1/24 Twinkle Trees

[Johnny Law]

I saw on Blue's IG yesterday that the ridge had gotten frosted so I figured I'd mosey my way up this morning and catch the show before it melts.

True to there post the upper 1/4 of the hill the trees have a solid coating and with surprisingly blue skies the twinkle was majestic. A steady wind had them moving like the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies with the half babbling brook half wind chime sound. With a couple of inches the hill looks fantastic. 

The skiing is considerably less majestic, most everything got a solid crust and while mostly edgeable turns of merit don't have the grip for full speed. They must have blown on Coming Soon as the upper ditch is in and held super nice soft turns.  YMMV as its 4 or 5 inches of soft over grass/etc.

Upper main is best described as a scree field of cookies, chicken heads and super frozen bone shaking cord. The whole hill is guess your luck on picking the right groomer track but the variability on upper is laughable. Best run was Widow, midway, lower main as midway has a bit of a riser directly under the lift so you can really slut it up and get some air.

I saw C1er and ZZslope but crowds were low.

Rumors abound for any number of delusions of granduer as someone said they purchased the old ladies farm you can see off coming soon but maybe we already knew that....I can't keep up with everything they are supposedly doing. 

[JFskiDan]

While obviously not the storm of the century, trying to figure out if playing hookey from work tomorrow is the play.  Wish the snow was coming in a little sooner, but we will see.  

[enjoralas]

34 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

 

Rumors abound for any number of delusions of granduer as someone said they purchased the old ladies farm you can see off coming soon but maybe we already knew that....I can't keep up with everything they are supposedly doing. 

 

Yeah, they bought that a couple years back. They grow food there for Slopeside in the green season and gave hayrides over there to there during Oktoberfest.

They have a decent amount of land over that way, more on the top than the bottom. Would have to continue to swing trails wide then bring them back for the runout

 

[antman12]

37 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

Yeah, they bought that a couple years back. They grow food there for Slopeside in the green season and gave hayrides over there to there during Oktoberfest.

They have a decent amount of land over that way, more on the top than the bottom. Would have to continue to swing trails wide then bring them back for the runout

 

Terrain park expansion. 

[zzslope]

Compared to the conditions on Saturday, this morning was good. But anything would be an improvement after Saturday's mess. The exception was, as Johnny Law said, upper main street. Chute looked bad from the lift but it skied ok. There were groomer scars here and there as one older gentleman can attest to after one got him at the midway/main street intersection. Overall, a pleasant day on the hill.

 

[enjoralas]

10 minutes ago, antman12 said:

Terrain park expansion. 

I like the red rope tow in the middle

[C1erArt]

Curzi’s, Midway, Lower Main was nice, as was Lazy. Another fast mover video. 
 

 

 

[NMSKI]

1 hour ago, enjoralas said:

Yeah, they bought that a couple years back. They grow food there for Slopeside in the green season and gave hayrides over there to there during Oktoberfest.

They have a decent amount of land over that way, more on the top than the bottom. Would have to continue to swing trails wide then bring them back for the runout

 

I'm going to have to buy my trailer park home soon before prices go up.  It'll be basically slopeside!

[Schif]

1 hour ago, NMSKI said:

I'm going to have to buy my trailer park home soon before prices go up.  It'll be basically slopeside!

Part of me would love a little cabin near Blue. The rest of me doesn't want to buy anything in a bombed out zinc valley. Even if Blue blows up in the next 15 years I find it hard to believe local property values would go up because of it. 

Edited January 24, 2023 by Schif

[RidgeRacer]

3 hours ago, JFskiDan said:

While obviously not the storm of the century, trying to figure out if playing hookey from work tomorrow is the play.  Wish the snow was coming in a little sooner, but we will see.  

It'll be a typical PA storm. Snow turning to ice then rain leaving us with slop to shovel in the driveway because it's too heavy for the blower 

[enjoralas]

59 minutes ago, Schif said:

Part of me would love a little cabin near Blue. The rest of me doesn't want to buy anything in a bombed out zinc valley. Even if Blue blows up in the next 15 years I find it hard to believe local property values would go up because of it. 

Depends on what you could get it for. Cheap enough, and get some years out of it, the value loss doesn't sting so much.

 

I'm starting to wonder how many more mega warehouses they'll put in Allen Township before my property value plummets . . .Maybe there will always be a strong resale market for people who work at the mega warehouses

[mute1080]

Didn’t have high hopes for conditions but the kid had a lesson so away we went. She was v excited to show anyone who listened that she had first set of poles.

First two runs down Lazy and Main for 9/10. Super surprised but also delighted. Went for a TCS run and back to reality as the head wall was almost completely scraped off. NMDW wasn’t that bad but had some bigger sugar piles.  Another MS before 2 post lesson laps with the kid.

Less than a minute wait at both the quad and new 6. It’s surprising the lack of ski clubs mid week. Haven’t really caught a crowd yet this new year.

Time to finish packing and meet the boys in JH tomorrow.