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Fifty Three posted:I wonder what kind of year western PA is gonna ha- ahahahahah I remember the first time I went back to Seven Springs after skiing out west. I haven't been back to Seven Springs.
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Nov 2, 2018 00:06
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:It’s a good point. I’m one of those people currently since I have to travel by plane to ski. I think the best place people mentioned near where I’ll be at Peek’n Peak, which has 25 runs and some blacks. I think someone also mentioned Holiday Valley if I want to drive a little further. Definitely better than nothing. Where do you ski from NJ? Holiday Valley is ok, and has a neat town associated with it. Definitely a bit larger than most east coast skiing areas. Anyone have any particular suggestions for places to ski that are in the eastern PA area? Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Nov 3, 2018 |
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Nov 3, 2018 16:21
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Holy poo poo, squaw got 17 inches yesterday, 29 inches today.  Can't wait till I go next week.
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Jan 8, 2019 03:01
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Going to Squaw this week, if TSA allows it. It's my first time there. What should I know/where should I go?
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Jan 14, 2019 20:01
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:Do you want to ski greens? Take the funitel up and lap the few green runs there. Thanks man. We're pretty open to blue/blacks, other than my wife doesn't like glades too much. Storms? Maybe some fresh powder? Edit: hahahahahaha multiple feet of new snow. This is gonna be awesome. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Jan 15, 2019 |
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Jan 15, 2019 12:11
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Last year I was in Park City where half the mountain was closed because of too little snow. Now, I'm in squaw where tomorrow the mountain may be closed because of...too much snow!? gently caress it I'm done trying to ski outside of Colorado.
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Jan 17, 2019 01:15
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spwrozek posted:My understanding is squaw is pretty notorious to be slow at opening terrain and really 'saving' it for the weekend. Avalanche control and such is real though. The Glumslinger posted:Its also like 100 mph winds over the crests, the sierras get super windy during storms Listen guys I can take the avalanche and uh...100mph winds: I just wanna hit some of that gnar pow ok?
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Jan 17, 2019 01:39
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Squaw was a mess today. Got in line for first chair, but it was 1030ish before it was actually clear enough for them to let us on. A few lifts were open, but then closed again at 2pm due to the wind. At least I got to shake some cobwebs off. Snow was heavy concrete too.
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Jan 17, 2019 23:43
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bawfuls posted:The sneaky private lesson for public rates is the best. I do this once a season, and have had it work more often than not. I'm unsure how much the instructors hate it. Last Saturday at squaw was a blackout day on ikon, and a lift ticket+ lesson package was only $50 bucks more than the window price. My wife and I essentially got a private instructor for a full day, which would normally be $800 or something ridiculous.
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Jan 23, 2019 12:21
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Looks like we’re doing two trips out west this year. First one’s to Vail, second one is to crested butte. I’ve never been to crested butte. What should I expect? Cool town? Good place to ski? Any tips?
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Jan 7, 2020 13:49
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Dangerllama posted:It’s awful. Not sure, my wife's friends rented a big place that's supposed to be pretty nice. How's the skiing? We're going in March so hopefully should see some better snow.
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Jan 7, 2020 16:31
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Going to be at Vail Thursday - Sunday. Snow seems like it may be good, but have the crowds still been as crazy as reported a few weeks back?
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Feb 29, 2020 03:48
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Just getting on my flight home after spending Friday-Sunday skiing at vail. Mornings were kind of rough/hard/icy , so we stuck to the groomers in the morning and were rewarded with some decent spring skiing in the afternoon. Mongolia bowl was great/we spend a bunch of time just lapping high noon. Saturday was a tiny bit crowded but Sunday was dead. We skied a half day and did 23k, 90k for the three days together.  Crusty butt in two weeks! Unless I get coronamumps!
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Mar 9, 2020 18:26
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Vail last weekend, crested butte next weekend. Corona ain’t stopping me. 
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Mar 11, 2020 12:58
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Ugh nail in the coffin for my trip to CO this week.
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Mar 15, 2020 12:16
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Uncle Lloyd posted:Not an April Fools: RIP Vail capital investments. Also furloughing basically the entire hourly workforce and canceling stock dividends. What do we think this means for that email we got regarding how they'd be taking care of 19/20 epic pass holders? 
