PowderBeard

Funny to see the wundergorund temps. We are currently 5-8* warmer than stations in Amherst, in the fall the cold air just settles in there. Past two years our first frost has come ~2 weeks later than theirs as well. 44* for a low here. House is at 63, shorts with a hoodie type day.

12 hours ago, Hoth said:

I have a neighbor who is absolutely obsessed with her lawn. Mows two or three times a week to keep it at exactly the right length. All her mowing fried the lawn by mid July and she was desperately running sprinklers all day for weeks to try to revive it.

Yup, a few of those in our hood as well and their lawns are crispy. Kept mine at ~4" all summer, it looked shaggy but it definitely saved it. No rain for a week, go out and the ground is still damp. Just acting like a canopy. 

Only got down to 45 in Burptown. Ye olde man @MBRIis up outside of Rangeley, curious if he saw some 30s this morning.

Minimal hummingbird activity at our feeders since Tuesday. Prior to that they were going through 10-12oz a day. Must be starting to head south. 

9 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

I remember when scientists actually waited for peer review before promoting articles.  Out the window I guess judging on the scientists who retweeted the story

Yea tweeting about it is unacceptable and that model of tracking is highly questionable. The peer review process has been quite busy recently. I've done more/gotten more requests to review manuscripts since March than the previous couple years. Think a lot of folks are diving back into older/previously collecting data sets.

Fall smallmouth pattern is in full swing. Stacking up at the edges of pockets/coves and fattening up on perch. 

9 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

 I don’t think you’ve mentioned anything but a brown lawn and that graphic.  

He put down excess fertilizer during a torch week to burn it up for pics. Some next level trolling commitment right there.

22 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

.t’s as bad as we’ve ever seen it . It’s right here . No arguments 

LOL

Yea, those mushrooms are pretty amazing. 

4 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

Tons of lightning with these storms.. pouring again

Yup, basically zero sleep between 1-4am due to the thunder and lightning. Another inch or so over down.

Buying that pass yesterday had me watching our old videos in the background while working today. Got thinking about getting the legs ready since no hockey this year.

Random thought, I'm curious how places like Jay, Stowe, Whiteface, Killington, Stratton, and Loon are going to deal with the issue of enclosed lifts. K, Stratton, and Loon especially. Less of an issue for Cannon...I guess the same for Jay because their upper mountain lifts rarely spin lol.  

3 hours ago, powderfreak said:

That is absolutely obscene.  I’m having a hard time processing that.  Highs of 95-100F for 3 days and then immediately to highs in 30s with a foot of snow.

It doesn’t even make sense that it would be 95/68 and then 38/35 a day later, those temps don’t overlap!  Mind blown.

Better heat than snow in Denver. I don't know if I have ever seen a city deal with snow worse than Denver. Their strategy is don't bother plowing because the sun will come out and melt it all eventually. Was there in February for a conference and they got 5-7" over 2.5 days. Never saw a plow and the roads were a disaster around the city. 

Hard to beat the Indy pass. $199, blacked out holidays (we don't bother then anyway for the most part). Plan on 2 days at Berkie, Catamount, Mohawk, Pat's, and maybe Cannon (if Tramline and some decent stuff is open). Getting to Magic and Bolton will be bonuses.  Hope to hit Greylock a few times and finally be able to ski the Powerline.

4 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Many older homes in the region don’t have the proper R Value. 

Yup. My grandmother's house in RI was built in 1732, needless to say its a bit drafty. Even our home was built in the late 70s and one of the first things I did was stuff insulation and spray all around the foundation. 

12 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Or we need to remember to close the downstairs windows...

Yup, had our windows open until around 10pm, went to bed with the house at 65*, felt great.

No dews but a TORCH! 

Only torch will be from some heaters kicking on in the early morning hours. Got to love August. 

5 hours ago, PhineasC said:

Why do you subject yourself to worrying about what people are saying on social media? It's toxic there. I would pay it exactly zero mind.

K sounds pretty rough too, damn. I'd want to get away from there. There are so many other places that have little drama and are all about loving being on the mountain or outside.. My home mountain has nothing of the sort in terms of toxicity, and its almost closed multiple times or had little/no snowmaking or running lifts in previous years lol

4 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Yikes!  Our hidden obstacles are old racing timing wire that seems to be strung along a variety of trails and I know we've tried to remove a lot of it (I once walked Liftline and the woods pulling it up) but on the sides of some trails is still that thin black cable hung in trees from like 1950 that when the snowpack gets really deep, all the sudden there's this clothesline wire chest high in the woods.

Ski areas have all sorts of junk left over but barbed wire is a whole other ballgame, ha.  Good luck against that.

You have more than that up there (e.g., that stunning old portrait of Patrick Swayze in the woods lol).

7 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

The one thing I keep remembering is to take a deep breath and remember that it's just ONE winter in a global pandemic.  Chances of a vaccine and moving past this are very high by winter 2021-22.  It's obviously not ideal or normal, but people are eating food at restaurant tables in parking lots right now and kids can't go to school full time.  That's where we are.  It is what it is this winter.  I'm just trying to enjoy every turn I take and if I do a lot less skiing than a normal winter, so be it.  There will be other winters, not the end of the world.

Any out will be a bonus day. It may never start or end at anytime.

20 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

What the heck?  

There was a large barbed wire fence ~15 years ago to the left of the summit double. Then my buddy had his pants sliced open while skiing Carter Glades probably 7-8 years ago. I know the ski area boundary is old barbed wire on skiers left side of the area. There is/were also several old electric wire fences for keeping livestock and sap lines scattered around the woods of the lower mountain.  It gives a new meaning to "hidden obstacles." 

4 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I’m really glad I bought the house in Randolph outright. I think some tight restrictions on out-of-staters and daily pass people could be coming. 

That is a sweet place to be in terms of NH skiing. Don't know if I would ever leave Wildcat or Black Mountain. Anyone know if the woods of Black Mountain are still loaded with barbed wire?

I guess I can officially say it now since the sun is out lol

Just now, weathafella said:

Did you eat the whole thing in one sitting?

Yea we were up skiing, had a short-lived hour stomach bug hit me while skiing at MRG, tried toughing it out but ended up puking off the lift a few times. Took the following day off, felt better, hadn't eaten in almost two days, ended up putting it down in less than 10 minutes. The day I can eat red meat again I'll make the 7 hour round trip up just for that burger.