ChasingFlakes

This is how you bypass open container laws.

Worth the cold, should be a nice right-side-up powder day.

Manasquan Inlet looking dreamy and cold. Screenshotted from surfline's webcam.

Birds are going nuts at the feeder now that the sun is poking out intermittently.

Getting a good burst of flurries associated with some gusts here.

I don't go up there often due to price, but it's a great mountain and surrounding area. Lots of great restaurants and breweries in the area to check out. Have fun.

January 8-10th brought a decent portion of January's snow for you last year. What did you record for that storm cycle? I know it was really localized with Smuggs reporting 38 inches and Stowe 'only' reporting 27 inches over the 3 day period. Is that Mt. Katahdin? Looks gorgeous. Here's a picture of the Eastern face of Mount Washington on Janauary 24th of this year.

Had some white rain around 1:30. High 30s and rain is my least favorite weather. I'd rather it be dry and single digits, or torching, than cold and rainy. At least I got my snow fix last weekend in NNE. It was a very interesting localized and elevation dependent orographic enhanced storm up there. Rain in the valleys and 12-15" fresh at the top of the mountains. Apparently we have to drive 8 hours to see any appreciable snow in this dismal winter.

Here's a photo and a video that my buddy took of me at Jay Peak on Monday. I have a few more photos but I'm not sure how to embed them without going over the file size limit. Also I have some clips from Wildcat and Attitash that I can post when I get around to it.

Awesome day at Jay. Felt nice and deep but pretty dense stuff. I'll post some pics videos when I get the chance. Was still dumping as I left.

Yeah man Jay will be nice tomorrow. 6z NAM has over a foot through tomorrow afternoon here. Already around 7 inches from this storm, but it's very localized. Wildcat was ok today, 3-5 of mashed potatoes with a tenth of ice on top. Towards the afternoon it softened up but we left a bit early. Last night's sleet storm in the valley north of mt washington was insane.

Wildcat was nice yesterday morning but once the top layer of dry snow was sloughed off it was a bit icy underneath. They need more snow to open more terrain. Attitash today was pretty good too. A little crowded but manageable, snow was heavier than wildcat. Flurried for a bit around noon. Was raining/freezing rain when we left at 430 and it was snowing at 1900ft going through pinkhams notch at 31f. Id love to hit up cannon tomorrow but my buddy is tied to the peak pass... and we're saving Jay for Monday.

Keeping a close eye on this one as I'll be in VT and NH for the storm.

I think they meant to post in the NNE thread.

Dont forget about March. I'm off Sunday so I am planning to head up to either blue mtn or elk. It almost seems like elk is missing some of the QPF to the south on models, but they will stay much colder than blue so ratios will likely be better. Also planning a NE trip next weekend. Looks like there will be something over the weekend, hopefully it comes together throughout the week. Playing it by ear but will likely end up in NH and VT.

We had a day in February last season that was above 70f. Cant remember the exact high but I went snowboarding in a T-shirt.

Round two of the squalls coming through.

Yeah I was dead center under that pink blob in this radar image. It started with those dense balls of snow, it sounded like it was pouring outside on the roof, but then switched to heavy fine snow with some wind gusts and then slowly tapered off. It's now fully sunny here 20 minutes later.

This squall coming through is really ripping. Dumping 1/4-1/2" balls of snow and the roads instantly caved.

I saw some flakes at 4am and 12pm on the 1st but it was at a 5 flakes per minute type rate. Went up to Bear Creek last night and it was pretty bare.. but it was nice to get out and my foot felt good.

I havent been too active in regards to tracking as my foot has been injured since the first week of September and I really thought I may never be able to snowboard again. I was beginning to grow bitter after 3 1/2 months of failed treatments. But it must be a Christmas miracle because it's finally starting to feel better, no more pain in the ball of my foot with each step. We were never able to diagnose a cause, x-ray, MRI, blood test, and ENG (nerve test) were all normal aside from some mild inflammation (bursitis between 1st and 2nd metatarsal) shown on the MRI. Cortisone shot didnt do jack, but we tried a boot for the past month as a last ditch effort to help. That must have done the trick, along with taking time off work, as this past week I've been mostly pain free! Time to rehab it and get back to chasing flakes. I cant say how grateful I am to have my health and have you guys here tracking these storms. This injury really put everything into perspective, as it has really affected my mental health these past few months. You guys are such an awesome resource for knowledge and I just want to thank you all and wish everybody a happy holiday. Let it snow!! Here's a short and simple edit I did for class of last year's snowboard season. Most clips are from Vermont featuring Jay Peak, Smugglers Notch, Magic Mountain, Mount Snow and theres one PA blue mountain clip.

Are you talking about Stowe, VT or PA?

Fish pond has a solid sheet of ice on it.

Another good squall this time a with a coating. Accumulating on roads and also blowing around a bit.

Getting a nice burst of snow right now near phoeonixville. Coming down pretty good.