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Crazy good conditions…but a power failure and winds took out all the upper mountain lifts today. Should have driven down. .

Yeah, it’s winter here so no need to post about snow and cold in there and get people fired up. So many good posters, but a few people know how to bring the whole thing down. I don’t want to take the bait and turn into a d bag like it’s easy to do sometimes. Anyway, 1 degree, light snow all day and a 3 foot pack. Blustery, deep winter day. .

Caked… .

It is beyond good out there right now. The last 18” or so is pure powder fluff and the woods are absolutely loaded with the light mid week traffic. Has to be some 3 foot stashes. Groomers are soft and carvable on top with a firm, groomed in hard layer underneath. Almost all trails have powder banks along the sides. The wind wasn’t overwhelming today either, so 4 degrees on the lower mountain was very manageable, almost comfortable. Def recommend being careful in the woods and back country as winding up in a hidden gully or well could be tricky right now. .

Back to a winter pack in northern vermont… .

Rockin the pf roof…it’s getting deep out there. .

Couple consistent upslope signals showing up this weekend and early next week… .

Completely agree with you. It’s gotten very mid winter like quickly. I always use mlk as the transition date from early season conditions and trails, to mid season form and this season seems on track. .

The northern ski resorts not “sniffing” 100 percent open is factually incorrect. Jay is currently 100 percent open minus a park they are blowing and building on a few trails. They have been for most of the last week. They were 90-95 percent open in early December before the monsoons came. Stowe is over 100 trails; killington 135 and even okemo over 100. Terrain will only expand over the next 10-14, with the first chance of wet/warmth a week away. Dec 20th-jan 5th or so was pretty close to as bad as it gets, but the rebound has been swift and the snowstake is above average currently and only trailing 2018 recently. .

Looks like a great upslope pattern setting up over the next ten days beyond this storm. I bet we clean up on some under the radar events. .

Jay next year..4 packs of lift tix shareable $279 w/no blackouts. .

Windham…some rare powder bumps on East peak. Great conditions for the Catskills with lots of guns going all day. .

Lift lines in the Poconos when it hasn’t snowed in a year… .

At least we can say it’s not last year after tonight. .

A poster in the NYC forum has pictures showing about 6” in just over 90 minutes near Poughkeepsie..it’s been dumping here in nj, but the ratios are just so poor. 32 and heavy snow under one of those bands. Would be great base building stuff up north. .

Those are some crazy rates. .

4-5 otg at around 600’ in hunterdon county. Multiple occasions where it flipped/mixed with sleet and battled back to snow. It is absolute cement..7:1 maybe? .

The snow is hanging tough..several times tonight went over to sleet and battled back to heavy snow. A little elevation is probably helping. This is the heaviest cement you can imagine. Probably up around 5 fell and already compacting. .

Hunterdon county, about 600’. About an inch an hour for last 2. .

Good luck…I’m down in jersey for this one and there’s almost 4 otg, so hopefully it thumps and ct does 8-12 .

There is no such thing as a death blow to ski season in the first week of January. It’s been an absolutely awful last 10-14 days, but we average almost 200” from here on out. Plenty of season left for the northeast, and especially northern Vermont. Things are looking up all over NE compared to last year right now. You’re looking to get a nice start this weekend. .

Would recommend Okemo over Jay right now..Jay looks a little far north for the good stuff this weekend and will need at least a foot to get going the way it should be. Trails are limited right now. Okemo has done a great job blowing trails open and might cash in a little better in the next 7 days. Might be the top choice for a bit. Jay will be great again 10-14 from now if this pattern holds IMO.

NH resorts are WAY overdue for a crushing.

And no torches...keep building the pack. Lots to like.

New Year and sanity is restored by something to track...feels good