MRVexpat

Slides are open!

Totally. Would be nice to get a monster storm to cap things off! 16-17 had Stella, which at Sugarbush gave us 42" in about 48 hours on the heels of that huge late Feb thaw.

What sets it apart is the lack of thaws and consistency in the snow surface. But yeah, no massive 30"+ synoptic + upslope type storms.

Had a friend ski there today and called it his best day of the year.

How much before the flip, Gene? Have some friends skiing Cardigan tomorrow so would love to give them a report.

Yeah. Josh seems to be hitting backside snows hard. But yeah would need 12"+ to get anywhere near 30" lol. Western wind direction also not as ideal for down in the MRV. Need more NW so I'm a bit perplexed.

Bush cams showing almost 4" already. This is what's needed for Josh Fox's 15-30" range to verify

Crusty?

Sweet! I'll be there this weekend. Excited for my annual big Jay lap. Hopefully the pow stayed fresh.

Super interesting and thnx for the explanation!

Ripping and reading the models shows a vast majority going thump to dry slot to upslope in northern VT with any zr staying Killington or south and temps in the mid to high 20s. Most forecasts however show at least a short period of zr all the way up to Jay. I'm no met so would love to understand what I'm missing here.

You have any thoughts on the Thursday deal? Would be really nice to avoid laying down a crust layer...

Pico is so good! The terrain off of Outpost and little Pico is very underrated. And yeah that Poma line is spicy!

Huge staffing issues in lift maintenance and general lift issues are pushing slidebrook to the end of the priority queue unfortunately. There was a blog post on their website about it somewhat recently. Re: Castlerock, they usually keep it hike-to for a bit to preserve the conditions early season since those are super boney and narrow trails that get scraped down pretty quick. I agree though, there is definitely more than enough snow now to open it for MLK so if that doesn't happen, you'd have to think there is another maintenance issue we don't know about. Personally I hope they keep it hike-to only. It's a quick fun trek and the snow stays soooo nice even on busy weekends.

I should start wishing for snow more often. You're welcome!