Blue Mountain PA Conditions

[Sbob]

My car has a hard time pointing west from NJ to go skiing.

Elk is worth a look. Drove past glazed donut Poconos many times for a powder day. An extra hour drive for me well spent.

 

[Brownski]

My car has a hard time pointing west from NJ to go skiing.

Come on. Colorado is west of NJ

 

[tirolski]

Come on. Colorado is west of NJ

Yup but it’s also The New York Ski Blog Forum.

 

[x10003q]

Elk is worth a look. Drove past glazed donut Poconos many times for a powder day. An extra hour drive for me well spent.

I managed to ski Elk when I was driving my boy back to school a few years ago. It was very enjoyable. It took about 2:30 to drive from my home. It has some vague similarities with Platty and Platty is only about 2 hours from me. It is hard to justify Elk when I can get to Platty in less time and the odds are Platty having better snow.

I would like to try Blue Knob also, but BK is 5:30 from me. If I am spending 5:30 in the car I am going to Sugarbush/MRG/Bolton/Burke.

 

[x10003q]

Come on. Colorado is west of NJ

Like I said, my car does not drive west for skiing. I have flown west for skiing.

 

[gorgonzola]

I managed to ski Elk when I was driving my boy back to school a few years ago. It was very enjoyable. It took about 2:30 to drive from my home. It has some vague similarities with Platty and Platty is only about 2 hours from me. It is hard to justify Elk when I can get to Platty in less time and the odds are Platty having better snow.

I would like to try Blue Knob also, but BK is 5:30 from me. If I am spending 5:30 in the car I am going to Sugarbush/MRG/Bolton/Burke.

Same regarding BK. Elk gets some decent snow and Tunck is a blast when bumped up but unless I'm there with friends or have a free Warren Miller voucher, I keep driving to Greek. I find the terrain a bit monotonous and the anti tree skiing policy and signage is soul crushing, doesn't come close to Platty in terms of vibe

 

[Harvey]

anti tree skiing policy

This is why I vowed I would never ski Blue again. I drove up there on a huge pow day at they were using loudspeakers to remind you —every 30 seconds— that you would be arrested for going off the trails.

 

[x10003q]

Same regarding BK. Elk gets some decent snow and Tunck is a blast when bumped up but unless I'm there with friends or have a free Warren Miller voucher, I keep driving to Greek. I find the terrain a bit monotonous and the anti tree skiing policy and signage is soul crushing, doesn't come close to Platty in terms of vibe

The owners are anti-customer service. I do think they are finally putting a ticket booth by the NorthQuad/Double lift. They should have done this years ago.

 

[Low Angle Life]

This is why I vowed I would never ski Blue again. I drove up there on a huge pow day at they were using loudspeakers to remind you —every 30 seconds— that you would be arrested for going off the trails.

I almost got my day ticket yanked opening weekend last year for jibbing around on side hits , needless to say my first visit was my last visit.

 

[gorgonzola]

This is why I vowed I would never ski Blue again. I drove up there on a huge pow day at they were using loudspeakers to remind you —every 30 seconds— that you would be arrested for going off the trails.

Wow, usually it's anything goes, everything in play. Must've been during the Ski Patrol TrueTV reality show days when they were out of hand, going crazy overboard on everything.