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I've raked the last two weekends at the cottage on Winnisquam, definitely behind in terms of leaves and bugs.

So, are you saying at this point in time, I should reconsider my planned Saturday hike into Tuckerman Ravine on Mt. Washington for some skiing. I've been eyeing doing this for almost every weekend for last month hoping to ski back to Pinkham Notch and avoid the slog out and the weather has been too snowy, cold, icey, rainy, foggy, et cetera. Very frustrating!

I sent my cousin who worked at the marina 10-15 years ago during the summer that picture just now. She lives in Wisconsin and got a big chuckle.

Is that 302 in the background? If so you are on Long Lake. I'm surprised that many boats are already in the water. Spent a lot of time around there as a kid in the early and mid-70's.

I was living in Austin Texas during the '87 flood and my grandmother sent me the Portland newspaper coverage. I came across it several years ago, I should go try to dig it up. As I recall, a lot of their coverage focused on the Kennebec and Augusta.

Probably measured at summit. That's more than Cannon reported for season total.

just read a tweet that Tim Kelley retweeted which makes it weather related...I may have been premature in my comment regarding rebuild..."The roof structure, original, all wood, whose construction is still not fully understood by modern scientists, is itself a priceless monument."

I assume everything about this structure has been documented precisely and can be rebuilt/recreated. Very sad to see especially the glass work. The history of these grand European cathedrals is amazing.

Drove up to Cannon today. Day started with clouds and summit socked in but improved throughout day. They lost a ton of snow over last 6 days - 3 to 4' according to friend I skied with. Last nites rain & wind really ate up pack. They will not be open next weekend. Lots of bare patches and ice flows on lower half of mountain. Fine day of skiing with friends and sure beat finishing my taxes!

LOL. I almost broke my legs and other body parts when I was a kid at Great Gorge/Vernon Valley riding the alpine slide in the mid-70's when I went there with my cousins!

Where was that 'tiger' spotted. I want to send a picture to my niece. She'll never go out the house at our family camp in Meredith if she knows that's lurking in the vicinity!

Tamarack makes good observation re: Glen Ellen. The area that could go longest - with all things equal - would be Sugarloaf. The Skyline lift services almost 1,500' of vertical with the loading base somewhere around 2,500'. Yesterday, I went to the base area only once during the day to try and find something for lunch...didn't...the top three lifts - King Pine, Sky Line and Timberline have a ski areas worth of vertical and equivalent terrain. Sugarloaf always closes with a ton of terrain open - just no one showing up to make it economical. I have taken a day in early May for the past 4 or 5 years to ski Killington's Superstar and it is alot of fun but multiple days of skiing a handful and finally one bumped up trail would get tedious after a couple of days IMO.

I kept an eye on the rivers on my drive up to Carrabassett yesterday. There is a lot of snow on ground in western maine but the rivers don't seem to bad. I paid attention to the Carrabassett river - south of Kingfield, it is ice free. just beyond (west) Kingfield still clogged and covered in ice. I took a wrong turn in Jay and ended up driving alongside the androscoggin (east side) for some time and it too didn't seem bad.

I echo PF's comments about Sugarloaf on Thursday. Just 'wow.' The base is amazingly deep. First time skiing Bracket Basin extensively which I was a skeptic of...fantastic. not a rock to be seen on natural trails like Winter's Way and Bubblecuffer. comfortable temps, fantastic snow, amazing blue skies. skied from opening bell until close with short 10 minute break, never waited to get on lift. smiles everywhere on mountain.

Sugarbush has announced they will close for week and then reopen for the 5/5 weekend. Wildcat is making lots of noise that they will stay open but they do that most years but then melt out at bottom. Sugarloaf ends up having the same problem with sustaining a snow path to the lower lifts. I was just impressed by that emphatic tweet.

wow, sugarloaf tweeted they will be open daily thru 5/5.

4/21. Somewhere on the board, PF said it is always 3rd weekend of April.

Already quite a bit of talk in ski community about the eclipse. My wife's family in Centex will be path of totality too. Probably less chance of clouds there! I was in England in '99 and where it was around 97% and is wasn't very impressive...like the sun going behind a thick cloud on a sunny day.

Roxbury Maine I presume. That area between Rumford and Oquossoc is rural. Just looking at a map...there is a wind farm that parallels rt. 17 now. I've never drive 17 in winter, I imagine one big frost heave!

Left metrowest a little after 5am this AM. Encountered rain just south of Ossippee on drive up rt. 16 but it was done by Tamworth. Looking up the valley in N. Conway, things looked pretty socked in. Luckily, I had found a comp ticket to Black Mtn. last nite so it was put to use. Word was that it was rainy up at Wildcat -from their website as well as skiers who got up there, turned around and spent the day at Black. Anyway, a few moments of light drizzle, it never warmed up - mid to upper 30s all day, stuck to groomers for majority of day. Black is an old throwback place with some fun terrain with good snow...if it had warmed up there was enough snow to ski some of that terrain but I didn't bother due to firmness. Lot's of AT touring going up all day - broke the code at end of day why, there is a specialty shop in lodge focused on AT equipment. Encountered 5 or so miles of fairly dense fog over the snow pack just north of Wakefield NH. Arrived home to balmy temps with kids riding bikes in short sleeves!

I didn't drive to Sugarloaf early this morning due to weather forecast. Looks like they have avoided the rain. I'm going to wildcat tomorrow.

Wow, that is an impressive picture. I think I've seen that once before long ago. 1969 I presume. Jay Peak is the only major NE ski area I've never skied. I have a hard time justifying the drive given I'm primarily a day skier. Of course, I'm planning on leaving my house Friday morning at 4AM to ski Sugarloaf!

Left Concord MA at 5:15 this AM, precip had picked up considerably and had mix of rain, sleet and snow. Mix all the way to 128, precip let up in Waltham and was all rain.

I still shake my head wondering how I was never killed by logging trucks on the unimproved road back in the early and mid 80's when Sugarloaf was my local mountain.

I noticed Wildcat closed some terrain after the rain. Assume it was due to ice. I love skiing Wildcat in the Spring - combination of the views, their liberal open terrain policy, and how they let stuff bump up all over the mountain, it's fun.