Completely agree with you. It’s gotten very mid winter like quickly. I always use mlk as the transition date from early season conditions and trails, to mid season form and this season seems on track. .
The northern ski resorts not “sniffing” 100 percent open is factually incorrect. Jay is currently 100 percent open minus a park they are blowing and building on a few trails. They have been for most of the last week. They were 90-95 percent open in early December before the monsoons came. Stowe is over 100 trails; killington 135 and even okemo over 100. Terrain will only expand over the next 10-14, with the first chance of wet/warmth a week away. Dec 20th-jan 5th or so was pretty close to as bad as it gets, but the rebound has been swift and the snowstake is above average currently and only trailing 2018 recently. .
A poster in the NYC forum has pictures showing about 6” in just over 90 minutes near Poughkeepsie..it’s been dumping here in nj, but the ratios are just so poor. 32 and heavy snow under one of those bands. Would be great base building stuff up north. .
4-5 otg at around 600’ in hunterdon county. Multiple occasions where it flipped/mixed with sleet and battled back to snow. It is absolute cement..7:1 maybe? .
The snow is hanging tough..several times tonight went over to sleet and battled back to heavy snow. A little elevation is probably helping. This is the heaviest cement you can imagine. Probably up around 5 fell and already compacting. .
There is no such thing as a death blow to ski season in the first week of January. It’s been an absolutely awful last 10-14 days, but we average almost 200” from here on out. Plenty of season left for the northeast, and especially northern Vermont. Things are looking up all over NE compared to last year right now. You’re looking to get a nice start this weekend. .
Would recommend Okemo over Jay right now..Jay looks a little far north for the good stuff this weekend and will need at least a foot to get going the way it should be. Trails are limited right now. Okemo has done a great job blowing trails open and might cash in a little better in the next 7 days. Might be the top choice for a bit. Jay will be great again 10-14 from now if this pattern holds IMO.
100 percent agree. The emotion of last weeks wipe out makes it feel like it will never snow again, but we all know there's plenty of time for a remarkable season to take shape. Last year at this time wasn't much different and this year has much better potential. The high of Nov/first two of December was what made it tough. Already looking up with the last few model cycles.
Stayed there before… somewhat ski/on via toll house, so if there had been a base, you’d be able to ski out your door with 6 plus to the lift to take you up to a mountain with an inch..just crazy. .
It looks like winter again, but as predicted, flurries cold temps and snow making do nothing to make conditions any better. It’s really bad. Icy, skied off and crowded. Desperately need 6 of natural to make it skiable again. .
The flurries are become steady flurries here. I think we’ve squeezed out a total of 3/4” in the last two days. 6” would be like a whole new mountain here. .