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Apr 6, 2020 19:10
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spwrozek posted:Be glad you haven't purchased a 20/21 pass yet? No one is getting anything back from anyone. I have 4 copper day tickets that I was going to use during spring break when people were visiting. They basically had told me I am SOL (even just transfer them to next year was a no go). sorry, should have made the sarcasm more obvious.
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Apr 6, 2020 19:46
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HookShot posted:Seriously though, long-term I wonder if this affects Vail's business a bit more. I saw a lot of complaints from people who had bought their epic passes in November to be able to use them for Spring Break, and they straight-up paid $945 or whatever it was for zero days this year, because all the mountains closed before spring break really started. My bet is a lot of people are going to be much more hesitant to drop $1000 per person on lift tickets in November for a trip that's not until six months later. If that was the case, I'd definitely be pissed. We only made it out for 4 days (out of a planned 8) this year, so not ideal, but not awful. I did just check how much the local pass was for next year and did it go up? For some reason I thought we paid <$700 last year, especially in the spring?
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Apr 6, 2020 22:06
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HookShot posted:Did you buy a spring pass last year? Vail set up a 10-day spring pass that was way cheaper since there were so many complaints after they got rid of the old WB unlimited spring pass, but it wasn't a seasons pass. nah epic local. $700.
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Apr 7, 2020 01:37
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ImplicitAssembler posted:So, if you buy an Epic local pass in the US, you get 10 days at WB?...for $700? Depending on exchange rate, that's almost cheaper than a 10 day Edge Card! Yeah it's not a "bad deal," as much as spending $700 on a ski pass can be. Window price at Vail is like $209, so even by skiing 4 days there year we came out "ahead." It also gives you access to some places here out East (Epic Local: not local), so it works out fairly well. For some reason $700 is some psychological barrier to me and $729 seems very expensive. Guess they need the additional revenue to make up for this year.
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Apr 7, 2020 17:07
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Dangerllama posted:Ikon moving the "cheap" renewal deadline to May 27 and also bumping their renewal discount from $100 to $200 for the full pass, and $50 to $100 for base. Hrm, this could be good. spwrozek posted:I have decided that it is best to hold off for now on a pass. Better to pay an extra $50 in the fall than deal with the mess that we are sure to have. Although this is probably the correct move.
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Apr 14, 2020 17:47
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Yeah gotta say, looks like Ikon may be the way to go for next year.
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Apr 21, 2020 19:00
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Oh man, Epic credit came through. Looks like we're going to get Epic passes again next year. If the world isn't over.
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May 13, 2020 22:44
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I had Corona and I think I may have picked it up in Vail.
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May 25, 2020 13:46
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Yuns posted:I probably won't do it since I'm not planning on travelling much in the 20/21 season but stacking the Epic Pass at $979 with an Ikon Base Pass at $699 is tempting. I've got hundreds of bucks back on our Epic passes for next year and I'm still not sure whether it'll be worth it at this point.
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Jul 5, 2020 18:26
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I've always been intrigued by Mt Bohemia, but never actually made it there, even when I lived in Madison for 5 years. It's such a pain on the rear end to get to, and if I'm going to put in that much effort, why not ski out west?
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Jul 11, 2020 14:52
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spwrozek posted:It is a cool vibe and usually has some great powder. Honestly I would never drive there from further than Houghton unless you know it is going to nuke. It is a real mountain though, with real glades, just don't expect to steep lines. If you are say 6-8 hours away it is worth getting there on a powder weekend, staying at one of the cabins, and just partying. I see this: quote:Vertical 900 ft and I wonder. But yeah, now I live back east again and  .
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Jul 14, 2020 00:52
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spwrozek posted:I would not go if you are not close. I just think back to early March where I lapped High Noon like ten times in a day. 1800 feet at a time.  LostCosmonaut posted:While that's true, I have to say being able to lap 3,000 feet at somewhere like Whiteface is pretty dope. Haven't been to White Face in a while. Is it always icy AF?
