Popular Post C1erArt Posted January 29, 2024 Popular Post Report Posted January 29, 2024 Deserted compared to last Monday. Light pretty flat early, better later. Strong wind blowing uphill most runs, better on NM/DW. All slopes very firm but not icy. Fresh edges on the RTMs helped. Razors closed until about 10:30. Widowmaker closed for gate practice. Main St. In great shape, none of the loose stuff to bother you. 19 runs before noon and my legs still felt fresh. 13 Quote
Johnny Law Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 Damn I knew it was going to be empty, post rain has become the new best condition at blue. I have to be in NYC for work until Wednesday and I'm dying. 2 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 On 1/29/2024 at 9:01 PM, Johnny Law said: Damn I knew it was going to be empty, post rain has become the new best condition at blue. I have to be in NYC for work until Wednesday and I'm dying. Expand Post rain when above freezing are my favorite non pow conditions. I definitely prefer it to fresh manmade or that slow squeaky snow. 2 Quote
JFskiDan Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 I think post rain depends when they groom. I have done the day after they closed, but they groomed after close the day before, and it was so bad i will hesitate doing that again. 2 Quote
DiMe Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 (edited) Awesome day. Arrived at 1pm left at 4:30pm. Snow was fast but still plenty edgable everywhere except Barbs Way. Crowds non existent. All in all JADIP at Blue The True. Edited January 29, 2024 by DiMe 8 Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 Indeed JADIP. Razors a little spicy with the ruts, didn’t even try Challenge- probably my least favorite trail there. Nice tailgate session after. Hopefully the crowds stay away all week. 2 Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 Guns are on! Looks like Vista only right now. 2 Quote
Boo Bear Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 (edited) We went out for a family ski last night around 6.... dust on crust at the top of the mountain and razors, challenge and main street looked and sounded glacial. On the the other trails there was sugar to be found on the sides and it got deeper the further down the mountain you went. Wish we could have made it earlier to run some of the other trails. Edited January 30, 2024 by Boo Bear 5 Quote
mute1080 Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 Pretty firm last night. They turned the guns on Lazy and Tuts around 6:40. Almost comical because everything blown on Tuts landed in Danielsville 5 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 Wow nobody at Blue again this morning. Let’s hope it continues to stay empty. 2 Quote
enjoralas Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 On 1/30/2024 at 2:46 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Wow nobody at Blue again this morning. Let’s hope it continues to stay empty. Expand If we want Switchback (I have no hope for Sidewinder this year) we better hope it *doesn't* stay empty . . . 3 1 Quote
mbike-ski Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 Anyone up tonight? May go up for a few and hit dead taco Tuesday in Easton after Quote
C1erArt Posted January 30, 2024 Author Report Posted January 30, 2024 Out for an hour this morning. Tried to find a decent slope. Freefall and DW/NM wasn’t awful, but then you had the sugar on Paradise to deal with. Best slope was the Falls. Groomers ripped up Razors. Definitely wasn’t feeling the love this morning. 1 1 Quote
eaf Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 On 1/30/2024 at 7:27 PM, C1erArt said: Out for an hour this morning. Tried to find a decent slope. Freefall and DW/NM wasn’t awful, but then you had the sugar on Paradise to deal with. Best slope was the Falls. Groomers ripped up Razors. Definitely wasn’t feeling the love this morning. Expand Should've stayed longer. True, some trails were sugary, but Lazy was great all the time, and even hero snow later in the morning. Hardly any people. Is it spring already?? 1 Quote
C1erArt Posted January 30, 2024 Author Report Posted January 30, 2024 On 1/30/2024 at 7:59 PM, eaf said: Should've stayed longer. True, some trails were sugary, but Lazy was great all the time, and even hero snow later in the morning. Hardly any people. Is it spring already?? Expand Probably over did it yesterday. Quote
theprogram4 Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 Rode from 9-1 today. Place was empty. Conditions were meh. To quote a legend, “Ice is nice, speed is good!!!!!!!!” 4 1 Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 31, 2024 Report Posted January 31, 2024 Conditions definitely challenging today. Lazy to Lower Sidewinder ROTD. Top of Main was nice, but then you had to navigate the mine field on Lower Main. NMDW was decent, along with TCS. I used my new boots for the first time today, and I was on the struggle bus for a while. Not the best day to test out new gear. But I’m really enjoying this lack of crowds. School buses rolled in prior to our leaving-always interesting watching a bunch of middle school kids. 3 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 31, 2024 Report Posted January 31, 2024 On 1/31/2024 at 2:36 AM, momskeeztoo said: Conditions definitely challenging today. Lazy to Lower Sidewinder ROTD. Top of Main was nice, but then you had to navigate the mine field on Lower Main. NMDW was decent, along with TCS. I used my new boots for the first time today, and I was on the struggle bus for a while. Not the best day to test out new gear. But I’m really enjoying this lack of crowds. School buses rolled in prior to our leaving-always interesting watching a bunch of middle school kids. Expand Sounds like you put in a long session. WTGAI..The last time I was on lower sidewinder was when there was a $20 bill under the lift a few seasons ago. It’s just a run I don’t care for. Quote
C1erArt Posted January 31, 2024 Author Report Posted January 31, 2024 First 3 runs today were great. Then things got really chopped up (34 degrees, very light mist, a little foggy on top). Chunky on top, soft lower down (can I say that on a public forum?). A lot of work to ski it. They removed the features on Barb’s way, hopefully going to blow some snow on it. They blew a little snow last night on switchback. They closed freefall a little after opening. Initial conditions were much better groomed than yesterday. 2 1 Quote
Johnny Law Posted January 31, 2024 Report Posted January 31, 2024 On 1/31/2024 at 6:02 PM, C1erArt said: First 3 runs today were great. Then things got really chopped up (34 degrees, very light mist, a little foggy on top). Chunky on top, soft lower down (can I say that on a public forum?). A lot of work to ski it. They removed the features on Barb’s way, hopefully going to blow some snow on it. They blew a little snow last night on switchback. They closed freefall a little after opening. Initial conditions were much better groomed than yesterday. Expand Switchback ? Finally! Boner city for realz 3 1 Quote
mbike-ski Posted January 31, 2024 Report Posted January 31, 2024 Last night they were blowing on upper main and starting to fire up fan guns on vista and midway when I left at 6:30 / 35d lol. 1 Quote
saltyant Posted February 1, 2024 Report Posted February 1, 2024 On 1/31/2024 at 3:31 AM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Sounds like you put in a long session. WTGAI..The last time I was on lower sidewinder was when there was a $20 bill under the lift a few seasons ago. It’s just a run I don’t care for. Expand I agree 💯. I always skip lower sidewinder. Unpopular opinion: don't care much for upper sidewinder either except the top of it is radical. Intersection at the bottom is too much of a PITA. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 1, 2024 Report Posted February 1, 2024 On 2/1/2024 at 2:27 PM, saltyant said: I agree 💯. I always skip lower sidewinder. Unpopular opinion: don't care much for upper sidewinder either except the top of it is radical. Intersection at the bottom is too much of a PITA. Expand Upper sidewinder is nice when it’s empty, by the last pitch, you are going as fast as on challenge which is a double black…maybe next winter will be cold and it will be open for 2025 2 1 Quote
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