u/DDrawer

My 5-7 lifelong friends from PA get together once a year to spend 4-5 days on a ski trip in the North East. In the past we have done Jay multiple times, Okemo, Killington multiple times, Stowe, Sugarloaf, Sugarbush, Okemo, and Whiteface.

Killington was always the easy option if we were only going to be able to fit in a shorter trip, grab some decently priced K-tickets, plenty of people renting out houses so housing cost was always reasonable. I looked this year and was shocked at the 2025/26 K ticket prices, and then searching quickly on AirBnB (which is probably not the play anymore) I was shocked again.

So that had me thinking, I know for sure there are other mountains that would give us a great time that aren't maybe on that typical "top 10 in the NE" type list. Where should I be looking for this year? Does anyone have any suggestions for where I should be looking for lodging these days?

I live in a 4 story town house and the floors vary in temp by a significant amount. I spend most of the day on the 2nd floor and have smart sensors in 2 rooms there. The thermostat is on the 1st floor. I also have smart sensors in the 3rd floor (loft) and finished basement though I exclude those from all comfort settings.

If my set temp is 75 on the second floor, typically the first floor will be 71, and the basement 66.

My question is if there might be a fan time running setting which would actually end up saving me compressor time by keeping some of the cooler air from the lower floors circulating up or if running the fan for any amount of time per hour will always cost more because of the energy needed to run the fan?

I just picked up a sole f80 on marketplace and I'm worried I got screwed. They had a video of it working, adjusting speed and height, but now that ive got it set up it dies out when stepping on it. Here's some troubleshooting I've done:

Speed sensor is odd. It was mounted vertically inside the drive belt area (red square in picture), NOT in the area ive seen from the troubleshooting videos. I moved it up to where it is pictured with the red arrow with some electrical tape as a test.

I've tried tubing the running belt with silicon lube.

I've tried adjusting the small blue screw on the control board for motor output. Turning it clockwise makes the motor surge intermittently and make that squeeking electric sound. Full counter clockwise it does not surge until about a quarter turn clockwise.

I can left the middle of the running belt about 2 inches.

None of those had much effect. I did note that I can walk on the very edges of the belt and it doesn't bog down to a stop. As soon as I put any pressure on the center it stops, squeaks, clicks, and stops.

I understand that last bit points to a worn running belt. What I'm wondering is, before I drop $200 into this thing on a new belt, can I diagnose if the motor is bad?

Not new players, not super into dungeon crawls, have played beginner box and trouble in otari. Currently playing Seasons of Ghosts. Looking for something shortish (maybe like 20 3 hour sessions or less). I have Rusthenge in the cart, but also looking for something higher level.

Edit: Clarification, I'm looking for any good adventures that are at least a level 3 or 4 starting spot. not level 3 to 4. Could be level 8 or 10 or higher start as well. Just wanting to give my group a different experience than the low level stuff we've done so far and don't have time for a full 1-20 AP or to start a new 10-20 AP.