Ginx snewx Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 43 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Too bad the Blue Canyon ASOS crapped out at 1pm today....in the previous 20 hours, they had gotten over 2.5" of qpf as snow after the changeover, and they are down at 5k feet, so it was likely quite a bit more up around the pass levels. Models were printing out another 5 inches of QPF between tonight and Thursday night. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 A Basin had to close early and boot everyone off the mountain today due to avalanche risk at Loveland pass. They evacuated the entire area. An avy on Vail Pass closed I70 with up to 15' on the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 12 minutes ago, radarman said: A Basin had to close early and boot everyone off the mountain today due to avalanche risk at Loveland pass. They evacuated the entire area. An avy on Vail Pass closed I70 with up to 15' on the highway. Crested Butte did the same thing yesterday. Shut down at 12pm due to heavy snow and rapidly rising avalanche danger. The comments on Facebook where atrocious...how people can b**ch and moan about that and ask if they will refund lodging and airfare, etc... truly embarrassing. The mountain would love to stay open but not at the risk of killing a guest in an avalanche or something. I couldn't believe people weren't understanding this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Highest and best total I can find is Mammoth's 101" in 72 hours. They've had almost 200" all together but 101" in 72 hours is just nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 http://downeast.com/go-deep/ good article about BC skiing in Vacationland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 44 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Highest and best total I can find is Mammoth's 101" in 72 hours. They've had almost 200" all together but 101" in 72 hours is just nuts. Ha ha ha. Better get a bigger snow stake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 2 hours ago, powderfreak said: Crested Butte did the same thing yesterday. Shut down at 12pm due to heavy snow and rapidly rising avalanche danger. The comments on Facebook where atrocious...how people can b**ch and moan about that and ask if they will refund lodging and airfare, etc... truly embarrassing. The mountain would love to stay open but not at the risk of killing a guest in an avalanche or something. I couldn't believe people weren't understanding this. Same thing with people complaining about windholds. Like the mtn wants to idle lifts. Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Squaw and Alpine closed for the 4th straight day. Reporting "well over 3.5' in 24 hours" and 2"/hr snow continuing. But a regional power outage in N Lake Tahoe area has put the kibosh on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Well you know it is getting bad when the conversation is completely shifted to what is happening out West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 hearing 4 inches of very wet snow at Gore Mountain last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I'm heading to N. Conway Friday. Looks like Wildcat is 100% open as of today. 3-4" new last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 42 inches new for Alpine Meadows and 80 inches storm total. 164 inches for the month so far 11 days in...not a bad start to January. Imagine if they hadn't changed to rain earlier this week? They might be over 200 inches on the month. Blizzard conditions continue there. Probably another 1-2 feet until things finally wind down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 1 hour ago, qg_omega said: hearing 4 inches of very wet snow at Gore Mountain last night. I know Stratton got 4. All it is, is another 4" to melt during this crap pattern. Luckily my favorite month In the mountains is still 2 months away and I already have 5 days in for the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 43 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: 42 inches new for Alpine Meadows and 80 inches storm total. 164 inches for the month so far 11 days in...not a bad start to January. Imagine if they hadn't changed to rain earlier this week? They might be over 200 inches on the month. Blizzard conditions continue there. Probably another 1-2 feet until things finally wind down. I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the pics/video come out of tahoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, Hitman said: I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the pics/video come out of tahoe. I have no doubt we'll be fawning soon enough once the storm cycle wraps up and the resorts open up. This one requires patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 12 minutes ago, Hitman said: I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the pics/video come out of tahoe. A chunk of the region is without power (and most of the roads have been locked down for days now), so it's probably pretty tough to get a lot of good pics. We'll probably have to wait until Friday to get great pics...some awesome bluebird pics too it should be. The best webcam I've been watching is the Boreal mountain webcam...it's a good quality cam: