powderfreak Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Personally I would rather see the lifts run a couple weeks longer at the end of the season rather than a couple weeks earlier in November. This. I'm much more passionate about the end of the season when its a beach on snow. If the weather forecast looks sunny and nice, stick it out a little while longer. If the weather looks bad though, its a moot point...you'll never see a ski area more empty than during 35-45F rain/drizzle with fog on April 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Agreed. To see almost full coverage on the last day knowing they could spin the lifts on skiable terrain... It is all about the hype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 This. I'm much more passionate about the end of the season when its a beach on snow.best time of the year by far. Open ski areas are doing really well early. People are spending money again, great to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 best time of the year by far. Open ski areas are doing really well early. People are spending money again, great to see.About to drop $750 on 3 passes plus my incentive oneOuch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 About to drop $750 on 3 passes plus my incentive one Ouch best exercise and experience for a family for three months, some parents buy play stations some are like you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 best exercise and experience for a family for three months, some parents buy play stations some are like you3 months??? At least 4. Into parts of 2 more. The older one is into Duck Dynasty now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxSki Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Season opens for my family at Mt Snow this Sat can't wait. We've had our place up there for 14 years and this shaping up to a great early season only behind 02-03 .They are going to be able to open a lot of trails by T-day weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Wachusett open again with 4 trails and 3 lifts. Not too to bottom but not bad for the date Looks like only 1 side of Ralph's is open. The cold blast should help, then keep the shades closed Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 One deal I just came across, is the Price Chopper Ski Any 3 Family Mountain thing. 3 visits to smaller mountains including Wachusett for $119... so, less than $40 per visit vs the normal $55-60 ticket price. Can't be used Saturdays or during holiday periods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Skied Stowe this morning. The conditions were a bit firm. I think it was groomed and then froze solid. Snowed the entire time we were there. Tomorrow morning may be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Skied Stowe this morning. The conditions were a bit firm. I think it was groomed and then froze solid. Snowed the entire time we were there. Tomorrow morning may be good. Same at sugarbush. Jester was good for a few laps but otherwise just good to get back in the rhythm. Couple of inches tonight wouldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 What resorts will face biggest damage from the next system. Lets trend it weaker and east somehow, euro has been steadfast for a couple days on mild and west but the euro is still dealing w that extremely fast N stream. Lets watch next couple euro runs before crying (esp in n. vt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Skied Stowe this morning. The conditions were a bit firm. I think it was groomed and then froze solid. Snowed the entire time we were there. Tomorrow morning may be good. It's a different mountain this morning. Still firm spots here and there (especially the scoured parts of Liftline), but by far the cruisers are sooo much better with 4-5" groomed in and another 1-2" on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 All depends on the wind, but the snow board showed 4.8" this morning...4-6" seems to be an accurate undisturbed accums from base to summit. This is the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looks inviting. My area will see whatever fluff they had made wash away it freeze up into concrete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMike Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 It was the first ski day of the season for me today. I knew it would be cold so I slept in and left my house around 9am. I drove up to Bretton Woods which is about 100 miles on 93 for me. The wind gusts were pretty impressive on the ride up. A couple of gusts really pushed my wife's little jeep around. It was cold and windy on the mountain as expected. 10F at the base per my dashboard. The conditions were really good from 11:30 until about 2:30pm. After 2:30 the wind-blown spots were starting to get bare. The run of the day was definitely Crawford's Blaze which was one of two open blue square trails. There was powder to be had on the edges of the trails almost all afternoon. It looked like there was 2-3 inches of fresh snow on the mountain on top of a few inches of un-groomed man made stuff on the trail edges. One of the main reasons I went this weekend instead of next is because I was worried about the potential for a rain storm next week. After looking at the discussion upon my return I'm glad I took the time to slide on the snow today. It looks like Wednesday is a big net loss for all of the hills in NH and Maine. The lowlight of the day: Tripped in the parking lot and fell hard on top of my new snowboard. I put a nice gauge into the base of the board. I'll probably bring it to my local shop for repairs tomorrow and use my old board in the mean time. Going from a full camber to a new fancy rocker-camber-rocker