Since you mentioned White Lightning to @Jenny and @shadoj , here are some pics from our early season meetup a while back. Skied it for the first time with @Olesya Chornoguz last season when it was groomed. Would've been happier with some bumps! When it comes to slick conditions in the east, I'm happier on blues.Despite the rain, Montage is open today and still very hopeful to make it to next weekend.
My husband and I and @Olesya Chornoguz ski there. Sometimes vanhoskier joins us too. I think a few other people here occasionally go to montage also.wait, montage is only 2.5 hrs from me, I didnt realize it was so close to my home home. Its about as far to get to montage as it is it my house in poconos. Do we have regulars who ski there?
Do you ever ski mid week?My husband and I and @Olesya Chornoguz ski there. Sometimes vanhoskier joins us too. I think a few other people here occasionally go to montage also.
We all work so only ski weekends. Usually Sundays. It’s pretty thin here in places today. I’ll be surprised if they’re open next weekend.Do you ever ski mid week?
Montage is positively chill on weekends compared to other mountains. They did get some lift lines during the pandemic years but this year was back to very short lift lines, if any. We spend most of our time down lapping the Phoebe lift.weekend crowds usually bad?
Montage has been on Indy for a couple seasons. I stopped by on an early season weekend before Indy and using Indy on a non-holiday Saturday in Feb 2022. Not really an exact comparison but didn't feel much different.Thank you! I wonder how being on Indy will influence that.
Here's a picture of Montage that includes the main parking lot at 9:30am on a Saturday in late Feb 2022. The snow tubing area was full and I think tickets were sold out for most tubing sessions. As I remember, there were no lift line waits longer than a few minutes until we left at lunch time. It's one of the few places in the Mid-Atlantic that I'm willing to stop by on weekends if there is a Diva interested in meeting up.weekend crowds usually bad?
As @tinymoose mentioned Montage is not crowded on weekends that's why we make the drive all the way to Scranton, it's worth it. Come join us sometime.weekend crowds usually bad?
WOw!! How have I never done this!? I have to figure out this Indy pass. Im Def getting an epic, but might do Montage/indy also.Here's a picture of Montage that includes the main parking lot at 9:30am on a Saturday in late Feb 2022. The snow tubing area was full and I think tickets were sold out for most tubing sessions. As I remember, there were no lift line waits longer than a few minutes until we left at lunch time. It's one of the few places in the Mid-Atlantic that I'm willing to stop by on weekends if there is a Diva interested in meeting up.
Montage view at 9:30am, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022
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That morning was the end of a ski safari I did over 10 days that was a mix of Indy locations (Catamount, Berkshire East, West Mountain), Windham (Ikon), and a powder day at Plattekill. I drove home from Montage later that day.
YEs! I love Billy. Such a great guy! He adjusted my last boots and I messaged him recently to say might need to stop in.As @tinymoose mentioned Montage is not crowded on weekends that's why we make the drive all the way to Scranton, it's worth it. Come join us sometime.
Is Billy your bootfitter? I think he mentioned he bootfitted you at some point on one of my bootfitting visits. His bootfitting has changed my skiing. I am tall and heavy, needed stiff, upright men's boots with tall cuff as it turns out. Billy was the only bootfitter that has put in the right boots finally, and yes they were men's boots. It took some minor tweaking to make them work perfectly for my narrow feet, but I love my boots now.
I wonder how on earth that connection came up..hahaha, great stuff. small world.As @tinymoose mentioned Montage is not crowded on weekends that's why we make the drive all the way to Scranton, it's worth it. Come join us sometime.
Is Billy your bootfitter? I think he mentioned he bootfitted you at some point on one of my bootfitting visits. His bootfitting has changed my skiing. I am tall and heavy, needed stiff, upright men's boots with tall cuff as it turns out. Billy was the only bootfitter that has put in the right boots finally, and yes they were men's boots. It took some minor tweaking to make them work perfectly for my narrow feet, but I love my boots now.
Yes he is a great guy! When he fitted me at first, I told him most of my ski friends I met via skidiva and he said oh yeah I fitted someone from skidiva and he mentioned your name.I wonder how on earth that connection came up..hahaha, great stuff. small world.
I might need to schedule a non-ski day to visit him! Only so many options here, and I *will* need a new pair in the next year or two given how much time I've been spending in my boots lately + small size supply woes.YEs! I love Billy. Such a great guy! He adjusted my last boots and I messaged him recently to say might need to stop in.