Yeah we skinned up at dawn and hit Flying Cloud totally fresh. Then got first tracks on East Glade which was absolutely mint as you mention. Snow had some meat to it and the entire mountain was skiing wonderfully. We're totally set up right now. Keep it coming.
I'd say maybe 14ish at the Beast? Denser than what we got at the house too, which was a good thing. Now that the mountain is 100% game on bring the fluff.
I haven't been able to perceive snowfall intensity differences corresponding to the bands rotating through... not sure if that's good or bad... either way it's been steadily falling fluff for several hours. We have 6" new since last night.
Was dumping fluffy cottonballs at Berkshire east. Nice little topping for the surfaces.
1.5" at the house in Btown.
And yeah... saw 4 accidents on the ride home.
12/25/02 was absolutely pounding white out snow on 128 until flipping to heavy rain somewhere near the stupid 93 intersection where you're going north south east and west at the same time.
This.
Unrelated to this event, but it's also almost like the east west running valley funnels in warm layers aloft sometimes. It'll be pinging there and snowing north and south. I suppose it probably relates to some relative lack of orographic lift locally such that cold air is not dragged down through shallow warm layers. It's weird though. Have always wondered if somehow the channel could extend off the ground.
At any rate I'm not too bullish for them. S VT peaks moreso. Glop for the base.