GCWarrior

I did a 8 day wilderness camping trip in the flatter western part of the ADK park, north Herkimer County. I can say at lower elevation we experienced most nights at -20F with two below -30F. It was a very wintery vibe indeed.

As long as there isn't a torch like last year in November. Keep November cold, dark, windy, cloudy and damp! The way it should be!

Some brief windows for snowmaking after the rain end of the week, but not consistent. If the mid month mild up happens then its looking a lot like last year for the Thanksgiving weekend faithful. I'm sure killington and sunday river will find a way to get open at least the weekend before while everyone else is scrambling!

Wait what are we tracking? Oh I see, tropical at hour 280 something with snow at the end potential. Be nice to get some snow in the high places before November 1st but please not here, still bike season, early snow is bad juju. Looks pretty nice the next few days until a little bit of rain Sunday night.

It has been a struggle to get open in October in the 2020's but maybe this is the year. Maybe some cooler temps late in the month and Halloween on a Friday might create a marketing first day opportunity for SR and K.

Such a great game last night. I couldn't move out of my seat! Nice day incoming here!

Sunday River tested their guns the other day. Some cold mornings starting next week might get a few others into test mode. We just need some rain for the ponds.

Reupped my EPIC northeast value pass. Only 50 mins to Mount Snow with having occasional midweek flexibly makes it a no brainer. I was weighing my options and came to the conclusion that if you're not skiing Saturday it's a not a bad place to be. It's not very steep but it's not completely flat either. It has some decent natural snow trails and the on and off map woods can be fun. The bonus of Stowe is nice plus the northern NH epic hills are a blast especially Wildcat. I actually had a killer day at Okemo of all places last January, skied only woods and natural snow trails the entire day, pretty fun times really. Maybe being 44 I'm not as inclined to seek the gnar so I'm just enjoying skiing more no matter where it is.

Labor Day starts getting me pretty pumped for ski season! Hope is to get after it a bit more this season, didn't hit 100 for the first time in 4 seasons. Makes me sad. Gotta get after it more life is too short. Just ski!

Raining again here. Seems endless. Everything is damp and gross. No sun, vampires are probably thrilled.

Great couple days at Jay Peak and Sugarbush. Rained the whole way north Friday, when I pulled in the lot it stopped. The rest of the day was a nice mix of sun and clouds. Skied in a light sweatshirt. Still plenty of coverage in the woods. Jay Peak Ski patrol even dropped a few ropes for me and the 10 other people who were out on the hill. Natural snow was really nice, manmade was ok. Sugarbush yesterday was super fun first thing in the morning. Sun was out briefly but by 10 the rain drops started falling. Did quite a few laps but the leg was getting a little sore due to my injury a few weeks back. Once the heavy fog rolled in and it started pouring it was time to go. All in all a nice quick but fun trip!

Not terrible here. 68, bright cloudiness, dry. Just did a quick trail ride. Little muddy but not bad.

Nice morning at mount Snow yesterday. Nice powder day close to my house. Toasted my Achilles last run hopefully it’s not a big deal. I can walk with little pain so that’s good. Got a few more ski days lined up after our vacation to Tennessee.

I’ll be up at Mount Snow tomorrow morning. Wish they still had the summit open.

Deep winter up in Savoy.