3/30…cloudy and quiet.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

 

I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. Today might even be closing day. I arrived at the lower lot at 7:23am and it was cloudy with the temperature in the mid 40s. In the house was a smallish crew.  Familiar faces like Atomic Jeff, JFDan, Dirtwolf, PARidge, BenM, Enjorales, TP4, Johnny Law, Bethlehem Ford crew and Indiggio. 
 

I started on the super summit safari six pack and first skied lazy mile which was pretty nice and smooth..The falls was glacial ice. Paradise wasn’t as smooth as Lazy but not that bad just a lot of solid.  Coming soon was nice and skied that twice it was spring conditions.  Challenge was pretty solid and a huge bare area on the right side of the second headwall.  Razors had good and bad areas. 
 

I took one run down Burma road and it’s still holding on just barely..the last stretch had about an inch and a half of base and as Toast says it’s all about the base.  I repeated lazy mile and ended with a Paraweaver run.  
 

Fun parking lot I had a couple beers and enjorales made breakfast sandos, Pork loin, short rib, flatbreads, creme brûlée and sausages. Now I’m at work trying to do a few things before I do THC experiments on myself.  
 

JADIP

[RidgeRacer]

Bittersweet leaving today. I feel like this may be it for the season. Sad for that...but happy that it really was another great season. Thanks for spoiling us again with the food @enjoralas. As for the skiing. Good coverage all things considered. Yesterday took it's toll in spots. Like @GrilledSteezeSandwich said it was probably the quietest that I can recall seeing blue on a weekend. I can't imagine they're making much money so a shout out to Blue for opening up for the pass holders this weekend (and maybe next). Definitely grateful for that 

[Mixilplix]

[PSUFrankenstein]

3 hours ago, Mixilplix said:

Nice upgrade from your skis...

[indiggio]

Ran into @enjoralas in the lodge who informed me that I missed creme brulee day, dammit!  As Philly team fans say, "There's always next year..."

Had to be carried out both Saturday and Sunday, as the snow softened and the bumps turned HERO. 
Can barely walk this morning as the legs are just complete @toast21602

Will be interested to see what's in store for the coming weekend, what they can cobble together. 
Definitely Razor's and Nightweaver have plenty of snow, but the runouts will probably need some Old MacDonald treatment.
After the impressive magic they pulled on upper Paradise to get it covered, I'm pretty sure they won't have any problems opening.
Where they got the snow for Paradise is a complete mystery.

[AirheadD8]

59 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Where they got the snow for Paradise is a complete mystery.

Was there anything left up top of sidewinder? 
 

Looks like no Friday this week. 
 

Support your local Amphibian

 

 

[theprogram4]

Top lodge parking is horrible, it’s all different since I was last there 3 years ago.  In the future I’ll get my gas at Wawa and be late instead of getting to the Appalachian trail with 10 miles to empty and realizing the drive up from the lower lot would crush what’s left fuel wise 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

39 minutes ago, theprogram4 said:

Top lodge parking is horrible, it’s all different since I was last there 3 years ago.  In the future I’ll get my gas at Wawa and be late instead of getting to the Appalachian trail with 10 miles to empty and realizing the drive up from the lower lot would crush what’s left fuel wise 

Oh Lordy, I was wondering why you parked at the top.  

[RidgeRacer]

8 hours ago, indiggio said:

Ran into @enjoralas in the lodge who informed me that I missed creme brulee day, dammit!  As Philly team fans say, "There's always next year..."

Had to be carried out both Saturday and Sunday, as the snow softened and the bumps turned HERO. 
Can barely walk this morning as the legs are just complete @toast21602

Will be interested to see what's in store for the coming weekend, what they can cobble together. 
Definitely Razor's and Nightweaver have plenty of snow, but the runouts will probably need some Old MacDonald treatment.
After the impressive magic they pulled on upper Paradise to get it covered, I'm pretty sure they won't have any problems opening.
Where they got the snow for Paradise is a complete mystery.

Interested for sure to see. It's so warm (70) and humid outside.now. When I look across the valley I can't even see blue. It's a haze. Thursday and Fri are supposed to be like this too. Yes nmdw has a ton of snow but is it enough to get down through homestretch and back to the lift, not to mention from the lift up top to the actual trail? My guess is if they open it's Vista only depending on how the snow fares over there. Either way I'm ok to hang 'em up and embrace camping and hiking weather.

