I figured that making one thread for all of west and central pa wa a good idea so go ahed and post. Bk said on a FB post tht snowmaking on extrovert has started (lower and upper) Snow/ rain forcasted for sunday so heads up. Big snowmaking pilles are on steamboggen.
https://m.facebook.com/BlueKnobAllSeasonsResort/photos/a.10152841222577740.1073741835.162343847739/10152841222697740/?type=1&source=49
Antoine - here's a little helper tip if you use Chrome as a browser. Easier for all us to see the pics
Right click on the photo you wish to share and select copy image url.
When posting in the forum click on the the image icon (top row to the right of the flag - similar to below)
Then paste the url you just copied in the URL line - then hit OK
It will display the photo VS you posting a link that all of us must copy and open.
Please note I'm not trying to be a wiseguy. Just trying to make it easier for all of us.
BTW - I looked at all the BK pics from today. Things look pretty good up there.
Sorry about that, I use fire fox (I know dont judge me) I will take your advice though.
Antoine wrote:
Sorry about that, I use fire fox (I know dont judge me) I will take your advice though.
Should be very similar if not exact for firefox - no shame in firefox. I used it all the time. I just happen to have a chromebook now.
Blue Don, you where at BK yesturday how was it?
For me, it was fantastic. No crowds, great snow conditions. None of their double blacks or trees are open but that's not my thing. They ran lift 3 (beginner area) lift 1 (2 person) and lift 4 (triple) lift 3 was not running and does not even have enough snow near it to start it just yet. Lifts were a non issue as there was no crowds to speak of on Sunday.
If you are looking for tree skiing, upper / lower extrovert and lower shortway you may want to hold off until those get open.
If you are a mid atlantic cruiser like me, it was ideal. Price was right, uncrowded slopes in the AM and little if any lift lines.
I've only been to BK 3 times and it has never been crowded. 2 of my daughters live in Indiana PA which was an easy 1:05 drive. I'll definitely be skiing it a couple more times this year.
Its official folks BK is open for the season. Both of the extroverts are closed but all glades except east wall are open. Might rush a trip over or will wait untill the gathering. Enjoy them!
I made it to BK yesterday. Expressway had ten inches or so of pow (skiers right side) and I skied it all up as all the experts were hitting lines off the midstation. The triple was not running so few ventured to the upper trails until mid-day when they finally started loading. Thank you BK management for the late start of the triple. What was that gospel line by Saint Jimmy? Never leave good snow to search for better snow. I made about a dozen runs and found untracked then minimally tracked snow...sweet. The glades off of Jack were roped when I went by and no, I didn't poach them. East Wall glade roped too. Skyline was open and already cut up when I skied it. Lower 66 was roped. They were blowing snow on Extrovert and both upper and lower should be open by this weekend, Ditch was open. I didn't ski High hopes or Deer Run as both appeared to be tracked out and I knew where the better snow was hiding. By time I got to Stem it was pretty skied out, big piles of natural and hard pack between, a good exercise in balance. Somehow I failed to try Shortway so I don't know if it was open.
@ LHC BK confirmed that ' extrovert' will open today/ tomorrow on a fb post. I dont know if this means both but its open now , and that's all that matters!
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
What was that gospel line by Saint Jimmy? Never leave good snow to search for better snow.
Isn't that a Denis line? Although I am sure Jimmy has said it as well.
wgo wrote:
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
What was that gospel line by Saint Jimmy? Never leave good snow to search for better snow.
Isn't that a Denis line? Although I am sure Jimmy has said it as well.
Surfers too:
Never leave good surf to find good surf.
Guilty too often
wgo wrote:
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
What was that gospel line by Saint Jimmy? Never leave good snow to search for better snow.
Isn't that a Denis line? Although I am sure Jimmy has said it as well.
I think jimmy coined it and Denis always lives by it. Perhaps both will chime in and set the record straight.
I love it and live by it. I first heard it in the ski video, "Big Mountain - Little Skier", a production of my friend Nils Larson. It's my all time favorite ski video. All powder, all the time. Its a Freeheels production, however the skiers are so good and the powder so deep that most of the time you cant tell what kind of turn they are making. And, the longer I do this, the more it becomes clear that its all the same anyway. You turn by changing the edges, not by changing the lead.
Record set straight. Thanks Denis for the true back story.
Extrovert is open! I'd go this weekend, but I am going to Winter Park, CO to ski 4 days on Friday. Please keep thaws away!
