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Do not make Wolfie ambush us from his den today please. Lets be safe.

Yes we know there were bad winters even back when the colonizers were colonizing but that doesn’t make the industrial revolution inconsequential.

The neighborhood wolf just woke up…

Where is Scooter’s gorilla?

Yea I’m only giving a perspective from just a couple lenses. We only went in good/great conditions and ideally not during peak traffic days. If it was a weekend with long lines, we usually map out the day to get the most runs in by skiing a low traffic area while the gondola/main peak lifts are backed up. We would ski those high traffic areas real early, lunchtime, and late. It all comes down to value, just imo. I’d rather get a couple less turns in bomb conditions with the entire mtn open then a few more in terrible conditions on a 3/4 closed mtn. Making the drive and committing to the insane costs thesedays, we don’t want to pull up to a NNE mtn that looks/feels like Northern Georgia.

Yes. Exactly the same. For folks down here who make a ski trip to NNE once or twice a year, we’re not doing it for a 1/4 open mountain of sugar coated trails while dodging bare ground and boulders, especially at full price. Locals/season passers, a completely different view. I get that.

You know we’re slowly sliding towards another ratter when us SNE folk are debating NNE resort business decisions.

I get the warm weather and less crowds take though. That may be what some look for but most skiers I know list conditions as their top priority.

Pay reg prices for maybe a 1/4 of the mountain open is not a good deal imo.

Yea. I don’t know what the business decision is to keep the ticket price that high though in these conditions.

Lol I would never pay that on these conditions. I doubt anyone but the most hardcore skiers would.

Looks like what you typically see in the poconos.

Yup. The further we push into Jan without much to show for…we’ll need a biggie or two just to get us back on track to normal.

If we don’t get going in early Jan and the can gets kicked to late month.

Yup…especially after wasting two months.

I hedge bigger and sporadic then smaller and frequent.

This could be a season of a couple large events but otherwise nada.

Did Dick Toleris pull back from his big winter call that fast?

Wolfie took the holy day off to lick his wounds but he’s back on the prowl today, stalking pessimistic prey.

Thanks for keeping us safe. Deep fog last night, winter’s apex.

Me neither. Unfortunately winter is 4-6wks long nowadays so we’ll need to squeeze out every shortwave fart over LI.

Happy New Year.

Yes please and thank you.

We bust all in good fun especially when snowy times are this bad…we’ve got to laugh our way through it.