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A mix of rain/pellets/mangled flakes here but the snow levels are getting lower, looks like about 2800 ft or so (based on looking at the ski trails from my window)

My P&C is 32 for a high and 17 for a low for Thursday. Eek. 

Gorgeous sunset tonight 

Coldest morning of the season so far, 25.9

Down to 33 already. Between the temperature and the snow capped peaks around us it feels very early winterish 

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

I daresay that that picture is better than the ones that were posted earlier of frost. 

Lol. A few more!

Wish we had some foliage left!

Snowing to about 2000' here with a few flakes down into the valley

First chance of snow in our P&C Friday night!

Deteriorating rapidly here. Many trees are already bare. Such a beautiful but short lived season!

Cloudy and drizzly again but was the last chance to go up the chair

A few pictures from here. They never look nearly as good as the real thing for some reason. 

Lol I posted on the other thread but same thing here, it was insane. I thought there was a moose because of the number of cars stopped outside my driveway, but they were just taking pictures of the hills around me. I don't think it gets this crowded even during the holidays here - at least you don't notice it as much because people don't just stop in random places. 

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Various foliage photos from the past few week...

 

This one I was borrowing a UV filter from a friend...definitely noticed a difference in the vibrancy and saturation of the color with that on the lens but the focus seemed a bit less crisp in those shots used with the UV filter.

Very crummy here all day; 50s with drizzle and occasional rain. Went down to Conway and it was a lot better. Holy crowds. Thought there was a moose outside my driveway when I saw about 15 cars pulled over. Nope, just people taking random tree pictures. 

5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

You’ll be able to have pina coladas on the deck next week.

Lol. It was 71 yesterday... Plenty warm for a Pina colada!

My deck is a sheet of ice. Currently 32.5

3 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Sept 9th was first freeze for SLK, HIE, BML and MVL.  But again, there haven't been a ton of chances.  A few other 32-36F type mornings I think.

We've had 2 freezes so far. 27 and 28, plus a couple of frosty mornings 

Drove up the Kanc today on my way to Maine; amazing how quickly its changing. It also struck me how much of a West to East gradient there is... It seems like a stronger influence than elevation. Great color (and awful weather) around Bretton Woods and now even in lower area like Franconia and Littleton. Ok color in Franconia Notch (but I never find the notch to have great colors, tends to be yellowish), and then good color again on the Kanc but less and less as you head towards Albany, and almost nothing from Center Conway to Fryeburg. 

Also starting to get those weather days when it's cloudy and drizzly all day here, and perfectly clear past the notch. Left Lincoln in full sunshine, then got into drizzle from Cannon to here 

Drove up the Kanc today to check things out. Very busy so we didn't stop at the overlooks but here's a few pictures. I'd say about the same as Bretton Woods except for the lower elevations especially past Bear Notch. 

New gondola at Bretton Woods starting to take shape 

On 9/24/2018 at 9:55 AM, alex said:

Showing 5 day progress 

2 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

We're pretty disappointed being up here. Seems like we're at least one week or more too early last three or so years for peak foliage

 

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It's definitely not there yet. Normally we'd be right around peak but I would think it needs another week or so. This is from today, looking at the Zealand valley from the top of West Mountain. The Zealand valley is generally know to be the first area in the Whites to change. At least so they say.

Columbus Day is pretty early this year, it should work well up here, but I think people in Conway and the lower elevations in general won't be too happy. I'd say in general, disappointment is all relative to expectations. If you're going expecting peak and full color, you won't get that. If you enjoy seeing the first yellows and reds mixed in with the green foliage, you'll enjoy it. I have friends here who are loving it, and I actually prefer the early stages to peak. Something about the contrast between the greens. By peak everything is yellow and red and the  overall feel is amazing but different. 

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

A little color here too...mostly the normal early spots and relatively higher elevations. I'm surprised you have deciduous trees up there with the year round freezes.

LOL. It's not the arctic! I don't think we have anything beyond frost in July/August. So the trees just gotta hurry up lol

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

hey Jerry - how 'bout this...

 

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