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I was gonna ask about that area..with SB so far behind, I didn’t know if the Mad River area was getting the goods too. Only explanation for SB must be what Mvrexpert said; mountain ops concentrating on getting the new heavens gate spinning because I would be disappointed if I was a SB regular. .

Upslope of yore for the greens…just daily refills. Another 4 since yesterday. What a start. .

Might even be 10-14… Joking aside, the upslope machine has been for real the last week and I’m with you that a lot of people will be surprised how snowy the next 4 days are for the northern greens…then it looks like we avoid the huge melt and do the rain to snow net gain thing. We just ride it while it stays good. .

There’s that look again.. .

Sugarbush has had a terrible start. I can't see why Stratton to the south and Killington to the north are working on close to 50 trails this weekend and they are struggling to get open 10. It's a great mountain, but it seems like they have been starting really slow the last couple years.

You need to take a trip up to jay for a weekend. Even if you don’t ski, just to walk around in feet of snow and watch it snow for hours on end after what the last two nyc winters have been would be like Charlie sheen walking into a room full of coke and hookers for you. .

Could you whip up some of your snowfall stats tmrw to see how we are doing compared to other years? I know the Mansfield stake is useful, but your stats are usually spot on to paint the picture. .

Difference this year vs. last being the cold nearby? .

Yeah, That guy that got fined cut an actual trail..it was pretty visible so I can’t say he wasn’t asking for it. .

It’s ripping and models have the look of a northern greens upslope special tonight…Jay should clean up…would be ironic if tonight they actually do pull off a foot. .

Ha..I would do it in a minute; I’m just not up there full time yet. In a few years, I’ll at least try to do something at 1900’ where my spot is. I think it’s important for what is the snowiest spot in the East. Yeah, I’m not sure why they went 10-14. They catch a lot of crap for their totals and honesty, it’s pretty close most of the time, but this is a bit of a head scratcher. People that don’t spend a lot of time there can’t comprehend the amount of snow they get and the fact that the angle of that mountain and lack of anything blocking the moisture feed makes it so much better for upslope. Probably only Stowe in the same league in that area and jay def gets more…how much more is debatable, but it’s more. The skiing is really incredible right now. They don’t need 10-14 to convince anyone. .

It wasn’t 10-14 last night…I don’t know where they are getting that. .

Perspective…it’s 4 days into meteorological winter…the first 10 or so of Dec are BN..clipper might get some 2-4…mountains are cleaning up…everyone said mid month would warm..last 10 are unknown to everyone… Let’s move on from the passive aggressive shit. .

It’s probably pretty close, even for jay slant sticking. Taking into account fallen vs on the ground depth a few days later…Really impressive cycle since thanksgiving, but more importantly, a week straight of solid snowmaking this is at 1900’…. .

Meanwhile… .

If anyone has the means to get there, can’t stress enough how good the skiing is at Jay right now…ski right on to the lift, all of stateside off the jet and there are some woods in play, maybe more today with it still snowing. It’s mid winter powder and packed powder. If they get the Bonnie running by the weekend once they wrap up snowmaking at the base and unload, almost the whole mountain will be accessible with a little hiking. Wouldn’t be shocked to see the tram either. It’s really good. .

I’m far from an expert, but my experience is radar will never show what’s going on in this area well. It’s all about the flow…it’s been snowing almost non stop for 3 days here and very little shows up. If bands are approaching the orleans county border, we’re usually snowing well. .

Storm cycle total..should fire up again tnrw, but I figured I’d call this for thanksgiving through last night, since today is mostly just occasional flurries. The upslope far outperformed the storm system itself… .

It was absolutely incredible today. Hard to believe it was November. Snowed all day, almost every rope dropped on stateside off the jet, and was even able to dip in some woods…really good skiing. Can’t remember the last time I stayed out til last chair this early… .

1. I am a snow weenie. 2. Pic is about an hour ago..It’s nuking in my opinion, but I get it..currently .

Nuking snow again…4-6 so far and natural ropes dropping.. .

Just let up, but was dumping snow the last two hours..cold, winter vibe here. .

Nice opening day..not too often it’s only jay and killington. Snow was very good above 2500’, more typical machine groomed stuff below. Opened a few natural trails with some great snow too… .

Gfs has been consistent with this band hitting the northern greens tnrw night for several runs now.. .

Completely agree. Gfs seems to lock onto these patterns best from a few days out. If this was mid winter and lots of terrain was open, this would be the pattern that makes this area special with daily refills of 3-4” every morning to keep things skiing great. The temps mean local ski areas should be able to do some major expansion fast. It looks like a late, but promising start! .