Redmorninglight Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Was up to my camp in the Adirondacks last 4 days. Mostly worked on the house but managed to snowshoe around the property. North facing slopes averaged 18-20” snow, but south facing down to 6” crust. Elevation varied from 1800’ to 2100’. Logging trails looked good for some backcountry split boarding with one more good storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 New 12z EURO has this area over to phin/alex and then to dryslot as very much on the "line" for Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 Still expecting 6" or so here. Nice, but I need like 10x that in the first half of March to get back on track. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Great skiing today, but the anxiety over tonight is building up. That ice jam is just sitting there... worried about the night might bring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Expecting some Swiss cheese snowpack by morning in the valley. Just about 6” of total granular water-logged pack. Feels like it has to be 3” of water, like 50% and ripe. You walk on top of it for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Its is some slick here right now, WWA since yesterday and ZR right now with temps 28/26°F before we flip and torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 CAD doing a lot better here on E/SE winds. Holding at 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Widespread 50s this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 No problems from the ice jam. Phew. But very cool to see the local variations in snow cover with this weather. First 2 pictures from Whitefield, other 2 from my house - both taken this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 My pack is mostly gone. Total restart here. Making me ready to head back to MD for spring honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, alex said: No problems from the ice jam. Phew. But very cool to see the local variations in snow cover with this weather. First 2 pictures from Whitefield, other 2 from my house - both taken this morning. Big difference even yesterday from some of the larger wide open exposed fields and more sheltered calm locations. Noticed you can drive by bare fields and then a more woodsy residential area has solid cover everywhere. The larger wind-exposed fields are toasted. I mean, at this point it looks so rough and melted anyway. My yard had standing water on top of the shallow few inches of snowpack left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, PhineasC said: My pack is mostly gone. Total restart here. Making me ready to head back to MD for spring honestly. I'm outside at the ski area in a t-shirt right now, birds chirping... thinking about days of sunlight until 9pm and hiking with the dog . Ice rink up here looks like we should stock it with trout or something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Pretty uniform 5-6" left in my yard, but that is more anomalous compared to the rest of town and the valley down through Bennington. Lots of wiped out areas with patches left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, PhineasC said: My pack is mostly gone. Total restart here. Making me ready to head back to MD for spring honestly. That would probably mean a record breaking March with a 70" snowpack. Just kidding. I really picked a weenie spot for my house lol - I look outside and I think - wow, not much damage. But then I drive to bring the kids to school and it looks like November. Used to bother me a lot more though... it'll be back to full white in no time. And frankly, if winter were to end here, it wouldn't be a terrible thing. I love NNE winters but they seem never ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 14 hours ago, dryslot said: Its is some slick here right now, WWA since yesterday and ZR right now with temps 28/26°F before we flip and torch. Had to carry the ash bucket while resetting the max-min and retrieving the rain bucket last evening. Could not stand, much less walk, on any surface that was not dead level. Still awaiting the warm sector, though the temp is now graduating from low to mid 30s and the 0.1" accretion is beginning to come off the trees. It's weird to be 15-20° colder than most of the surrounding country. Folks at FVE must feel the same - at 9 they had 18 while CAR/PQI were 37-38. No change in the 17" pack, though I expect a 2-3" drop when the warm air finally arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, tamarack said: Had to carry the ash bucket while resetting the max-min and retrieving the rain bucket last evening. Could not stand, much less walk, on any surface that was not dead level. Still awaiting the warm sector, though the temp is now graduating from low to mid 30s and the 0.1" accretion is beginning to come off the trees. It's weird to be 15-20° colder than most of the surrounding country. I have ice everywhere as well as some of my pack remains, Were already in the 50's here this morning, GYX needs to get the sensor at KLEW fixed, Been down over a week now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 minute ago, dryslot said: I have ice everywhere as well as some of my pack remains, Were already in the 50's here this morning, GYX needs to get the sensor at KLEW fixed, Been down over a week now. CAD is often a good thing here, but not this morning. Still in the fog here. (Both visually and personally ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 regardless of Friday up here, looks like finally a decent signal for some upslope love next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: I'm outside at the ski area in a t-shirt right now, birds chirping... thinking about days of sunlight until 9pm and hiking with the dog . Ice rink up here looks like we should stock it with trout or something. Yeah, this is tropical. Days like this make some people put away their skis for the season and focus on spring; forgetting deep winter might be 48 hours away at any given point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 minute ago, bwt3650 said: regardless of Friday up here, looks like finally a decent signal for some upslope love next week. Yeah, next week appears to have two shots for decent upslope events. I am really hoping this Friday deal keeps shifting north and I can get 6-10" of cement. Then a fluffy topper next week and things will at least look back to normal even if the depth is way below normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 My snow stake blew over in the storm. Pathetic. LOL Strong south winds are murder here. Hopefully no more of that crap until later in April. Twice in a row in mid to late Feb is tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW_of_GYX Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Yeah, next week appears to have two shots for decent upslope events. I am really hoping this Friday deal keeps shifting north and I can get 6-10" of cement. Then a fluffy topper next week and things will at least look back to normal even if the depth is way below normal. You're gonna worry your way to a 40" march with a few stat padders in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: regardless of Friday up here, looks like finally a decent signal for some upslope love next week. Talk dirty to me. NH school vacation week, will be in Bretton Woods half the week and Stowe the other half. Upslope would be great. Although I’d love to be in Stowe when it’s not a hurricane on the mountain lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Yeah, next week appears to have two shots for decent upslope events. I am really hoping this Friday deal keeps shifting north and I can get 6-10" of cement. Then a fluffy topper next week and things will at least look back to normal even if the depth is way below normal. A beefy 8 on Friday, 10 with the first shot and 6 with the second get us two feet in a week and back to good skiing. My hope and prediction. And let’s loose these 50s to single digits for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, alex said: Talk dirty to me. NH school vacation week, will be in Bretton Woods half the week and Stowe the other half. Upslope would be great. Although I’d love to be in Stowe when it’s not a hurricane on the mountain lol Yeah, no joke today. Jay says 80 mph gusts up top and no upper mountain lifts today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: Yeah, no joke today. Jay says 80 mph gusts up top and no upper mountain lifts today. Surprisingly have both Gondola and Quad going today. West wind staying just high enough over top. Slamming Spruce though. Full on torch though. Dews were near 50F and breaks of sunshine! Feels like it might be trying to dry out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 24 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Surprisingly have both Gondola and Quad going today. West wind staying just high enough over top. Slamming Spruce though. Full on torch though. Dews were near 50F and breaks of sunshine! Feels like it might be trying to dry out a bit. The dewpoint on my PWS says 37° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 54 minutes ago, NW_of_GYX said: You're gonna worry your way to a 40" march with a few stat padders in April. I hope so. Last March was abysmal. I am ready for the epic March. And I don’t think being down is unwarranted. It is Feb 23 and I basically have zero pack on the ground. LOL that’s pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 57/44 here. What a torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Light snow and 33° at SLK. I guess that means it's coming? What a disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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