powderfreak Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Got snow? Slaloming the snow ghosts. I love when we get these periods where it just snows on top of snow on top of snow with no thaw to knock the snow out of the trees. Its just been a legit 6 feet of snowfall at 3,000ft (about the elevation of this photo) since December 16th with no warm up or anything, so the snow just piles up and piles up and piles up. It really does look ridiculous out there in the higher elevations...like something from out in British Columbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Just looked outside and after just very light flurries for the past two hours, it was coming down hard in the outside lights. I bet we were near moderate snow there but now back to light snow. Looks like a little flare up developed over Mansfield and rolled down into town before dissipating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Anyone know why when I upload the radar loops they don't loop anymore? I never had an issue with that before... now it just gets stuck on the first frame of the loop. If I open it on my computer, it loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Bolton to Mansfield stretch of the Greens along the Chittenden County border is getting lit up. J.Spin's area where I-89 hits the county border is also in the band, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Event totals: 0.5” Snow/0.02” L.E. Light snow with some graupel in there tonight. I was out with the boys shoveling away the latest driveway berm from the town plow – very pleasant with temperatures around the freezing mark. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.2 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 20.0 Snow Density: 5.0% H2O Temperature: 32.5 F Sky: Light Snow/Graupel (1-3 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 12.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlauderdal Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Moderate snow in stowe, flakes are large Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Anyone know why when I upload the radar loops they don't loop anymore? I never had an issue with that before... now it just gets stuck on the first frame of the loop. If I open it on my computer, it loops. Maybe it’s an issue with uploaded gif animations since the forum upgrade? I’ve got a radar image hot linked in my post above and it seems to be working, Bolton to Mansfield stretch of the Greens along the Chittenden County border is getting lit up. J.Spin's area where I-89 hits the county border is also in the band, as usual. WUNIDS_map.gif Just light snow so far in terms of ground observations, but nice nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 28.7/20 s- and accumulating. All is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 28F and moderate snow. Seems like 2-3" otg. Another powder day tomorrow. Great stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Almost balmy out there tonite. 33F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Totally dumping now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Nice morning out there, lads. 25 balmy degrees and a fresh inch of snow. 15" at the stake and more incoming on Sunday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Event totals: 0.7” Snow/0.03” L.E. Under an inch of new snow down here at the house, but up to the north it looks like Jay Peak did get into some good snowfall as was expected. Snowfall seemed to be focused in the northern half of the state, but there was certainly a lot of variability up and down the spine. The north to south listing of some 24-hour snowfall totals from the Vermont ski areas is below: Jay Peak: 12” Burke: 7” Smuggler’s Notch: 3” Stowe: 5” Bolton Valley: 1” Mad River Glen: 3” Sugarbush: 6” Middlebury: 2” Pico: 5” Killington: 5” Okemo: T” Bromley: T” Magic Mountain: 1” Stratton: 1” Mount Snow: 1” Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.2 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 20.0 Snow Density: 5.0% H2O Temperature: 28.0 F Sky: Mostly Cloudy Snow at the stake: 12.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlauderdal Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 my last stowe report of the trip, back to the tropics tomorrow..will be following the thread and hoping you guys stay below 32 and above average on precip..light snow in stowe now,18 will report from killington later today if anything exciting is happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 It is dumping out again up at the mountain. Huge flakes pouring down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Picked up a fluffy 1-2" in like 90 minutes. Dumping and radar was not doing it justice. Sun is starting to poke through so this squall is likely on its way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Greens ftw . Drivin home from jackson,nh last nite there was sn shwr down to 20miles n of rochester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 After last weekend's amazing trek over Mt Pierce and Mt Eisenhower, I was hoping for more low-wind, high-visibility conditions to have another above-treeline hike, this time on Boott Spur ( a 5,000+ foot subpeak of Mt Washington). Alas, winds were forecast to be gusting to over 70, so that was out. So, an in-the-trees hike is what I would have. I decided on Mt Tripyramid, a loop with three peaks over 4,000'. Conditions at the trailhead were quite warm at 31° and as advertised the wind was howling in the treetops. There was also some light snow falling, which added to the ambience. All was fine until I made it to the steep section where the nicely packed trail became drifted over with the inch or so of snow that had fallen overnight. I decided to trim my route down to only North and Middle Tripyramid. I often wonder how deep the snow is. This trail junction sign came up to my knee. I asked a fellow hiker later how tall the sign is and he said about 5' or so. So if that info is correct there is about 3' of snow at 3000' on Tripyramid. I summited North Tripyramid, which unfortunately is wooded. There wasn't even an open ledge along the trail. I could see Middle Tripyramid between the trees - it looked steep! Man, I was tuckered out from ascending the North peak, but I wanted to get at least one decent scenic shot, so I headed over. There was a flat area in the col between the peaks where the wind was whipping pretty good (perhaps 20mph or so at ground level - I left my kestrel on my neck). It had obliterated the trail and I also couldn't find any blazes on nearby trees, so I had to turn back. The wind had almost filled in the tracks I had just made! I hoped to find an outlook above the slide on North Tripyramid, but on the way I saw that clouds were cloaking the summits. I snapped the weak pic below and headed back to my hotrod. All was not lost, though. On the way down it was steep enough to get an introduction in glissading - in short, sliding downhill on your butt. It was pretty fun, was able to slide about 50' or so a few different times. Of course, traveling back on the Kanc I noticed the clouds had skedaddled, opening the views. Alas. Hopefully the storm late week won't adversely impact the trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Great story and pic. Love hearing about ur hikes.upper elevations are always a great adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Great story and pic. Love hearing about ur hikes.upper elevations are always a great adventure Thanks, man! Gotta keep up with Freak and showcase New Hampshire. Damn, so annoying ... beautiful sunny day now. Early start FTL. Gonna be a short spread on Facebook today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 yes jayhawk i was wondering how areas in nh might have done last nite wrt 1-2 inches of fluff. i drove thru a decent period of snowshowers around midnite from n conway on south past king pine. check of ski resorts shows some scored a couple inches of fluff. (looks like waterville valley led the way with 3 new inches loon reported 2 at summit and so did cannon mtn. bretton woods 2-3 new and wildcat 1 . i think wildcat leads NH resorts with 85 inches YTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 yes jayhawk i was wondering how areas in nh might have done last nite wrt 1-2 inches of fluff. i drove thru a decent period of snowshowers around midnite from n conway on south past king pine. check of ski resorts shows some scored a couple inches of fluff. (looks like waterville valley led the way with 3 new inches loon reported 2 at summit and so did cannon mtn. bretton woods 2-3 new and wildcat 1 . i think wildcat leads NH resorts with 85 inches YTD. Nice shots, Jayhawk! Yeah Cpick, last night's event was Northeast Kingdom of VT special... wonder how much CTsnow would've gotten at Lyndon? Either way, Burke Mountain with a solid 7" last night, Jay Peak with 10-12". We had some very strong winds on Mansfield that I think resulted in some interesting snow board activity. A co-worker checked the 3,000ft board and found a sloped 4-5.5" (4" on one side and 5.5" on the other, darn wind) which averaged out to pretty close to what the groomers said (5" in sheltered spots). At the base I found a little over 2" at 6am (thus the 2-5" spread), and then we picked up an additional 1.5" in like an hour during some rouge snow squall around 9-10am. That final 1.5" was pure fluff, and took the 24 hour total up to 3.5" at 1,500ft. 18-20" on the ground total at 1,500ft, compared with 12" in my yard at 750ft. Here's a shot of the snow squall that put down a quick 1.5" of fluff between 9-10am. I love how the mountain snow showers can move in so quickly, and then right behind them the sun is out again. The snow had to be like 40:1 ratio stuff as you could stomp your foot down in the parking lot and watch the new fluff anywhere near you scatter, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 powder freak what is your total in town YTD, and also at the base 1500' ytd. if you have the numbers. also sugarbush leading the way wrt snowfall totals seems suspect. they must be measuring anti conservatively this year. i mean i have seen a cple events where they look to have jpotted but not enuf to out do you or jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Beautiful day for snowshoeing thru the woodlot, this time with another forester, who works with several loggers. We may actually get our falling-apart fir cut this winter. Wimd was strong but temp was mid 20s, just fine for January. Groomer worked the club trail thru the woodlot, probably last night; met one lonely sled as we were heading back out to the road. Loads of deer tracks at the oft-used (in the past) game trail near the brook. Where were all of you last November? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 powder freak what is your total in town YTD, and also at the base 1500' ytd. if you have the numbers. also sugarbush leading the way wrt snowfall totals seems suspect. they must be measuring anti conservatively this year. i mean i have seen a cple events where they look to have jpotted but not enuf to out do you or jay I'm at roughly 44" at my house... I think I'm running like 3-4" higher than the Village CoCoRAHS, but he hasn't reported in the past couple days. J.Spin's got me by 14" though but that's about par for the course. He gets better snows in the west slope events, while also getting snow in the east side events, lol. Maybe a couple inches also builds up from dedicated 6-12 hour measurements? But he's definitely had more snow this season. Our snowpack seems pretty similar though, as I was at 12.5" this morning after about 1.8" yesterday/last night. Now back to 12.0" this evening as that settled out. I don't have the numbers for 1,500ft at home... but I'm guessing its in the 60-70" range? More snow on the way... actually looks like a decent little event for the Saint Lawerance Valley, Montreal/southern Quebec area, and far northern Champlain Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 showcase New Hampshire. 603, represent. Great shots Jayhawk. Never been up Tripyramid but I certainly know it by sight--very cool looking mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 This has to be an error...no way there was over 1" of QPF in the last 24 hours on the mountain...especially at those temperatures. However there is the usual 50% reduction from actual snowfall...with 3". I'm not even sure if you could achieve those numbers even if we had a full blown sleet storm up there. On the plus side, the snow depth is now 50". DAILY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATANATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT521 PM EST SAT JAN 5 2013STATION PRECIP TEMPERATURE PRESENT SNOW 24 HRS MAX MIN CUR WEATHER NEW TOTAL SWE...VERMONT...MOUNT MANSFIELD 1.07 17 9 9 3.0 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 2.2 afternoon yesterday and overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I decided on Mt Tripyramid, a loop with three peaks over 4,000'. f*** yeah! Tripyramid!!! You should do all the mountains visible from my front deck from left to right. Up next would be Whiteface, Passaconaway and then Paugus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 f*** yeah! Tripyramid!!! You should do all the mountains visible from my front deck from left to right. Up next would be Whiteface, Passaconaway and then Paugus. I did Whiteface and Passaconaway last July on a day that was a furnace - car thermo read 100F (it was in the sun) when I got back to it. 13 miles or thereabouts if I recall, with some nasty steep pitches. Needed 5 liters of water when I had only 4. Fantastic learning experience. I could envision an overnighter doing the Tripyramids over to Chocorua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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