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Spent the morning at the mountain today ... conditions were a mixed bag ... above the Face Lift, it was pretty rough. There was a new feature this morning where Excelsior and Lower Northway split ... The Whiteface Geyser ... Like Old Faithful, only different ... Apparently, they blew a hydrant...

2015 ... ... and 2016 ...

Lake Placid (the town of North Elba) has a short term rental law. I haven't really looked at it, because I don't rent my place out. From a quick look, there appear to be a lot of similarities to the above. I think a lot of the objections to STRs is that they are driving the cost of real estate...

As I mentioned in the other thread, I skied Snowbird & Alta last week, and was lucky enough to be skiing lots of untracked fresh powder runs. The skiers/riders we encountered out there are VERY aggressive. On Saturday, we were at Snowbird and had been skiing the Gad 2 lift for a while. We...

This pretty much sums up what I meant ... For the most part, I'll let someone know I'm coming by on traverses, flats, or when approaching a lift corral, that sort of thing. Situations where people are just moving along, but I might be moving a little bit faster than the person in front of me...

This drives me nuts ... As my forum name implies, I do most of my skiing at Whiteface, and I've found that generally speaking, people are pretty respectful about not getting too close, and when they do, you'll often get a call out. There are, of course, exceptions to this. I had the good...

I remember those ... they were awesome ... you didn't even have to take your skis off!!!

It worked ... I ordered snow tires from Tire Rack on Sunday morning after watching the video!!

I guess it can always be worse ... December 12, 2015

This ^^^^^

Another good morning ... The snow that fell yesterday made a difference ... There was definitely a "silkiness" to the snow on top, especially early in the morning. Snowmaking now in place all along Approach ... Should have Approach, the upper part of Mt. Run, Thruway & Draper's Drop any day...

What an amazing experience that must have been!!!

Today was pretty good ... As promised, the Summit opened with the Follies to Paron's Run. Conditions were very nice early, but it did get skied off by late morning. They were blowing primarily on Drapers, Upper Thruway and the upper part of Mountain Run ... from Thruway up to the mid-station of...

We refer to "thin-to-win" as "paint it white". Before Pratt took over as CEO, Whiteface generally followed a "deep-to-keep" approach. It definitely took much longer to expand terrain, but, at least when a trail opened, it was generally well covered. Since Pratt took over, things have changed a...

One more thing ... They were blowing snow on Paron's Run. With the favorable temps forecast for this week, and assuming they keep the guns running up there, it's hard to imagine that not being available for next weekend.

I understand what they were trying to do, it just doesn't look like it's going to be easy to get to from the lodge, particularly from the lower level of the lodge by the rental shop, but maybe they'll be able to do something with grading the snow somehow. From what I had originally been told, I...

I don't know about 12" ... but it was a decent morning for a while ... Fortunately, the winds didn't affect lift ops this morning ... Above the Face Lift, things were pretty good all morning ... From Summit Express down was a different story ... it got skied off and blown off pretty quickly, but...

Oh well ... what better way to start the season than with wind holds! :poop: At least it sets the tone up front!!!

I wasn't sure, but now I'm planning to be at Whiteface tomorrow ... Harv, if you decide to go to WF, look for me in the morning or text/call me if you want to take some runs.

Don't underestimate the importance of this ... When my son was younger, we took three cross-country camping trips together ... the first when he was 11, the second when he was 13, and the third when he was 15. We dubbed those trips our Excellent Adventure, The Bogus Journey and The Fantastic...