7 Springs

Sometimes.  Haven't yet this season but am definitely looking into it.

been there three times this season im thinkin bout headin up there next weekend

Honestly, I'd much rather snowboard at 7 Springs than at Blue Mountain when there is snow. True that Blue Mountain is bigger but Blue does not have the tree runs like springs. Within an hour or two all the fresh  snow is already ridden. I was at 7 Springs last night after it snowed during the day, probably 4-6 inches, and I found fresh tracks throughout the whole night. I do agree with you that Blue's snowmaking is terrible and trail wise Blue is much better. Blue's park and pretty much any park in eastern Pa is better than 7 springs.

Originally posted by cswenson21 Originally posted by Nate042 Honestly, I'd much rather snowboard at 7 Springs than at Blue Mountain when there is snow. True that Blue Mountain is bigger but Blue does not have the tree runs like springs. Within an hour or two all the fresh  snow is already ridden. I was at 7 Springs last night after it snowed during the day, probably 4-6 inches, and I found fresh tracks throughout the whole night. I do agree with you that Blue's snowmaking is terrible and trail wise Blue is much better. Blue's park and pretty much any park in eastern Pa is better than 7 springs.   Good point.  Seven Springs does have good tree runs but they are denser than I like.  I need to go with someone who really knows the mountain to find the best ones.

Yea i understand what you are talking about here. There are a lot of good spots on the mountain but most of them aren't out in the open so a lot of people miss them. I found new places all the time when riding there. I'd recommend the north face of the mountain when it snows, much better spots over there.

I boarded at 7 springs this year during the second week of january and let me tell you...it was FREEZING.

I don't think i ever boarded in such a cold weather before.

My jacket was literally iced from head to toe within a minute of stepping out.

I ride at springs a few times a week...In terms of making do with what they have, springs is pretty legit. Park-wise definitely the best in the area (though I do agree--eastern PA has some sick parks), and you just need to know where on the mountain to go for the stashes and tree riding.

Originally posted by Nate042 Yea their parks are fun to ride but I wish they would space out the hits on the alley and put longer rails/boxes. Everything is pretty small and you need to go so slow to hit most of the stuff. Overall though, its a fun park that has nice flow to it for taking lots of laps through it and they have the spot open so there are more options now. Their parks are also maintained very well and the park scene is very chill at springs compared to other mountains.

Originally posted by Nate042 Ha yea i understand what you are talking about. I was almost going to add in that I might be critiquing 7 springs too hard because I compare it to my home mountains which I'll obviously feel more attached to and probably favor. I always have a good time though at springs and i'll be up there tonight riding.

Springs tonight was alright snow condition wise, mixed of decent snow with patches of ice here and there but it was a night session and the wind blew a lot of snow around. Parks were in pretty good condition and the North Park is really fun and has some nice jibs/rails that the other parks are missing. I just wish they would have had the tow rope going to lap the park a lot more and session out hits without hiking. Parks are a lot more well rounded now with the north  park and gives lots of options for any park style.

Yea, i pretty much agree with all of your points about those three parks. The top of the spot with the rails is so tightly packed together and doesn't flow that well. I don't know why they have either rail line or jump line. Make it more slopestyle with some rails at tops going in to a jump line or just blend the two together better than just having two totally separate areas.

O well that sounds good. Both weeks that I have been up since they built those jumps it way icy and everything was hardpack so I can't really comment that much on them but I was surprised that the second jump wasn't bigger. For their big park, a 42 foot jump isn't that big and it looks like you can get enough speed off of the first to clear something bigger especially since you say the second jump is easy to overshoot. The steepness of the hill seems good if they build much bigger jumps.

Oh that sucks about hurting your ribs. How is the first jump speed wise for clearing it? Should they make that one bigger too about the size of the second one now and make the next one in the 50-60 foot range. For their premier park, they should have some bigger jumps. The only other mountains i've been to this year Blue Mountain and Big Boulder both had bigger jumps, especially Big Boulder which has a legit big jump line.

Alright, friday will be my last day at springs this season and its suppose to be warmer so i hope I can hit the jumps in the spot. During spring break, I'll be back at Blue and Boulder. I really like Sidewinder because it flows so well with the rail/box line up top to the jump line after the first turn followed by some more jibs and a jump after the second turn. After that you get the little boarder cross trail and the beginner park so you end up with 3 park runs in one and then hit up a high speed lift to lap it all day. blue is my home mountain and i live about 10 minutes away so i will always favor it. With boulder, when I was up they didn't have the jumps on love yet but they did have the jumps on Boulder. Those jumps are huge and intimidating like you said especially the last one.

Originally posted by Nate042 Hey kgav, do you have any update on the parks, condition wise? Did they add that third jump yet and how are the jumps in the spot? I'll be up Friday and they want rain and above freezing so I'm hoping everything should be softened up. Thanks for any news you have...

Yes sir I am. I am getting burnt out on springs' parks but i do want to ride park so boulder it is.

Yeah he's going on this trip I believe...I was at Boulder the first weekend of February, it was fun and will be even better with a bunch of pist people.

Just got back from 7 springs(2/27/09), the mountain was empty and conditions were bad. Not icy but bare spots here and large puddles of water all over the mountain. Half of the front face was closed. The alley was closed and the parks weren't in that great of condition. As the night went on, the fog rolled in and the rain left. The rain/fog is really going to hurt them but it's going to get colder so hopefully they can blow some snow.

Yea it is disappointing, i love snowboarding but the past couple weeks I feel kind of bored riding there. The conditions have been bad lately when i was up so that might have a large part to do with it. I'm ready to ride some other mountains. Are you going on a trip west/north during spring break?

7springs park was nasty this year.