2024-2025 Ski season Thread

[powderfreak]

9 hours ago, qg_omega said:

XMAS week special

Gore?

[powderfreak]

7 hours ago, bwt3650 said:

This is a unique one from a mountain ops perspective. I don’t think it really even set up that much before the snow on weds. It should be right side up so this may actually just kind of fix itself by the weekend. The damage was major though; the difference between 35 and rain and 45 and rain for 2 days decimated it…but if there was going to be a grinch, one that is fixed 48-72 hours later is probably best case scenario in my opinion.

The challenge tonight is it’s a holiday week, you need to groom.  People don’t pay big money to vacation in ski country, just to have the hill offer a midweek late season thaw groom.

The less grooming the better for the snowpack tonight, but the calendar and visitation say all core routes absolutely need to be groomed.

[powderfreak]

21 minutes ago, hazwoper said:

Damn!  I’ll be at Stowe Thursday through Saturday.  Thoughts on natural runs opening this weekend @powderfreak?

The Front needs a good foot of snow, with some moisture.  It’s definitely possible at elevation.  But that sustained pitch for that vertical?  The part of the mountain between Hayride and Nosedive, known as “the Front” in Mtn Ops lexicon takes the most snow to open.  You are in it to win it once you enter those runs and the threshold to open them is higher than shorter, mellower pitches.

I do think a 6+ inch snowfall will reopen many closed intermediate natural snow trails though.

[bwt3650]

The challenge tonight is it’s a holiday week, you need to groom.  People don’t pay big money to vacation in ski country, just to have the hill offer a midweek late season thaw groom.
The less grooming the better for the snowpack tonight, but the calendar and visitation say all core routes absolutely need to be groomed.

I’ve been all in on this upcoming thurs-sun period so might as well ride it…I think we get a lot back by the weekend…but didn’t think about your holiday week point. Maybe next week if it was a random January tues lay off most of it because it’s not going to firm much…perfect example tho of why you know mountain ops and I’m just a skier.


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[bwt3650]

Gore?

There’s some at jay that look similar, but I also skied the top half of Derrick, which is natural, at 3pm in the rain and it was more than skiable…but def quad burning.


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[hazwoper]

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

The Front needs a good foot of snow, with some moisture.  It’s definitely possible at elevation.  But that sustained pitch for that vertical?  The part of the mountain between Hayride and Nosedive, known as “the Front” in Mtn Ops lexicon takes the most snow to open.  You are in it to win it once you enter those runs and the threshold to open them is higher than shorter, mellower pitches.

I do think a 6+ inch snowfall will reopen many closed intermediate natural snow trails though.

Thanks!  My two boys are telling me they plan to hike to profanity.  Guessing I should put the kibosh on that one?

[bwt3650]

Temp dropped much more than I would have thought above 2500’. Everything firmed up so we have hard pack and granular piles til tmrw.


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[tunafish]

Pleasant was pretty good last night.  My and the kiddo had it to ourselves.  Mostly mashed potatoes but super comfortable out - 36 or so degrees and very little wind.

[amarshall]

When we left the loaf today it was 4-6" at 1pm and still nuking .

Mid mountain down it was cement . Big cement moguls .

Not the best but we'll take it for a bonus day. Super quad was down all day which sucked .


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[TrueBlue]

17 hours ago, amarshall said:

When we left the loaf today it was 4-6" at 1pm and still nuking .

Mid mountain down it was cement . Big cement moguls .

Not the best but we'll take it for a bonus day. Super quad was down all day which sucked .


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All lifts but double runner are on wind hold today. Quad is still down but supposed to be up today.

[dmcginvt]

On 12/30/2024 at 10:09 PM, powderfreak said:

The Front needs a good foot of snow, with some moisture.  It’s definitely possible at elevation.  But that sustained pitch for that vertical?  The part of the mountain between Hayride and Nosedive, known as “the Front” in Mtn Ops lexicon takes the most snow to open.  You are in it to win it once you enter those runs and the threshold to open them is higher than shorter, mellower pitches.

I do think a 6+ inch snowfall will reopen many closed intermediate natural snow trails though.

lol well it happened and "the front" opened :)  I got 7-8 here at 820'

[GCWarrior]

Past the holiday doldrums! Yay! Time to get after it.  Stowe tomorrow and Jay Saturday.  Freshest snow in the lower 48 right now? 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Kid died at Cranmore over New Years.  

https://www.wmur.com/article/cranmore-mountain-new-hampshire-skier-1225/63321791

[radarman]

Periodically dumping at Magic today.  Not much base and firm and lumpy underneath but the light snow skied in well and could pretty much rip on the low angle natural without much hesitation by 11 or so.   

[GCWarrior]

Managed to make it up to Northern Vermont for a couple days.  Stowe Friday and Jay Peak today.  Both skied extremely well.  This most recent storm and upslope has really helped them make a quick recovery for the natural snow terrain. Talking to people on the lift it seems much of the rest of NNE outside NVT is very bleak.  Both mountains were crowded but we still managed to get plenty of runs in plus skinned to the top of the tram and down Green Beret.  

[mcglups]

Day seven and eight on the mountain at Wildcat were enjoyable and it sure felt like winter! Conditions took a hit with the rain last weekend but only with modest recovery, however that is more theoretical in nature because natural snow terrain hasn't really been open. Open terrain was man-made groomed granular, with a few variations of top to bottom runs, but overall terrain is limited. Not any semi-permanent ice locations underneath, but there is more noticeable amount of pebbles and small rocks. Snow making is happening on middle and lower polecat, one would imagine that will be ready for action by next weekend.  Wind hold got the best of the mountain the past several days with operations closed on Thursday, Friday and on Sunday it opened at 11am.

[bwt3650]

Just a damn good, deep winter ski day. Lots of packed powder, cold, but not as windy. Powder stashed to be had, but by now, have to hunt…








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