TOOTH Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 At Sunday River now. Ripping!!! 2" down trails are great! Same at Sugarloaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 When I was younger(sigh).. used to ride a lot at night. Thats when we went really fast thinking that we would see the on coming headlights that you cant see during daylight. Of course we never considered the broken down sleds, groomers, that might be around the next corner. Im slower and older now, and I consider it a failure if Im not at my destination in daylight. Still love it though Also, back in the old days we would ride fast for 25 miles, then get off and brag about it. Now we go steady and ride far more miles per day. Yeah, Thats the way to go, I am not so much worried about myself, It the other guy thats been drinking is on the wrong side of the trail, Groomers being out and broken down sleds on the dide of the trail like you said that can become the problems, I like to ride fast, But also am sensible to do that in areas that support the speed which tthere are numerouse up here in maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Must of had somes squalls overnight or early this am as i have 0.5 " of snow on the board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 4" new in lyndonville...holy crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Must of had somes squalls overnight or early this am as i have 0.5 " of snow on the board... I had 0.4". It was really ripping for 10 or 15 minutes, like <0.5 sm vis for a bit. Big aggregates parachuting. But, it ended and now the sun is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I had 0.4". It was really ripping for 10 or 15 minutes, like <0.5 sm vis for a bit. Big aggregates parachuting. But, it ended and now the sun is out. I missed it, I was up until 2 tossing back a few............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 congrats on the refreshers boys. Went for a walk in the woods this morn and I have to say i was impressed that there is a good 6 inches on the ground and it is compressed and hard as a rock. It is not going anywhere anytime soon. Now we just need to get some on top of it. I'd like to be able to snowshoe this winter and I know some of ya'll wanna do some riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 congrats on the refreshers boys. Went for a walk in the woods this morn and I have to say i was impressed that there is a good 6 inches on the ground and it is compressed and hard as a rock. It is not going anywhere anytime soon. Now we just need to get some on top of it. I'd like to be able to snowshoe this winter and I know some of ya'll wanna do some riding. Thanks mark, We have the same here, 6" of cement.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Man the skiing is great, the sun is out now... brochure day at Stowe. Here's our last 10 days worth of snowfall data... this has been a solid stretch. Date...1,500ft snowfall, 3,000ft snowfall (rounded to nearest inch) 27...3, 4 28...2, 3 29...1, 2 30...6, 9 31...1, 1 1...2, 3 2...1, 2 3...T, 1 4...3, 4 The 9 day stretch has seen 19" at 1,549ft...and 29" at 3,014ft. Acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Powder day photos in the Ski Thread... man we have been getting killed (in a good way) by this very minor systems where the GFS or NAM print out barely a trace of precipitation. Looking at the models, if you see H85 temps of -10C or so, and the lightest shade of green for 0.01" of QPF, next thing you know the northern Greens get a half a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Event totals: 3.4” Snow/0.10” L.E. We picked up a final couple of tenths of an inch of snow this morning, as the weather moved into sunshower mode. Man the skiing is great, the sun is out now... brochure day at Stowe.The 9 day stretch has seen 19" at 1,549ft...and 29" at 3,014ft. Acceptable. Acceptable indeed; we headed up to Bolton in the afternoon, and the Northern Greens have done it again. Upper 20s F with powder and sun this afternoon: Some details from the 12:00 P.M. Waterbury observations are below: New Snow: 0.2 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 29.7 F Sky: Clear Snow at the stake: 10.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Interesting that York, Andro, Oxford, and N.Franklin Ctys get a bit of snow and S.Franklin hardly gets clouds - I think there's a mini-downslope area here. Can't get too jealous of someone else's half an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 -4F right now... didn't expect it to be that cold tonight. I guess some fresh sparkling powder does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Wow BML -13F. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I still can't figure out how the Mansfield co-op snowfall comes in so low but their QPF always seems to match up with what I think it should be based on my 3,000ft snow board. Ratios yesterday were likely a solid 20:1 (which seems to be what the other two co-ops that report in the evening saw) and J.Spin's analysis also shows this. Anyone skiing through the powder yesterday could tell you it was very fluffy stuff. So if we assume 20:1, that would match with the 4-5" that fell up there given around 1/4" of liquid. In the past 72 hours, the stake's snow depth has increased 6" while only recording 4.5" of snow. During that same time, I've seen 7" fall on a snow board. I'm wondering if these fluffy dendrites we get for upslope end up shattering on their way into the 8-inch rain gauge and thus they lose their loft or something. Maybe the collision with the side of the gauge causes these things to just break apart and that's why we never really see much higher than 10-12:1 ratios from the Co-Op. DAILY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 521 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2012 STATION PRECIP TEMPERATURE PRESENT SNOW 24 HRS MAX MIN CUR WEATHER NEW TOTAL SWE ...VERMONT... MOUNT MANSFIELD 0.21 17 4 13 2.5 46 ST JOHNSBURY 0.03 29 21 25 CLEAR 0.9 5 SALISBURY 0.05 32 20 28 CLEAR 1.2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Beautiful morning up here at the