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The half day was nice today. Last night's weather ended up being a mixed bag that ended as a coating of wet snow. It was more of a loose and frozen granular surface today and again still good and you could get an edge pretty much everywhere. It was surprisingly busy. With only the Hadley...

Back at it today for the first time since Saturday. A little fresh snow everywhere and a lot more snowmaking on Challenge has us back to packed powder on all the main trails. I made two Knight-to-Royal tours including Challenge. The only regular trails not open were Upper Red Carpet and the...

Royal weathered the unfortunate events of Friday pretty well and was ready to go as usual today with everything except Upper Red Carpet available. There's still decent cover in the trees and all glades were marked as "Enter at Your Own Risk" but it couldn't have been great and I barely saw...

It's not the same anymore with so many places using RFID cards, but I still like to build a little collection of lift tickets on my jacket when I can. I especially like my current collection: Titus, Magic, Snow Ridge, Woods Valley, Oak, and as of yesterday, Maple Ski Ridge. Add in my Royal...

I used my first Indy redemption of the season this afternoon at Maple. Skiing was off the double on Spruce, Hickory, and Chute plus the bunny slope. Conditions were just as expected, all groomed out man made snow that had softened up during the day but getting more firm as the sun was going...

I'm hoping for a few hours somewhere on my Indy Pass on Tuesday within a reasonable drive. Not many Indy mountains are open midweek yet. It looks like my best options might be Greek Peak (a little longer drive than I hoped) or Catamount (not much terrain open).

And yes, another really nice day, continuing the great early season run. I was only there for a little while early afternoon. All of my runs were good ones. I was warned away from Challenge by my daughter and I'm happy to wait for it to have better cover before I start taking it this season...

It felt like mid-winter today at Royal with conditions I'd happily take any day of the season. I stuck to the main trails since I was mostly in a lesson and I'm building slowly and cautiously as I get used to skiing with the knee brace. Great conditions where I did get to go on Knight, Captain...

From Royal's social media, looks like the water in the pond might be going further than they thought. And as an instructor I'm happy to see the Bunny Runner will be ready to go too.

Yes, a very nice opening day! I was also surprised by how busy it was. With the Sunday opening, everyone who wanted one day this weekend was squeezed into today. I was especially surprised by the number of day tickets, not just the passholders. I only took a few runs off the top since I...

Maple announced opening day for tomorrow, 12/6.

I got my new derotation brace today, and between that and a lot of PT over the last 2 months, I am feeling pretty good about getting back out there when Royal opens on Sunday. I guess I'll call it ACL #6. #1 and #2 were original equipment, #3 was my first derotation brace that I used before...

In Magic's email blast today:

Royal is opening Sunday. No official word yet on trails. I would guess Royal, Queen, Lift Access, Lodge Run, and the Beginner Slope. With this run of natural snow and great snowmaking weather, maybe we'll get Prince too.

My update is nothing compared to what's being discussed here recently (haven't met Warp Daddy but pulling for him nonetheless). I posted in the Big Snow thread back at the end of August about a left knee injury resulting from an awkward fall when I got tangled up with some other skiers getting...

We had our ski school kickoff meeting this morning before Royal's annual preseason open house. A few things I learned: The target for opening day is December 6 but it's obviously too soon to say if that will work out. Jake mentioned there are some snowmaking enhancements, and the goal is to...

Yes, 1-4 PM. Ticket sales started at either 12:30 or 12:45, don't remember for sure.

Royal announced day ticket pricing for this season, basically just eliminating the half day.

Thanks, everyone. When I want to turn at the top in the opposite direction to the side of the chair I'm on, I pretty much always ask and make sure we have a plan about how to cross over at the top. These guys on my left (late teens) were chatting together so we never had that conversation...

I made my second-ever visit to Big Snow on Monday, also marking my first-ever August ski day. After 2 enjoyable runs from the top on the non-park side, the unload on third chair ride ended my day when the skier to my left on the lift wanted turned right go to the park side and skied over my...