Hitman

Over an inch and counting

Yeah, I was out again saturday and it looks wet to me. I don't get how we're still in D1.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

.7” here

I rode this weekend at blue mtn in Peekskill and it does not appear dry. Streams flowing healthily, wetlands filled. Definitely didn’t look like d1 drought conditions.

1.14” in the hopper. Healthy dose.

Got down to 17f here in the tropics

When I went out measure this morning it was compressed 4+ inches. this has been an old school winter. Luving it all except for the heat bill

Coming down pretty. Nice refresher

Measured 3”. 29/24.

That includes this morning. Gotta say, I am enjoying this old school winter even though there havent been any big storms.

I got a solid inch plus. Very nice.

Lot of it going around. No thank you.

8F for the low, 12F now. I have a heat pump which is much happier when temps are above 20f.

Minus 3

Got down to 2f this morning

I do not check ratios but I did just clean off the cars and shovel and the snow was light.

Top o’ the morning to ya!

Just shy of 6”. Very nice. Good night.

3” here. just took my drive. Roads are definitely slippery. Like that schmutz underneath. Beautiful out. Legit snowstorm conditions.

Love driving in the snow. Good tires ftw

I had that kind of day yesterday. I was under the impressiom that Sunday was going to be a big ‘nothing burger at best but found myself running pre storm errands this morning. Filled up the truck, stocked up on windshield washer fluid and bought a new humidifier (with the stove going continuously for 2 weeks the indoor humidity was down to 25%. No bueno.). And made a pot of chili. When I finally had a chance to look, things seemed to be breaking our way. Still have to reload the wood pile but I’m really looking forward to this weekend.

giving the wood burning stove the night off. Its definitely going to be needed continuously next week. Liking the outlook. dont want to count any chickens, but snow on sunday of a holiday weekend followed by cold has a nice ring to it.

I think from a marketing perspective the slide brook lift has some significant value. For actual skiing, it’s of little use. That being said, in the deal with the forest service to install the lift, they agreed not to put trails/lifts in slide brook and that has preserved it as a great sidecountry tree skiing area. pf-in addition to the operational challenges you mentioned, the lift traverses some valleys so there are spots where the chairs are really high off the ground making any evacuation a nightmare. It’s also 2 miles long. Some years ago they stopped running the lift if temps are below 5f, now 10f. Many complain about that, but imho, that is wise. I’ve been stuck up there in the cold and while it was only 10 minutes or so, it felt like eternity. If there is a problem on an extremely cold day it would be a dangerous situation.

I think the castlerock lift will be running by the weekend. They are short staffed on lift maintenance which has led to innumerable problems including lifts not ready to go when the season started. But they were making snow on the entrance to the lift yesterday so I'm guessing it just needs to be inspected at this point. Can confirm there was sufficient snow to run the lift before the additional foot this week. Also Altera sent staff from out west to assist. I don't think the lift issues are related to the age of the fleet. The HSQ's are getting long in the tooth but that's not the problem. The one lift that needs to be replaced is the northridge HSQ which has been a problem since it was moved to its current location. Apparently it has unique design of some kind of chain (I'm no mechanic) that was only on 2 other HSQs both of which are retired. Over the years theyve put money and effort into overhauling it but it doesnt run reliably. It's a lemon and was supposed to be replaced this summer along with Heavens gate but that got nixed and apparently isnt happening this summer either. The Slidebrook lift is a different story. It isn't so much the lift that's a problem, its that they are disinclined to run it, especially when they are short on lift mechanics. Its a long discussion, but suffice to say, a lift that runs sideways over woods presents a whole host of challenges compared to normal lifts that run up and over ski trails. Fwiw-best early season I can remember in many years.