PowderBeard

IDK, have to teach the grounds crew how to properly stripe the law, install inserts/stoves into those fireplace areas, rip all that shit out of the Yankees themed bedroom-bathroom suite. A lot of work, they should probably pay me to take it off their hands.

https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/cancelledskiareas/Vermont/dorsethollow.php Just as interesting, Bigelow. https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/cancelledskiareas/Maine/bigelowmtn.php

That thing would put feet of snow in the Poconos and Catskills.

Shaftsbury for good upslope, must have been named by a skier who played the old "Greenland and Iceland" trick.

It did not say where but even measuring at the base I would assume more than 98" a year at Equinox,. I doubt it is the true base of the auto road because that is several hundred feet lower than Manchester but would get an extra ~30". If Stratton gets about 180" I would assume both of those would get over 200".

Naaa, inversion at 1000' and temps in the 60s...TORCH!

Upper LL looks good to go and afterwards you can turn your sticks into shot-skis or a chair.

That is some serious agreement we have something to keep eyes on. Going to get busy.

I would think east-west would matter in SVT but its the direct opposite of what I thought for down there. A sample other than ski areas, Dorset and Equinox average only 90-100" a year according to the google machine. Always figured it would be much more, radar always seems lit up in that area even during the weaker flows.

Hopefully. She staggers like a college kid leaving the bar at 2am and the 67cm skis and boots are waiting in the basement.

I thought I was in decent shape in Feb-March until I started doing this. Been working out 4-5 days a week because she is now ~15 pounds heavier and I won't have many solo days.

I have not done enough exploring at Ellen. My impulsive side gets the best of me and I find it hard to resist checking out "The Church" and rabbit holes around Castlerock each time I am there. It can be "interesting" to see people try to carve into the Church wall when below it only to find it is a rock face with a white blanket over it.

General Sugarbush rule, find a shack/building, look for rabbit hole behind it lol. My most memorable day there involved this and I stumbled upon John Atkinson et al. doing a photoshoot after a 20" upslope deal. Photo credit to him on this one. Dawn patrols with fresh snow are always worth it. You can see the real power of some storms at elevation too if you venture out in the midst of one. Scary the first couple times because you think every tree is about to come down then you realize why they grow short and fat. Skinning at night during upslope is pretty amazing, I have had a couple trips where it seems like there is not a cloud in the sky and you can see stars but snow is accumulating on your jacket and all around.

Been trying to snow most of the morning. Just some scattered flakes. Feels and looks like winter out there.

Guess I never thought of "base" elevation too, If Killington was measuring at K1 for a period of time, that is 1000-1500' higher than the base areas of Sugarbush, Smuggs, etc. and like measuring mid-mountain at many areas. I have only been really skiing and paying attention to snow the past 10 years, and from that my mindset is Killington is more similar in snowfall to Okemo than it is to Sugarbush. In regards to Jay do they over report, sure. But the wind definitely distributes things around and makes it hard to measure. There have been times I have hit Staircase/Everglade area and there is a 3-4' base meanwhile you are hitting stumps and root systems in Canyonland or Deliverance. Check out Killington's report and the webcams this morning. Penny and nickel to 250!

I find it funny that Killington and Pico both report 250". If one of them averaged 250" it would definitely be Pico.

LOL, there was a recent thread on K-Zone about this and Mike S. come on to respond. They were reporting multiple 2-3" events over the course of a week and Superstar Headwall was grass. One day they reported like 4-5" and it looked like Superstar had a dusting on the cam.

Interesting. I wish I had kept data because that SVT area is confusing. The saying I have always heard from locals is if Mt. Snow does well, so does Magic.

Funnels down Rt. 30 then between Equinox and Dorset and hits it? https://en-us.topographic-map.com/maps/o7cg/Winhall/

The youtube video makes me think A LOT of rock and ledge as it can be seen in a few frames. Comparing it to Red Line or Chute/Liftline at MRG I would agree 2' of settled. I had one contact me via PM on a ski forum regarding an incident when someone fell off a lift. I had captured the image form the resort webcam of the skier dangling from the lift about 20' up and he wanted to know about it. Apparently the area had blasted the chairs with snowguns and not cleaned them which led to some people slipping off chairs that day.

If you do some Killington math I bet you could scrape 900' out of it.

It's the Dutch Hill of Massachusetts, in a nice snow spot. I have been to Dutch Hill when Mount Snow was only on man-made and that place had plenty of base. There are some sneaky good areas east of the Berks with 500-700' of vert with consistent intermediate and legit advanced slope. Most are single lane fire road wide or with thinned out glades. Two of which only need about an 8" base. Haven't had the best experience in the Berkshires, more ledge and you're skiing hiking trails or going to scratch your goggles up on branches. There is one place I have been able to hit twice with a friend that was 800-900' of consistent advanced/expert vert - similar to Ripcord at Mount Snow for pitch and as wide as Broomstick at Magic or Misery Whip at Sugarloaf - that was well maintained by the power companies. I would take it over Greylock's Thunderbolt any day. This should be on everyone's to-do list during a good winter. I'm all for rope-ducking in the "right" circumstances but these would need a ton of snow to ski safely. https://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/trip-report-mohawk-trail-slides.html

https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/ Solid as well. I love the lift history details, just learned the chair at Watatic was from Diamond Hill, RI. That place has some seriously steep little chutes.

The days of free uphill are quickly disappearing.

Happy to hear about the local beavers keeping Watatic in good shape. Probably in better shape than Mittersill was when Cannon opened it - then destroyed it. That is some serious base over 600' of vert. I'm curious what Brodie trails look like but don't want to risk a trespassing violation, apparently they are really strict there. Maple Valley is still pretty cleared out minus some grundel floss. I have always wanted to hit the upper liftline section given the ledge bands but it would need a ton of snow.