@Pat AKA mustski thoughts on parking at the Upper lot at Summit on Saturday? How early to arrive to bag a spot would you guess? (and yes, I'll pay $20 to save a shuttle ride lol)
The roads WILL be crazy! If you are coming up Friday night, leave yourself lots of time and check Caltrans first for best route. I recommend getting to the lot at Summit between 7:30 and 8:00. All the early birds will head there. It will take awhile for the mountain itself to get crowded so the morning skiing should be decent
Well, I would be skiing (hopefully) on Friday as well.
Yeah I figure that will be the case and would likely come early on Friday to at least have some slope time during the day and possibly evening some before the the parade. Up in the air at this point...
I hope to head up sometime after the weekend to avoid the craziness this weekend
I agree. We haven't been out there at all. However, the morning of New Year's Day is a unique animal because everyone is pretty hung over and doesn't come out to play until noonish! It's not a normal weekday but it's much less than a normal weekend morning. In any case, it does take a couple of hours for everyone to get parked in remote parking, booted up, and shuttle over.
Hopefully Baldy is still getting hit.
It appears this storm is settling over the LA area more and Baldy/Wrightwood might get more snow out of this stormWe’ll, we got no snow last night. It seems the storm will bypass BB altogether.
I stayed home today, it wasn't worth my effort and I had one day of crowds a couple of weeks ago that left a bad taste in my mouth. I would consider an early morning start tomorrow to bag some decent time on the slopes but my cycling has suffered since September so I think I'll do that. Sunday might be an option, people would typically be leaving after a long weekend, no?
There's a good chance BBMR sells out this weekend. IKON might be valid but pretty crowded nonetheless.
Road usually, though I do hit the gravel when I can.
I'm road too. Ride 1-2 times a week. About 40-80 a week depends on if I get out twice a week.
No. I guarantee that if you get there at opening, you will have a great 2-3 hr window … then go riding! Keep in mind that the majority will have to line up to remote park, park, boot up, line up for shuttle, shuttle and then climb up to chair 1. Add to that everyone who partied tonight and won’t even try until after 11:00 AM…. We live here and haven’t been since before Christmas but we are hitting it tomorrow. Tradition!
Enjoy! I might go on Monday if I can since I am off (Holiday fell on a Saturday, so company pushed the holiday to a Monday!), and then the crowds will be long gone!
I normally try for roughly that in a week, but since September by routine has slipped big time. I'm in SD and while I would consider this offer in March, the following week I'm in Tahoe for a week during (egads) spring break. There is room if you are up that way between the 27th and the 1st.
@MountainMonster truth be told, I love BBMR. But coming 150 miles up from SD, the simplicity of getting to MH with a kid in tow has it's merits even though the terrain is limited, skiing for skiing's sake. I really wish I were closer... sigh
We’ll be at Snow Summit on Monday also if you want to take a few laps together. We’ll be in Tahoe in March if you want to meet up then.
