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5.5” at my place 1900’. Nice thump last night 12-4am. Pack holding strong..for now. .

Finished with just about 5.5” at 1900’. Safe to assume there’s 7 up top. It thumped pretty good from 1-3am. Pack is strong…for now. .

3 plus down so far…after a lull, it has picked up again. Hopefully, we should pull 6 out of this. It’s heavy, wet, slop right now. With the temp expected to drop another 5 by morning, would be nice if we could get the last 2 to lighten up. Should be decent tomorrow. Nice save by the fake snow. .

So if I’m reading this right….almost a half inch of liquid, good flow for the northern greens and a decent burst between midnight and dawn…6” would fix a lot of damage and make for a good weekend. Wind probably dumps most of that into the trees. .

The upslope signal tomorrow night into Saturday is pretty consistent across even the global s. Looks like a good period from 0z to 12z. Would love to sneak in 4-6 to help fix the rain/mix damage for the weekend.

K-mart today. Not the greatest, but any day on snow is better than the alternative. Groomers were the place to be. Hard pack with some occasional loose granular, but not crazy icy. The woods were garbage. I made the mistake of venturing into anarchy and Juanita. First of all, crazy f’n tight in there.…but also thin and tons of debris. Actually lucked out that I avoided an injury today after a decent spill…just not the day for those. Some of the naturals are hanging on, but showing signs they will lose the battle this week. Good workout tho and some fun groomers. They were blowing ovation. That trail should be “a fun challenge” after the rain and freeze. .

just bring the moisture, right? What was the actual number above average? The last ten days have rocked, but I'm surprised it got above average after the first 10 days of Jan. Nearly bare ground for New Years is a tough start.

Jay looks like first Vermont mountain to close Friday and probably lower mountain only Saturday. Tough call to lose a weekend mid season. I don’t like it, but a mountain based on tons of glades and older unreliable lifts I get it.

nam going for a fairly run of the mill cold shot that's in and out; similar to some stuff i remember last January up here. Looks almost 10 degrees warmer than gfs, though those winds on Friday are still fierce.

Jay already hinting at no upper mountain lifts Fri/Sat. Would love to see a wind chill reading on tower 16 of the freezer Saturday Morning. I would think anything where you can't get lift evac done in about 30 minutes would be closed in Northern Vt. Saturday.

They’ve been crazy aggressive with terrain this year. Don’t know if it has to do with new ownership or just a bad snow year. I also saw they list jfk and wedelmsster as being blown in addition to ullrs. I’m assuming that is just the entrances and drop ins (they are notoriously sketchy) but that is something new this year. I’m interested to see where they go after ullrs with snowmaking. That is traditionally one of their last, besides the lower mountain greens on tramside. Years ago, they actually blew can am and Vermonter. I’ve heard from reliable sources they will be opening their checkbook big time in the summer and next season. .

Yes..the snow is phenomenal. Really great conditions. The lift lines were horrendous (as expected on a Saturday following 5 weeks of snowfall). Hoping the weekdays are better. Plan on spending a day at either Kirkwood or squaw , so I’ll see how they compare. .

Skiing with a view today… .

Jay has been very aggressive with dropping ropes this year. More so than I’ve seen in the past few seasons. I’m attributing it to how bad a season it’s been so far. .

Ski resorts make up some ground with this look next two weeks. Lots of chances to build up bases. .

It looks solid for a bit and there seems to be some wiggle room too, so I’m optimistic. Plenty of upslope in there too that the global won’t give full credit to. Feb looks to start solid for the ski areas. .

Northern greens make up some ground. Lots of underrated upslope in there too. Climo taking over a bit. .

Weds refresh is much needed up here. Holiday traffic did its thing. Fast and firm and natural is shot. But I think the base is there now so we could start getting good soon. .

Skipped early lifelines in favor of a walk with the dog. Trails held up later in the day. .

Jay was classic east coast holiday skiing. Groomed, edgeable til 1030, then skied off. Not terrible tho. Fast, firm and pick your spots, but nothing great. Crowds were manageable. Lots of lifts helped and jay got up to 45 trails today. .

Nam was too warm up here last night. Hrrr kept this snow longer and was pretty close. .

Yeah, coming down pretty good. Looks like a nice burst early afternoon too. Maybe 4-6 on top?? As my son just said “best case scenario dad” Nice winter vibe. .

Nam backs some snow in even up here Monday night..fraud?? Back to decent snow here again..starting to stack up. .

Back over to snow..looks like 3am-10am was the rain; not bad. This will be a win for ski areas. Might grab 6 today. .

Agreed..backside looking weak right now though. Need to put down 3-4 this afternoon or it will lock up bad, especially with holiday traffic. If we do that, it was the necessary, water logged, slush needed underneath. No one was getting up 242 last night without 4wd. At 1500, you could barely see the road and it was cement. .