ended up on the fourth quad and into the fog for first run of the season on Coming soon…coverage was outstanding and the snow was decent..firm and soft no cookies.  Paradise was even better snow and very nice to be able to open it up a little opening day.  Burma had good coverage and was fun as well.  I got my pass sorted out let’s hope it works tomorrow.  
 

Like many opening days, there was a nice beer drinking contingent in the lot and even chips and it got progressively warmer with the temperature rising through the 40s and into the 50s.  There was never any real crowd today probably due to the earlier showers.  Tomorrow looks like much nice weather and everything should groom out well

 

Again hats off to the snowmakers on an impressive opening day.  I even rode the vista chair once to checkout the top station of the new super summit safari six pack.  JADIP

Grate report!!! I SUJOPO'd to this 3 times today. My favorite parts were when you got your pass sorted out, when you rode the vista chair, and when there was a beer drinking contingent in the lot.  I looked up the definition of "contingent" and it says "a group of people united by some common feature, forming part of a larger group". So this means the beer drinking contingent is one group, and the Yoo-Hoo drinking contingent is a separate group. Sick!

Edited November 26, 2022 by saltyant

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

55 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Grate report!!! I SUJOPO'd to this 3 times today. My favorite parts were when you got your pass sorted out, when you rode the vista chair, and when there was a beer drinking contingent in the lot.  I looked up the definition of "contingent" and it says "a group of people united by some common feature, forming part of a larger group". So this means the beer drinking contingent is one group, and the Yoo-Hoo drinking contingent is a separate group. Sick!

Salty I think you have FOMO

[RidgeRacer]

10 hours ago, Benm said:

How was the regrade at the bottom of Burma?

The uphill is completely gone.

[tnt]

sounds like  nice 1st day. Belleayre was also soft, spring condition snow.  5 ways down the mountain...incredible opening day in Nov really.

 

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

23 minutes ago, tnt said:

sounds like  nice 1st day. Belleayre was also soft, spring condition snow.  5 ways down the mountain...incredible opening day in Nov really.

 

 

Sounds dynamite. 

[C1erArt]

Somebody is famous on Blue Mountain’s Instagram. 

[Benm]

On 11/26/2022 at 5:02 AM, RidgeRacer said:

The uphill is completely gone.

i was surprised with how flat it was and for such a long distance. novice skiers and most snowboarders will prob have a rough time with it unless they are waiting for more snowmaking to give it a little pitch. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, Benm said:

i was surprised with how flat it was and for such a long distance. novice skiers and most snowboarders will prob have a rough time with it unless they are waiting for more snowmaking to give it a little pitch. 

Sucks for them.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

29 minutes ago, C1erArt said:

Somebody is famous on Blue Mountain’s Instagram. 

The video of atomic Jeff from three days ago?   

[C1erArt]

46 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

The video of atomic Jeff from three days ago?   

Just catching up. 

[skiincy]

22 hours ago, C1erArt said:

Somebody is famous on Blue Mountain’s Instagram. 

I was curious who was famous so I just checked out Blue's instagram .... and it seems like they lost their account somehow.

When you click on the social icons at their website, it leads to "page not found" and there's no Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania) on insta

https://www.instagram.com/bluemtresort/

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

24 minutes ago, skiincy said:

I was curious who was famous so I just checked out Blue's instagram .... and it seems like they lost their account somehow.

When you click on the social icons at their website, it leads to "page not found" and there's no Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania) on insta

https://www.instagram.com/bluemtresort/

Works for me. I’m not on instagram but I can access post IG pages

[mbike-ski]

worked for me, the sous chef at Rendezvous is definitely a celebrity!

[momskeeztoo]

What an amazing first day! So glad the bottom lodge was open and 3 long runs. Snow was perfect. Had to work Saturday so missed out. I haven’t posted on here in a long while, been busy. Happy season everyone!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, momskeeztoo said:

What an amazing first day! So glad the bottom lodge was open and 3 long runs. Snow was perfect. Had to work Saturday so missed out. I haven’t posted on here in a long while, been busy. Happy season everyone!

Welcome back!!!  You sure have a lot of posts to catch up on.  I try to go an hour without checking PASR during the work day and usually fail.  

[RidgeRacer]

Missed you in the camping thread momskeez.

[momskeeztoo]

On 11/30/2022 at 5:29 AM, RidgeRacer said:

Missed you in the camping thread momskeez.

We did a lot of camping and hiking in the spring, early summer and fall. Still doing a good hike every week.