mountain... Nice web cam view from the airfield at BTV looking towards the Green Mountain Spine. Mansfield's ridgeline looms 4,000ft above the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Brochure worthy day up here... just awesome stuff. Barely a puff of wind and not a cloud in the sky and sparkling snow everywhere. Time for more turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Burke yesterday was fantastic. Had about 4" fresh champagne powder, which by the time i got there (11:30AM) was wiped away on the popularly skiied trails. There were a few spots still nice and fresh though Not too windy, and temps were 25-26F at the bottom, and 24F at the top. Picture perfect. Depths up top were nearing 24" and even the base (1,267ft) had about 8" natural. Good day overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEaster27 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 heart of winter snowcover in the northeast: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I went to the MWV Ice Fest in North Conway yesterday. Snow banks were looking pretty healthy along the Kanc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 heart of winter snowcover in the northeast: That map doesn't look all that accurate in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Just another day in paradise...aka Northern New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Seeing some light flurries here this morning... very mild with 29F in the village and 27F up here at the base of the ski resort. Summit is sitting at a balmy 17F with strong southerly winds over 40mph. Wind is intermittent down here in the base area, but when it blows it roars. Highest gust at 1,600ft since midnight is 41mph. Looks like tonight will be our next shot of some light snow with up to 2" possible... THIS FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT...AND LIKELY POPS FOR SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HRS WEDNESDAY. EXPECT A DUSTING TO 2" OF SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY ACROSS THE NRN GREENS INTO THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM OF VERMONT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 WRF really lights up the Jay Peak area prior to 6z tonight, then as the front sags south the rest of the Greens get in on some snowfall. Seeing 0.1-0.25" with localized greater than 0.25" QPF, could be another nice refresher from after midnight tonight through around midday tomorrow. It looks like here in WSW Lamoille County down through J.Spin we are in the 0.1-0.25" range with 0.25-0.5" over Mansfield proper. This has been the nickel and dime winter, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I just finished listening to the morning weather broadcasts, and it looks like a fairly quite week for Northern Vermont with just a couple of minor snow events. There’s one round of snow coming through tonight into tomorrow, and then another one expected for Friday. If these storms do their usual thing with the mountains, that would be great, since Roger Hill said that he doesn’t see any major warm air intrusions on the horizon. It would be nice to have the new snow go right into enhancement instead of recovery from firm conditions. The off piste and backcountry are already offering up excellent powder turns, so any additional rounds of snow will only enhance that. Roger also said that we have definitely undergone a pattern change (I guess the lack of an anticipated mixed system or two this week is a testament to that), which will only have minor events for now, but does hold the potential for some bigger systems down the road. The base (both snow and skier) is definitely ready for some bigger dumps, and it would be nice to build for spring. I haven’t finished processing all my images from the weekend yet, but I added another shot from Saturday below – conditions on natural snow terrain are excellent all the way down to that 1,500’-2,000’ elevation range, even if some tall grass is still poking through in spots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 WRF really lights up the Jay Peak area prior to 6z tonight, then as the front sags south the rest of the Greens get in on some snowfall.Seeing 0.1-0.25" with localized greater than 0.25" QPF, could be another nice refresher from after midnight tonight through around midday tomorrow. It looks like here in WSW Lamoille County down through J.Spin we are in the 0.1-0.25" range with 0.25-0.5" over Mansfield proper. Thanks for the update PF; it's going to be really nice seeing this put down on top of the current fluff instead of having to mend some sort of “crustification” layer. Hopefully the Greens will do their usual best to wring out whatever is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 We really can't complain this winter, lol. Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe have had 3-4 feet less than the summits of the northern Greens so far this winter (so far: 124" Stowe, 134" Smuggs, 145" Jay Peak). That's gotta be brutal for places that average 450+ inches a year. Only a trace to 2" fell in two months from Nov 20 - Jan 20... wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The no-wx period continues for this side of NNE. Today will break my streak of temp sameness, though in the wrong direction - highs for Feb 1-5 are 27/28/28/27/27. (Lows ranged from 16 to yesterday's -14, however.) 06z gfs still has that storm out at day 10; somehow the timing retreats about 6 hr for each successive run. Spring is approaching; yesterday I heard a chickadee calling "phee-bee" instead of the midwinter "chick-a-dee-dee". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Looking forward to getting above freezing to melt the ice that is everywhere. This snow is so durable that its going to take many days like this to melt it. One exception is south facing slopes. Feb sun really starting to do this work. What a boring winter! Don't even bother looking at the boards, nothing even in the long range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 41.1F...feels nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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