profiled snowboard was a larger adjustment than I imagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMike Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 How quickly do you guys think the mountains can recover from 3" of rain? Many mountains with good snow making have been making piles, presumably to preserve the snow through the storm. I'm thinking this sets the bigger mountains back at least a week in terms of terrain expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Amazingly WaWa opened Conifer Connection Very early opening for that trail. Probably at least a week or two earlier than I can remember Put tarps over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 How quickly do you guys think the mountains can recover from 3" of rain? Many mountains with good snow making have been making piles, presumably to preserve the snow through the storm. I'm thinking this sets the bigger mountains back at least a week in terms of terrain expansion. Kilington was already at 28 trails. They'll probably take a hit for a day or two but the timing isn't terrible..by Friday and Saturday I bet they're back to at least what they had. The tough call is a place like SR. Sunapee is planning on opening this weekend too. So most seem to be brushing it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 SR opening a few more trails on Friday. They took a hit but were prepared. Kind of amazing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 SR opening a few more trails on Friday. They took a hit but were prepared. Kind of amazing really. This storm was a net gain here even before whatever happens tonight, as the natural snow depth actually increased at my house and base area snow stake. Surprisingly, the summit stake has remained the same, but should get a good gain tonight. SUMMITS OF THE NORTHERN GREENS SHOULD DO QUITE WELL HOWEVER...AND A MIXED BLEND OF SREF/WRF/RAP OUTPUT SUGGESTS A SOLID 4-8 INCH DUMP ABOVE 2500 FEET. AS A RESULT HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF OUR NRN GREEN MTNS. I don't think anyone in VT should lose any runs as there wasn't really anything natural open yet with only 7-14" natural depths, and the snowmaking trails can sit there till May without melting now, lol. That stuff is really durable. We'll probably get up to 28 trails or so on Friday...but trail numbers can be misleading as we all play the same game with Upper/Lower etc. Miles is a good barometer usually. Either way, most places should be in pretty darn good shape for the Thanksgiving weekend in terms of terrain open vs. historical averages. Surface conditions may be a whole other story, but hopefully the natural snow tonight will do a good resurface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 How quickly do you guys think the mountains can recover from 3" of rain? Many mountains with good snow making have been making piles, presumably to preserve the snow through the storm. I'm thinking this sets the bigger mountains back at least a week in terms of terrain expansion. Nahhh... full expansion mode right now. We lost one day of snowmaking is all. The natural upslope snow tonight will resurface the open trails, and its right back to expansion. From reading other area reports its seems like that's what most are doing. Plus, it takes a lot more than 1-3" to melt out a trail covered in man-made snow. The rain really hurts trail count when a lot of natural snow stuff is open, but doesn't really affect snowmaking terrain all that much aside from surface conditions. That man-made snow is tenacious in that regard...its thick and doesn't melt easily. Thus why its still sitting around in like May and even June. Getting snow on the backside of a rainstorm is key, as then you just groom that in and that's your resurface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 P freak, Your last sentence is one main reason why Vermont has less "frozen granular" days than New Hampshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Best case scenario for ski areas. Packing snow falling on top of the glacier as it freezes so the layers bind together. Should be great conditions this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Looks like n greens get snow blitz thru early am hours. Jay peak will prob get a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Looks like n greens get snow blitz thru early am hours. Jay peak will prob get a foot. That's where you want you're cabin, only b/c it's cheaper than Stowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Looks like n greens get snow blitz thru early am hours. Jay peak will prob get a foot. It cranked last night... 8" in Jeffersonville (COOP) on the west side of Smugglers Notch and 6.5" at my plot on the east side of the Notch. This is the best Thanksgiving for turns at Stowe in my 7 years here. By far. 45 inches has fallen at the upper elevations so far in November which is a solid November, even for here. I can't ever remember some natural snow trails being open on Thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Today was a great day. Not a "it was great cause it's skiing in November" kind of day, but legit great. The snow that fell last night bonded really well and there was ample fluff on top. Fantastic turns on some natural snow trails where there was a good solid base. Saw some tracks into the woods which is insane for November, and probably somewhat unwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Wachusett at 7 trails including top to bottom Not bad for White Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Bro-vember rocks on: (Photos courtesy of Peter Wadsworth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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