gonegalt Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 8 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Don’t you drive a barge on the river when it melts? Used to move 100k+ bbl petroleum barges out of NYC. Hudson, LIS, Bos and such to Searsport. But not on the mighty Aroostook. Would have simplified my commute. And ice hardly ever stopped us. 4500 hp will move a load pretty good and if the ice grows too thick we bring an assist boat. Don't do it any more. Don't miss it! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 1pm and only up to 41F. Coating of ice last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Low 40s at 1:45, sun has been visible thru clouds off/on since late morn. Trees are bare and mostly dry. Saw 1 PM temp of 63 at AFN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Touched 60 here but back down to 57. No sun to speak of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Warm day. T-shirt ski weather. A couple dozen people skiing, ha. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonegalt Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 That's how I feel as I putt around with the fields all to myself. A private playground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 6:40 PM, Whineminster said: How did you pan out? Just very light icing. Although it was cold we didn't have much QPF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 23 hours ago, alex said: Where are you? Just got back from Bethlehem it was 35 there, but 29 here at the house and slick af It got to around 33 degrees. We did get some ice on the deck, but it was gone in less than an hour. Crawford Notch was beautiful this morning. All the trees were glazed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, gonegalt said: That's how I feel as I putt around with the fields all to myself. A private playground. I was up there for the first time for a week in early February. Stayed out in the old air base in Limestone. Had a great time and did about 700 miles in 5 days. Lake View, Deans, up to Madawaska and down to PQI. I was with a large group, one day we had 36 sleds from all over the eastern US and Maritime provinces. Would definitely go up again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 12 hours ago, mreaves said: I was up there for the first time for a week in early February. Stayed out in the old air base in Limestone. Had a great time and did about 700 miles in 5 days. Lake View, Deans, up to Madawaska and down to PQI. I was with a large group, one day we had 36 sleds from all over the eastern US and Maritime provinces. Would definitely go up again. Did you get much west of Route 11 and into the Allagash-St. John country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, tamarack said: Did you get much west of Route 11 and into the Allagash-St. John country? No, only to Portage Lake. Hopefully I can get back up again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonegalt Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 19 hours ago, mreaves said: I was up there for the first time for a week in early February. Stayed out in the old air base in Limestone. Had a great time and did about 700 miles in 5 days. Lake View, Deans, up to Madawaska and down to PQI. I was with a large group, one day we had 36 sleds from all over the eastern US and Maritime provinces. Would definitely go up again. Ya, I followed your trip then. Unable to comment for ages before finding my password lately. They've made the base a pretty neat ride segment with the runway trail. The coolest part is the old nuke storage bunkers. They're still there laid down in the woods like a 50's subdivision. Streets of them in the woods around the open central control area where we are sitting atop one here. Fun to ride on top of the buried ones, stop and wonder how many megatons were stacked 10' beneath you not so long ago. Great ride in there. Gotta know the way in/out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Nice sunset this evening. Crazy how late it happens, like after 7:30. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 If only we can have this weather one year from today! Astronomical event of a lifetime coming. Mark the date and put in for a vacation day now. A total eclipse of the sun is something you will never forget. Trust me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 What was your pack at after the snow last night ..30”?We probably got up to around 36-40 during that week when the backside came through the prior storm, but as expected, that was the high point. It’s taken a big hit even with the cold temps. The April sun is just too much. And with the torch this week, 1900’ is going to get demolished. Still, should be some of the best spring skiing of the season the next three days, especially with the freezes overnight tonight and tomorrow. I still think May is doable here, but this week is the end of the naturals.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 One of my favorite events of the year at the mountain. Staff starts rolling in as early as 3:30am and starting at 4:30am the Gondola begins transporting hundreds of people to the top of the mountain (over 1,000 this year?) to witness the sunrise on Easter morning. Mother Nature didn't disappoint this morning and the crowd was big. Sometimes watching a sunrise is better alone without so many people, but on Easter it's always fun hearing the collective audible gasp as the sun breaks the horizon. Happy Easter to all. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I second that PF.It was a terrific morning for a walk. Birds were happy, hard to not feel thankful for this little corner of the planet. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 What a day to conclude the season! Sad that it's ending, what a great finish to a crummy start! Happy Easter! