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Models look to be keying in on my area up here. Let's see if this event doesn't underperform like last weekend. Should be around 6 blown around by tmrw night. Could use the help on the natural trails.

I had the shots in January...1st shot, just mild arm soreness, but more noticeable than a flu shot...2nd shot; 18-24 hours of feeling generally crappy. low grade fever, slight chills and a little weak. I def would not describe it as the full blown flu or curl up in bed sick, but I wouldn't want to do any yard work or go skiing that day. When I woke up the next day, felt totally fine by lunchtime.

Too cold...I'm usually a "just add more layers" skier, but its not worth bundling the kids up and going out for an hour with these wind chills of about -20 on the hill. The wind just goes right through you today. Tmrw looks like standard cold and breezy, which I can deal with. It just never had that snowy look today; maybe we'll be surprised tonight. One of the only times I've seen an under-performer up here.

Yeah, here too. Couple inches blown all over. Very fine snow right now that doesn’t look promising..but we’ll see.

I agree is and skier demand is going to be through the roof next year if things move toward normal...They would need to take that opportunity to hook people to the resort and make them regulars. I don't know the ownership structure. How much of a leash do they have with the place and can they survive some low numbers for a time?

Jay was similar. I was with the kids, so i stayed on the groomers and they were very firm; not so much icy except a few spots, but firm with some powder on top. 7 year old hit some ice and couldn't cut a turn and went hard into a mesh fence (guess it's there for a reason)...scary moment, but he was more scared then injured. My heart stopped for a minute tho, that's for sure.

Sounds remarkably like the jay playbook...you should be in marketing or work for a ski resort!

I know very little about this stuff, but from what I’m learning, these 850 temps and froude numbers with a slightly blocked flow look great for some high ratio upslope powder here.

Everyone here I think knows better than to doubt the numbers, but if you are from the mid-Atlantic or not familiar with the area, I would say this is a decent pack at1850’ for March. Hopefully, we can add another foot or so for a great March weekend of skiing.

Snowy and blowy couple days incoming up here. Gfs still looks the most bullish. Would be nice to grab 8-12 and a POW day tmrw. We all ways talk about it, but the best thing about the northern greens is these refreshes. Knowing that better conditions after a tough cutter or thaw/freeze are usually only a couple days away is what makes it special.

GFS looks like its getting stronger with the Thurs night/Fri signal in the northern greens.

pure poetry!

Heading back up tmrw so this would be a great refresher for Thursday and Friday. GFS looks like it keeps "snow showers" in the forecast throughout the next few days. I'm going to guess they need the refresh. Jay reported a gust near 90 on the freezer this morning so with the thaw/freeze and heavy winds, those slopes have to be pretty bad. Great news on the refresh; just hope the winds the next couple days don't blow everything down. I bet the woods on Tram side will be the best bet where all that snow lands.

Impressive liquid up by me. Nam picking up on rime or just doing the nam thing? Either way, should be good for close to a foot by the end of the week.

Yeah, not arguing about the reputation and what you’re saying about the past. The generous reports were well known. The ownership is now really just all those eb5 investors with a federal receiver until they sell, but Steve Wright has been the gm since all that shit went down a few years ago and seems like a real solid dude..even puts out emails and fb posts when they expect one of those really bad weather weekends. I think he did it right before the grinch and basically said, don’t expect good conditions so not the best weekend to come up. I’ll see if I can find it. I even see the guy out working a lift line on weekends some days so I think maybe there has been a culture change with respect to transparency. At the beginning of the year, he hosted a zoom call with all homeowners talking about what to expect this year and answering everyone’s questions. Obviously, I’m biased about my home mountain, but it seems like it has been pretty well run lately. Mountain ops did a great job getting it up and running early this year after the grinch.

Great report! No question they lead the east so not sure why people argue over the numbers. To put it in perspective, would there be any argument that they get 30” more than k-mart? Yet people question their season total and as of yesterday, killington was reporting 178 on the season and Jay 208. Personally, I think the spread is usually a little greater than that, but I’ll give killington the benefit of the doubt as they got the December storm that jay largely missed. But no way anyone south of sugarbush gets the same upslope.

There wasn’t a foot near my place, but I certainly believe it in that pass off 242. The parking lot is up at about 2200-2300’ before 242 dips back down prior to the stateside entrance. That spot always seems to have big snow banks and the differences in snow intensity is often visible in that little 8 mile stretch down the hill to Montgomery. To be honest, I think I’ve noticed differences from stateside to tramside, but I might be imagining it. The mountains face different angles and obviously, wind comes through at varying intensities (I.e. almost always head on or from the right after tower 16 on the freezer) when it may be completely calm on the jet. I would guess that would affect the amount of moisture being wrung out snd where it lands. Such cool stuff to try and learn about. As for totals, maybe 2-3 during the day and 4 or so overnight. Very unscientific, but next year I want to put a snowboard in the back so I’ll have accurate measurements at least when I’m there. Some very light freezing drizzle for a short time with the earlier week storm, but not enough to do much damage.

I was just looking at the Mansfield Stake data after hearing about that 17' winter...couple things stood out. That winter did look like it rocked, but wow, was 15-16 bad up there. Was it a complete lack of snow or just constant melts? Also, this winters totals are pretty meh, compared to the last 20 years. I thought we had a great 6 week stretch, so nice to know unless we get a real ratter, this looks like a nice floor so far up here.

"Snow Showers in the mountains"....game on!!

I just read the bold for the highlights.

Maine seems like the place that has really been shafted this year. I don’t know the climo that well (except it’s Maine, so cold) but would have expected much higher snow totals. I guess you rely solely on synoptic bombs to get the big numbers and there really hasn’t been many. If you took away the upslope, we would be well below as well.

The grinch really delayed the start of the season up here and limited the woods and natural trails until about mlk, but I might make that trade again to get a 5 week stretch like we have. From a pure winter standpoint, nothing spectacular, but from a ski perspective, It was just enough base with near daily refreshers and zero thaw/freeze or rain. Pretty good run. And the northern greens weren’t destroyed this week like anything south of killington was. March has always been my favorite New England ski month so hopefully, it delivers.

100 percent..look at last winter.

What sticks out about this winter in Jersey is the pack and lack of torchy days. Jersey has had snow on the ground all month and probably will into early March. That’s a long streak for the climo. While it hasn’t been record cold, there haven’t been any 55-60 degree days either, which easily happen most winters. With the exception of the the rainer the other day, lots of low 30s for highs and low teens for lows, which is perfect for a wintery feel. Up at jay, nothing memorable for that climate; maybe even a little low on the snow, but consistent, with no torch or washouts since the grinch. Maine looks like the area that has really been shafted this year.