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18 minutes ago, GCWarrior said:

Yes I read that on the ski runners facebook page.  I'll bring a saw, maybe i can help out a little.  I'd think there are a lot of trees down on the skin track as well.  I may just go for it. 

"The Bumps" area was a bit thin. Needle's Eye and Schuss looked like base damage central earlier in the week but I imagine they have gotten 3-4" since then maybe more.

45 minutes ago, GCWarrior said:

I dislike posting on facebook groups and having people tell me I can't ski places because they don't want me wrecking their spot. 

That being said, anyone here think the Thunderbolt is skiable right now? I'd think it would be above 1500'. 

Base is there but A LOT of trees are down on the trail above 2000' after some big freezing rain events. 

Pack is back lol

4 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I had a some clumps of feathers on the deck when I got home last night...most snow in week.

Yea like someone ripped open a pillow in front of a fan. Some of the heaviest of the winter, almost 1/2" down. 

Light/mod snow now. Probably the 5/6th time this week we have gotten covered white in a 10-15 minute window. Then its gone. 

Days and days...

Kind of like summer thunderstorms. Sun was out 30 minutes ago, now getting dark and some spots on radar.

Edit: Graupel pounding and covered again

23 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Enjoy the snow for who gets it...apparently I'm a dick for suggesting a thread for what many deem to be a noteworthy event in a dull pattern.

Anytime there are flakes falling and covering is a good time. 

We coated up.

Got a graupel pounding. Truck, yard, and deck covered in less than 5 minutes.

Just now, GCWarrior said:

Sloppy inch here.  Berkshire East saying 4” some folks have said 6-8” above 1200’.  I got one child still sleeping the other is shredding the gnar! 

Hmmmm...I can guess which one is shredding LOL

Just now, MBRI said:

this was yesterday up high right on Maine  NH border.  trees are going to be insane after the 12-18" paste job

One day we will get you back on skis.

Nuking at Magic. Good 7-9" of paste.

6 minutes ago, radarman said:

This. 

Unrelated to this event, but it's also almost like the east west running valley funnels in warm layers aloft sometimes.  It'll be pinging there and snowing north and south.  I suppose it probably relates to some relative lack of orographic lift locally such that cold air is not dragged down through shallow warm layers.  It's weird though.  Have always wondered if somehow the channel could extend off the ground.

At any rate I'm not too bullish for them.  S VT peaks moreso.  Glop for the base.

Always thought the Hoosac Range played a role in blocking it out too. 

3 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

There's been a slight warming trend from yesterday....but I think S VT and maybe N Berks are in a good spot. Would be fun to be at Beast for this event to see if they can grab 8-10" of paste.

That 600' base and 1,500' summit always bite them. Upper half of the Thunderbolt should be great. 

16 hours ago, powderfreak said:

A different type of super-spreader event...

As someone who has torn their groin twice, this pains me deeply lol

Tash and Meow Pow used to share snowmaking crews under Peaks but not grooming. The lack of snowmaking seems Wildcat specific since Crotched and its limited water supply is almost completely open. 

Nice winter morning. Roads and everything white again.

16 minutes ago, snowman21 said:

Public schools and some universities require proof of vaccinations to attend, so we've always had a vaccine passport.

Saw some summer program requirements for programs at my uni and this will be the case. Plus continuing testing 3 times per week or you will not have building access since we have gone all electronic. UMass's testing program has been top-notch. Can schedule a day or two before, in and out of the Mullins Center within 15 minutes even if there are 20 people in line before you, get test results that night or early the next morning, even for non-students.

Light/mod pixie dust. Everything covered including roads. Nice winter morning.

2 hours ago, bch2014 said:

Looks like Wildcat is so short on staff that they didn't even have the manpower to groom Polecat last night. 

What a pathetic offering from Vail this season in NH.

Oooooof. How long before they are selling it?

1 hour ago, bwt3650 said:

There’s about 4 at the top today...quietly, a great day out there after the refresh.  And jay being jay this year, you can find trails still barely touched an hour after the lifts started spinning.

Awesome. With Kitz and Liftline open yesterday I figured a lot of places (i.e., Timbuktu,  Canyonland, etc) were close to, if not already, skiable

I enjoyed working at UMass Medical and being around Worcester, not sure about living around there. Maybe outside the city in the hills of Rutland or Barre. 

 Norfolk, the snow capital of CT.

39 minutes ago, bch2014 said:

Sounds like a Covid outbreak at Hunter, closing the resort today. 

Yea a couple rumors floating around, all seem to do with employees/patrol. Whatever the cause tweeting your closed an hour after scheduled opening time is some solid communication. 

14 minutes ago, Angus said:

Cranmore is a great little mountain which I only recently discovered having driven past it for 2+ decades! 

NH has some little gems for sure. I hope Granite Gorge can return one day. Have you ever hit Whaleback? I wish that place got more snow, it has some seriously fun and challenging terrain. Their intermediate trails are steeper than most advanced runs at Stratton, Mount Snow, or Okemo. There is a reason why the Whaleback freeride kids do so well at Ski the East and other comps. 

Rookie question, looking at the big picture is the current system that exited yesterday and it's slow departure (still in Newfoundland Fri/Sat) along with the high way too far north in Quebec forcing the next system offshore? I imagine if the high was a bit further south it would force yesterday's system to exit quicker to the east and set things up for SNE later in the week.

28 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

No for sure it makes sense and for sure the budget is lower.  But snowmaking budgets work a bit differently as more like when they run out, they run out.  You would still dump all your money into as much early season snowmaking as possible.  If you run out of it in late January, then you are done.  

It always appeared to me this is the practice of most smaller areas in CT, Mass, and southern NH. I know for a fact it is Sundown's. A couple years ago they had the biggest whales I had ever seen, probably 14-16' high, just as wide, and just below some lifts around New Year's. Sooner places can end snowmaking the sooner they can lay people off.  No point making snow in Feb or March when the mountain will be shut down in a month or so. In the years I was a passholder at Peak's and skiing Crotched, I never remember a gun going after MLK weekend. They would bury early and ride it out until the first week of April. Whereas the larger areas up north can still draw well later in the year, plus passholders would riot if the were not skiing soft bumps in April and May.