[JFskiDan]

Enjo's grill was on fire again yesterday.  good stuff.  skiing was kinda meh, maybe if the weather was a little nicer the score would have gone up, but it was a solid 3.2.  

it will be super interesting to see what they have in store for this weekend, Main looks finished, Homie stretch has a big dirt stretch in it.  Not super impressed with how much snow was left on Vista or Burma.  And lower Paradise cant be real good at this point.  

[enjoralas]

3 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Interested for sure to see. It's so warm (70) and humid outside.now. When I look across the valley I can't even see blue. It's a haze. Thursday and Fri are supposed to be like this too. Yes nmdw has a ton of snow but is it enough to get down through homestretch and back to the lift, not to mention from the lift up top to the actual trail? My guess is if they open it's Vista only depending on how the snow fares over there. Either way I'm ok to hang 'em up and embrace camping and hiking weather.

 

2 hours ago, JFskiDan said:

Enjo's grill was on fire again yesterday.  good stuff.  skiing was kinda meh, maybe if the weather was a little nicer the score would have gone up, but it was a solid 3.2.  

it will be super interesting to see what they have in store for this weekend, Main looks finished, Homie stretch has a big dirt stretch in it.  Not super impressed with how much snow was left on Vista or Burma.  And lower Paradise cant be real good at this point.  

Current forecast for the weekend is rain starting 8 am Saturday and not stopping until 2am Sunday into Monday. 

If that holds, no way they open.

Maybe they can scrape something together for a Friday 10a-6p send off day to say they were open in April

Edited Monday at 09:17 PM by enjoralas

[Benm]

14 minutes ago, enjoralas said:

 

Current forecast for the weekend is rain starting 8 am Saturday and not stopping until 2am Sunday into Monday. 

If that holds, no way they open.

Maybe they can scrape something together for a Friday 10a-6p send off day to say they were open in April

B+

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Some serious rain in Allentown…Salty would say that’s good for the snowmaking ponds.  I might have to hitch a ride with Ski2Live up to Hunter. 

[Benm]

12 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Some serious rain in Allentown…Salty would say that’s good for the snowmaking ponds.  I might have to hitch a ride with Ski2Live up to Hunter. 

Just you 

For now anyway 

[indiggio]

Came down in buckets last night.

Webcams look horrible...

[JFskiDan]

38 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Came down in buckets last night.

Webcams look horrible...

Hike park on NMDW.  $35 tickets.  

[indiggio]

2 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

Hike park on NMDW.  $35 tickets.  

We noted on Saturday afternoon we saw more park skiers out hitting the big jump than probably the entire season combined.

Probably would get some takers...

[Benm]

1 hour ago, indiggio said:

Came down in buckets last night.

Webcams look horrible...

cams seem ok to me, they'll make some snow tonight anyway.

[indiggio]

6 minutes ago, Benm said:

cams seem ok to me, they'll make some snow tonight anyway.

Yeah, I heard they're shooting for 12"

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Echo what BenM said, they lost way less snow in the last 24 hours then expected. 

[toast21602]

[Johnny Law]

I have a case of old man back so without the top gear conditions are kinda irrelevant. 

I cannot believe that's it for me on the blue season as it just seems so fast. It doesn't seem to matter if I go nearly everyday the season is too fast. 

It was an honor and pleasure to ski and ride with you all..........going to be mad interesting to see what they can open for this weekend.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

26 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

I have a case of old man back so without the top gear conditions are kinda irrelevant. 

I cannot believe that's it for me on the blue season as it just seems so fast. It doesn't seem to matter if I go nearly everyday the season is too fast. 

It was an honor and pleasure to ski and ride with you all..........going to be mad interesting to see what they can open for this weekend.

JLaw you’re a real one..you’re part of the glue that bonds together our row at Blue and PASR and you show up mad early most days and can relate or at least listen to my Doug Lyfe problems..if you wind up with a statue or bronze plaque or some additional Mountain Dew code red or some steezy iced tea from Whole Foods or Fresh Market, it’s cause the stoke marketing is rising.  
 

Always a pleasure skiing with JLaw..and even on the days I miss, C1er often takes shots of him skiing from the lift..

[AirheadD8]

46 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

 

.......going to be mad interesting to see what they can open for this weekend.

One of my favorite movie lines. Fingers crossed 🤞. 

[C1erArt]

 

2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Always a pleasure skiing with JLaw..and even on the days I miss, C1er often takes shots of him skiing from the lift..

Definitely a skiing style worth emulating, recognizable far enough up the hill to get the camera out.