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I don’t know I’ve ever seen the Euro run being so disconnected from the ensembles before for the event on the 10th

Gorgeous day

Happy New Year!

6 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Loon is reporting 4" new.  There one weather cam is not operating.  I don't believe more than 1" to perhaps 2" fell any place in the Whites at the end of yesterday's storm.

 

We got 3”… doesn’t seem that far fetched that Loon could have gotten 4

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

I've only seen these standing waves over town from Mansfield a few times, but this one has gone for like 8 hours of 1/2" per hour snow.

It's super weird... and it's not just high ratio snow.  It's kind of wet.  Also, other parts of Stowe have had just a dusting like Nebraska Valley.  This is literally just on RT 108/Mountain Road.  Tourists/visitors are going to be confused as hell... waking up to 3-5" of paste at all the lodging properties along the road... only to find it didn't really snow at the mountain.

That’s bizarre. But it’s what makes mountain weather so cool

Back to all snow now, hopefully no more ice

The roads here are a disaster. Light snow mixed with freezing drizzle, you could ice skate on 302

About 2” here. A bit more up on the mountain. 30F

Definitely a different vibe today. Also a lot more people out there and the conditions were actually better before it got colder lol 

Nice to see white again!

3 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Pay reg prices for maybe a 1/4 of the mountain open is not a good deal imo.

How about paying full price but spending an hour in line? Sure, the whole mountain is open but you get to do 10 runs in a day. 
 

I don’t disagree that prices are outrageous. I also don’t claim to have any understanding of how to optimize pricing at a ski resort, so I make no pronouncements on the matter. Bretton Woods makes no mystery of the fact that it’s an expensive resort but they like to keep it that way to keep crowds down. We all know the shitshow that happened with the Epic Pass. It’s a balance. 

31 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Nobody is skiing there except season pass holders or maybe the few unlucky families that booked that week in advance. 

I’ve gotta say, I skied today and it was awesome. Spring conditions with hero snow, great for carving. I’m ready for a change but gotta take what you’re given… and at least some resorts are making the best of it. The weather definitely kept people away so for the ones that did go, you have warm weather, good spring snow and no crowds. A better deal than you often see this time of the year IMO

Getting some Xmas sleet lol. 

31 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

So what is intact is largely boiler plate everywhere , that is good to hit groomers first thing in am and then wait till the next am 

I was gonna out at 1 pm and the conditions were great, but crowds are low so that helps

8 minutes ago, MaineJayhawk said:

Open 'em up!

LOL

It'll be interesting to see how the ski resort adapt to "the new norm" - if this trend in fact continues. Snowmaking is a great tool but incredibly expensive, I imagine the smaller areas will struggle to stay alive if they have to consistently pay for snowmaking to be open. Not to mention the environmental concerns given the amounts of energy required for snowmaking. I wonder what the financials look like even for a place like Bretton Woods, which counts on a "high price to keep the crowds low" strategy. But I digress... 

I posted in the other thread, I was really surprised by how good the conditions were today, just a few days after a historic storm. Only 5-6 top to bottom trails, but the quality of the snow was better than I've usually found at Stowe a day after a 1 ft storm (no offense, but I've always found Stowe gets frustratingly icy). Great grip, a good powdery coat on the top, and very little if any ice. Between snowmaking and the new groomers, I think we should count our blessing - technology is going a long way countering Mother Nature when it comes to skiing. 

Of course, for x-country, snowmobiling, etc, this just SUCKS. 

58 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Euro was prob best case for New England ski resorts . Approx 1/4 rain ..not much damage to operations at all 

On that note, just came in from doing a few runs as I picked up my kids from ski team, and the conditions were surprisingly good. Amazing how far snowmaking has come - I know JSpin may never talk to me again after saying this, but I'm at the point where I think generally speaking, on groomed terrain, I prefer the manmade stuff to natural. But to go from a historic flooding rain to soft fairly powdery snow in a few days is pretty incredible

The light snow tonight feels strangely exciting lol. Like life is returning back to normal after this ridiculous stretch 

7 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Have you had issues with the river flowing onto your driveway in the past?

Yep. Oct 30, 2017

The NWS river gauge is ridiculous. Sometimes it updates every 15 min, sometimes every 2 hours. You’d think in 2023 they could figure that out 

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph_to_xml.php?gage=betn3&output=tabular&time_zone=est

3 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

is that the driveway?

Yep

My front door camera

We flood. Just evacuated all my cabins (and my house). River just reached my driveway, and from the looks of it, it's got a way to go. Fingers crossed. 

Fight fight fight 

Hopefully we downslope here. Forecast for Ammonoosuc River is over 9.5ft, which is right around where access to my property is cut off and we start seeing water up to the houses. We’ve dodged lots of bullets lately, I feel like we are due. And of course, it’s the worst possible time since we are fully booked for weeks. Grrr. Wish I knew how not to stress over things I can’t control. Then again, that may apply to 99.9% of this forum