http://www.rideboreal.com/the-mountain/webcams/mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 19 minutes ago, Hitman said: I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the pics/video come out of tahoe. Yea sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Hitman said: I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the pics/video come out of tahoe. The funny thing is they'll get 15 feet of snow and ski on the top foot since it's so dense. It ain't going to be 15 feet of Alta pow. It's more like the ground just came up 15 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 hours ago, eyewall said: Well you know it is getting bad when the conversation is completely shifted to what is happening out West. Man you are just so depressed, lol. Everything is bad all the time ;). Pretty awesome storm cycle out west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 1 minute ago, powderfreak said: Man you are just so depressed, lol. Everything is bad all the time ;). he needs to go and ski Stowe, I am sure it was great today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, powderfreak said: The funny thing is they'll get 15 feet of snow and ski on the top foot since it's so dense. It ain't going to be 15 feet of Alta pow. It's more like the ground just came up 15 feet. Reports are top of Heavenly is well heavenly, it was in the teens for the last 30hrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Reports are top of Heavenly is well heavenly, it was in the teens for the last 30hrs Yeah this final 3+ feet is pretty powdery...but powderfreak's general point is true...it's often that it just brings the whole base up about 80-90% of what the snowfall total was. The first time I skied their in 1994, we had a similar type ending to a storm where the last day was cold...like upper teens to low 20s and the snow was quite powdery. In contrast, when I was skiing there during a big storm in 1999, it was pure man snow, lol. But this is what makes their skiing so awesome in spring when you have good years...just an obscene base of man snow and you are skiing the trees with zero fear in April/May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 18 minutes ago, qg_omega said: he needs to go and ski Stowe, I am sure it was great today Was a good one. 3" new snow above 2,500ft...2" at the parking lot level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 22 minutes ago, powderfreak said: The funny thing is they'll get 15 feet of snow and ski on the top foot since it's so dense. It ain't going to be 15 feet of Alta pow. It's more like the ground just came up 15 feet. True, but they wouldn't have it any other way. The 15' covers the huge rocks and many trees and puts all sorts of stuff in play. Fluffy pow pow sucks there until mid season. At that point yeah, bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Just now, radarman said: True, but they wouldn't have it any other way. The 15' covers the huge rocks and many trees and puts all sorts of stuff in play. Fluffy pow pow sucks there until mid season. At that point yeah, bring it on. Yep and wow Hitman might be impressed a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 13 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Yep and wow Hitman might be impressed a little The big days are coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Just now, radarman said: The big days are coming. Euro ens plop another 5-8 feet in the next 10 days out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 25 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Reports are top of Heavenly is well heavenly, it was in the teens for the last 30hrs Yeah it's amazing I'm sure...crazy good. It was more tongue-in-cheek and a constant bickering amongst various western skiers/riders in the whose snow is better. Rocky Mtn skiers always say they like to ski IN the snow not ON the snow like Cascade concrete and Sierra cement. Its funny because in a way it's the same "man snow" vs "fluff" argument lol, just among western skiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Just now, powderfreak said: Yeah it's amazing I'm sure...crazy good. It was more tongue-in-cheek and a constant bickering amongst various western skiers/riders in the whose snow is better. Rocky Mtn skiers always say they like to ski IN the snow not ON the snow like Cascade concrete and Sierra cement. Its funny because in a way it's the same "man snow" vs "fluff" argument lol, just among western skiers. Did you see the groomed picnic tables/ I really laughed about that today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 31 minutes ago, radarman said: True, but they wouldn't have it any other way. The 15' covers the huge rocks and many trees and puts all sorts of stuff in play. Fluffy pow pow sucks there until mid season. At that point yeah, bring it on. Yeah that's what they argue and Rocky Mtn skiers argue otherwise haha. The old Dueling Banjos column in Powder Magazine used to argue both points each winter, it was hilarious. But the wind also packs it quite a bit. Like you'll see someone drop into a Squaw Valley bowl after 10 feet of snow and he's ripping it like it's a groomer of wind-buff. Fat skis help a lot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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