3/13…early spring skiing…empty

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

 

I’m back from my first day skiing at Blue since 2/28. I arrived at the lower lot at 835 and it was 35 degrees under partly sunny sky’s with light winds. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Rodney, Airhead and the Bethlehem Ford crew.  
 

A little knee pain walking to the lift.  First run on Paradise was nice soft cord..I took it slow and got passed by two of the boomers near the bottom. My knee definitely stiff…second run on paradise felt better and I skied a little faster.  Then lazy mile which was nice groomed but not as put together and some spring snow at the last corner. After another lazy mile I skied Main Street which was variable and more firm than others.  
 

After another a lazy I finished the session with several more paradise runs. By now knew was feeling good and I was skiing almost full speed which felt real nice. The snow was soft and fast and as noted nobody was there.  I think Johnny law also came later in the session as I saw his car or a lookalike car in the lot.  
 

All in all it’s great to be back it hurts missing 12 days of ski season when it’s winding down, I’ll be back out Saturday AM

 

JADIP

[Johnny Law]

I had meetings until 10 today but couldn't ski yesterday so you gotta make it work but sorry I missed you. 

I saw Atomic on the way in but he didn't mention you were skiing so imagine my surprise when Jimmy, green helmet, the Marlboro man blue mtn dude and Ross all told me I was slow and behind you.  

It got soft with all the sun and I mostly ran razors which was just spring kinda perfect. I did think however they should have commemorated the moment in their music choice 

https://youtu.be/THrhxf42Y4Y?feature=shared

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

My hype song today. 
 

 

[C1erArt]

Really quiet at 8:50. No frozen cord this morning. 

[AirheadD8]

Nice morning, got there a few minutes late for opening bell. When I got off the main st chair Oz looked at me and said Switch, good enough. A little air off the first drop and felt like being on rails, 5th gear all the way down,I should have gone back .
Switch was rotd. 

Main was ok , sidewinder, razors, challenge , chute , nightmare and made a couple runs with @GrilledSteezeSandwich … You wouldn’t know It was his first day off IR. 
 

[saltyant]

@GrilledSteezeSandwich Where is the roll call thread for this weekend? I think the mods will have to give you a big fat dinger

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

@GrilledSteezeSandwich Where is the roll call thread for this weekend? I think the mods will have to give you a big fat dinger

This weekend will be a surprise who shows up..but we should start discussing a party date.  The weather now is beautiful are you gonna ski at camelback?

[saltyant]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

This weekend will be a surprise who shows up..but we should start discussing a party date.  The weather now is beautiful are you gonna ski at camelback?

Nah I'll go to Blue True. I might bring my bike as well, just call me SaltyBikeSki

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

17 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Nah I'll go to Blue True. I might bring my bike as well, just call me SaltyBikeSki

Ok well like the Jackson five song I’ll be there.  I still have beer I was supposed to drink in the lot two weeks ago SMHerman 🤦‍♂️ you want me to pick you up a Yoo Hoo or an apple fritter from Sheetz on the way let me know 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

18 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Nah I'll go to Blue True. I might bring my bike as well, just call me SaltyBikeSki

Wow just wow a name change you’re gonna turn into a Symbol like Prince..very innovative. 

[enjoralas]

On 3/14/2025 at 3:57 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

This weekend will be a surprise who shows up..but we should start discussing a party date. 

Should we go next week? Do we want to risk pushing to the weekend of 3-29/30?

[saltyant]

Today was rad. I got to ski at the True Mountain, actually did some runs with @GrilledSteezeSandwich, and I even think I caught a glimpse of Atomic Skier on the chairlifts. Definitely a top 20 day this season, maybe even top 19. Enyoralas cooked grate food and I even reunited with his cousin, aka Cuzzo.

