lonbordin Posted February 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) I only made it to 16:15ish... I was done. Five hours with a brief water break was sufficient for these ole' legs.. plus it got up to 65f (18c) so it was quite warm. PaOLi pOwDeR!?! Open to close will have to wait another day. I did an interview for the local PBS station WTIU at PP. I let Vail Corporate have it while praising the local MTN OPS. I hope my sincere sentiment came through. **** Vail Corp leadership. I'm glad the stock analysts are saying much the same thing, funny how that happens when the stock drops $100 per share. The 22 March Vail statement ought to be interesting as the stock market is waiting to hear their plan for getting their sh*t together. It was classic Vail as they told the station they could be there, then they told them they'd have to leave, before finally telling them they could shoot B role. All of these decisions, like everything else, coming from Colorado not locally. Here I am at Paoli Peaks on President's Day, historically on of their biggest days, and only one lift is running, only half the hill is open, and the number of guests is ridiculously low. I've never seen the hill so empty on a holiday. Crazy times. I kept to one run for a few hours before eviscerating the rest of the hill. Photos- https://photos.app.goo.gl/QCbsbw4Gbtk9JtGF9 Edited February 22, 2022 by lonbordin might be photos in other threads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Arrived later, ~5pm. The runs are ribbons again. Conditions were challenging and the Coiler isn't as good as my Donek was... ah, well. Saw some tracks in the park... Who? https://photos.app.goo.gl/UCYdDxQTxUAn9e2b6 Closing date is set for Sun, March 6th. Looking at the forecast tomorrow could well be Paoli's last day for this season. This am should be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeS Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 11 hours ago, lonbordin said: Arrived later, ~5pm. The runs are ribbons again. Conditions were challenging and the Coiler isn't as good as my Donek was... ah, well. Saw some tracks in the park... Who? https://photos.app.goo.gl/UCYdDxQTxUAn9e2b6 Closing date is set for Sun, March 6th. Looking at the forecast tomorrow could well be Paoli's last day for this season. This am should be good. Man, I just missed you. I was there from 1 to 4:30. We want to come back on Thursday but they may be closed by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 2 hours ago, GeorgeS said: Man, I just missed you. I was there from 1 to 4:30. We want to come back on Thursday but they may be closed by then. Sorry, work had issues. We can both blame Putin as he caused those issues... jerk. Back today. Firstish run... it's a top-down resort people everyone gets to go at the same time! Legs said no mas at 1600... Great riding all day. The park was awesome later in the day. What a blast. The fields are turning green... time is short.https://photos.app.goo.gl/nbuujU56ves3vcRX9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted February 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Gorgeous day... warm... got up to 49f. Still the snow held. Fun runs to be had all over. My last run through the park was super fun. Really enjoyed riding with @Mike Blanz Good turns! Have to wonder if this was it... cover on the top part of the hill was thin... They have snow on the tube hill they could bring over, but I don't think that will happen... we will have to wait-n-see. Photo- https://photos.app.goo.gl/MzgaY61SVpZ9wNMg6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeS Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 I’ll be there tomorrow at 1 for the open, even though it’s 71 degrees there right now. At least tomorrow will only get to a high of 58. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, GeorgeS said: I’ll be there tomorrow at 1 for the open, even though it’s 71 degrees there right now. At least tomorrow will only get to a high of 58. W00t. They are going to be open... last four days. I'll probably be late for you Thursday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeS Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Very soft today but few people so it’s nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 Got there around 1700... Snow was SOFT. Super soft. Dangerously soft. Paoli Powdah. Had some fun laps through the park... Like @GeorgeSsaid... pretty empty. I saw him on the cam earlier today. They did a good job with snow management. Looks like we'll make it through the weekend. Photos - https://photos.app.goo.gl/c7SpXQ7zyLcapUyf7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slabber Posted March 5, 2022 Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) wow, beside the run there's nothing left? we still have a ton of snow here but supposed to be +10°C on Sunday... Edited March 5, 2022 by slabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) Stay calm @slabberand carve on! (this is "normal" here ) Vail Co. is just providing an EPIC experience at Paoli Peaks.* Back at Paoli this afternoon. We have three runs open on Thursday and Friday, thank you very much! Saturday and Sunday we will have FIVE runs open. FIVE! I heard @Mike Blanz will also be there tomorrow morning. Should be chilly 66f/18.9c at open. Will peak at 76f/24.4c... bring your sunscreen! Snow was decent to start with as it had reached freezing overnight... but softened quickly. I really focused on tight carves, staying stacked, maintaining speed. Had a blast. The park was super fun... plenty of hips to work into your carve flow. Some of my carves were so deep... all the way to the ice baby. Sorry skiers! Photos (NSFL)- https://photos.app.goo.gl/kswTYGhbEpnbRD7Z9 *We would have more snow, hell we could've been 100% open, but MTN (Vail Corporate) decided the Midwest shouldn't blow anymore snow way back in January because they have absolutely no clue how to run a Midwest resort. None, nada, zero. So thankful for the hard-working local mounting operations folk. Without them we wouldn't have had a season at all. Edited March 5, 2022 by lonbordin F*ck VAIL CO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 Did ya' know we don't have vehicle inspection in Indiana... always interesting vehicles on the road. Speaking of interesting, stepping onto the snow at open today wearing a t-shirt, my impact vest, and a pair of surf trunks because it's 66f. That was a new one. Speaking of new, got first paying customer tracks on Mindbender and Grabers... it wasn't busy. Since we are a top-down resort and snowmobiles are now highly restricted the lifties ski or board down, then the ski patrol, and then the paying customers. Speaking of paying, the "slopeside shop" is now open... you can pay $35.00 to advertise Vail Co and cover your skin at the same time. Speaking of skin, I did get some scrapes on my one wipeout in the park... maybe going for fully laid out toe side wasn't my best idea, especially later in the day. Speaking of ideas, I'm glad I decided to go. The conditions were far better than expected and held up under the heat much longer than I expected. Speaking of heat, it got to 73+ at 12:15. The grass beside the snow was shimmering from the amount of melting snow running off and the "creeks" beside the runs were babbling. Babbling is what I'm doing because I'm tired so I leave you with some pictures. Rain in the forecast tomorrow, this might have been it. Photos-https://photos.app.goo.gl/T553dteFHjnMojMf9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Last day was yesterday. The difference between Saturday and Sunday is due to Vail Co. HQ's mismanagement saying Paoli could no longer make snow so long ago. Regular years they would've made some snow stores which would've allowed them to patch the runs. The rainstorm Saturday night completely erased most of the snow on the top of the hill. Without that snow we could not access half of the resort. So, while there was plenty of snow on Grabers and Wallnut Alley we could not reach them, so Paoli ran only one lift. The family trail was actually fairly normal. The park was deteriorated but not terrible. Mindbender and powerline (powerline didn't really exist) were actually dangerous as the snow was melting underneath at such a rate that fissures were opening up everywhere on the upper part of the run. It was warm in the upper 60's. A fitting end to a poorly managed EPIC experience. I got 28 "days" out of the 31 "days" they were open. I will not renew my EPIC pass next season. I will buy the local pass and travel to independent resorts when I travel. I've learned my lesson MTN. Those who (SORRY!) have looked at my photos over the years will know that this was the worse day I've ever shot, not even close. Photos-https://photos.app.goo.gl/4oKEVvRT2urbxhme7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 That's a picture of an open ski area? OMG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Makes me want to say I'll never again complain about conditions at Spirit... but who am I kidding? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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