powderfreak

HHH is much more enjoyable when you have a place to escape it. Same with brutal cold. Heat has always been a requirement, but now AC has as well. Walking inside on a cold winter day and getting warm is the same feeling as walking inside on a HHH day and cooling off. Heat or A/C.

28/19 Clear. Cold night on the backside of the trough that brought the mountain snow.

I’m ready for spring and green. It’s time.

Still have plow piles here and some shaded leftover snowpack in some yards lol.

Storm total of 9” at High Road (3,000ft) in past 36 hours with this overnight snow. Depth back up to 69”.

This is why mountains shut it down this time of year. A month ago this lift would be carrying a full load if there was 5” of upper mountain snowfall, and snowing hard.

Yup! I think yesterday’s warmth did cause a decent bit more stuff get exposed, especially under like 2500ft. I noticed some accelerated melt yesterday that had been missing for quite some time. Given the moisture feed, would imagine Jay would be favored tonight. To be honest, some of the pics I saw from high up on Sugarbush today looked like the best I saw from anywhere. Sort of matched the radar too. Most models have the real stuff tapering off by 10pm or so, with more persistent flurries after that. Favoring the northern Mtns now.

Looping the full radar today, wouldn’t surprise me if like Appalachian Gap and MRG elevations did best today. Or west side of Camels Hump even.

5” so far in last 24 hours at Mansfield 3000ft plot. Was sort of surprised it didn’t seem to be snowing that hard at Jay today. Anyone up there? Models were jackpotting up there but radar seemed even south of Mansfield for most of the afternoon. Looks like it’ll finally start moving in to the north now.

Snowing pretty hard right now. Upslope just turned on.

Been a beautiful day up here. In the 60s since 915am after a low of 36F. Currently 66F.

Lifts are legends, but also need to be replaced over decades. The Superstar lift will continue to be the flagship lift at Killington. Seemed like a good party to celebrate the old lift. 30 years?! I rode that thing in middle school.

Yeah the southern end of Mansfield rises up another 500+ feet behind the crest in this photo (the Nose is above this). The Chin to the north is the highest spot at 4,395ft. This photo is of 1,500 to 3,400 foot elevations. 1900 vertical feet of relief in photo, but the lift does 2100 verts in 7-8 minutes. I’m biased but it’s one of the best chairlifts in the East. You are transported very quickly through different climate zones.

Windows and doors shutting quickly. Might even see a white coating down here while the upper elevation snow plots get smoked in the upslope flow on Wednesday. One day wonder for spring today. Plenty of snow for now. Today was great.

Hit 64F up here. Windows and doors open this afternoon.