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Wintry day for sure with high in the mid teens and flurries continuing. 

Cloudy and flurries again. We may never see the sun again lol

Cool snowfall tonight. THe flakes are large perfectly shaped crystals

16 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Was up in your neck of the woods today. Somehow shopping and driving around got in the way of hiking.

Haha well it is Black Friday after all!

The flurries seem never ending. Another “mid-winter” appeal day

Interestingly, spent the day in Conway and Mount Wash was completely clear - very pretty to see. Then I get home and it’s still cloudy with flurries. Must be really low level stuff

12 hours ago, #NoPoles said:

That type of comment chases everyone away

Then my job is done. Time to move on.  

What a difference a notch makes. Cloudy with flurries at home and full on sunshine on the other side. 

54 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

This thread ain’t dead yet

Wind is going pretty good here in the hills.  

I’ll help the resuscitation. It’s snowing again 

45 minutes ago, #NoPoles said:

My favorite is when the snow sticks to the trees

Me too! One reason why I love upslope - it seems to do that more than synoptic storms

20 hours ago, snowgeek said:

I'm guessing that skiing on Friday will be pretty rough.  I usually go every black Friday, but after this rainy mild up followed by cold, I'm imagining it will be pretty icy.  I figure it will take a few days to resurface all of the open trails.  I wonder if it will be better by Saturday.  Maybe I'll go Sunday and try to score some freshies.  Or if there is a snow day Monday, i'll hit that if the storm pulls through and the driving isn't too bad?  Thoughts?

Won’t be bad here. Grooming plus a fresh coat is just fine. 

And a few more pictures that I posted on the NNE thread. Very pretty today. 

A few pictures from a walk with the kids in my backyard 

Just saw something that looks an awful lot like bear footprints in my yard!

I’m dreaming of a White Thanksgiving! Seems like snow on Thanksgiving is easier to get than at Xmas lately.  7” at the stake, about 1” fresh. Very pretty

Nice fluffy snow falling this morning, about 1/2” so far. Happy Thanksgiving! 

26 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Wasn’t that in forecast basically from wildcat north 

Not till much later:

Rain before midnight, then rain and snow between midnight and 3am, then snow after 3am.

Unexpectedly, it’s now a snow and sleet mix here. I think our snowpack is safe

Thought it was pouring rain but then I looked at the skylights and it’s a mix of rain and sleet. I knew those skylights would be good for something. 

36.9/31.8

21 degrees and stake at 8". Let's see what the rain does!

Mostly melted off the trees here, but in spite of warm temp the snow stake has only lost an inch (10" to 9"). 

I hate to admit though, today feels fantastic. Took the opportunity to put out Xmas decorations without freezing my butt off. 

1 hour ago, BombsAway1288 said:

I was just thinking that you have such a nice pack for pre-Thanksgiving.

You think you'll have a wall to wall snowpack year there?

We did last year... so it certainly can happen! But Bretton Woods does get torched quite well during cutters, so that can certainly do a lot of damage; the Mount Washington Valley (Bartlett/Jackson/Conway) on the other side of the notch has a shorter snowcover season, but once it gets a good snowpack it's much less likely to get torched away. 

1 hour ago, #NoPoles said:

In elevation dependent storms it does make a difference. He was in my area this morning and texted me that he got more snow. He will be taunting me all winter. I also dont get upslope like he does.

Aww wasn’t meant to taunt you! Merely an observation

2 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

looks nice. can't wait to get up there this weekend.

Hopefully the cutter doesn’t do too much damage

Final tally - 7.1”