Quakertown needs snow Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 man all the good snow in east will take a big hit by friday, terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Gotta take the days when you can get 'em this season. Tim Kelley sent me a text on Saturday saying Tuesday morning would be awesome and he was coming up for it. His NECN on-air forecast map had us with 5" or a little more by Tuesday morning... a spot on call from 72 hours out. Here he is enjoying a good forecast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 not to be a downer (at all) but just wanna look at open trail totals around new england today then take a peek on thur/fri the damage done. MRG is gonna be closed probably after this storm. Mansfield stake has 41" this am. Below ave for sure for date, i wonder how much qpf is in that pile , i would expect to see it cut to around 30" of glacier like granite by thurs. SR has 106 trails today (tues) Killington 108 (they may take bad beating if BTV WRF is accurate) Attitash 61 Wildcat 38 Jay Peak 64 Stowe 96 Berkshire East 28 Wa Wa 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Berkshire East was superb today. Met some awesome folks. Such a nice hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 this is really depressing. what a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Me Zip lines look terrifying. Is there a chicken option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 this is really depressing. what a disaster. did you ski MRG today for 3.50$ rollback . hella deal. 34 trails today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEK_VT_Upslope_Event Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I've seen ski areas bounce back from a lot worse last several years. This 36-48 hour stretch will be a distant memory in my opinion by Saturday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I've seen ski areas bounce back from a lot worse last several years. This 36-48 hour stretch will be a distant memory in my opinion by Saturday... I've skied on 5 mountains since 1/1, and have been around a few more. They have very thin natural cover. This torch is going to put a hurting on a lot of them and limit open terrain if the rains do come as advertised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I've seen ski areas bounce back from a lot worse last several years. This 36-48 hour stretch will be a distant memory in my opinion by Saturday... ehhh i'm skeptical of that statement. judging by NNE's current snowcover, trails that the mtn's don't hammer with snowguns will take a beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 ehhh i'm skeptical of that statement. judging by NNE's current snowcover, trails that the mtn's don't hammer with snowguns will take a beating. IF the rains come it's gonna be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 WaWa will probably go from 20 trails to 10 by Thursday night, then to 14/15 by Sunday. Very deep man-made bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 not to be a downer (at all) but just wanna look at open trail totals around new england today then take a peek on thur/fri the damage done. MRG is gonna be closed probably after this storm. Mansfield stake has 41" this am. Below ave for sure for date, i wonder how much qpf is in that pile , i would expect to see it cut to around 30" of glacier like granite by thurs. SR has 106 trails today (tues) Killington 108 (they may take bad beating if BTV WRF is accurate) Attitash 61 Wildcat 38 Jay Peak 64 Stowe 96 Berkshire East 28 Wa Wa 20 My guess is 75 trails at Stowe for after this.... a slew of trails opened today just for one day so we'll be back for 85-90 tomorrow. But 70-75 trails should be about where our snowmaking only terrain leaves us. I'd use Saturday as the day to compare with... Thursday/Friday may see some decreased trail counts just due to the rapid switch in temperature (surface conditions) not necessarily snow loss, that will take a night or two of grooming to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 WaWa will probably go from 20 trails to 10 by Thursday night, then to 14/15 by Sunday. Very deep man-made bases. Yeah that's how thaws go... there'll be a sharp decrease immediately following the thaw as that wet snow locks up into pond ice (and anything not groomed probably won't be open), but after two nights or so the trail counts will rebound a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 The natural snow trails havent recovered from the last thaw. If there was a frozen precip event on the horizon it would be easier to bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Today was a great time! Good too see old faces and new ones...snow was great, at least how I like it this thaw is going to hit the resorts hard after they all just went balls to the walls to build bases to get through to the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEK_VT_Upslope_Event Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've skied on 5 mountains since 1/1, and have been around a few more. They have very thin natural cover. This torch is going to put a hurting on a lot of them and limit open terrain if the rains do come as advertised. I would guess we don't ski the same mountains. Been to sugarbush, jay, Burke and Stowe recently and all will make out fine. Maybe reduced trails Thursday and Friday but by weekend there will be bounce back especially if there is some naturally snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I would