As you probably already know, I am going up to the Poconos this weekend. I am planning to ski Elk Mountain, Montage, and Blue Mountain.

Jimmy,
I plan to try to be a part of the DCSki "gathering" at Seven Springs on the 18th. Do you have any details? Where-when to meet? Who is expected to try to be there? I have seen several mention trying to go!
Please reply with details, or let me know who is trying to organize this thing!
Thanks,
The Colonel

Ahhhh! Elk is my favorite in the Poconos followed by Jack Frost. the conditions should be GREAT! Get to the hill early with the holiday weekend.

Elk on Friday, Plattekill on Saturday (they report 36"), Plattekill on Sunday, Elk on the way home Monday.

Keep Posting...surely more DCSkiers are on the slopes this coming weekend! The poll is on page 1, first post.
The Colonel

I'll be at WT on Sat. with my scout troop. Mon. is my choice and after looking at the storm history I am going to Blue Knob. I love the place when it has natural snow. The temp gradient during the storm was dramatic with Davis at 37 deg. and BK at 16. BK reports a storm total of 19". I'll be on Extrovert, Shortway, Edgeset, Rt. 66 on teles.

Well Denis, we'll try to leave sum for ya at BK.

Well, made it to Scranton, although it was tough going through Baltimore. That was one non-stop traffic jam - finally got through that mess after the Harbour Tunnel on 895. It took me a good hour plus just get from I-95 just north of DC until just past the Harbour tunnel. On the way up, friggan I-80 was shut-down as well (damn glad I did not go to Stroudsburgh, like I originally was planning. I'd be screwed trying to find another way to get there). I was also hear that part of I-78 and I-81 were also shut down. As a result, they were waiving the tolls on the NE extension of the turnpike. Might be interesting to get to Blue Mountain on Monday. I left work at 3:30 and did not make it here until nearly 11!

I could see Montage as I was getting off my exit to get to the Econolodge (friggan $36/night, and the place even has wireless internet!). It looked pretty sweet from what I could see, but it'll have to wait till Sunday. Well, tommorrow will be Elk Mountain (thankfully, I-81 north is opened). Some of the roads once you get off the interstate are still pretty dicey, though. And it is supposed to friggan snow tommorrow afternoon here. I hope the drive to get back from Elk Mountain does not turn out to be an adventure. And yes, there is some serious snow around here. There was easily a good two-plus feet of it right in the parking lot of the Econolodge!

Well, I'll definitly have to report in about Elk Mountain after done skiing tommorow!

I'm headed out west for the first time... Thanks to credit card miles and some nifty scheduling, it's costing me less to spend a week in Beaver Creek than it would to stick around these parts. I had started with a plan to go to Maine to ski Sugarloaf with friends, but that'll have to wait... Vail and BC are calling my name!


aaron

Changed my mind. I'm headed for the Whitegrass backcountry; bringing my power boards just in case any of that nasty crust remains. The latest storm totals changed my mind.

hey i was at blue knob saturday as well. my first time, what a great place! i had the whole fam there (wife plus our four little ones). we had a great time. a nice local even took us on a tour over to stembogen. this is my new favorite trail in the mid-atl. my two oldest (8yr, 7yr) got a kick out of those funny "experts only" warning signs on the traverse. i couldnt get enough of the terrific powder on the edges of the lower part of "stemmy". we even took our youngest (22 months) for a couple of runs on the bunny hill. we will definitely be back.