I'm heading up there on Saturday! Will be my first trip to Blue Knob.
Is Blue Knob known for the crowds? Should I expect to see Whitetail level of crowds?
nakedskier wrote:
I'm heading up there on Saturday! Will be my first trip to Blue Knob.
Is Blue Knob known for the crowds? Should I expect to see Whitetail level of crowds?
No, you should expect to ski right up to the lift just about every time.
nakedskier wrote:
I'm heading up there on Saturday! Will be my first trip to Blue Knob.
Is Blue Knob known for the crowds? Should I expect to see Whitetail level of crowds?
You will drive up and park right next to the lodge. When you walk into the lodge be prepared to be transported to 1982. Maybe earlier. Same thing on the lifts. But hey, that is one of the reasons nobody is there!
RodneyBD wrote:
... be prepared to be transported to 1982. Maybe earlier. Same thing on the lifts. But hey, that is one of the reasons nobody is there!
Yea, like 1963, the year it opened.
camp wrote:
wgo wrote:
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
What was that gospel line by Saint Jimmy? Never leave good snow to search for better snow.
Isn't that a Denis line? Although I am sure Jimmy has said it as well.
Surfers too:
Never leave good surf to find good surf.
Guilty too often
Ive been trying to find something I disagree with ya Camp..still pissed at u.....havnt found anything yet....keep posting!....u mudda....
fishnski wrote:
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Ive been trying to find something I disagree with ya Camp..still pissed at u.....havnt found anything yet....keep posting!....u mudda....
camp wrote:
Rarely do I say agree with anything fishnski says ;), but I know that Canaan is the spot.
Awesome ;) Because of this? Just spit out some more [high octane] beer. WIsh I could zing every one with single sentences like that. Here's a pic from the other night you can use for your dart board :)
Cheers
hoping for a powder weekend for ya
or, big fish and clean waves
Just back from my second day this week at BK and everything open except Lower Shortway which appears to have been groomed! I've never seen Lower Shorway groomed. Now perhaps it was just a little ways down to before Short Cut but I saw the corduroy tracks begin at the rope on Deer Run and disappear over the horizon. I didn't ski East Wall Glade because I could see that the mid point headwall was already pretty scraped off. I skied all the rest of the glades except Ditch. The lower angled glades had good cover and even some untracked at the edges. Ditch was closed the first time I went by and me and daughter blew right by as I noticed the rope was down on the second pass. Extrovert was good for the most part except the downhill sides of some of the machine made snow whales, icy. Bumps were just beginning to grow on skier's right. Stem was groomed out and a fun snaky cruise with the lower field perfect for huge GS turns. Deer Run was ungroomed virgin machine made on skier's left, very icy, but softer small bumps on skier's right. They were blowing snow on the run out on the bottom. All the powder I skied up on Expressway was now groomed smooth, High Hopes too. 66 had good cover and opened later in the day but I did not ski it.
Talking to an employee there and rumor is that the snowmaking will end for the season this week. Maybe Scott can find out if there is any truth to this.
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
..Talking to an employee there and rumor is that the snowmaking will end for the season this week. Maybe Scott can find out if there is any truth to this.
Wow. Wonder if they'll groom any more? Like those whales
Forecast next week is pretty cold with chance of snow a couple days. Looks like a DEEP FREEZE for our gathering the 6th-8th.
camp wrote:
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
..Talking to an employee there and rumor is that the snowmaking will end for the season this week. Maybe Scott can find out if there is any truth to this.
Wow. Wonder if they'll groom any more? Like those whales
The whales on Extrovert are more like dolphins. :~D No they will not be groomed. I've seen Lower Extrovert groomed only once in all the years I've been there. I'm not a local or even a regular so it may have occurred more often. I don't think that they can groom Upper because of the very steep, short drops at the intersections of 66 and High Hopes.
The snow mounds make a steep face a little steeper. Remember, I skied them just 2 days after they stopped making snow so the new stuff really hasn't "cured" ye so they were still very hard, near ice. This side of the trail (skiers left on Upper Ex) always seems to be the more "technical" line.
