Skivt2 Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Killington is trying..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 It looks like T-week itself will at least offer better snowmaking weather and maybe upslope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 That's nuts. If one were to observe the snowmaking pond while they were blasting that much snow, the lowering water level might actually be visible! If it ends up being a good winter you'd think superstar might have a legit shot at staying open deep into June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 12 hours ago, Skivt2 said: Killington is trying..... Awesome. That gives any Ops person a chubby haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Killington is trying..... If you blow it, they will come. That's an all out assault lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Bretton woods opening one trail tomorrow. Will have to go check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Ran across this video. Check it out! The northeast needs one of these! Scroll down to the youtube video. http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/12/remembering_mt_hoods_twin-engi.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Sounds like Killington has made enough snow to hold the WC race (according to a friend who is very involved with the race). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 14 minutes ago, j24vt said: Sounds like Killington has made enough snow to hold the WC race (according to a friend who is very involved with the race). Good for them. Hopefully they avoid heavy rain with the next 2 storms and they should get more snow making opportunities next week. The racers might actually like the rain. Should firm things up nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Rain saves them from having to inject the hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I skied Superstar last year and it was super hard packed and icy. It was my scariest run of the year. I can't imagine these pros flying down that trail when its so hard packed / icy like they like it lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 western canada is kicking, today at sunshine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Stowe moved the opening day from Saturday to Wednesday 11/23. Its the bottom 300 vertical feet that just doesn't have the depth. Top 1700 vertical feet is good to go. The challenge of opening top to bottom is the base is usually the wildcard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 45 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Stowe moved the opening day from Saturday to Wednesday 11/23. Its the bottom 300 vertical feet that just doesn't have the depth. Top 1700 vertical feet is good to go. The challenge of opening top to bottom is the base is usually the wildcard. Should be pretty good snow making weather after the deep ULL moves through this weekend. Might get some natural snow too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Should be pretty good snow making weather after the deep ULL moves through this weekend. Might get some natural snow too. Yeah that's why we picked Wednesday...we literally just need like one more 12-18 hour run in the base area with snowmaking and it's good to go. I think we should be able to get it Monday into Tuesday. 12z ECM was definitely a little slower with the trough/cold though, more like Tuesday-Thurs instead of Monday-Wednesday like the GFS/GGEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 https://www.skiracing.com/stories/killington-optimistic-thanks-to-extensive-snowmaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 11/14/2016 at 10:12 PM, j24vt said: Sounds like Killington has made enough snow to hold the WC race (according to a friend who is very involved with the race). There was a video posted on FB showing them grooming a significant amount of snow on the course. Looks pretty solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 It's good that the plains storm is so far west. It makes for mostly dry weather in the warm sector. With good snow making chances behind the storm plus perhaps some upslope, Killington should be able to pull this off for sure. Even give themselves some wiggle room if the Tday potential turns warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 2 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: It's good that the plains storm is so far west. It makes for mostly dry weather in the warm sector. With good snow making chances behind the storm plus perhaps some upslope, Killington should be able to pull this off for sure. Even give themselves some wiggle room if the Tday potential turns warm. The timing differences between the GFS and EURO (as well as the amount of cold) between the snowmaking windows is driving me nuts haha. GFS says we are online by Sunday afternoon...EURO says like Tuesday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 interesting that the race at Fernie was cancelled due to lack of snow at the base, while they've gotten plenty at elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I'm thinking Wachusett will not be hitting its Black Friday typical opening day...of course last year they did open but it was garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 There was a video posted on FB showing them grooming a significant amount of snow on the course. Looks pretty solid.Think it was.this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Wow they made that much? That's impressive. They may luck out next week too with natural snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I had a dream last night that I met PF at the picnic tables where I was having a sandwich with my classmates, because apparently I was 10 or something but I wasn't actually, and then someone tried to kill me on the ski lifts because they have to kill one person in every group (TWD anyone?) and then PF and I went skiing towards a polar bear because it was going to eat a radioactive stick and it would die, except PF didn't actually have skis and he was complaining about that, and then we got to the bottom of the mountain and everyone was questioning why Hillary Clinton was still at the top of the mountain inside a control station and they thought that was shady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I thought weed wasn't legal yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, JC-CT said: I had a dream last night that I met PF at the picnic tables where I was having a sandwich with my classmates, because apparently I was 10 or something but I wasn't actually, and then someone tried to kill me on the ski lifts because they have to kill one person in every group (TWD anyone?) and then PF and I went skiing towards a polar bear because it was going to eat a radioactive stick and it would die, except PF didn't actually have skis and he was complaining about that, and then we got to the bottom of the mountain and everyone was questioning why Hillary Clinton was still at the top of the mountain inside a control station and they thought that was shady. Were you one of the writers for Lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 3 hours ago, JC-CT said: I had a dream last night that I met PF at the picnic tables where I was having a sandwich with my classmates, because apparently I was 10 or something but I wasn't actually, and then someone tried to kill me on the ski lifts because they have to kill one person in every group (TWD anyone?) and then PF and I went skiing towards a polar bear because it was going to eat a radioactive stick and it would die, except PF didn't actually have skis and he was complaining about that, and then we got to the bottom of the mountain and everyone was questioning why Hillary Clinton was still at the top of the mountain inside a control station and they thought that was shady. Shrooms, you been partying with Tip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 4 hours ago, JC-CT said: I had a dream last night that I met PF at the picnic tables where I was having a sandwich with my classmates, because apparently I was 10 or something but I wasn't actually, and then someone tried to kill me on the ski lifts because they have to kill one person in every group (TWD anyone?) and then PF and I went skiing towards a polar bear because it was going to eat a radioactive stick and it would die, except PF didn't actually have skis and he was complaining about that, and then we got to the bottom of the mountain and everyone was questioning why Hillary Clinton was still at the top of the mountain inside a control station and they thought that was shady. This is epic haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 4 hours ago, CoastalWx said: I thought weed wasn't legal yet? That's not weed. 47 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Shrooms This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 You are all correct, maybe. Can't control my dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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