Afterwards I started biking and felt grate so ended up riding to Wind Gap and up Blue Mountain Drive. Unfortunately I didn't bring food, hydration or money because I initially intended to go out on a brief ride. By the time I hit Blue Mountain Drive I was very hungry. Fortunately I found a gel pack in my kit to provide sustenance to ascend the big mountain. Next time I'll have to pack some Captains Wafers in my bicycle bag.

Edited Saturday at 10:29 PM by saltyant

[saltyant]

Oh cwap I posted this on the wrong thread. @RootDKJ please use your mod powers and move this to the 3/15/25 trip report. Thank you 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

36 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Today was rad. I got to ski at the True Mountain, actually did some runs with @GrilledSteezeSandwich, and I even think I caught a glimpse of Atomic Skier on the chairlifts. Definitely a top 20 day this season, maybe even top 19. Enyoralas cooked grate food and I even reunited with his cousin, aka Cuzzo.

Afterwards I started biking and felt grate so ended up riding to Wind Gap and up Blue Mountain Drive. Unfortunately I didn't bring food, hydration or money because I initially intended to go out on a brief ride. By the time I hit Blue Mountain Drive I was very hungry. Fortunately I found a gel pack in my kit to provide sustenance to ascend the big mountain. Next time I'll have to pack some Captains Wafers in my bicycle bag.

@saltyant this isn’t the food and bike thread tell us about the skiing…weren’t those last 3 runs on challenge good…thats my kind of spring snow.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

13 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Oh cwap I posted this on the wrong thread. @RootDKJ please use your mod powers and move this to the 3/15/25 trip report. Thank you 

Is Root still a mod? And anybody like trains??  I do and so does @toast21602

[saltyant]

5 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

@saltyant this isn’t the food and bike thread tell us about the skiing…weren’t those last 3 runs on challenge good…thats my kind of spring snow.  

It was a cloudy and foggy day in mid March at the former Little Gap Mountain. As I ascended to the apex of the Challenge Express ski lift with one Grilled Steeze, excitement arose in every fiber of my being. It was spine tingling anticipation to ski the perder on Challenge. I disembarked the lift with Steeze near by and pointed my Elon skis to the east. I began to pole plant to gain acceleration as I approached the headwall of Challenge, one of the steepest slopes in all of Little Gap. As I breathed in the intoxicating aroma of the seemingly endless view of mountains on the horizon, which I knew was obstructed by the clouds which robbed our eyes of such a magnificent sight to behold, I closely examined the snow flakes on the surface. While being shortly after nine o'clock, a glimpse of unskied courdoroy caught my eye and I marveled at the perfectly parallel lines which were put down so pristinely by one of Blue's finest groomers. I contemplated thoughts of ingenious machines driven by snowmakers and how wonderous it is that they can turn a sloppy mushy slope into a carpet as smooth as marble. As Grilled Steeze and I approached the pinnacle, my speed began to increase. I pointed my skis to the left, then to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then to the left again. My speed built as a marveled at the miraculous conditions of cold snow on the slope even after surviving torrential downpours (good for the ponds) and a sweltering mid-March sun beaming down and gradually melting all the perder. I felt the soft granular ski snow beneath my Elons and it was an out of world experience. I witnessed Grilled Steeze also skiing on Castle skis down Challenge while enjoying some patchy spots of freshly groomed courdoroy on such a fine morning. I may even have caught a glimpse of various PASR celebrities ascending the chairlift while we descended the steep, steep slope like @NMSKI who is famous in all of NM. Our speed increased to a maximum of probably 20 or maybe even 21 mph as the windless nature of the day offered little to no resistance to diminish our respective velocities as we continued down and down the steep mountain on the Kittaninity Ridge. We finally approached the beginning of The Falls and saw some gapers and jeralds lollygagging and blocking our paths as usual, so we skirted around them and skied down The Falls in like five seconds. Then we whizzed down Homestretch and smiled and waved to the webcams to our thousands of fans watching at home and missing out on this glorious experience. Overall what a grate run at The Challenge slope at Little Gap Mountain, Pennsylvania.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

