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Stratton was pretty good on Sunday. No lines. Left half off most trails were powder and packed powder. Right side was ice lol. Base is so firm. Bummer there isn’t the normal deep March base in the woods. Loved the Liberty Origins! They killed it in the bumps!! .

Underperformer here. Winds shifted to WNW too quickly so we downslope off the Helderbergs. 4.5” for a warning. Oh well. .

Nice! Definitely on my list. We are in the town on our ski rest day but had the IKON so no ski there. .

5.5” here near Albany. 28” for season. Average is about 50” to date. 2 footer Sat and we’re back on track! .

Just snagged a pair of Liberty Origin 96’s on clearance. Been looking at those for a while. Woot!! .

Loved Big Sky. Went in 2018. I heard they are charging extra for the tram now? Hate that idea! Is it true?

ABasin .

Winter Park .

Copper .

Feel very lucky to have skied in Colorado with my boy last week. 2 days at Copper, 1 at Winter Park and 1 at A-Basin. Stayed in Frisco. Loved all 3. Copper had very good snow conditions and was almost completely open. It snowed 2-4” each day. The new 3 Bears lift was amazing serving excellent terrain including some really fun chutes. Winter Park has the best snow with 13” of fresh. I loved the mountain. Mary Jane was awesome but exhausting. It’s like 2 Outer Limits on top of each other lol. The moguls were soft and perfectly sized with beautiful lines. Last day was ABasin which was bluebird. They needed more snow but still an absolute blast. Incredible views. Ski patrol was doing avalanche control while we were skiing which was fun to watch. Boy do they have some steep stuff there. You can really get yourself into trouble! Well, back to the east. Here are some pics!! Elevation was definitely noticed. Frisco is 9,000 ft. and lots of lifts are 12K+. We spent 2 nights in Boulder and one bought in Frisco before skiing. I did fine except I was out of breath all week when skiing bumps and exerting myself. Met a lot of people that didn’t respect the elevation and had a lot of trouble. Road the lift at A basin with a guy who was in Atlanta the day before. He felt like crap and was slurring his words. Oy! Met some tough guys in Frisco that thought they were too tough to get altitude sickness. Idiots. I might try to hit some lower mountains out west next year lol. This was the highest elevation that I have skied at.

.1” freezing rain, 2” sleet, 1.2” snow. 3.3” total. 6” on ground that you can literally stand on top of. XC skiing was fast and smooth. Sledding was amazing. Dog loved it. Fun storm here in the Capital District. Each path with the snowblower took about 1/2” off lol. At least I got the 12” plow pile of sleet at the end of the driveway thin enough to drive through lol. Sorry for those of you that had mostly rain.

They make snow plows that go on the front of your snowblower. I might try to Macgyver one today lol.

Still sleet here near Albany. Not a flake to be seen yet!! .

I think I’ll leave it and wait for it to melt in spring lol. My back can’t handle it and it’s easy to walk on and grippy. Might have to pay a plow guy though for the driveway. Haven’t had to do that ever. They’re gonna make some dough!!! .

My neighbor just tried to snow blow 2” of sleet, got 5 feet and quit [emoji23]. .

17.6F here in Slingerlands.m (Albany) Just measured 1.9” of sleet!!! How the heck do I shovel that? .

Down to 28.7F here with more sleet than I've seen in a while. Just took the dog out and it is crunchy, crispy out there. Glad the zr stopped. My fence gate was frozen shut and had to whack it good to open it. Killington webcams confirm the dual pole cc evidence of the mix line making it to Rutland area. Doh!!!!

29.1F and changed to sleet. Phewwww. Get to keep power. .

29.3F. Half sleet have ZR. Breezy. .

Steady freezing rain at 30.7F and dropping. AKA “Damage in Albany” .

Temp dropped from 40F at 4pm to 31.5F. Rain lightened up for a bit. Hoping for a quick change to sleet. Just say no to zr. .

31.8F. Dropped from 40 at 4pm. Rain lightened up for a bit. Going a quick change to sleet. .

Models underestimate cold press + NAM often sees the mid level warmth = more sleet and zr? I just can’t picture a ton of snow for this one near the front. Gonna be a fun on to nowcast! Probs lots of surprises. .

Albany County is a Gradient forecast clusterfudge. As are many places. I say we burn the models. They’re witches. .

Weird and inconsistent snow season out west. Alta is at 262” and Park City only 119”. I know they get less, but not that much less. .