alex

Well said JSpin. I used to be so anxious about snow. A few years after moving up here it changed. When you’re in SNE seeing your snowpack wiped out is really, really sad. Up here, you can watch in awe as the temperature goes from single digits to the 50s and your pack gets wiped out, knowing that within a few days it will start building back up. It’s a much easier life for a weenie

I always say how the local differences in my area are interesting, with a few miles making a huge difference but today reminded me of how extreme those differences are around Mansfield. It’s essentially bare ground in the village and all along Mountain Rd then you get to 100 yd before the turn for the Spruce Peak area and boom… its like half a foot. It’s very cool to see.

Drove to Stowe this morning. A pretty gnarly accident just past Littleton NH. Lots of ice in the NEK

38 here, but still below freezing down the hill in Whitefield. Let it thaw, let it thaw, let it thaw I do like the look of the GFS past next weekend though…

In the meantime, let’s grab some popcorn and enjoy the SNE crew squeal over 1 vs 1.5 inch. That’s like a hiker sneezing on the way up the mountain here. Sorry couldn’t help myself. I was one of them after all till a few years ago.

I’ve never seen more freezing rain in my life than when I lived in Bartlett. It happened for almost every cutter

Also, it’s snowing

Pretty pathetic to have such lack of snowcover in NNE in December, but I would take it in a heart beat if we could trade it with a good pattern for the holidays. Interestingly this stuff used to stress me out to no end. Now that I know how long winter really is up here though, it seems ok. Even in a crap pattern we see more snow than most others do on a good year. Only thing that truly sucks is the delayed opening of the glades. But we wait…

1” overnight. Gonna take a while to get those glades open

Temp took a nosedive. Still 42 but snow mixing in with the rain

Absolutely pouring out there. Still snow cover on the lawn, I wonder if it will make it.

Not doing much better here lol

It’s beginning to look a lot like Xmas!

Dumping here

Small flake size but dumping outside

Picking up here. Yey!

Nice. Very light snow here

Currently 1.8F

It’s snowing at a good clip but windy and not the pretty fluffy stuff that upslope usually brings. But I guess it’s still snow lol stake down to 4” after yesterdays assault. But drive a mile from here and it’s bare ground

Having lived in the hill right next to you, I know exactly how you feel! But one thing I’ve learned is that the MWV area often doesn’t really get going till mid December. However, retention is fantastic and the shorter season is usually made up by a deeper snowpack than up here. But it depends on what you prefer. If you like to see snow falling frequently, then the upslope areas like Phin or I are the way to go. For a snowpack fetish you’re in a good place though, just gotta have patience! And on that note, 0.75” this morning but the rain line is literally less than a mile from my house so it won’t be long before it’s here.

0.7” of fluff overnight

Same here. A nice snowy evening out of nowhere

A lovely gentle snowfall today

Some flurries/light snow falling

Started my latest ridiculous weenie project. We are going to try to make a “slide” made of packed snow. No idea if we will succeed lol but the kids are excited and we have a good snowmaking window.