J.Spin Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 With the improvement in conditions thanks to these past couple of storms, we hit the mountain for a bit of skiing around New Year’s, so I’ll pass along some Bolton Valley conditions and pics. The additional snow that came on the 1st is when the resort really starting opening up natural snow terrain. On Tuesday, snowpack in mid to upper elevations offered about 4 inches of powder atop a thicker layer/crust, and then there was another roughly 4 inches of dense snow below that, and then you got to the base snow. By Wednesday that topmost layer of powder was generally 6 inches plus, so the powder skiing off piste was definitely improving. There’s still not enough snow to open more than moderately-pitched natural snow terrain, but another storm or two without any major warm storms will obviously get terrain expansion going. There is a decent amount of natural snow terrain that’s set for powder skiing and should be great with additional accumulations: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 First flakes just started. 32f in the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 We’ve got a Winter Weather Advisory posted now for incoming Winter Storm Henry. Our point forecast here suggests 3-8” through Sunday with some additional potential accumulations Sunday night into Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I’m not sure why I even looked, but yeah, you can’t help but love the sentiment in the “main storm thread” as Winter Weather Advisories go into effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 30 minutes ago, J.Spin said: I’m not sure why I even looked, but yeah, you can’t help but love the sentiment in the “main storm thread” as Winter Weather Advisories go into effect. They lost their snow to NNE, again...it hurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 39 minutes ago, J.Spin said: I’m not sure why I even looked, but yeah, you can’t help but love the sentiment in the “main storm thread” as Winter Weather Advisories go into effect. Just another ignorant Boston centric post. Enjoy the snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Wow, these are the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen. Monster parachutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Hitman said: First flakes just started. 32f in the valley. Snow started up here in the Waterbury area around 10:00 A.M. – it’s still fairly light at this point, but I’m seeing some of those larger flakes you mentioned and we’re starting to get a bit of accumulation down here at 500’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Event totals: 1.0” Snow/0.17” L.E. Details from the 4:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.0 inches New Liquid: 0.17 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 5.9 Snow Density: 17.0% H2O Temperature: 33.3 F Sky: Light Snow (3 to 20 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 4.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 7 hours ago, Hitman said: Wow, these are the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen. Monster parachutes. The Sugarbush web cams looked real nice this afternoon. I think SB jackpotted today. We are up to 3” at high elevations but only 1-2” down around the base area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: The Sugarbush web cams looked real nice this afternoon. I think SB jackpotted today. We are up to 3” at high elevations but only 1-2” down around the base area. 5 to 7 from Gore to Whiteface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 3 hours ago, powderfreak said: The Sugarbush web cams looked real nice this afternoon. I think SB jackpotted today. We are up to 3” at high elevations but only 1-2” down around the base area. Yeah, I don’t know. They reported 4” at 4pm and the cams both have 4”. I’m eyeballing 3” down in the valley. We’ll see tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hitman said: Yeah, I don’t know. They reported 4” at 4pm and the cams both have 4”. I’m eyeballing 3” down in the valley. We’ll see tomorrow morning. The radar certainly supported Sugarbush getting more today. Overnight it could dry out and the northern spots may catch up with upslope on half the liquid. I do think SB/MRG got the best QPF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Going to be close to cold source next few weeks hopefully we can cash in on a few storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Event totals: 1.9” Snow/0.24” L.E. Details from the 10:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.9 inches New Liquid: 0.07 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 12.9 Snow Density: 7.8% H2O Temperature: 30.6 F Sky: Light Snow (1 to 4 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 5.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Event totals: 2.5” Snow/0.27” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.6 inches New Liquid: 0.03 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 20.0 Snow Density: 5.0% H2O Temperature: 26.4 F Sky: Light Snow (1 to 8 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 5.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Pretty good upslope flow going on this morning. Moisture getting wrung out rather efficiently right now. Big wind blow flakes at the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Snow has picked up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 4” new here, valley getting brighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: Pretty good upslope flow going on this morning. Moisture getting wrung out rather efficiently right now. Big wind blow flakes at the mountain. Yeah, there’s some nice efficient production of flakes and you can really see it banking up against the spine: We’ve had about another inch or so here at the house, and it’s stacking up nicely with minimal wind, so I’m sure the next analysis will come in with a pretty high snow to water ratio. Wind was picking up in more exposed areas when we were in town though, and the Vista Quad is currently on wind hold up at Bolton Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Event totals: 3.6” Snow/0.31” L.E. Details from the 12:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.1 inches New Liquid: 0.04 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 27.5 Snow Density: 3.6% H2O Temperature: 28.2 F Sky: Flurries Snow at the stake: 6.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 For the crappy pattern, beautiful snow day today! Another inch or so in the past few hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Event totals: 3.9” Snow/0.31” L.E. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.3 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 20.7 F Sky: Flurries Snow at the stake: 6.0 inches The snowfall had tapered off quite a bit and it looked like this would be the last round of accumulation for this event, but it’s picked back up this evening so there will be at least a bit more to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Snowed all morning on the hill. Pretty windy early on. Everything was blown off the trails. Woods were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 The snow has picked up again tonight. So pretty. I love these days where it just doesn’t seem to want to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 That's a sick looking storm Sunday into Monday up in the ski areas. Stay tuned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Event totals: 4.3” Snow/0.31” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.4 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 12.6 F Sky: Mostly Cloudy Snow at the stake: 5.5 inches We picked up a final round of super dry snow last night, and that should mark the end of Winter Storm Henry. The next system in line is quickly moving into the area though, with snow expected to start later this morning and roughly 1-3” of accumulation expected down at our elevation and more at elevation: Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 639 AM EST Mon Jan 6 2020 .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 320 AM EST Monday...Cloud cover is overspreading the North Country this morning in advance of an occluded front. This front is expected to bring snowfall to much of the region with northern New York and the spine of the Green Mountains expected to see decent snow accumulations through Tuesday morning. Models continue to remaining good agreement with snow totals generally 2-4 inches across northern New York, 1-3 inches across Vermont and 3-6 inches across the higher summits of the Green Mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 It was just cloudy at home in Waterbury, but I’m approaching the Burlington area and they’ve got some light to moderate snowfall occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 1145am Monday Light to almost moderate snow 22F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Some decent light snow today. About an inch on my car in 2-3 hrs at the ski area and still coming down steadily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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