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12F here and so clear and calm. Beautiful night. Now let’s get that pack building!! Speaking of inversions, my Don sent me this from Boulder this morning. They’ve been having crazy inversions in the morning. .

Save the Snow Days for the 4ft. incoming weenie kuchie snow. 1-3” here and some rural schools are closing already. .25-.3” of liquid and a snow day haha. Bigger district are all still open. .

F**k!! My biggest fear. I look up every time to make sure the freaking lift is well attached to said cable although I always considered it an irrational fear… Until now! .

Spicy LOL, I like that. The old poma cable was exposed on the snow in a couple of places and I discovered that edges do not hold on lift cables haha. It was like teflon. I went down when I hit it but luckily I was moving real slow. And there were some random metal spikes sticking a few inches above the snow. It was a real clusterfudge. Simply getting down uninjured was my goal. I learned my lesson for sure haha. .

Pico was amazing today. Since they’re closed on Tuesday and Wednesday’s Thursdays are the day to go. About 10” of fresh powder. I got 10 powder runs! Glad I brought my fatties so that I floated over any hard pack underneath. The bumps on summit glade were soft and delicious. The corduroy was so soft. Just stellar conditions. I did make one mistake and skied the old poma line just past Giant Killer. Never again! T hat was terrifying haha. Side slid my way down most of it. .

-14.6F here in East Schodack, NY this morning. Coldest it’s been in years. Good news is that all of the renovations we did on this 200 year old house really kept in comfortable. Heat pump, insulation, wood stove. 80F in the house right now [emoji41]. .

That is an amazing pic! I wanna ski those whales before they groom them haha. I was at Windham a few years ago when they opened World Cup and there were huge whales and snowmaking going. The backside of the whales were so steep! .

Yes! Liberty Origin 96. My favorite ski yet!! .

Even way down south at Stratton was awesome yesterday. This is Snowbowl lift line with natural snow bumps. .

Looks like some nice packed powder! Awesome! .

Skied Killington this afternoon. Variable conditions. Some packed powder, some granular and some ice. Some soft bumps on east fall. K1 gondola up. Ski down to north ridge. 12 runs. Peak walkway to gondola down. Great to be making turns and getting the ski legs going! .

Jiminy Peak moved there targeted opening date to the weekend after Thanksgiving due to a lack of water. Ponds are low for sure. Us skiers have to pray for rain lol. That’s a new one. .

Got a glimpse through phone last night but couldn’t see with naked eye. .

I’m psyched. Just retired from teaching and hope to at least triple my number of ski days haha. Midweek skiing finally! I have Ikon and Jiminy Peak Zepher (only 30 min from my new house). Looking forward to running over there for a few runs here and there to watch the sunset before the lights kick on. Or when it’s snowing. .

True. Felt like early April. Trickles and streams were flowing. Hard earned snow disappearing act. Oh well. Hopefully the melt slows down. .

Stratton was bluebird. Clouds forming on the southern windward side quickly evaporated on the leeward side. Snow was soft and easy to turn in. I had trouble finding bumps. The firm base under the spring corn just refused to bump up. But what a glorious day with no lines and a festive vibe. .

For those craving damaging winds, be careful what you wish for. My house got split in half by a massive 140 year old Norway spruce on February 3 (arctic front - 64 mph gust) and we have been displaced ever since. Gave up on getting back in house anytime soon (Statefarm is so slow and contractors can’t find help) so we are closing on a new house on Friday (out in the country, more land, higher elevation and hopefully more snow). Gonna sell the old house which will be virtually brand new…. Hopefully late spring [emoji1696]. Damaging winds can change your life for sure. With that being said, wind gonna do what wind gonna do, so wishing for or against it won’t change anything lol. .

2” here in Albany. Pleasantly surprised. Roads are horrific. No sign of plows. .

Thanks for all of the updates today! Looking forward to some spring corn hero snow arriving soon!! .

Anyone ski today? A Little warmth, a little rain and now cold. How did the snow hold up. Icy? .

7” of cement .

35.6F / 34. All snow now. Coming down good. No accumulation yet. Drippy out. .

39.5F / 37F. Rain. No flakes yet.

4" here. Overperformer!

https://weather.cod.edu/forecast/ has the off hour Euro runs.