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they use a range, but always add totals using the higher number. Is it high sometimes, maybe. But remember, it’s what falls, not necessarily what’s on the trail 6 hours after settling and skier traffic. Everyone gets so hung up on the numbers. They should just say minor event, moderate event or major event. It’s the snowiest place east of the Mississippi. The number is irrelevant.

It snowed almost everyday since the weekend until today. We prob had a 3-6 elevation depending yesterday. I don’t know,….18 in the last 72 hours seems high. It kind of all blends together. To be honest, it was all upslope starting Monday and very little water content. Made for great days and a great winter vibe, but got beat fast today with the holiday traffic. I was surprised how bad it got by the end of the day. Natural snow of that density just can’t handle the traffic and the wind up top. Tramside has stuff that is almost bare in the middle, yet deep packed on the sides. Lots of thin spots and icy spots. And even groomers got bumped hard. The woods are still ok, but it’s low tide for sure and the rocks will get you. It’ll take a beating this weekend. Hopefully, the back end refresh helps. Don’t get me wrong, still very doable, especially remembering the time of year. MLK is my date for the “real” start, so woods, naturals and almost 50 trails ain’t bad. But if you read 20” in the last week, you’re gonna be disappointed. I’ll post a couple pics later.

I don’t know SR at all, besides their reputation for some of the best snow making in the east. I’m sure they’ll resurface main routes where needed. It will be warm with some rain no doubt next week, but doesn’t look like any hard freezes after the rain. Also, a trend starting with more cold air around changing some of these to back end snows. The experienced guys from up hear always tell me that it’s rare something stays 100 percent wet up here in jan. 30s and soft snow can beat hard icy conditions and the bitter cold shots we often see in jan. Just enjoy it. .

Why is the gfs teasing us with a change to snow Sunday after a dryslot? Could this be another break even or net gain up top? .

No more coastal states and the sierras being snowless in twenty years…These are the conversations that happen when plus 20 anomalies show up in early jan. .

People are leaving most coastal states in 20 years??? What?

Even 1/3 looks much colder on the front end up here. Maybe escape the torch with just one Rainer? .

Done

We'll see 18 from last Friday through this Weds and I'll take the over we go 21 days in January with nothing.

Nam looking interesting for weds up here. .

this week looked like crap 5 days ago and seems to be turning out pretty decent.

When I first mentioned wanting a place at Jay, my wife gave me a resounding "f, no". She had never been that far north in Vt. and hated the idea of that drive. I took her there for a few days and both times we went, they were buried. It snowed almost non-stop on those two trips and after that, and seeing no lift lines on weekends, she finally got it and was on board. I completely agree with the happy wife theory when it comes to skiing. The ability to fix crap weather streaks with fake snow every few days (most of the time) is what makes it different everywhere north of sugarbush. Still crappy sometimes, but 7 days out is an eternity usually in fake snow land.

Yeah, looks like a true jay cloud catching help from the lakes. Gfs and nam both printing out .5 plus before the rain gets here late week Mansfield through here. Might be a surprise real solid week in the northern greens. Let’s see if we can avoid a pack killer 12/31-1/5. .

This! A wise man with a freak in his handle once told me, bring the moisture in the northern greens and the rest will take care of itself. Yes, it may rain sometimes, but I’ll take my chances with lots of storms in January over deep cold patterns every day of the week. The bright reds aren’t necessary a death sentence in jan. .

Where are you going? We are pushing 6 since yesterday and prob another 3-6 thru weds. Weekend will be warm, but not a torch up here. If we can avoid the soaker and do 30s and showers we could already be recovering by 1/6 if that trends favorably. .

5 more overnight..over a foot since fri and probably another 3-6 by weds..but the party comes to an end even up here by Friday. Hoping we can do 30s and showers next weekend and get back to snow with the 1/6 mess. .

Worth every penny! .

1/6? Fake snow to start the week and maybe we can do 30s and showers as opposed to a washout next week.

Don’t know if we can get lucky next weekend too. That looks wet and upper 30s, which won’t kill it, but not exactly what you want in jan. Need they to trend colder. What are you seeing? .

Not to piss anyone off, but this grinch was much better than some of the past. We got about 8” and the fake snow outlook looks decent the next few days. Major disaster avoided for the northern green ski resorts. .

Ropes dropping on some mid mountain glades today..a Christmas miracle. Happy for all those people who spend a ton of money to ski this week it is going to turn out decent up here. Let’s see how much snow those nw winds bring the next few days. .

That turned around quickly…never would have thought net gain. Probably 6-8 out there. .

This week is going to turn out a lot better than expected ski wise. Even some refreshers throughout the week until we warm toward the new year, but if we can do 30s and overcast or drizzle as opposed to 45 and downpour, the skiing should stay ok. .

It’s snowing hard at 1900’ and there’s at least 3” new down. If this keeps up all night, this might fix a lot. Problem will be wind blowing it everywhere. Looks like some decent upslope Monday and maybe lake enhancement mid week. This doesn’t look like the disaster originally though or like past grinches. No doubt, sucks losing what we had last week, but I think it could have been much worse ski trail wise. .

Stratton was out f’n standing today. Bluebird, Soft natural bumps everywhere, lots of glades in play and even some fresh lines in the right spots. They really held onto last weekends snow well. Temps in the 20s. Almost the whole mountain open. Anyone that can get out tomorrow, I highly recommend it before the storm Friday. .