KoalaBeer

You can almost connect winter weather headlines coast to coast right now in the US. Only break I can find is on the front range of CO. Sorry for the crude line drew it with my finger on my phone.

Can confirm. West side of Methuen bordering Dracut/Pelham NH was a disaster. I don’t remember exactly but it was 10+ days of no power. I was home from colorado for the holidays and pretty much had no power the full two weeks I was here. Still the most impactful weather event I’ve been a part of.

Possibly. I’ve had some deep conversations with friends about how much of it is covid related. Pretty much every fatality has been someone with a good amount of experience in the backcountry. These victims didn’t just start touring this year because of covid. I still primarily blame the extremely fragile snowpack out west this year, there is just a nasty weak layer, but I can’t discount covid having an impact. One good point I was told was the experienced riders are rolling the dice more to beat the new backcountry users to the spots they have been riding for decades, and then there spot slides on them when they’ve never seen that slope slide before, and welp look what happens

I figured that video would pop up here at some point, and I know this isn’t the thread for it but this is the worst week for winter backcountry enthusiasts in a long time. I believe the toll was 15 dead last week (the worst since 1910) including one in NH up at Washington, and then the two notable tragic incidents that took the lives of 3 and 4 people in CO and UT. The incident in Utah... I have some close friends who knew them and they are hurting. Bright young people all in there 20s. If you are spending time in the winter backcountry this year, please please be extra careful. The slide on Washington was pretty small and buried the victim 13ft deep... https://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/avalanche-fatality-ammonoosuc-ravine/

Wow what a band that is down south. Congrats. It’s coming down nicely in Hampton Beach now. The dog is happy we got the whole damn beach to ourselves!

Should have came to the NH seacoast! We didn’t jack but conditions here were awesome. 12” of paste, blizzard conditions on the immediate coast (Porstmouth was close, I bet I met criteria here) and the waves slamming over the Hampton wall made quite the show. Trying to decide what to do with the foot of icy seawater that’s found it’s way into my driveway courtesy of NHDOT plows with the snow banks acting like a nice soup bowl...

Haha imagine this! Edit: delete if necessary I know this an obs thread my bad the weenie in me is exited for a Maine trip.

Little old Ski Nashoba is going to be happy with this one. They’ve been having a tough year.

Still having a lot of fun here in Hampton. Probably only got 8” roughly so far, but the conditions overall have been wild. Been borderline blizzard conditions for several hours now. Roads are getting buried with the wind just blowing any snow removed right back on.

Is it really raining on cape Ann? It’s absol nuking out in Hampton NH right on the coast. That’s only ~ 20 miles as the crow flies. I feel bad for the weenies out there.

Quick view out my front door. Not really accumulating with the snow just going sideways. It’s pretty sweet out there though.

Just a wall of white blowing down ocean blvd here in Hampton, no way I’m going to get an accurate measurement if things keep up this way.

Could be quite the battle here on the seacoast of NH to stay all snow. I won’t be surprised if I end up with 6” or 16”. Pretty much impossible to have strong confidence watching these models.

Same system that just hit the Sierras, it has precedent.

Wait I’m not invited!? Two plankers only haha? Conditions up north are actually awesome right now. Wish I had the time to get up to Jay Peak this week.

Pretty much giving up on the season for down here...I’ll be happy with whatever we can squeak out from here on out. Maybe March holds some surprises. Sierras are about to get smoked....

A little late for it but definitely a good storm for rebuilding the base at the resorts. Hopefully we get some much lighter stuff to fall on top of it this week.

Good to see you guys held on to the snow up north! Congrats! Can’t wait to get up there next week and lay down some turns on some non man made snow for the first time in a while.

Highest I’ve seen the tide come up in my one year of being here. Just had some ducks swim through the backyard, my car should be safe in the front. Crazy wind this morning as well. Add another wind advisory event to the list that outperformed while it seems like every high wind warning falls short.

Funny map, but calling Lawrence MA the Midwest is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard haha.

The way those fronts intersect in the Atlantic almost outline the Bermuda Triangle, just farther north.

A nice weenie live stream to hold us over for another week until the pattern flips.

Damn, this must of been an insane storm to have a death toll and injuries like that for this region of Japan. 3+ meters in 3 days! http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14098383

Snow shut off completely here despite what radar says. Funny what radar can do far away from the location, was pounding out there 20 minutes ago under lighter returns.

Moderate snow in Hampton, great snow growth. This f’ing storm man.... edit: just dumping massive flakes on the coast now and starting to stick very quickly. Wasn’t expecting this.