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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.

It definitely looked and felt like winter today. Hope this and the early week upslope is the start of our snowpack.

Yeah, Jersey Only. Up there snow packed is cool, but I still like when it's plowed and shoveled with some kind of organization.

One of my things is that I can't leave snow on the driveway. Some people are ok with the lines of snow from the snow blower or car tracks. It drives me crazy. I have to clear it completely edge to edge, even it's going to be melted by the next day. Probably explains why I'm on a weather forum too.

Taking pride in a yard usually means you take pride in most things you do and don't half ass stuff.

Decent amount of qpf and blocked flow, though ratios don’t look spectacular. Still, should be first legit upslope of the season if I’m interpreting this right.

They might be able to go for the next 72 hours straight. I’m rooting for them too. If they get any kind of flexibility on that measurement this week, I think they are fine for thanksgiving; but they certainly went down to the wire this year.