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmtnwx Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 5 hours ago, powderfreak said: One of my favorite events of the year at the mountain. Staff starts rolling in as early as 3:30am and starting at 4:30am the Gondola begins transporting hundreds of people to the top of the mountain (over 1,000 this year?) to witness the sunrise on Easter morning. Mother Nature didn't disappoint this morning and the crowd was big. Sometimes watching a sunrise is better alone without so many people, but on Easter it's always fun hearing the collective audible gasp as the sun breaks the horizon. Happy Easter to all. God bless buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonegalt Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Nice Easter ride out back today. Street clothes and a hat! Oh and work gloves, Flat as a pancake, solid as a rock except for the top two inches. They're soft as butter. Been no melt yet, just evaporation. Melt begins tomorrow. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonegalt Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Going up to 55f tomorrow but with low dews following a freeze tonight I'll bet those fields still got it. The river.... nope. Oh well. sit and have a breather... The river has dropped about a foot as shown by the photos. Expect a rise this timme of year but we've only been evaporating- no runoff. It will begin to rise day after tomorrow. There wont be any jams this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 On 4/9/2023 at 8:29 AM, powderfreak said: One of my favorite events of the year at the mountain. Staff starts rolling in as early as 3:30am and starting at 4:30am the Gondola begins transporting hundreds of people to the top of the mountain (over 1,000 this year?) to witness the sunrise on Easter morning. Mother Nature didn't disappoint this morning and the crowd was big. Sometimes watching a sunrise is better alone without so many people, but on Easter it's always fun hearing the collective audible gasp as the sun breaks the horizon. Happy Easter to all. Nippy (near 20°) for sunrise service, but the first one with zero clouds in about 10 years. The sun's edge appeared just after our pastor's closing prayer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 skied at Cannon yesterday (Sunday). Top half of mountain never soften - between cool temps and low dews didn't have a chance. headed to SLoaf at end of week - hoping it doesn't get too warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonegalt Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Real melt started. Gonna document the river rise. River has receded some as of this morning. No doubt it is rising now as the fields are in run off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 With systems like Winter Storm Uriel coming through the area, the weather and ski conditions had generally been staying on the wintry side of the spectrum, with no sustained periods of spring warmth. My boys were up at Bolton on Friday for a session, and the word was that the conditions remained hard both on and off piste. Saturday was probably a bit warmer, but with valley temperatures topping out in the upper 30s F, that still wasn’t going to cut it with respect to softening the snow. Sunday showed more potential though, and I headed up to the mountain for an afternoon session that saw temperatures pushing well into the 40s F at 1,500’ at the Timberline Base. That was definitely enough to soften the snow into pleasant spring conditions, especially on west-facing terrain with afternoon sun. The boys were up at the main mountain with friends for some terrain park runs, and I thought about heading over to see them, but it was well into the afternoon so I just stuck around Timberline for a few Telemark laps. Temperatures certainly cooled with elevation, but the snow was soft enough everywhere to produce great turns. In some spots with direct sun, the snow was even getting a little sticky since it hadn’t gone over to 100% corn, but in general the snow quality was excellent. Coverage is still quite good on piste even down to 1,500’, but there are a few bare spots opening up on natural snow terrain at those low elevations. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Close to melt-out in my backyard Today might do the trick? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Anybody verify that 2ft pack in Groton? Must be uber weenie spot, high up, north facing slope in the woods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 We'll be down to 1" or just patches by sunset. Yesterday's 64 then 40s overnight took out much of the remnants. Time to dig the overwintered carrots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said: Anybody verify that 2ft pack in Groton? Must be uber weenie spot, high up, north facing slope in the woods? While I haven't been out there this week, I can verify that the snow hangs in there. It's the first and last place to snowmobile in this area. Former poster @Allenson called the are the Near Kingdom in reference to it sort of being the start of the NEK. The town is home to the largest state forest/state park in VT https://fpr.vermont.gov/groton-management-unit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 6 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said: Anybody verify that 2ft pack in Groton? Must be uber weenie spot, high up, north facing slope in the woods? New Sweden Maine reported 19.5 this morning and that's mostly farm country - likely a good deal more in the forested hills to the west. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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