9 minutes ago, saltyant said:

It was a cloudy and foggy day in mid March at the former Little Gap Mountain. As I ascended to the apex of the Challenge Express ski lift with one Grilled Steeze, excitement arose in every fiber of my being. It was spine tingling anticipation to ski the perder on Challenge. I disembarked the lift with Steeze near by and pointed my Elon skis to the east. I began to pole plant to gain acceleration as I approached the headwall of Challenge, one of the steepest slopes in all of Little Gap. As I breathed in the intoxicating aroma of the seemingly endless view of mountains on the horizon, which I knew was obstructed by the clouds which robbed our eyes of such a magnificent sight to behold, I closely examined the snow flakes on the surface. While being shortly after nine o'clock, a glimpse of unskied courdoroy caught my eye and I marveled at the perfectly parallel lines which were put down so pristinely by one of Blue's finest groomers. I contemplated thoughts of ingenious machines driven by snowmakers and how wonderous it is that they can turn a sloppy mushy slope into a carpet as smooth as marble. As Grilled Steeze and I approached the pinnacle, my speed began to increase. I pointed my skis to the left, then to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then to the left again. My speed built as a marveled at the miraculous conditions of cold snow on the slope even after surviving torrential downpours (good for the ponds) and a sweltering mid-March sun beaming down and gradually melting all the perder. I felt the soft granular ski snow beneath my Elons and it was an out of world experience. I witnessed Grilled Steeze also skiing on Castle skis down Challenge while enjoying some patchy spots of freshly groomed courdoroy on such a fine morning. I may even have caught a glimpse of various PASR celebrities ascending the chairlift while we descended the steep, steep slope like @NMSKI who is famous in all of NM. Our speed increased to a maximum of probably 20 or maybe even 21 mph as the windless nature of the day offered little to no resistance to diminish our respective velocities as we continued down and down the steep mountain on the Kittaninity Ridge. We finally approached the beginning of The Falls and saw some gapers and jeralds lollygagging and blocking our paths as usual, so we skirted around them and skied down The Falls in like five seconds. Then we whizzed down Homestretch and smiled and waved to the webcams to our thousands of fans watching at home and missing out on this glorious experience. Overall what a grate run at The Challenge slope at Little Gap Mountain, Pennsylvania.

I bet there was at least one PASR watching the webcams with his pecker out..the name escapes me but same run the race team uses is last half of the name I’m thinking. Gotta be discreet here

[saltyant]

6 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I bet there was at least one PASR watching the webcams with his pecker out..the name escapes me but same run the race team uses is last half of the name I’m thinking. Gotta be discreet here

Yes I know who you mean. @RajeevGuptaSucheeta was likely watching the webcam as he is stuck in Gulmarg this year due to monsoon season and can't cook the donut in Tobyhanna yes yes

[saltyant]

I forgot to mention I also passed @indiggio and I forgot to yell "UNITED AIRLINES UI SUCKS!!!"

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

12 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Yes I know who you mean. @RajeevGuptaSucheeta was likely watching the webcam as he is stuck in Gulmarg this year due to monsoon season and can't cook the donut in Tobyhanna yes yes

I’m on the edge of my yoga mat wondering who it could be and Rajeev is the type who’s loud as a motorbike but couldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight..and he lied to me said they were out of Boston cream donuts..good thing I like other donuts but gosh shiver me timbers 

Edited Saturday at 11:55 PM by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[Benm]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

 

Gpt 

[saltyant]

20 minutes ago, Benm said:

Gpt 

Actually, it wasn't. I typed all that on my cell phone.

[toast21602]

15 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Is Root still a mod? And anybody like trains??  I do and so does @toast21602

facts.

[saltyant]

7 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

facts.

Yesterday afternoon after skiing Blue Mountain (the True Mountain), I rode my bicycle on your roads and came across that one place near Delps Road where you always mentioned to @AtomicSkier and I about the old railway that used to run thru there. Those were grate times.