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They've been cashing in on mostly snow events. I wouldn't be surprised if they get a foot.

Next weekend storm (Sat AM) looking better on GFS and says snow in the mtns. Wouldn't take much to put CNE in the goods. Could be another early season powder day.

lololol. I want to say MWN average temp drops below freezing mid October, so the worry about Killington pulling off an event Thanksgiving weekend on Superstar is probably pretty rare, I dunna know maybe 1 in 5 maybe more likely 1 in 10 years?? Seems like of late the odds seem to be better despite, well , you know.

Sweet! Folks posting in the Back-country touring in the northeast were wondering where to go and I mentioned Jay would be my best guess. If that's at say 1500' I'm sure the top was very skiable! Maybe we can cash in on some more snow next weekend.

Is that your lawn or his?

Have only skied them in alpine mode. Felt like any typical alpine binding. No early releases, only had one ski pop off through the toe as I felt it should. I was able to play around going between alpine and touring mode. Takes a few times to get used to the procedure, but I think I got it mastered. Time will tell

Conditions were mid-winter above 2500', and good but just sticky below that. "Officially" only one run open, but there was about on average 18" of natural snow on the rest of the mountain, so unofficially, the entire mountain was being skied. People were ducking ropes right at the chairlift. Lifties turned a blind eye. The natural trails skied FAR better than the open ones. Of course there were your fair share of waterbars, rocks and sticks to avoid. I got a couple scrapes on the new planks with the Solomon Shift bindings which felt just like typical alpine. It was funny teaching my son how to properly duck a rope. I was actually getting compliments and chuckles from the other jumpers. Just an awesome day overall particularly once we realized where the goods were. Hoping there's more powder days to come.

That's awesome, who is this tool, lol. I got to admit I could not figure out how to load a current photo, or at least the intended photo. But it was pounding at that time and conditions were incredible. Touche!

Elevation certainly played a role. Was still dumping at Wildcat when we keft at 3 (2000'). Valley floor at 700' had maybe a dusting. About an inch at 1100' all but gone already. Skiing was phenominal on natural snow which was about 24" at summit 12" at base. Got sticky around 2500'

Upper levels must still be below 32 as snow is dry w no signs of refreeze. About 1/2" at Wildcat. Mountain full of Herbs.

I'll update from the WC weenie quad tomorrow. Not thinking my cabin ends up with much. Maybe a slushy inch or two only to be washed away by the time I return.

No doubt elevation storm. My neighborhood up north goes from 0 at 1000' to about 8" at 2000'

How did the Euro look? Most models seem to show snow in the eastern Whites for at least a period of time Saturday, so hope to get some quality runs in at Wildcat.

Looking like Wildcat area is the place to ski this weekend. Should at least start as snow. Already looks like mid-winter up there: https://www.skiwildcat.com/web-cams/

Wildcat opens Sat top to bottom.

Do Nor'Easters want to develop and pass near to the benchmark based on physics? It seems as though the benchmark would be the top of the bell curve, or in other words do lows have a propensity to gravitate towards the benchmark? It seems that way to me and often get model shifts towards that direction.

Track is juat too far west. Would have to slow down to catch the northern stream sw.

I don't think it will all melt away. A foot of man made snow has the liquid equivalent of maybe 5 feet of natural and if you look at their live webcams, they are just absolutely pounding Superstar. Like others have said, elevation helps a lot, not to mention late October sun angle is same as early February. Also, Killington is hosting (once again) Thanksgiving weekend FIS race which also gets it plenty more publicity and gives them another reason to keep the guns firing. Being able to drive to 2500' is pretty rare for a New England mountain. Bolton Valley is the only other one I can think of. As for other elevated lifts, the others that come to mind are the fixed grip quad at Cannon, the summit chair on Mt. Ellen (Sugarbush) and that summit chair on Sugarloaf. I think the bottom of all those lifts are over 3000'. The double chair at WV probably had the highest base elevation at about 3500', but it's gone this year, being replaced with a tee bar. FWIW, those chairs are for sale for $400 (I got one on hold). If anyone wants one, send me a pm.

Hiked Mt. Hale today. Was just around freezing at trailhead, but only about 20 at summit and gusts in the 30's. Felt like mid winter. Awesome!

Killington been making snow all day (down to 2500'). I bet it's not too often can they do that in October.

Sunday River opens tomorrow on upper T2. $30

Impressive cold for mid-October. Similar to that mid-April day last winter when I never got out of the 20's. Elevated spots will be below freezing for almost 48 hours.

Is Chief ACATT Kevin, aka RevKev, DIT, Soccer mom?

??? I thought he was the guy Harvey turns to?