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White ribbons of death.

Pretty wild day. Left Burptown at 11am and it was 37*, got to the lake in Brookfield 30 minutes later and it was 55*. Now the wind is starting to crank.

If history repeats itself by this time tomorrow we will go from irritation about a whiff to the south to irritation about discussing where the rain/snow line sets up lol

Know of any watches that fire darts?

WOW. I had read about astronomers being irritated about it but had no idea about the migratory patterns. Some of Musk's projects really are amazing but I always have the feeling he is a Bond villain come to life. The latest Bond movie definitely felt like it had some references in it to him.

This thing is still over 48 hours out. Guess no one did conditioning drills in the off-season.

Has anyone else seen the SpaceX's Train? I've seen it the past two nights in the SW sky when out for a run with the dog between 5:30-6:00pm. First night I couldn't believe it and thought I was seeing a UFO, went home and did some searching and this was it. Looks just like this (not my gif) and slowly rises from the horizon, it becomes less visible once it gets higher in the sky.

Yup. They had The Wreckers and Little Big Town open for them when I saw them at Mohegan.

Ugh, RIP Troy. Got to see them in concert a few times and they were fantastic. Played for 2.5-3 hours.

Sounds like they don't buy the trend south.

I'm still learning and have only been following the economy seriously the past year, but margin debt seems like the biggie to me. However, unlike John Smith getting calls from Chase to make his credit card payment, it may benefit Bank A not to call Bank B to say "Where is my money?" because if it isn't there than Bank A is screwed and now Bank C, D, and E are calling up Bank A. Just pretend everyone has what they owe you and keep chugging along. I don't see where it ends. Has anyone gone down the "Tether and Chinese real estate commercial paper" rabbit hole? That would be horrific.

Schaeffer on Instagram gave a pretty detailed update. Had no idea they put over $1 million into the snowmaking system. They started ordering pumps and parts last fall that got installed this week. Less energy used while putting out 40% more water. And 75 new snowguns that arrived last week. Damn. The system might be better than Crotched's since they have more water access. Also mentioned they changed the grade on some trails so they can open them faster. I'll be curious to see what they did.

Birthday Bowls, keep the skis on, and commute down to the office? lol

Oh look, another Friday with Evergrande panic that will some how get "worked out" every weekend. They have had to sell personal assets to make $250 million in interest payments the past few months, the writing is on the wall. I'd love to know how Blackrock and Vanguard are playing this given how much they hold. Another financial instrument they can pass off to an unsuspecting party? If SPY breaks below 450 it could really drop, I'm thinking 438.

We hope for Monday's deal to get out ASAP and some high pressure over Quebec/Canadian Maritimes? Seems like the biggest difference on the models.

I never did. I think that was a favorite spot of @GCWarrior. Looks similar to Whaleback.

I went down this rabbit hole last night. All from the install verts listed on newenglandskihistory.com >1,500' Sugarloaf SuperQuad 1,783 Attitash Summit Triple 1,881 - when a squirrel doesn't make it catch fire Cannon Tram 2,021 Loon Gondi 1,738 North Peak 1,563 Waterville Valley White Peaks 1,912 Wildcat Wildcat Express 2,041 Jay The Freezer 1,620 Tram 1,953 K K1 1,642 Skye Peak 1,525 Skyeship 2,522 (~1,500 for Stage 2) MRG Single 1,972 Mount Snow Grand Summit/Bluebird 1,600 Okemo Sun Burst Six 1,670 Pico Summit Express 1,565 Smuggs Madonna 1 2,150 (maybe tied with Tenney for the longest ride in the east?) Sterling 1,500 Stowe Fourrunner 2,047 Gondi 2,100 Lookout 1,750 $tratton Gondi 1,742 Sugarbush Castlerock 1,670 North Ridge 1,690 Superbravo 1,529 *Whiteface* Cloudsplitter 2,432 Summit Quad 1,830 Lookout 1,560 Little Whiteface 1,555 Originals: K1 Gondi 3,000 Stowe Big Spruce 1,750 Sugarbush Gondi 2,388 Sugarloaf 2,410 Surprises Canyon Quad at K is 1,193, thought it was shorter but that terrain is steep Was a little surprised Mittersill was only 1,280. I remembered it more like Sterling at Smuggs size. If Ascutney was ever allowed to build to the summit it would have had almost 2,300' of vert. Original Ram's Head lift at K went 200' higher than the current. Beartrap at Mount Snow is only 373'. How massive Gore and Whiteface really are.

Such a fun trail pod. That lift is something else. https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/lifts/viewlift.php?id=396 Zoomer at Cannon is another fun short one.

I was referring to what is currently open. Locke and Tomcat both access just under 1400' of vert - which I think is the most vert you can get off a single lift at Sunday River. Barker or Jordan Bowl might give a little more.

WOW, that is rough. Basically the same vert as skiing Sunday River. Just noticed Sugarbush got Ripcord and Spillsville open. I'm feeling a quick trip up.

Stratton relied heavily on these programs. So much so that they bought up hotels in the area, such as the two across from the Upper Pass Lodge on the Magic access road, as employee housing.

I'm guessing you have one of these on your car lol

Good to know. Doesn't get as much snow as others but the upper part of The Stairs was some of my favorite stuff tree-skiing. At this point I wouldn't complain about a couple south-west flows putting down 3-6" of slop followed by a hard freeze to make a base. Or just an extended window for Berkie to start making snow so I can stop freezing my ass off fishing.

Middle/Lower Lynx and Lower Catenary with some upper combination of Upper Polecat/Upper Lynx/Lynx Lair on the upper section has been the more common opening line-up.