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Seems most folks here do not own, but I thought there might be a few... If you could go back and make the decision to buy or not to buy again, what would you choose to do and why? Do you guys rent out your places? Ski-on/off vs near/around the base?

Spent the week with the family in the Mad River Valley last week. Spent time cruising with the wife and getting lessons for my son, who was skiing independently by the end of his first lesson and making me very proud. I also booked a lesson for the wife which was a good investment. Managed to...

Took the boy out after work for a quick session. Picked up a discount voucher at Stowe (no not that Stowe) Ski Shop, so we both skied for $25 total. Not too bad. We stuck to the magic carpet area. He enjoyed the carpet rides and especially the skiing. This was our first time on skis...

Hit Elk for a Sunday morning session. They probably picked up 6" from Friday's storm. Groomers were in great shape. Beautiful blue sky all morning despite predictions of clouds and freezing rain. Tunk needs more snow, as the bumps were soft, but the troughs were rock hard. 10-20" wide...

They picked up about 6-8" and had about half the hill open. Best first-day conditions I've ever experienced. Snowed lightly all day thanks to the Elk Cloud (tm). Very light crowd, ski-on most of the day, longest wait was 2 minutes, although I did get stuck on the lift for @15 minutes. Old...

Started around 9:45. Very few cars in the upper lot at that time. After passing under the railroad trestle, it's straight up to the cliffs. I think it's roughly a 1200 ft gain in less than a mile with some tricky scrambling and stream crossings. having my 30+ lb son on my back made it a more...

Since we've never had a sustained warm-up here in eastern PA I had a notion that there still may be a good amount of snow left on our local hills. I also thought that it might be a good time get my son out since we'd quite literally have the place to ourselves. So I threw his gear in the car...

Landed in Denver on 2/23. It was a beautiful day, so warm that I drove with the windows cracked on the drive from the airport to Downtown. This would change. Went to see Furthur in Broomfield Saturday night with some college buddies that I have not seen in 20 years, and by set break, it had...

Heading out next week. In all my years of skiing, have never skied out west. Looking for any advice/info anyone is willing to offer regarding resort, food, whatever. For reference, I guess I'd label myself an advanced skier, so woods, bumps, steeps are all in play. I'll be taking boots and...

Sunny skies, no wind, good crowd. Groomed trails were immaculate. Ungroomed was a mixed bag, but mostly good if you picked your spots. Tunk headwall was a solid sheet on skiers right, tecumseh showed a lot of ice on the mogul backsides on steeper pitches, but that was it. Mohawk was great...

Excellent conditions today at Elk. Skied from 8:30 to 1, when it started to drizzle and my legs said enough(first day out this season). Carveable machine-groomed packed powder everywhere and bumps that are in pretty good shape on the ungroomed trails. They were 100% open today and I give them...

My son is 3. Wondering if this is the year. My better judgment says wait at least one more year. If anything, I'd like to get out there to slide for a couple minutes at least. We have some small hills very close by that would be fine for this, but I'm hesitant to drop what I'm guessing would...

Foggy morning kept the melt to a minimum, until things burned off around 11...very low vis in the fog...corn, hardpack, slush, grass, mud...mixed bag o fun...last day of the season and a great one...was skiing in a light baselayer...legs are toast from pushing the slop around...they claim they...

another good day at elk...got stuck parking in the lower lot due to racing today...lots as full as i've ever seen them, but still rarely a wait for a chair...conditions were somewhat variable, but overall very good...groomed terrain was very nice...seneca finally opened top to bottom, ungroomed...

Pleasantly surprised at the conditions...obv all man-made PP, a little stiff in the morning, but by 11am everything softened up, especially anything in the sun...got there about 8:15 and got a prime 'ski-on/ski-off' parking spot...it was nice and quiet early on and picked up a little as the...

Got up early and made it for opening bell. Could be the last day for Elk. Got a primo ski-on ski-off spot in the upper lot. Things were a bit firm in the shadows for the first hour or so, but anywhere the sun touched the ground it softened up very quickly, and by the time I left at 12:30 the...

arrived around 8, crowded lots due to PA junior championships being held...rode the elkwagon up the hill, bought my first walkup weekend full rip ticket in a loooooong time (just started a new job so midweek days and/or extended trips were not in the cards this winter)...the lodge was crowded...

elk has recovered nicely from the thaw...according to one local i spoke with they got spared any r--n over the weekend, which helped...they received an inch of snow on tuesday night and it squalled on an off throughout the day with periods of bright sunshine...groomed runs were fast, carveable...

...with a one year old boy in tow...lots of auto-touring, and shorter hikes...the two big hiking days were 9/14 to laurel falls in the morning + then afternoon, falls which shall not be named via unmarked, non-NPS maintained trail shown to us by some friendly appalachian folk: 'big hike' #2...

...your wife/s.o. is constantly asking you were that cut/scrape/bruise came from, and you honestly have no idea. (this also hold true for alcoholics, so...)