guess we don't ski the same mountains. Been to sugarbush, jay, Burke and Stowe recently and all will make out fine. Maybe reduced trails Thursday and Friday but by weekend there will be bounce back especially if there is some naturally snow. Nope, you're skiing mainly VT it would appear. NH and ME have not faired as well. SR is okay, Sunapee/Bretton/Loon/Shawnee all have little natural cover or will have little natural cover after this. Just looked at Burke quickly, 29 of 55 trails and that's pre-storm. One of my favorite mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 New England resorts prep for this kind of thing by investing heavily in snowmaking. The bases that have been built up the past week are amazing Groomers are able to stockpile mounds of snow A dent surely, but what can you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 New England resorts prep for this kind of thing by investing heavily in snowmaking. The bases that have been built up the past week are amazing Groomers are able to stockpile mounds of snow A dent surely, but what can you do? Nothing, all they can do is make more snow to cover the ice that's surely going to form on some trails. Won't stop me from skiing aside of this weekend, by next week things should be as good as they were/better without the mind numbing cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 It was really fun today. I think it will be hard to get back to the mountains of fine man made powder they were blasting last week. Have to hope for help from mother nature. Plus resorts tend to stop making snow after mid Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Sorry I couldn't join today. Glad you all had fun! Have not been to B'East in two weeks. Will need some solid snows to bring us back to seasonal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Seems like it's been a pretty solid ski season business wise - I went up around New Years and there were record sales every single day I was up at Sugarbush. I think they'll manage this brief thaw and get back to business with a handful of nickle/dime storms with the clippers lining up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEK_VT_Upslope_Event Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Nope, you're skiing mainly VT it would appear. NH and ME have not faired as well. SR is okay, Sunapee/Bretton/Loon/Shawnee all have little natural cover or will have little natural cover after this. Just looked at Burke quickly, 29 of 55 trails and that's pre-storm. One of my favorite mountains. I actually believe a lot at Burke has been closed because, believe it or not, it has been too hard or wind blown off. I think some softening will be good, assuming we don't majorly torch it may actually reopen some of the glades. Not likely , but some softening will definitely be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I actually believe a lot at Burke has been closed because, believe it or not, it has been too hard or wind blown off. I think some softening will be good, assuming we don't majorly torch it may actually reopen some of the glades. Not likely , but some softening will definitely be good. Interesting because I have felt the conditions at SR were incredibly fast and hard. Lots if hard packed ice on some of the trails. Sunapee had none of that. I know that despite more snow last weekend they closed some trails while we were there. They must have buried them in snow and I noticed they're reopened now. Sunapee had deep manmade snow. Some scratch off at the end of the day but not bad. Soft snow. One really good 1-2' dump and all of these places are fine. Matt they're all having a good year. SR was way up for mlk weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEK_VT_Upslope_Event Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Interesting because I have felt the conditions at SR were incredibly fast and hard. Lots if hard packed ice on some of the trails. Sunapee had none of that. I know that despite more snow last weekend they closed some trails while we were there. They must have buried them in snow and I noticed they're reopened now. Sunapee had deep manmade snow. Some scratch off at the end of the day but not bad. Soft snow. One really good 1-2' dump and all of these places are fine. Matt they're all having a good year. SR was way up for mlk weekend. Yes, these mountains are resilient. The fact that we both skied in April LAST YEAR speaks volumes to how resilient they really are.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yes, these mountains are resilient. The fact that we both skied in April LAST YEAR speaks volumes to how resilient they really are.... I'm not worried just booked a trip to sr and sugarloaf for Easter weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Snowmaking trails will be fine. Natural snow trails were already thin. For folks who enjoy natural snow trails and bump runs this is a disaster. Ski areas that thrive on the wild side are not going to fair well. The result will be more people on the icy snowmaking trails. Not a good weekend coming up. We will go through the motions and make some turns but it's a good weekend to get out early then quit early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 hope the soup and chili sat well with all who ate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Looks like SR had an ice storm last night, most lifts higher up are closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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