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JFBB shutting down the 28th. BB closing the 21st (this Sunday). That is very early considering Big Boulder used to go until mid-April.

JFBB's Insta this morning had a half dozen "please work here" ads for everything from ski patrol to snowmaking to lifties, and that hasn't been usual of them on social media this season either. Given some other chatter I've heard it seems like Vail is having trouble retaining staff.

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Oh yeah that's right. Second then, in terms of vertical.

Biggest lost ski area in PA? Kahkout Mountain was a private ski area near Bushkill Falls. It had about 450 feet of vertical drop on 5 trails of different difficulties, some rather steep. I posted pictures of the lift some time ago, which was a 2500 foot long Borvig double chair installed in...

If they add Platty I'll jump for it. I'm there once or twice a year anyway and I'll get the moneys worth for it from a VT trip and hitting Shawnee more during the year.

Considering switching from Epic to this but not sure I wanna change my base of operations from Jack Frost to Shawnee... Also taking Cannon over Wildcat/Attitash or Bolton over Stowe... But I like the price point... but also if I'm spending time up north Epic pays for itself... decisions...

Full video of the former Wolf Hollow ski area near Delaware Water Gap, PA. You can see closer the top drive terminal of the double chair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU4n5mUb61k

Add tax cuts and it will get passed. Printer goes brrrrrrrrr. The debt is all in your mind.

They have a mask culture for sure. But its not the only thing. They also tested much more extensively at the earliest phases of the virus' spread. This helped tremendously. Similarly in Taiwan and SK (and Vietnam if you don't think their numbers are propaganda), early testing was crucial in...

Belarus is practically a Russian satellite anyway. Place is ridiculously corrupt and very tightly connected to Moscow.

See this is what I mean. The government told everyone what to do and they did it without the need for further enforcement or more drastic measures. It's because not despite the government suggesting something. You're dealing with a culture where there is a very strong collective mindset and a...

Looking at Japan and suggesting their experience and response with this pandemic is predicated on a lack of nanny state policies is probably the worst read on east Asian cultures and their govts I've ever seen. I'm sorry, I just think this is such a flawed perception of how people over there behave.

I mean, your surgeon also doesn't operate on you while he's sick.

Again, that only really works if you believe the numbers they give you. Plus I think there's other instances of places without much in the way of health policy set up against this. There are developing countries don't have the infrastructure, or the interest in doing anything about it so its...

Like I said, nobody cares about Belarus. If they're lying its not like anyone has an interest in shining a light on them. They're not China. And I watch Bald and Bankrupt too, but just because healthy people are walking around outside doesn't really tell us anything. He was made to quarantine...

Found this 1960s Borvig in the woods: Top terminal drive Borvig? The bottom terminal was removed but it looks like the drive was at the top. Certainly not like the other Borvigs I've seen.

Belarus is a dictatorship with very, very poor transparency and basically no press freedom. Not to mention they have a very weak health infrastructure to begin with. It's one of the poorest nations in Europe. And nobody cares about Belarus. It's not as though a spotlight is on them to be...

I've uploaded the full video of Pocono Manor, where you will find this singular J-bar. Another example of a private lift serviced ski area in the Poconos, Pocono Manor operated a ski area for about 20 years starting in the mid 60s. Besides the J-bar there was a T-bar on an adjacent slope, pieces...

This was definitely 1964 per the same website: http://www.skilifts.org/old/install_na1964.htm Didn't see any after this. There were a few others installed in Massachusetts and New York. Unfortunately they don't have specific mountains listed per company install before 1963. edit: So I did some...