powderfreak
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Ha no idea… if this goes at once it’ll be a problem. First 100” or higher depth since April 19, 2019.
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Picked up 6.5” last 24 hours including 4” this afternoon (pictured) in 3 hours… NWS has confirmed depth of 102” at the summit stake, so crested the century mark for snow on ground.
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This usually ends well.
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Can only imagine what 100 more inches of snowfall looks like up at Jay. <duck and run>
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I’ll go… 8 foot pack swallowing ground level.
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How high does the VAST trails in that area get… Does it crest 2,000ft? Sterling Forest area where the trails are is around 1,500ft right? 3-4 feet sounds about right in that mid-slope elevation band. That’s a great little recreation zone in this area… mtn biking, snowmobiling, ski touring, hiking, etc depending on the season.
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lol not sensy… just fact based, sorry if it came off as sensy. It’s never been 2nd yet.
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Yeah we had that in both of those other seasons too. 2016-17 had a similar stretch over 6-8 weeks, including a 26-day stretch with 100” in it at 3,000ft. 2018-19 had a run early season Nov, Dec, into January I believe of just pow. Its nice to get back to what folks seem to call “an old fashioned” winter compared to past 5 seasons at least. Crazy to think the last several winters up here have had +8 type departure months. We knew once it flipped a bit it would feel ridiculously cold and snowy.
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269”… we’ll see if it makes a run at 2016-17’s 375” at that plot, or can get towards the more recent bigger year of 2018-19 max depth over 120”. It’s not second place for late Feb. I’m dammed if I do, dammed if don’t lol… rubbing it in or downplaying it depending on your viewpoint. Just let the stats fall where they are… it’s a solidly above normal snow winter, but not the best in even the last 8 years. A good winter.
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Ha I know, I try to just post observations and sometimes am a bit in awe. I try not to be obnoxious. But it’s what’s happening here.
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The irony is it’s not like historic snowfall or anything, it’s just a solid above normal season following numerous shitty years up here. The issue is it’s also been shitty down in SNE for years and the gradient has been super sharp this season. A lot of multi-year perception in play… up here happy that it’s finally out of the rut, but down there it’s the mentality of still in the rut. Hopefully SNE breaks out next winter.
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Nah, we advised 97-98” for depth. We’ll see how NWS/NOAA interprets it. Imagine, a ski resort wanting to preserve actual observations and not push for the highest possible totals lol. This near 4,000ft… At 3,000ft we are in the mid-70s for depth after 3” of dense snow today. At Stowe we are all about the data points. None of this guessing and estimating sh*t. 269” diligently measured at 3,000ft on the season.
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Yeah that was wild. Like 45dbz snow. Flakes the size and mass of small pine cones, literally.
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This is the heaviest snow you can get. It is vomiting snow.
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One big happy family. Personally I’m also looking forward to spring. Just need to hit 100” on the ground and then we can break out the sunscreen. 96”.
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Nice little powder morning up here with 5” of new snow on the mountain.
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High Road Plot on Mansfield around 8” past 24 hours. Nice little upslope fluffer.
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Looks like a phenomenal vacation. Different culture, skiing, great mix.
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BTV at -4.2F for a monthly departure (to-date) is indicative of a cold month. The BTV ASOS observation records have leaned warm over the past 5 years. A -4 departure through the first 3 weeks of Feb? That’s a sustained cold stretch the BTV site hasn’t seen very often.
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The probability maps are likely a better choice to post than deterministic, ha.
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It keeps the threats going over the next two weeks. The NNE to SNE gradient has been impressive this winter, we’ll see what happens.
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2012 for me. That was incredible, all elevations just getting torched and it was sunny throughout. Like 3-5 days…. The duration was impressive, gradually rising., depending on your definition of torch.
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Devils Fiddle was my favorite spring trail growing up. I remember having a series of phenomenal days there on weekly trips in high school during March and April 2001. The rock bands, the sustained pitches, and back then it was alley ways through taller brush. It was like brush hallways on skiers right, after navigating the rock bands. Currently those have been cut down to one big wide open pitch... but it's a great trail.
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As someone who's day lives in the world of liability, the nighttime drunk sledding being allowed or encouraged (but not facilitated) by the ski areas is mind-blowing . Just such a different litigation culture. The American legal outcome in court usually says the ski area is liable for sledding incidents if they know sledding is taking place and not actively trying to stop it.
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That part of the Rockies either gets pummeled or they get nothing. There’s like no in between.