This a update to Bk website rather hten condions... LHC you have been fetured on the BK website! your and tc post on eic is now on bk:)
Antoine wrote:
This a update to Bk website rather hten condions... LHC you have been fetured on the BK website! your and tc post on eic is now on bk:)
Very cool!
made a new account after lurking the past two seasons because i had to say,
AWESOME conditions at blue knob yesterday, they had 4-5" on the ground and it snowed heavily the whole time I was there for probably another 2-3". Everything was open, extrovert was great, but the best trail of the day was route 66, they didn't open it until about 2 in the afternoon so it had the most snow build up, i was getting face shots from big powder piles for the next couple hours!
as a boston-area transplant to DC it is awesome to have such a gem of a mountain that reminds me of the challenging new england slopes i grew up skiing!
I was there on Saturday and I found a few remaining powder spots left over from that mid-week storm.
It was my first trip to the Knob and I must say I was impressed! Quality ski experience on the natural runs and steep enough to keep me entertained for a full day of skiing. I really hope I can get back when there is a legit powder day.
Although, I don't think my MINI would make it up the mountain road to the parking area....
nakedskier wrote:
Although, I don't think my MINI would make it up the mountain road to the parking area.... take the southern route from pavia...
or from Claysburg just 2 exits north on I99. Ski Gap Road to Left Hand Gap Rd to Overland Pass Road right to the lodge at the top of the mountain but good luck coming from any direction after a storm. It's all up hill, PA's second highest summit after all.
Thanks! I may just have to borrow the girlfriend's subaru to satisfy my pow fetish at Blue Knob...
Welcome evrybody to the new show, The good bad & ugly. in todays show we talk about blue knob removing the summit cam. Dont bellive me that fine go and check for your self... JK... i am gonna try to ask what happened to it my next visit.
What is the story with all of Extrovert and the glades still being closed?
All were open last week. Could be closed due to icing. That happens but will open later when snow softens.
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
All were open last week. Could be closed due to icing. That happens but will open later when snow softens.
Should be an amazing day for the gathering 50s in DC. I know they closed some day this week becue of wind, But they posted some amazing pics on their fb page
Thinking of heading to BK on Sunday. Right now, it looks like most of the glades and expert terrain are closed. Is that a "weekday closures protect weekend snow" decision, or are they really likely to be closed through the weekend? I don't know if it's worth the drive if it's all groomers...
scootertig wrote:
Thinking of heading to BK on Sunday. Right now, it looks like most of the glades and expert terrain are closed. Is that a "weekday closures protect weekend snow" decision, or are they really likely to be closed through the weekend? I don't know if it's worth the drive if it's all groomers...
I recall a couple instances where some here reported that Extrovert was open even though it was marked as closed on the online ski report. Right now (and for the past several days) the number of open trails has been listed as "22-25". I guess they sometimes list a trail as closed and then open it up later in the day?
Often trails are closed during the morning but open later in the day. On Feb. 7 Lower 66 was closed until 2 or so. If Ex is closed it is due to icy conditions and won't open until the glare ice softens. I don't think there has been a significant snowfall there this week so natural snow terrain will be very iffy to open. Maybe tomorrow's snow will help.
Laurel Hill Crazie wrote:
Often trails are closed during the morning but open later in the day. On Feb. 7 Lower 66 was closed until 2 or so. If Ex is closed it is due to icy conditions and won't open until the glare ice softens. I don't think there has been a significant snowfall there this week so natural snow terrain will be very iffy to open. Maybe tomorrow's snow will help.
Got it. So when I see "22-25" trails open on the ski report, that basically means that Upper Ex, Lower Ex, and Lower 66 *may* open depending on conditions later in the day?
wgo wrote:
Got it. So when I see "xxxxx" trails open on the ski report,
In my experience, you can't read anything into anything from Blue Knob. Seems to me often that Patrol simply hasn't ski checked runs. Runs that were listed as open the day before, and at the ticket window, are closed with a rope and are perfectly skiable from appearances.
During my BK years I often 'opened' Extrovert. I'd look at it all day, maybe do a test turn then climb back up where high hopes crosses. The patrol would say it hadnt softened enough. Then about 2-2:30 Id go down. By the time I rode the chair the rope had been dropped. I knew all the patrol, and one of the captains was a good friend and a colleague at work.
Denis wrote:
During my BK years I often 'opened' Extrovert. I'd look at it all day, maybe do a test turn then climb back up where high hopes crosses. The patrol would say it hadnt softened enough. Then about 2-2:30 Id go down. By the time I rode the chair the rope had been dropped. I knew all the patrol, and one of the captains was a good friend and a colleague at work.
Interesting stuff. Hopefully when I am up there in a couple weeks Extrovert will be open at least part of the time.
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