Blue mountain 2/7..PASR day..

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Hey All,

I'm back from a fun PASR day at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 7:35AM and it was 14 degrees under mostly cloudy skys. Atomic Jeff was already there and we booted up and were the first to be scanned in at 8AM and on the first civilian 6-pack. We first skied a few runs on Challenge which had a little fresh manmade on the top and was nice and smooth. M-Bike Mike and Nastar Glenn joined us followed by Chippy, Root, Eugene, Sexkitten, BobLikesCats, Noxidee, Justo, Rose, Toast, Kragan and I'm sure some others. We all did a fun speed run down Paradise. Dreamweaver was also pretty nice. The best carving snow was on the top half of Main Street..nice grippy hardpack.

I skied/struggled with the top 2/3s of Barney Bumps..the bumps were so tight with some ice in the troughs..M-Bike Mike was really ripping up the bumps. Lazy Mile was also skiing well and Switchback was good initially but got scrapped off fast. We also skied a run through the park and there are alot of new features since the last time I skied through the Sidewinder Park more than 2 weeks ago. As the morning progressed it got more crowded and the liftlines increased. The VIP line had a short wait and the ticket checker was nice and let some non VIPs in the liftline who were rolling with us.

Around our 2nd to last liftride..Atomic Jeff told me that he spoke to Johann Buckley and we were in fact in the database from our speeding incident on Paradise back in December..this pissed us both off because Johann told Jeff last week he never put us in the Database. When I saw Johann at the top I gave him an earfull..I know I said something about butt-sex and some other expletives and he said that what I was saying was considered Harrassment..see this thread for more details..

http://www.paskiandride.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13397&hl=

After that me and Atomic Jeff were wound up..we skied a speed run down Paradise to Dreamweaver and a final run down Main Street. I left around 1130AM after 17 runs for 17,850 vertical feet. By this time the sun was shining and the temperature was up to about 30 degrees. The non VIP liftline looked to be about 10-15 minutes for the 6-pack...all in all a fun session..it didn't feel like a PASR day since ThinkSnow Greg wasn't there..and we didn't really ski with Bob and Sexkitten much. I'll be back tomorrow morning for fresh cord..

 

[RootDKJ]

Here's my TR from yesterday at Blue. I got on the mountain around 8:15 and skied right on to the lift. My plan was to ski Paradise for the 1st run of the day to see how the knee felt, but after the first turn, I was feeling less pain than I thought I would, so I decided to give Dreamweaver a go. I love this trail. Empty and good conditions.

I did two runs on it before I met up with the PASR's. Main St was the next run, and I figured I'd give it a try. It worked out ok, and it was nice (for me) that everyone was stopping every few hundred feet to watch the guys working the bumps. Did Main St again, and I could feel the twinge in the knee increasing.

MbikeSki aka Gorgnzola was skiing recklessly down Paradise and tried to knock me over, fortunatly, we both escaped that with little carnage, but I told him he owe's me a beer for that one...it's all good bro! :beer:

I skied a few runs with Chippy and his dad and it was starting to get really crowded and warm. I mostly skied Dreamweaver for the rest of the day. The consistency there was helping me work on a (almost) pain free technique of carve left, then skid right. I was really surprised, but I managed to get 20 runs in for a total of 22,010 feet of vert. Not to bad for a guy with a bum knee right now.

On the way home, I had decided to stop off at my new gym (I have to basically drive past it anyway) for a quick soak in the hot tub. I had a quick safety meeting around the corner, and I pulled into the parking lot to find the place is packed full of people. I had to park in the furthest row away from the door, all the way towards the driveway!

I went into the pool for a quick swim and wowzers!!! I felt good, but the scenery was out of this world. Tons of decently fit women in bikini's! After 10 mins of floating around, I moved on to the hot tub. Empty when I got in and so refreshing. So here I am, feeling no pain anywhere and a women in her 30's sits down next to me and strikes up conversation about how she can't believe the crowds today (the gym has only been open since Tues 2/3). Face was a 6 but physique was an 8.5! After 15 mins or so, I was feeling pleasantly relaxed and thinking that something bad is going to happen, cause this much fun doesn't happen with out reverse karma giving you a kick in the ass. After I got out, she moved over to the other hot tub, lol.

Next on to the sauna for more relaxation and then spent some time in the eucalyptus infused steam room, ahhhhh. I can see this becoming a regular stop for me on my way home from skiing (or even biking in the summer). I would have stayed much later, but wanted to get home, since I had not eaten since breakfast and it was closing in on 6pm now.

Overall, a very excellent day of skiing and relaxation.