ChasingFlakes

Neighbors weren't so lucky. 4 trees were uprooted within the same root ball.

That was a good one! Suprised I still have power. Definitely a lot of large limbs down all over the place. Havent seen gusts that strong around here in a long time.

Will be interesting to see if that line holds together as well as it is for the next 30 miles of eastward movement. If it makes it out my way it looks like it will be around 6-6:15. Really muggy but there is a nice breeze.

Beautiful day out there. I drove into town and hitup produce junction for some flowers to plant, it was an absolute cluster****.

Relatives in downingtown without power but pretty much a whole lot of nothing here. Seems like the twizzler lost its due north orientation. A kink developed and the line shifted in a NW direction, disrupting the continuous flow coming out of the south and it lost some steam. That's my half baked meteorology for the day, please weenie tag me. Thanks. Also itd be interesting to see the totals Lancaster recieved as it seemed to train over that county for quite a while, but by the time it reached Chesco it had reoriented in a SE to NW manner and began traveling NE, making a train scenario impossible for our area.

I mostly watch the flyers since I've played hockey since age 5 but I like to watch the eagles too. One time i fell asleep at a phillies game and woke up with 3rd degree sunburn..

Rain has been switching between a steady drizzle to moderate rain with each coming gust. Haven't seen any trees down but a lot of branches on the road. If this wind came after all the rain it'd probably be a different story.

Sun out here too after that last cell rolled through. Mostly a lot of rain, barely any wind not even too much thunder. Feels great outside now.

Rain was pretty underwhelming and aside from the gust I caught on video there wasnt much more to that storm. Spent the past hour or so cutting that up and taking it down to the burn pile. It was actually a 16-18" diameter limb that came down across the entire road. Those pines tend to always come down during strong storms early in the season, or with ice. Not the first time that has happened.

Gust front brought a two big pines down across my road and in neighbors backyard. Got it on video as I was filming the front roll in I'll try to upload it to youtube it had some good lightning, thunder and swearing in it too.

Front should arrive here in the next 15 mins. I can hear a constant rumble to my west it sounds like a jet engine.

That was definitely a good storm last night. A lot of lightning and really heavy rain. Glad that was overnight so we can enjoy the nice weather today.

And I slept through whatever flakes fell here this morning.

There was a huge difference in snow cover just going from 2,000ft near jay, to 600 feet in montgomery center (as always) Then going the 30 miles south to Stowe and Waterbury at a similar elevation the pack was gone on south facing slopes and close to 6-8 inches elsewhere outside the woods. Montgomery Center still had about a foot in most spots and the elevation around Jay has about 40 inches still. I was bummed to end my trip early, I planned to do tuckermans ravine on Friday; however, on Thursday I hit a small branch that was across the trail and took a weird fall on the mellow section at the bottom of the mountain, straining my back. Ill be fine in a week or two, but I was bummed not to be able to hitup the Whites and then mount snow (for free) on my way back home. That was my first time ever injuring myself on a snowboard and I've been doing it for almost 20 years. I'm just glad it wasn't anything serious and I laugh because I was going like 5 mph and just riding lazily and fell into a scorpion position. Definitely left VT with my tail between my legs but at least I had a great day Monday and did some good exploration at new ski areas (Burke) and backountry zones. Every trip cant be an amazing powder trip, but even this one I got a taste of it for a few hours monday morning before the thaw. I'm sure you guys will get another good storm this month, March always delivers up your way. There were two 2 ft storms I was there for last March and I'd be suprised if there wasnt another event like that this year. Also I remember going to Smuggs December of 2011 and it being pretty bare even on the trails. From that mansfield chart it looks like they had only recieved about 20" up to the date I went just before Christmas.

It was great to get out there regardless of the conditions. I could definitely use some skins as I can see snowshoes being tough in deeper dry snow. That's a great write up of your trip, looks like it was a good day to check it out. And you're right there is a lot of potential for tours on that side of 242 but there is a pretty big drainage that runs along the road there so access looks less than ideal.

All links lead to Imgur photo albums. Smugglers Notch, Monday March 2nd Best snow of the trip, before the thaw. 2-3ft powder conditions. Amazing. Burke Mountain, Tuesday March 3rd Almost 50f, wore a sweatshirt. Really unique terrain. Powerline was my favorite trail. Gilpin Mountain Backcountry, 1165 Vertical Ft (3015ft Summit) Wednesday March 4th Adjacent mountain to Jay Peak. Can be accessed from the road and offers steep and mellow open glades, untouched snow but a rain crust with variable 3-5 inch drifts on top. Took two laps, one to the summit, using snowshoes and then snowboarded down.

I went to Burke yesterday, pics are at the end of the previous page. Today I opted to break out the snowshoes and snowboard to do some laps on Gilpin Mountain, which is adjacent to Jay Peak to the SE. It tops out at 3,015 and the base parking area sits around 1,850 ft. It was tough going through the rain crust. But I stuck to the N aspect on my second run and the W winds helped blow the 3-4 inches that had fallen into that zone. First run on Gilpin: 2,150-2,750ft Second run: 1,850ft to 3,015ft (Summit) Looking towards the dip. Bomb hole end of run 1 Run 2: I believe I am crossing the catamount trail here. Pines start to really thicken above 2800ft Looking E off the summit at 3,015ft.

Went to Burke Mountain Tuesday. It was spring conditions, I wore a sweatshirt and was still hot. Real fun, some unique trails there I liked powerline the most.

Over my house but I'm 5 miles from Canada rn.

What are you guys thinking in terms of upslope totals wed-thurs along the spine? Doesn't look like anything special, fast moving so only 12-18 hrs of upslope which is just enough time to get something going. The track of the low is providing mainly NW flow which still works for the northern greens due to the NNE orientation of the spine but definitely not ideal. I'm gonna guess 6-8 at elevation. I think theres room for more or less though.

Smuggs was really nice in the morning before the temps rose and the rime and sleet started around 10am. It was still fun and floaty but a bit heavier and more difficult to maneuver in tight spots. Been rain/zr in Montgomery Center since I arrived.

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Gonna head to Jay or Smuggs in the morning. Havent been to smuggs since that one big 3 day event last January, and have been to Jay on 3 separate occasions since. However Jay may hold onto snow longer tomorrow, so I'm conflicted.