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Funny how perspectives change… I used to think the first when I first moved up here, now I feel like North Conway is where I’d go if I got sick of the cold weather lol. Of course, it’s all relative - and in CAD situations they’re far colder than Bretton Woods

Lol tell me about it

Liking the 12z GFS much better than the previous few runs

We've had a rainbow for over half an hour. Pretty cool, not sure I've seen one last that long

Yep, been open daily for a while and it’s actually been pretty nice except for the pouring rain lol. Amazing what resorts can do even in crappy patterns these days. Besides, ski resorts NEVER make money until the holiday season. There could be 6 feet of snow and still very few skiers this time of the year. Same with April.

I’d have thought the average stake depth would be higher by now. Interesting to see that while this pattern is annoying, it’s really not that crazy. I remember plenty of seasons where coverage by mid December was thin - and plenty of snowpacks wiped around the holidays only to pretty much start fresh in January. But it’s easy to forget those and only think of the seasons when we were skiing glades by Thanksgiving

Took my team up the cog today to the new Waumbek station at 3700’. They did a nice job, it’s a fun little trip.

1/2" here in the squalls

May want to avoid Wildcat and head to Bretton Woods if you’re trying to avoid icy conditions

Beautiful day! Happy T Day

3.2 here. It coooooold

3.2 for a low here. Eek

Some nice squalls today. Just got back from skiing, feels like mid winter

But in the meantime, gorgeous opening day

Bretton Woods opens tomorrow

Nights like this remind me why I love upslope so much.

Snow has picked up nicely here. About 1/2” in the past hour

I do like me some snow covered trees

Only 0.75” here, pretty sloppy. As usual, more excited about the NW flow after the storm than the storm itself

No actually from Maine Pine Log Homes

Yeah it's fun to do something that renters will enjoy but that also creates atmosphere. I added some string lights and it looks really cool at night. Once the snow hides the liner and the structure a bit more it should look even better

Set up an ice skating rink for my kids and guests today. Felt cold AF with the wind howling and the ongoing flurries. Hope it doesn't end up being a pain

Got home from a weekend in Boston to about 1/8” or so. The weekend felt like a high speed transition from summer to winter.

Low was 17

Averages can be deceiving too. Of course, I’ve been here about 7 years and from what I read the first half of those were AN, the second BN which contributes to the feeling, but while the last few winters may have been OK “on average”, the lack of big, sustained snowpacks is what made them feel not so great. Having 2 feet of powder wiped out by massive rainstorm doesn’t scream great winter to me, even though on paper it’s still 2 feet of snow. That’s why I’d rather have a constant NW wind induced upslope month than active coastals with the risk of cutters. Of course, in past years we’ve also had great period with combinations of synoptic and upslope and not much melting, and that’s the holy grail.