Rodeo Steve Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 Tomorrow Valley lodge is back in action. 6 more trails.. Im guessing Raceway, Tuts lane, Homestretch, Falls, Shuttle, and Valley School West. Still not that much of a selection but shortly after that, Sidewinder, Challenge, Razors... Sweet deal. Quote
Stevo Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 I'm stoked, any progress is progress. Quote
Rodeo Steve Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Posted January 17, 2007 Yo anybody watch the news.. Im in school right now and there was supposively a gun in here.. We were in lockdown half the day.. Northern Lehigh High School. It's hysterical. Quote
Shadows Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 any progress is progress. no shit stevo Quote
sexkitten Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 Sweet I'm sick of riding the Main Street chair..it will also be sweet to have a double diamond (Falls) open..woo hoo Am I the only one offended that Falls is it's own trail? Just wondering. Also, I just realized that I almost never ski Raceway. Why is that? Quote
stever2003 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) than you must be really offended my upper and lower switchback. My friends and I have been debating this issue, but regarding other trails. Consider Xing, or Sky Top. I never even heard of Sky Top until I looked at Blue's trail map this year and saw it was on there. i would have no idea where it was if it wasnt on the interactive trail map (put your mouse near the little island of trees at the top of the Quad). hell, "sky top" to me was just another part of tut's lane. i think they make separate trails so that.. 1) they can increase their trail count and say they have more trails open (i mean, come on...they've had 9 trails open for the last few weeks, but was really just a green, a blue, a black, a terrain park, and learning hills). I think most mountains are guilty of this one. c) they can accurately direct personnel. Lets say someone gets hurt near the top of the quad. they can tell the patrollers, "go to Sky Top". they don't have to say, the person is near Tut's lane, or the person is near paradise, or near the intersection of all those trails. it gives that location on the mountain a specific identity. If anyone can shed some more light on this issue, please do. Edited January 17, 2007 by stever2003 Quote
stever2003 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 Oops, I forgot to post the important stuff. I called the Blue Mt. condition hotline late last night (12:48am). The guy (it wasn't Dennis) said in addition to the 6-pack and six trails on Thursday, they would open Burma Road on Friday, and try to open Terrain Run for Saturday. Thought you'd like to know Quote
Schif Posted January 17, 2007 Report Posted January 17, 2007 I would imagine its mostly because of your first point stever. Its marketing. To a person from the city who has been there one or 2 times, and especially for the one that hasn't been there at all, they want to see a lot of trails. I think thats why CB is more popular with the tourists than with us (aside from all the other reasons, but no need to bring them back up here). When someone is planning their ski vacation, they look at a bunch of places, and then decide on the one with the "most" trails. You can probobly cut camelback's trail count almost in half if you took a trail as one route top to bottom, but having more means you look good on a brochure, or online. There isn't a mountain around that isn't guilty of it. Quote
jsong83 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 anyone have any idea of what other trails might be added for this weekend? i havent been to blue in a month and im dying to ride. Quote
sexkitten Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 SKY TOP??!!! I had no idea. Ugh. Quote
Justo8484 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 and by 6 they mean challenge, falls, tuts, skytop, shuttle, and homestretch... which anyone who has passed third grade can tell you that that's really only one more run. Quote
toast21602 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 2 justin.... challenge, and tut's lane... because it pretty much has the vert of some of the ski areas around here haha Quote
AtomicSkier Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Justin, you obviously didn't, as Challenge isn't opening Quote
AtomicSkier Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Challenge isn't opening yet..but they are opening Raceway and Falls along with shuttle, homestretch, and valley school east..I don't know what the 6th run is.. ph yeah and Tuts lane Tut's Lane Shuttle The Falls Home Stretch Valley School West Raceway Quote
Justo8484 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 valley west is opening before challenge... when challenge has had snow on it for like the last week now? Quote
stever2003 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Oops, I forgot to post the important stuff. I called the Blue Mt. condition hotline late last night (12:48am). The guy (it wasn't Dennis) said in addition to the 6-pack and six trails on Thursday, they would open Burma Road on Friday, and try to open Terrain Run for Saturday. Thought you'd like to know Since everyone is still wondering what might open, I figured I'd call attention to this post, which nobody seemed to notice. Quote
ColoradoHigh Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 What about switchback? I love that trail! Whats the time line on the rest of the trails opening? 100% open by the end of January? Quote
ColoradoHigh Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Did they start blowing on Switchback? I am going to Blue on Saturday in the morning. Will you be there Doug? AtomicJeff, how about you? Quote
method9455 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 They need one of the front four for me to show up (Sidewinder, Razor, Challenge, or Paradise), I just don't think its worth the extra time in the car to hang out on the shorter side of the mountain. Although I'm hitting up Mountain Creek tomorrow and they will have ONE trail open so, I probably shouldn't talk about not having shit open. Quote
ColoradoHigh Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Hows the coverage been on Lazy Mile? Last time I've been there, there was a big poop spot in the middle. Is that gone? Quote
IrishSnow686 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 The cov'g on Lazy Mile is decent. About 1/2 way down, pretty much where Sidewinder and Lazy Mile are real close, the right side seems to be covered but has minimal cov'g. Alot of rocks and ice chunks. I dinged up my edges and put some good size scrapes when I 1st went thru it. Quote
ColoradoHigh Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Good. I don't want to be making tight turns on the side so I can avoid the rocks. I can't wait till Blue is fully open. It shouldn't be too long Quote
trimreaper Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Of course they are going to open Valley West before challenge, number one its where the valley ski school operates and number two its only 1000 feet long, flat and takes about a tenth of the snow challenge takes. Quote
toast21602 Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 anybody know how sidewinder is looking? Quote
trimreaper Posted January 18, 2007 Report Posted January 18, 2007 Sidewinder looks like it is quite a few days away. Quote
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