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Looks like snow almost everyday between now and the middle of next week on some models with some decent cold...and a substantial pack starting to build...It has turned into the deep winter I think @PhineasC and I envisioned when we decided decided to leave the mid Atlantic dumpster fire and come north this winter. Really looking forward to getting out there and skiing it this weekend and next week.

4 seems to be the age where they had the attention span. My 9 year old is obsessed. He memorizes trails throughout New England at all the resorts and collects the trail maps. He will be like “dad, did Stowe open Christie glades yet?” And I’m like, where the f is that.

Mine are 5, 7, 9...7 and 9 year olds really starting to get good. My daughter is taking a little longer, but she wanted to snow board instead of ski, which I feel is harder to pick up. We almost had 4 kids..I think after 2 you are outnumbered so why not.

Big fan of that orange dot in northern vt.

Pack!!!

Another 5-6 last night...really adding up this week. Looks good through Sunday.

with all the natural terrain open and no big washouts in the future, conditions should be great all week. Its def lift capacity. You can tell by the way the trails are holding up midweek like last week after 3-4". Normally, by afternoon that is all skied off. I forget who posted it last week but 100 percent on point; this strom and the upslope after was a game changer in the Greens.

you have to...skiing, riding, snow and the mountains in general are my stress relief. It should be something that makes you feel excitement and that getting away from all the bs feeling. When it starts causing stress and anxiety, find something else that doesn't. Like 1am Euro runs.

So many people bitching online about liftlines this weekend. My favorite was the person on the Jay Peak facebook page bitching about wind holds on sat and the resort not caring about social distancing. As if they have any idea what the wind at the summit was like. It was MLK weekend, prob the second busiest weekend of the year and lifts are running at half capacity. Throw in the first major snow dump for many resorts and I saw lines that were pretty typical of any other year. All in all, I think most resorts with a couple exceptions have done an outstanding job at giving us a fairly normal ski season compared to what's going on in the rest of the world.

Same thing everywhere...When Mt. Snow has the Grand Summit spinning, you can cut your wait for the Bluebird in half and literally see the the chair following the same line one trail over. Its amazing. People always flock to the newest, shiniest lift and "ohhh it has a bubble"

Friday night/Saturday has been looking promising for a few runs on the gfs too. Can’t tell (and admittedly don’t know enough) but looks like maybe some lake enhancement, as the steam seems to go all the way through northern ny state.

I’m not that familiar with Stratton, but I remember a couple years ago riding on of the lifts on the left side of the mountain in a more beginner area and seeing some ridiculous houses along the trail. They looked like giant single families and had to be million dollar houses. Most had ridiculous fire pits and hot tubs outside too if a remember.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 936 PM EST Saturday...Have replaced Winter Storm Warnings with Winter Weather Advisories with this update as remaining snowfall rates will generally be light away from the higher terrain. We continue to watch as closed mid- upper level low translates newd from central NY across VT. As vertically- stacked system shifts newd, will see a gradual increase in low- level westerly flow, with snowfall becoming more orographic in character after midnight and into Sunday morning. Also noting from the BTV- 4kmWRF that Froude numbers increase above 1 after 08Z. That should signal a tapering off of any remaining accumulating snow around BTV after 08Z, and will see snowfall increasingly confined to the immediate western slopes/summits and some downwind areas of central/nrn VT as we head toward daybreak and beyond on Sunday. The Winter Weather Advisories run through 4PM Sunday, and will see some continued accumulating snow across the Adirondacks and spine of the central/nrn Green Mtns through late afternoon on Sunday. We`ve seen some rain/snow mix at times this evening at PBG/RUT, but should see 1C or so of PBL cooling to result in nearly all snow thru the remainder of the event. In terms of additional snowfall amounts, expecting 1-3" in the immediate Champlain and St. Lawrence Valleys, with generally 2-5" across the Adirondacks, and 3-5" across central/nrn VT. The orographics will help from Mt. Mansfield to Jay Peak with localized totals up to 12" are expected near summit elevations. Road temperatures may fall a degree or two overnight, so untreated roads may become icy for those that need to travel. Almost like one of the btv lurkers heard our discussion a few days ago...it’s not quite a “pf and the picnic tables” but really appreciate the details.

I could take them or leave them. Great parties in high school with then playing in the background. Nothing more Vermont cliche, tho.

Ratios should help both of us.

I bet more

5 or so of sloppy wet snow at 1850’. Waiting for the upslope machine to turn on. Promising days ahead after this. Should be classic deep winter in the northern greens now for a bit.

This week looks loaded with bread and butter.

Feb 27th or so...moisture helped the upslope and we got about 36” near jay

Phin heading north to visit pf, jspin and I after this season.

GFS paints a snowy week even after this storm. Looks like good snow chance nearly every day. Nice mid-winter period likely underway.

we snow into Monday after some base building...exactly what is needed.

Like ripping down upper starr early next week warm fuzzy? I think that map would do the trick from sugarbush north.

True..I guess that sounded kinda dumb. Obviously elevation is always key. I just meant in my limited experience, driving up to my spot, many times it would be pouring at the bottom of 242 and right when you hit that spot, it almost always changed over unless it was a massive grinch cutter type deal. Late in the season, you can watch the leftover plow heaps on the side of the road just explode at about that elevation. Looks like a lot of moisture behind this thing. Slow it down a little and we could clean up.

Yeah, that looks good Sat night into Sunday morning. What’s the better upslope track; low over northwest Maine like that or out into the Atlantic?