Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 There should be excellent year round skiing in New England from here on out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 and we are off Arapahoe opens Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 6 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: and we are off Arapahoe opens Friday And while we trough, they ridge...probably won't be continuously open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 12 minutes ago, #NoPoles said: And while we trough, they ridge...probably won't be continuously open They will remain open. The dry air is great for preservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 13 hours ago, powderfreak said: They will remain open. The dry air is great for preservation. 12,000 feet and a rapidly decreasing sun angle helps a lot too. Their preservation in November is prob better than it is in late February and March, lol. Only difference is by the time you get to March they have already had like 20-30 feet of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Scored a practically brand new 2017 limited edition brahmas with warden 13 bindings. $375 off Craigslist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Looks like Killington is making snow on the upper third of superstar. lol Really pushing the limit on what's possible, but at least hey'll get off to a very good head-start for the WC this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 2 hours ago, masomenos said: Looks like Killington is making snow on the upper third of superstar. lol Really pushing the limit on what's possible, but at they'll get off to a very good head-start for the WC this week. I read that they plan to open on Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said: I read that they plan to open on Tuesday Yeah I'm on their email list and got a notice they are opening Tuesday. Wednesday for non-season pass holders. They should be able to make a decent amount of snow this week. Good airmass incoming with that reinforcing shot of cold air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said: I read that they plan to open on Tuesday Just saw that. Definitely has to be up there among the earliest openings. I want to say somewhere around 10/15 was the earliest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Since 1987 Killington has opened 16 times on October 25th or earlier. 3 times in that period they opened on October 1st which is their earliest opening date. Last year they opened October 18th. So this is actually a fairly average opening date for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 25 minutes ago, Skivt2 said: Since 1987 Killington has opened 16 times on October 25th or earlier. 3 times in that period they opened on October 1st which is their earliest opening date. Last year they opened October 18th. So this is actually a fairly average opening date for them. I wonder how accurate this list is? http://www.snowjournal.com/discussion/37/some-killington-history I had no idea they had so many early October openings. With all the warm falls we've had the last 20 years an October 1st opening seems like the stuff of legend. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 October 1st is incredible People are just closing pools around here at that point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 9 hours ago, masomenos said: I wonder how accurate this list is? http://www.snowjournal.com/discussion/37/some-killington-history I had no idea they had so many early October openings. With all the warm falls we've had the last 20 years an October 1st opening seems like the stuff of legend. haha We had a pretty crazy run of very cold septembers and early Octobers in the late 80s and early 90s. October recently has actually been pretty cold minus the last 3-4 years but septembers have been a furnace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 11 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: Yeah I'm on their email list and got a notice they are opening Tuesday. Wednesday for non-season pass holders. They should be able to make a decent amount of snow this week. Good airmass incoming with that reinforcing shot of cold air. Yeah we never make snow prior to November 1st but are leaning towards blasting away from 3000ft on up. It's not much but if we can bury the upper loop and hold it (remember there's a dense high QPF 10-11" on the ground too) then it'll free up say 30 snow guns for when we need them down low in November. I think if we put it down this week it'll hold with the natural base on the bottom too, at least 3000ft up (elevation that Killington opens at is like 3-4kft too) should hold. That high east side doesn't get a ton of sun either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 8 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Yeah we never make snow prior to November 1st but are leaning towards blasting away from 3000ft on up. It's not much but if we can bury the upper loop and hold it (remember there's a dense high QPF 10-11" on the ground too) then it'll free up say 30 snow guns for when we need them down low in November. I think if we put it down this week it'll hold with the natural base on the bottom too, at least 3000ft up (elevation that Killington opens at is like 3-4kft too) should hold. That high east side doesn't get a ton of sun either. It doesn't look torchy either which is good. There's signs of moderation in early November but there's no obvious furnace signal. So if it stays near normal before the next cold shot, then you definitely ended up getting a leg up on the season. I haven't looked closely but i assume you are going to get more natural snow this week too from upslope. Hopefully Thursday night puts down some too though that is more uncertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 This one caught my eye for Killington! 1996/1997 October 4 – June 22 / 233 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 5 minutes ago, eyewall said: This one caught my eye for Killington! 1996/1997 October 4 – June 22 / 233 Yeah 1997 was absurd. That was the year the Mansfield Stake had 48" on May 31st. Really wrap your head around that. We couldn't get above 38" all last year but 5/31/97 had a 48" depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 5 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Yeah 1997 was absurd. That was the year the Mansfield Stake had 48" on May 31st. Really wrap your head around that. We couldn't get above 38" all last year but 5/31/97 had a 48" depth. That is nuts for sure. I remember going up Bolton in mid May of 2015 and still encountering 2-3 ft. at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, eyewall said: That is nuts for sure. I remember going up Bolton in mid May of 2015 and still encountering 2-3 ft. at the top. 2015 had that good late season event in April...I went up to Jay Peak and found about 10-12" new on April 26th and up in their glades past 3000 feet they had at least 4-5 feet still OTG...so not surprising that still in mid-May there would be some good snow. It got warm quickly though that month so unlike a year like 1997, it all released very fast once it hit that point. May of 1997 was not only very cold, it actually had some big snow events in the mountains...some places probably were adding a net snowpack pretty far into the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 43 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: It doesn't look torchy either which is good. There's signs of moderation in early November but there's no obvious furnace signal. So if it stays near normal before the next cold shot, then you definitely ended up getting a leg up on the season. I haven't looked closely but i assume you are going to get more natural snow this week too from upslope. Hopefully Thursday night puts down some too though that is more uncertain. Yeah this week looks like a couple more inches in upslope...the EURO actually has up to half an inch of QPF over a 36 hour period so the summits may stack up a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 7 hours ago, powderfreak said: Yeah 1997 was absurd. That was the year the Mansfield Stake had 48" on May 31st. Really wrap your head around that. We couldn't get above 38" all last year but 5/31/97 had a 48" depth. I believe it. Mt. Washington got something like 96" of snow in MAY alone! We had to postpone our annual Tuck's ski weekend (we pushed it to Memorial Day weekend b/c of all the snow) and it was still high/extreme avalanche danger, so we skied July 4th instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 sunshine today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Killington opened at noon and the Eastern ski season is officially underway... after this weekend's "unofficial" start to the season with natural snow turns everywhere. Photos from social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Never got around to posting my storm photos from Sunday so here are a few... man I love winter. I really feel like all of last year I never got to just chill out and wander around after a "real" snowfall. Its so nice to just enjoy the beauty of a snow covered mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Scott, you are definitely stoking envy in me with your photography Please tell me there are parts of your job that suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Rates don't seem bad for Cranmore. looking at ticket prices if you buy online, looks like 42$ a ticket for the day im looking at in December. Paid 195 for a room for 2 nights, so all in all, doesn't appear to bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 December 25, 2015 (Christmas Day) October 26, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: December 25, 2015 (Christmas Day) October 26, 2016 Jesus. looks like summer in the first pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: December 25, 2015 (Christmas Day) October 26, 2016 Last season was so pathetic here (WaWa). Their opening day was just...sad. So few snowmaking days and so little help from the natural. Hopefully your place can keep on rockin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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