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Jul 15, 2020 02:06
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Elysium posted:I am banned for life from Seven Springs in PA for going too slow through a slow zone. Mike? Edit: pass talk: wife and I can get epic local passes for a bit over $300 off, so $420. I’m still not sure if it’s worth it. We live in South East PA, so maybe we can try to go up to Stowe if Colorado doesn’t work out? Theoretically I also have an in-person conference in park city in March that they’re claiming will be in person. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Aug 28, 2020 |
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Aug 28, 2020 15:00
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Moey posted:3rd'ing that Beaver Creek kicks rear end. I always assumed it was because people just get sick of driving and stop at Breck/Vail.
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Aug 29, 2020 15:14
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Ended up buying an Epic Local pass for me/my wife. The passes end up being $420 each (lol) with the discount, so it was hard to pass that up. Worst case I guess we'll ski at Stowe for a week?
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Sep 23, 2020 17:27
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Yuns posted:Philly is definitely more aggro than NJ but there is no ski resort that close to Philly to draw a huge Philly crowd. Maybe Blue, JFBB or Shawnee? As a Philly area skier, are any Philly area resorts worth making it out to? I was thinking of trying blue mountain last year, but I don’t think they ever really got snow. Bought an epic pass this year. 
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Oct 20, 2020 10:19
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Kalman posted:Roundtop is about 2 hours from you and on Epic. It’s small but the Snowtime (Roundtop/Whitetail/Liberty) resorts are pretty well run and as long as you don’t go expecting a western resort they’re fun. Thanks for the Roundtop suggestion. I wasn't sure how the southern PA resorts were since they're...south. Good to hear they're run well. Yuns posted:Sorry I don't ride PA. I stick to NJ/NY/VT/NH and Quebec mostly. My friends who do ride in PA are mostly snowboarders who mostly care about terrain parks and ride at Blue and JFBB so not sure that would be the best fit. FWIW, I've heard Blue Mountain is "okay." Maybe we'll get snow out east this year? Maybe we'll try to head out west this year, but who knows what the situation's going to be like. I'm not super hopeful.
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Oct 20, 2020 17:51
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So my wife and I have our vaccines and are thinking about making 1-2 trips out to Colorado this year to try to go skiing. If we try to do a few long weekends at Epic resorts, are lines still a mess everywhere? Has anyone been out to beaver creek yet?
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Dec 26, 2020 13:37
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I have been checking their app and it doesn't look too bad. I think if you have a pass or account you can download their app and look at lift line times. That being said the app is really buggy and crashes a lot, and they seemed to have removed a lot of the cameras that look at lift lines. I am planning a trip to Beaver Creek myself, and have been checking, and it doesn't look so bad. Partial Octopus posted:They lines are ok during the week. I wouldn't go on the weekend. I think the main issue is that we still don't have any snow and half of the trails are closed so everyone is kind of clumped together. Oh duh, forgot I could check the app even though I'm not there  . BC lines didn't look too bad, at least on the app! Heck, even Vail seemed almost manageable apart from the main gondolas?
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Dec 28, 2020 14:42
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HookShot posted:I saw my first microwave jacket in the village today!! I feel these have been a thing for a few years now, no?
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Dec 31, 2020 22:55
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We got our shots and booked a trip to Vail for mid February. Edit: crested butte or park city for a 3-4 day trip in March? Never been to butt. Last time I skied park city the snow was poo poo. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Jan 3, 2021 |
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Jan 3, 2021 16:52
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Moot .1415926535 posted:How was the recoil from the shot? Just had a patroller buddy say it put him down for two days with a nasty headache. I got it last week and really had no symptoms other than a sore arm for a few days, kind of like getting a flu shot. I've had a headache the last two days but who knows if that's related. My wife is getting her second dose this week and that's supposed to be a bit worse, so we'll see.
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Does anyone have ski bibs they like? Mine have these crappy velcro attachments for the elastic which keeps on coming loose. edit: Yuns posted:I once tried to cross the frozen Charles River to Boston to get to Buzzy's Roast Beef back when i was an MIT student. In my defense I was drunk as hell and it had been sub 20 for more than 3 weeks. Still went for a chilly swim. What course were you etc etc. I spent enough time on the river to never want to cross it in the winter.
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