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It’s the storm you dream of in early December. It was 8-10 of pure cement followed by the classic overnight dumping of fake snow. We would have still been skiing on that base if it was in December. We picked up another 6 at 1800’ for a storm total of 12-14, which is settling down to about 10 right now, but above 3000’ there has to be close to 18. Can’t get to it right now because of wind tho. With an empty resort in a mediocre winter, it’s a nice last hurrah here.

The railing was cleared after the changeover so this is the upslope so far..2-3 maybe. And the heaviest looked like midnight to 6am…bitter sweet last night of spot light watching fake snow for the season for me.

Wind may be an issue tmrw…..snow will not. It’s dumping again and the upslope is just getting started. Timbuktu, Haynes, and the stuff you hiked to on tramside off the Bonnie had the best snow.

Deep!!

3k nam really going crazy with the upslope tonight after midnight up here. Has another foot, though likely over done.

Heaviest, wettest snow I’ve skied all year. Gets a little drier up top but there is a ton of water in here. It’s the kind of base building storm you dream of in December, before the fake upslope starts tonight. Id guess 6 or so at 1800’ but more like 10 up at 3500’. I think we pull another 4-6 tonight once this drizzle now changes over.

6-8 here and it feels like most of it came in 2 hours. Heavy wet slop probably already packing down. Fake upslope should get us over a foot later.

You going to hike it or coming up here?

I’ll be back up Tmrw night and I’ll let you know how Tuesday goes. There’s still snow in the upper glades so I bet 4-6 of wet snow followed by the back end upslope will be enough…wind might be issue though. Mets would know better on specific numbers.

Going to suck me back in for an early week drive up.

Top 3 day this winter at jay. With the tram on windhold for the past 2 days, there was a foot and a half of nearly untouched powder in the woods. Bluebird, no wind, mid 20s, EMPTY…and great snow. Probably the best the glades will be until next January…and for the jay snow measurement doubters, was at killington yesterday and would question their 12” a lot more than jays 15…it’s not even close.

So seeing wind at those higher altitudes would indicate it’s unblocked and getting over the peaks?

Ok…can you explain this to the lees knowledge (me)…I get the blocked flow and Froude number, but what am I looking at?

That’s what matters

Its a slow death. It seems timing has been everything this winter. You have to catch the right days because you dont get too many in a row. The upslope potential next week looks to be moderating, but I'm hoping to catch a few of the last decent days mid week before the rain again. Seems like we are on the wrong side of the line every time the last month.

It’s surprising how it held up over the weekend and what a couple cold nights/above freezing days have done! Do you have the euro for the weekend/early next week? I’m drooling over that northwest flow behind the storm for what might be one last upslope event…gfs looked promising. CMC not as much.

yeah, could always turn out ugly...but verbatim, the last couple gfs runs show days and days of upslope with us at least in the game for snow with almost every system. If half of that broke right, would be quite a stretch and some good skiing to end the season. Not saying its gonna happen, but would be cool to rip off one of those late season stretches we hear about.

It was surprisingly good yesterday here too. That couple inches led to some nice packed powder spots believe it or not and there was some good corn out there…even in the glades the slush harden up just the right amount to fill in the gaps without being a skating rink… k-mart still blowing Superstar like they are heading for June, but I hear those piles aren’t what they usually are. I guess we hope for mid may and anything beyond is gravy.

3 day upslope event up here next weekend and early next week on the 6z gfs…late season blocking ftw?

About an inch down so far…nice to see the 2” mud layer on the driveway white again.

Jay today… the bad…most natural trails are done; some are very done and have streams where the snow was a week ago. It was misty and wet until the changeover around 3 and there is standing water near the lift loads the good…snowmaking trails are soft and there is full coverage. Baring another absolute torch stretch like the last four days, they will make it into April and jet and Haynes should go til may. There are some very skiable glades with good coverage, especially up top. It’s snowing now and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 4 spot by tomorrow and what’s out there should hold through this week. And the mountain is empty, so zero lines anywhere… best part…with soft snow and an empty mountain, my son was able to conquer his first black glades today. He couldn’t have been more excited today, even in absolute shit conditions. One advantage of the soft slow snow is it makes some harder pitches and woods within reach for them and builds some confidence. Overall, great day.

Snowing at about 2200’..mixing at the base. I’m a little more optimistic for 3-4 here based on the 3k, but we’ll see. Not going to change much but maybe make the snowmaking trails a little more fun and fill in some gaps.

Hoping Saturday rain changing to Sunday snow might help, but the trend seems to be warmer and warmer with less backside.

Breck…

Absolutely fantastic skiing at Breckenridge today. Such a cool mountain and so much diverse terrain. Literally skied from almost first chair to last and still only got to about 25 percent of the mountain. Best conditions of the year for me.