PhineasC

That’s your best bet. A private school that opens up 100% and just mandates that’s how it’s going to be, no remote.

Most schools are like that even when “open.” Can’t afford to have separate teachers for remote and in-person, and providing a different education based on physical location opens up a different can of worms I won’t get into here. This is why we committed to homeschooling long term. We don’t see schools ever really going back to “true normal” a la 2019.

There is 8-9 inches of liquid in my pack that is being slowly melted out now. I don't need any cutters at the moment. Bring them in August and September.

Exactly how much rain does SE Mass need to NOT be in a drought?

We’ve made a terrible mistake. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-56425115?__twitter_impression=true

Crazy the difference in the COVID stuff between the NH and Maine resorts. Very little coordination at the govt level, clearly.

Take out the December anomaly and it was not a great winter in the majority of CNE. I've been talking about the lack of snowfalls over 2" here for a while. It was a crazy stretch there.

It's very far away. 2.5 hours even from Randolph. There is a lot of skiing within one hour of my house. I can get to Stowe in 2 hours. Maine is cool but driving there is a slog.

Damned Internet has ruined most surprises these days. LOL

Yep, definitely not the worst and redeemable from a ski season perspective. I have skied 4-5 days a week since the start of Jan and I had very, very few crappy days where I was just like "forget it out here" and those were due to wind/cold not snow conditions.

The advice to park at Barker lodge looks really solid after taking a peek at the trail map. I appreciate the tip. We are headed back soon to give that a shot.

Glad I was not going crazy when I said it felt like a pretty down year for snowfall across NNE just based on the averages and the very long stretches of almost nothing.

Enjoy your clown world, folks.

GFS says a big cutter is coming. Been saying that for a few runs now.

All models seem to say NNE gets through the remainder of March with essentially zero snow and possibly some rain.

OK, good info. Agree on not spiking any footballs just yet. The Randolph data indicates that an April wet snow bomb or two can still materialize to add 15-20" of snow to the totals at the 11th hour. It's even possible in May, rarely.

Maybe something in April. The next two weeks on the models looks pretty zzzz and kinda warm.

Thanks for the lowdown, that’s the kind of thing you learn over time for sure. It’s a cool mountain with a lot of terrain and we will definitely be back to give it another go. It’ll be between there and Wildcat for our other season pass (already have BW and Cannon).

Interesting comparison to this winter. Last winter, Randolph recorded 207" but it seems retention was not great. I held on to my 30 inches this season for a long while without much help from above and there is still 20-25 out there in areas not getting blasted by the sun all day.

LOL duh I totally forgot about COVID shutdowns. Yeah, that definitely put a damper on some things around this time last year!

What was it like this time last year? I wasn't around then. Washout and no snow? It definitely has been a great ski season after Grinch through this week. Very few bad condition days, and we have been skiing 4-5 days a week the entire time so I have been out a lot.

This is pretty accurate. Alex is not doing any better than anyone else, his totals are below mine by a bit right now as he underperformed in the east-flow synoptic events that hit Randolph pretty well. Some of the southern and central VT totals are pretty good, but they are inflated by the 36-40" some spots received in the mid-December event. Take that away and it was a pretty pedestrian snow year in several locales. I may not have the full story there, I am not as familiar with the climo over there. Maybe they are around normal even without the big dump. I believe J. Spin is closest to average at this point, but to be honest his weather seems to be much more decoupled from the overall pattern than is the case for the rest of us. It just snows there on schedule because of topography and the calendar date it seems. He appears to need even less synoptic help than Mt. Mansfield to reach average. I am not sure about Jay. Maybe they are near average now. I doubt it just based on posts here and their lofty average. It was still a good winter here, but there is zero doubt from a snowfall perspective Feb and March have been well off the mark across the majority of NNE. Retention is a different matter, that was good in Feb, behind in March with very little progress being made since the start of Feb in adding pack. Just maintaining until recently when it became clear it was a losing battle against the solar input. Bretton Woods has reported 110" last I checked. The Randolph Hill observer near me has reported 130.5" so far with very little on the horizon. A+ winter for me compared to MD, obviously. But I assuming the regulars here will give grades ranging from F from someone like @dryslot or @Lava Rock to maybe a B or similar for J. Spin.

Damn, that's pretty cool. I was wondering if something like this was available. I could easily have a glade setup right in my own backyard with something like this.

Careful, some on this subforum get a little prickly when this is pointed out. All is well, NNE sites had a good year, everything is well within normal parameters.

It's not that these storms are giving SNE snow that's abnormal, it's just that seemingly none of them can turn the corner and get up here. They try to make the turn and just get shredded/booted east. It's been happening all winter basically without a break.