Recent content by Jully

A boondoggle of a Zermatt style train, but that isn't happening either.

I find that quite sad that the new GM does not like the midstation. It sucks when there is a whole weekend of midstation, but especially for soft afternoon openings midweek, I'd so much rather get stuck at the midstation than not ski...

Maybe I'm nuts, but I don't see Boyne changing a whole lot besides expanded and improved snowmaking. I don't see a fancy summit lift anytime soon (and would really want that money spent elsewhere). There was talk of a moderate sized expansion on the west side years ago, but haven't kept up with...

The area over there isn't the most interesting though, is it? I thought I remembered discussion a few years ago about the terrain and it wasn't much of a win for the advanced crowd. Of course, more blues like Rouge Angel/Excalibur in Jordan over 1400 vertical would obviously be fantastic for...

Many construction sites along the highway put in metal signs. Not long term, not short term, but medium term!

Arrived just an hour or so before you left at 9:30 and crowds were there until 12ish and then everyone left. At their worst, Barker had a 7ish minute wait (maybe 10 groups in front of you in the corral). Lifts were ski on after 2. Trails were soft and soaked, skied like May IMO. Had a great...

Definitely thin around the base! Normally I love a sketchy early open, but the fact that this is November 20th is just depressing.

Were you talking about Loon? Just saw they're not opening until after the thanksgiving holiday weekend, which is pretty nuts.

Purely hypothetical as it would absolutely never happen, but would the folks with second homes have their frustration at all ameliorated by a partial tax refund of their second home property taxes?

If airbags and seatbelts prevent you from dying in a car crash, why have speed limits?

Either that or Alterra hedging bets that ski areas will be forced to close (though that seems particularly unlikely in Utah, but who knows)? I assume the cost of ramping up to open is much more than the cost of pushing opening weekend back. No Alterra resort is open yet (though Mammoth claims to...

Truly awesome on JetBlue's part. I hope they can keep this up!

That is what I figured too

Is the 150 days a combined 150 of operation across the 3 resorts or are they guaranteeing that one resort will have 150 days of operation?

So upsetting about Crossbow... a classic and very accessible NE style trail. A long season for it on Barker. There aren't many trails like it left at SR. Lower Speakeasy at Loon is where I tell my more intermediate friends to go when they ask me what I like about Castlerock/Mittersill. Catwalk...