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I was going to go to Stratton on Saturday, but now I'm thinking Sunday might be better as a decent amount of the snow looks to arrive after lifts close on Sat. Thoughts?

Awesome pic! Love the old chairlift....basically a pole the bottom of a park bench. Still tons of those lifts in the west where they rarely put the bars down in they even exist. We are more safety oriented in the east lol.

I know, right! 107 mph in CO!! .

I’ll be at Stratton Sat if it looks like sneaky warm later doesn’t penetrate into S VT. .

Decent sleet and zr here a safer bet for now with that cold drain down the Hudson gutter. .

18Z NAM torch runs often come true. I’m keeping expectations for much accumulating snow in the Cap District low for now but we’ll definitely watch dem trends. On another note, 70-71 redo in Albany would be welcome and frightening at the same time. Adrenaline might kill me…. but I guess death by snow is the weenie way to go. .

Cutter = Crickets. Pretty quiet in this thread lol. Oh well, things should be looking up soon. My son skied Copper yesterday and had a blast. They finally got enough snow to open about 1/2 the front side. He got to experience the I70 so tragic for the first time. Woot!! .

M-F jobs suck!! .

Looks like us weekend warriors have a choice of Saturday's warmth and rain and Sunday's sheets of ice. Oh well. Might have to skip this weekend on the slopes. Great, now my wife can ask me to do a million of her projects that she musters up!

Over performing here in the Hudson Valley. Got about 1/3” this morning which melted. Steady light snow now with round 2. Good snow growth. Closing in on 3/4” with round 2. Woot!! .

Stratton employees were talking about staffing shortages too. It’s becoming a real problem. Resort town housing prices and rental prices don’t help. .

19" at Killington!?!? Weird upslope event. Taconics got more than southern Vermont mountains. Driving to Stratton you could see that accumulations were all over the place. Looks like Killington even opened some natural trails. Powerline and Ridge Run.Nice start for them.

Hit Stratton today. Decent amount of terrain. Several top to bottom runs. Gondola and another lift went on wind hold. Could still get to top. Very windy and cold. Not used to the cold yet lol. Still a fun day but 4 runs was enough for us lol. .

Looks like last nights run. Init 0Z Wed. .

Sugarbush opens tomorrow. Stratton delayed until Sat. 12-14 trails, 5 lifts. .

Stratton planning on 12 trails with top to bottom opening on Wednesday. Boom. They have a serious snowmaking system. And their trails are wide so they get those acres open. Damn!!! .

I was wondering if ski areas ever use chair lifts for regular downloading? Killington has the K1 Gondola which makes it easier, especially since it's designed to be ridden with skis off. Picture people downloading on a chairlift while holding their skis. I don't think they would do that. Sound like a clusterfudge.

Ahhh, makes sense. Suspenseful! [emoji897] .

What are the measurement requirements? I noticed that they had a ton of guns on the top and bottom of Superstar last week but not on the one bottom middle section?

I went with IKON this year. It's my first "season pass" since my brother worked snowmaking at Stratton in the 80's and family members got free season passes. My son is spending the winter in Boulder so he got an IKON. I'm going out in February to ski Copper, ABasin and Eldora. Got my airfare for $425 before prices went bonkers! For me, splurging on a western trip makes sense this year to ski with my boy. I'm 1 hour to Windham, 1:40 to Stratton and 2:15 to KMart, easy day trips, so I hope to get 20 days in. I try to ski one day each weekend. Would work out to $50 a day. IKON is pricey! I paid $999. Sugarbush is a tough day trip at 3:30. Hoping to do a weekend there. Sugarloaf would be fun but that will probably have to wait until retirement in a couple of years. Long drive! Will finally have time to ski more, but will my knees and back hold up? Irony! Gotta get to Maine to ski at some point. Sunday River looks intriguing.

Gore, Whiteface and Belleayre have no lift lines as of 10am according to the webcams! Guess people are scared of the cold. Guess I shoulda gone today lol. I I assumed it would be packed. People are skiing onto the lifts! .

4.5" so far. Moderate to occ. heavy. 24.4/23F.

Are the big downsloping deductions in N/S valleys on most of the models believable for this one? I find that with good arctic air in place at low levels, that often gets minimized. Some of the model runs have given the NE part of my county 4” and 24”+ in the higher elevations of the sw part of the county. Insane! Thoughts? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

3.4" - not snowing right now.

Very impressed with Gore this year. Got a season pass so I’m finally skiing it enough to learn the mountain. Super complicated lol. True, when there’s lots of snow, the tree skiing and lift lines are awesome. .