PhineasC Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Still some cold air lurking and perhaps snow chances, but the mud is here in force, which means it's time for the NNE warm season thread. Mountain peaks coated in white and old Subarus stuck in rutted mud holes means Spring is here. Get in here for NNE warmth talk, but don't plant those veggies just yet. Let's hope for seasonable warmth, dry, and some decent thunderstorm action. Always fun to see those roll in over the mountains. Here's to good nights on the deck with friends enjoying a beer and the fire pit with a slight chill in the air. NNE summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Happy Birthday @mreaves! Hope it was a good one. Mild day, afternoon/evening rounds of rain here. 57F for the high at the nearest PWS... off a low of 31F and frozen early AM. Felt very comfortable with a just a rain shell or hoodie this afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: Happy Birthday @mreaves! Hope it was a good one. Mild day, afternoon/evening rounds of rain here. 57F for the high at the nearest PWS... off a low of 31F and frozen early AM. Felt very comfortable with a just a rain shell or hoodie this afternoon. Thank you. Mud season is a tough time for a birthday. No golf yet and snowmobiling is done. I generally don’t take the day off. Save it for better weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 51 minutes ago, mreaves said: Thank you. Mud season is a tough time for a birthday. No golf yet and snowmobiling is done. I generally don’t take the day off. Save it for better weather. Happy happy birthday Mr Eaves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I think this thread will get new life starting around April 15th...warm season is coming... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 12:45 PM, #NoPoles said: I think this thread will get new life starting around April 15th...warm season is coming... Or a return to winter. What say you guys. Looks impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Or a return to winter. What say you guys. Looks impressive We aren't holding our breath. But a mid-April blue bomb is fairly common for my backyard so it wouldn't be a shocker. I am in spring mode so I really couldn't care less at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Pending the rest of April, I will end up about 22" below last season's total, which itself was about 25" below average, so it wasn't a good winter on that metric. It was real winter pretty much just from mid-Jan through 10 Feb and that was it. Cutters galore after that. Hopefully next winter is a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, PhineasC said: We aren't holding our breath. But a mid-April blue bomb is fairly common for my backyard so it wouldn't be a shocker. I am in spring mode so I really couldn't care less at this point. The real question is when do you go back to Maryland? It will probably snow a foot the day after that, ha. I'm with you though. I'll enjoy snow to ski on while there's still some base left but if I had the choice (none of us do lol) I'd go 70F with low dews and red flag fire warnings this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 minute ago, powderfreak said: The real question is when do you go back to Maryland? It will probably snow a foot the day after that. Already back. Just opened the pool today. LOL Mud, sticks, and 40s is all that is going on up north right now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Already back. Just opened the pool today. LOL Mud, sticks, and 40s is all that is going on up north right now. Would be great if the GFS Euro happens 2 footer blue bombs are impressive up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Would be great if the GFS Euro happens 2 footer blue bombs are impressive up there That would be fun to watch play out. Hope it verifies. Gotta pad my stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Already back. Just opened the pool today. LOL Mud, sticks, and 40s is all that is going on up north right now. Ha dammit, it didn't snow a foot today. Maybe you aren't the force we joke about . It has been a fairly impressive stretch without true widespread plowable snowfall from 1,500ft and below. Especially over there and into Maine where CAD and spring coastal storms are more likely. Even here, zero synoptic snow in what has been weeks, even at higher inhabited elevations. This winter has had some very long stretches without significant or even plowable snowfall. Some years 1,500ft still has very a healthy snowpack in mid-April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Ha dammit, it didn't snow a foot today. Maybe you aren't the force we joke about . It has been a fairly impressive stretch without true widespread plowable snowfall from 1,500ft and below. Especially over there and into Maine where CAD and spring coastal storms are more likely. Even here, zero synoptic snow in what has been weeks, even at higher inhabited elevations. This winter has had some very long stretches without significant or even plowable snowfall. Some years 1,500ft still has very a healthy snowpack in mid-April. Someone showed me some pics from Randolph April 2019 and the pack was still deep. Hopefully one of those kinds of winters shows up soon. It was a lousy winter for snowfall and really not good for pack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I need the snow to be over with. My new ACL isn't strong enough yet to navigate ice and snow. Every time it snows or ices up, I'm stuck in the house until it melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Vail owned Attitash just announced they are not opening summer operations or running any summer activities. Instead they are focusing on maintenance to get the ski resort ready for next ski season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, #NoPoles said: Vail owned Attitash just announced they are not opening summer operations or running any summer activities. Instead they are focusing on maintenance to get the ski resort ready for next ski season Worst chairlifts in modern New England history 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 11 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: Would be great if the GFS Euro happens 2 footer blue bombs are impressive up there Looking good so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Looking good so far EPS mild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 51 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: EPS mild. For NNE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 18 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: For NNE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 It’s one if those deals where maybe the east slopes above 1500’ could get snow to start, but toss the clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 hours ago, CoastalWx said: It’s one if those deals where maybe the east slopes above 1500’ could get snow to start, but toss the clowns. Looking at 925mb temps I’d wager it’s a 1500-2000ft and higher event. I post the clowns but with it in mind that the actual surface stations aren’t seeing that but the ski areas might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 12:45 PM, #NoPoles said: I think this thread will get new life starting around April 15th...warm season is coming... #Fail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Looks like I cursed the warm season too. LOL Please someone else make the next cold season thread! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 65F here today, pretty nice temp with low RH. Looking up at the mountain from the base area, still a lot of snow on the hill. Going to be a long melt this season. Looks like some upslope accumulations possible even down through 1500ft on Wednesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Some light snow this week? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 RT 108 through Smugglers Notch (Notch Road, Mountain Road, RT 108, many names) opened today for the season, connecting Jeffersonville with Stowe. It connects the east and west slopes without having to go to Waterbury and I-89... or north to Johnson for RT 15. Good warm season marker is that opening. View of the Notch and passageway through the Spine from this afternoon. Mild day despite the clouds, natural snow trail Starr vs snowmaking runs Centerline to North Slope. Snow is dirty with melt debris, dust, dirt, tree boughs, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 4/14/2022 at 9:38 PM, Ginx snewx said: Worst chairlifts in modern New England history Not New England and 51 years ago, but I'd nominate the Little Whiteface chairlift for that title. The summit lift might've been at least as terrible, but it wasn't running when we visited during our honeymoon in June 1971. The chairs on the L.W. lift had no footrest and the lap bars were ridiculously small - 10" or less. The ride finished with a single catenary of about 2000' - per Google Earth - that seemed to rise straight up (probably closer to 60°) at the end, with a counterweight chunk of concrete nearly as big as our house. That span was way above ground, 50' and higher, with a not-trail below - trees just cut and jackstrawed, nice place to land if one fell off the chair. Can't imagine a rescue from there if the lift broke down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterMT Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 36 minutes ago, tamarack said: Not New England and 51 years ago, but I'd nominate the Little Whiteface chairlift for that title. The summit lift might've been at least as terrible, but it wasn't running when we visited during our honeymoon in June 1971. The chairs on the L.W. lift had no footrest and the lap bars were ridiculously small - 10" or less. The ride finished with a single catenary of about 2000' - per Google Earth - that seemed to rise straight up (probably closer to 60°) at the end, with a counterweight chunk of concrete nearly as big as our house. That span was way above ground, 50' and higher, with a not-trail below - trees just cut and jackstrawed, nice place to land if one fell off the chair. Can't imagine a rescue from there if the lift broke down. right on with that one. Could look right down to Route 86, or jump 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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