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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.

Get up here and do some fake skiing on the fake snow!!

I think I’m locked for a foot…planing on driving up sat evening to hit it Sunday. I’ll get some fake pictures up Sunday of the fake powder. Happy thanksgiving NNE crew.

The Jet looks ready to me…I think I’m twitching looking at that.

I’m back in jersey but I can see on my cam that it’s snow at my place at 1850’..looks like a half inch or so.

Have to blow the snow..not even a question. And the only one who doesn’t get it and is pissed is “vail sucks guy”…,and he’s already emailed corporate and posted on social media.

Nice write up. I always appreciate getting the updates even if it’s bad news. I love the mountains that have more detailed write ups in their snow reports throughout the day. One thing some resorts do well is let you know where they are making snow, and where they are headed. It gives you an idea of how to plan. The people that bitch about snowmaking are the same people that don’t understand why there’s a wind hold because they are at 1500 ft and it’s not windy (meanwhile at tower 15, it’s gusting to 60mph)

Part of it is just me aching to get the resorts open and out there. I know what late November/early December usually look like, but being this close, it’s an emotional response; overly optimistic based on a few model runs, then the crash when I’m brought back to reality. Most places need the guns to crank more than the natural to get things rolling and when pf starts getting pessimistic about that, I listen. Just need to get out there and get some turns in to take the edge off.

I will never say how optimistic I am about a fast start to the season again. 10 days ago, the ensembles looked like we would see a week plus of consist below normal temps and a few chances of natural. It now looks tough to get anything going in the lower elevations down to load areas. I will say that I looked back at some of the condition reports from last year and it was a struggle until that mid December storm. A lot of places in the single digits open trail count until mid December; so I guess that should put it in perspective.

Just read Killington got the ok for the World Cup. Congratulations to them…impressive show the last few days.

My god we need a big storm soon. These posts are like the beginning of a cheesy romantic comedy…”the underlying smell of the metallic snow”. “the sound of snow blowers humming in the air as I gazed into her deep blue eyes” I picture everyone gazing into the air with a warm smile. It’s like the calm before the season’s melt downs begin.