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Where’s phin? Suspended I assume? How do we get him back?

Knowing an outcome is entirely unlikely, yet trying to convince others it’s plausible because it’s unpopular.

Don't know, but Tahoe has a WSW for 4-8 feet right now...Heavenly and Kirkwood should be skiing well next week.

Tip, I get more physics and calculus in one line of your posts than I did in high school…whether I want it or not.

I actually don’t mind the people who balance out us snow weenies and bring us back to reality sometimes but dude, you have a degree in meteorology and probably learned more physics and calculus in day one of ninth grade than I did in my entire life. Give me some science or facts behind it rather than a 342 hour map. Even I can read that..,otherwise, you’re just a douche. But if it gets him off, enjoy.

So you’re saying the 342 hr troll frame was inaccurate???

Obviously, I have a biased toward jay, but gotta respect how up front they are about the weekend. Winds should be kickin up there Saturday.

Jay is in really good shape right now..tnrw should be good too. With the Bonnie open, if you hike that little bit on northway to jfk, you’ll find all those glades on tramside basically untouched; just make sure you have a way to get back from tramside. Saturday sucks because they were really getting there.

Southern NJ isn’t even part of NJ. Different world.

Who is "they"? If you are trying to make a point about climate change, fine. But usually when people over dramatize things, you lose credibility. There will still be snow in the Sierra in 30 years and it will still snow in New England. We will not see a 48" snowstorm every 2-3 years. I'm not picking a side on the climate change issue, but I am picking a side on the speed and results that some people shout about for attention.

I'm gonna sell the Sierra going from 400" to zero in the next 28 years...little dramatic

And we get that backside "fake" snow to help resurface too..

Every Snow gun in Vermont will be on until Friday. They are pushing hard to make the stateside/tramside connection at Jay before the weekend. I think the real issues won't be the nne resorts; rather places like Hunter or the poconos. They might not even get the occasional night or two to resurface what little they have.

Sounds more promising…. Taking a look at ensemble data for snow levels, our snow levels will steadily rise to around 3000-3500 ft by this afternoon. This should keep all precipitation at summit level across the spine of the Green Mountains and northern Adirondacks as snow. Mid- mountain locations don`t look as favorable as before and we have cut snowfall amounts slightly but have kept the higher amounts at summit level at this time. Once the cold front swings through, our snow levels drop to sea level quite quickly with an arctic air mass quickly to displace the warmer air mass seen this afternoon. A favorable upslope snow shower regime should set up Thursday night into Friday morning with the big winners being Jay Peak, portions of northern Vermont and the northern Adirondacks. By midday Friday, we should lose enough moisture that we will see these snow showers come to an end.

Vail seems to be on their own in that regard. Other resorts have not followed. I had more typed out but I just deleted it so this didn’t turn political. When it comes to jobs like mountain ops, lifts etc. I would think you need to find people who really enjoy it because it is hard, physical work in the elements for the same pay as working in a much easier environment. Crap hours a lot of times too.

Sounds like some of this is the labor market, but let's face it, vail probably never wanted them. They were attached to the peak deal where vail was after Snow, Hunter and JFBB.

Interesting how that chair has been closed for years and they never took the towers down. Is there some sort of back story to that or just figured why waste the money?

Ridge was in great shape..top of double dipper too. They probably could have pushed a couple more natural trails if they wanted, but I think the issue is some of the connections. Overall, it’s in really great shape right now.

Killington was on point this morning. Great conditions, a few natural trails and lots of snow guns. More crowded than I would have thought for a Monday in November.

Teens at night with multiple snow threats. I’ll take.

Very winter feel out there. Great snow making window this week too. My panic from last week seems to have eased.

Very mid winter feel today. 17 degrees, bright sky, packed powder roads and sidewalks. Looks like the storm cycle was about 12-14 total here; probably more up top.

Cue J-Spin and his stats.

Didn’t start snowing until about 15 miles out, but by the time I started up 242 at 1000’ it was snowing pretty good. Here at 1850’ it’s a moderate snow and 15 degrees. Definitely winter out there. Wasn’t expecting the upslope to still be going tonight. Tomorrow with less wind should be good out there.

My 7 year old has a bright yellow helmet you could use to land planes...best way to find them.