Talking Pennsylvania

[happyjack]

skicone - thanks for the info. i've got a few more weeks until the trip...1/29 - 2/1...so hopefully there will be lots more snow at elk by then.

also, i keep forgetting to ask...when you all talk about "the crowds" and "long lift lines" at these areas, how does that actually translate into wait time?

on a weekend at liberty, the longest lines (always the ones that service the green circles) can easily be 20 minutes. and the hill is small that even my kids and can make a run in less than 10 minutes. now that we have them skiing blues, we can hit the backside which means maybe a 10 minute wait for a little longer run.

do you guys see anything like that at elk or sno or a "normal" weekend?

thanks!

 

[skicone]

30 -45 minute wait at base lifts, but the bigger problem is the overcrowding on the slopes. The inability of your kids to protect themselves and avoid being run over is a larger concern.

 

[ski9]

30 -45 minute wait at base lifts, but the bigger problem is the overcrowding on the slopes. The inability of your kids to protect themselves and avoid being run over is a larger concern.

Again, I agree with your mention of the "larger concern". Other than for races, I don't ski at Elk on weekends, but it always seemed pretty crazy because of what we're used to. Sno usually has a dozen empty chairs between people until noon on weekends, then maybe a couple chair wait on the Shuttle lift, but no wait at the other lifts. Last Sat/Sun, which was the climax of a busy holiday period), there were less than 100 cars in the lot and no buses until noon. Great for us, but not great for the hill...

Every place was icy when it was freezing rain Tuesday night, including Elk. Sno was closed Wednesday because of the ice storm (as were all the schools), but hit their guns hard afterward. In Northeast PA, natural snow is more PR for people in the cities to come ski, since we get so little and a cat will groom an 8" snowfall into a 1/4" base layer in one pass. I only had time for three runs this morning, but Sno's NF was in great shape. I imagine Elk was, too.

Blue does have the two best top to bottom diamonds in PA, but even I'm scared of the crowds and GSS using me as a slalom pole (a Break-A-Way pole, that is)...

 

[TeleMac]

crowds at Elk

Never a crowd first thing in the AM (8 opening until 11). There was no crowd last Saturday (strange b/c it was more crowded on Friday). Usually it is crowded on the two doubles that leave from the lodge and then only in the hours right after lunch. The quad and double over lower Tunk are your best bets and never have more than a 5-8 minute wait.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

are the lifts at Elk still wicked slow???

 

[campgottagopee]

Check out the PM I got from ski9

"You're just a little bitch, aren't you? Days later and you're still in 'pile on' mode. Tool."

Yeah, I'm thinkin he's a tough guy......whahahahhabaahahahahahahahaa

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Check out the PM I got from ski9

"You're just a little bitch, aren't you? Days later and you're still in 'pile on' mode. Tool."

Yeah, I'm thinkin he's a tough guy......whahahahhabaahahahahahahahaa

Campgottagopee..I think you need a timeout..reposting PMs is just lowclass in my opinion..

 

[campgottagopee]

Campgottagopee..I think you need a timeout..reposting PMs is just lowclass in my opinion..

That's your opinion and your entitled to it-----if showing what kind of person ski 9 is makes me lowclass than I can live with that.

 

[dmc]

That's your opinion and your entitled to it-----if showing what kind of person ski 9 is makes me lowclass than I can live with that.

I think we all know what he's all about..

 

[twinplanx]

Maybe GSS is confusing class w/ post-count ? No one has ever PM'ed me so I must be "uber-low-class"

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

PMs are personal messages..not to be shared with the rest of the forum..guys quit giving Ski9 a hard time..most of you don't even live in PA...and I feel like HighPeaksDrifter was being a troll to even ask about PA skiing. Why would somebody who skis at a mountain with more vert than almost every resort in the world care about PA...he was either baiting me of Ski9..

 

[twinplanx]

HPD seems legit to me. Steeze why don't you take a timeout from precious Blue and check out Elk for a day?:smash: Now who's the troll:blink:

 

[campgottagopee]

PMs are personal messages..not to be shared with the rest of the forum..guys quit giving Ski9 a hard time..most of you don't even live in PA...and I feel like HighPeaksDrifter was being a troll to even ask about PA skiing. Why would somebody who skis at a mountain with more vert than almost every resort in the world care about PA...he was either baiting me of Ski9..

2 things

1. "Personal" is just that and what a person chooses to do with his/her PM, IMHO, would be up to them.

2. Re-read HPD's original post and tell me where he was being a troll. To me the thread started out interesting (i gave what info i had) and was something to talk about other than bumps.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

HPD seems legit to me. Steeze why don't you take a timeout from precious Blue and check out Elk for a day?:smash: Now who's the troll:blink:

I might check out Elk sometime this season..especially after reading Moe Ghouls report over on PASR...

 

[twinplanx]

I haven't skied there in years. Always had a blast. Don't recall the lifts really being that slow. It's tuff(while swinging in a slow chair)but try to keep in mind that slow chairs reduce skier volume

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I haven't skied there in years. Always had a blast. Don't recall the lifts really being that slow. It's tuff(while swinging in a slow chair)but try to keep in mind that slow chairs reduce skier volume

I'm just so used to High Speed lifts..it's 2009..they need a 6-pack or high speed quad..and actually a fixed grip quad has the same lift capacity as a high speed detachable quad..the chairs are just spaced out double as far..

 

[twinplanx]

I'm just so used to High Speed lifts..it's 2009..they need a 6-pack or high speed quad..and actually a fixed grip quad has the same lift capacity as a high speed detachable quad..the chairs are just spaced out double as far..

Ok but it is a bit further from any "urban" area so that should work out in favor of reduced skiers?:argue:


Damn! I just read the other 15 pages of this thread...And consider it time well spent, GSS grabs popcorn, some one called it a "summer thread". Good stuff

 

[campgottagopee]

I'd like to hit Elk up again myself----from what I remember the place skied a lot like Greek and it's not too far from here---mayde 1.5hr drive

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

PMs are personal messages..not to be shared with the rest of the forum..guys quit giving Ski9 a hard time..most of you don't even live in PA...and I feel like HighPeaksDrifter was being a troll to even ask about PA skiing. Why would somebody who skis at a mountain with more vert than almost every resort in the world care about PA...he was either baiting me of Ski9..

Everytime I try to give you the benefit of the doubt you come up with something like this. I can think of many things that would piss you off if I wanted to bait you. You are easy cause you're an open book on this forum.

In all honesty I was not baiting you or Ski9. I use to start alot of good threads. I can't come up with any lately. I was just given this a shot cause so many PA skiers have come to AZ.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

So many people from PA ski Whiteface because they don't know that across Lake Champlain..it snows double as much..