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Tragedy on Big Baby
- Posted on February 16, 2008 at 1:11 PM
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Big Baby, noun: 1. The easiest run at Blue Mountain. Currently the southernmost run at the resort, it's approximately 250 yards long, with a really easy gradient and a smooth surface. This is where ski school classes take place. 2. Where Heather, hot-dogging for the kids perhaps, went off a ...
sigh
- Posted on February 12, 2008 at 9:56 PM
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All that snow and no slope in sight. Anyone have a toboggan hill they can recommend in Toronto? I have to make some use of all this powder. postscript: Wednesday morning I woke up and got ready to shovel, and dawn was juuuuust about to break, and the snow was ...
Best and Worst of Blue Mountain, 2008
- Posted on February 2, 2008 at 7:10 PM
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OK, here's my picks for the best and worst of Blue Mountain this year. (Add your picks at the end.) Worst: 1) The rental facility at the south base (near entrance 1 to Blue). Absolutely clueless staff. My snowboard boots had the inner boots mixed up, so they were super ...
martinis at Blue
Forgot to mention: last weekend after skiing, Teri and I popped into Twist, the martini bar in the "Village at Blue Mountain." Most of the people there clearly had skied, showered, changed and then come out for a few drinks. We, on the other hand, were fresh off the slopes, ...
blacked out of boarding!
- Posted on January 4, 2008 at 6:51 AM
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Crap. Just found out that my 5x7 pass at Blue Mountain is actually blacked out for the days over the holidays, including today. I was supposed to be boarding today. That sucks. Pretty sure the nights are still open, which start at 4:30. So I'll double check that and give ...