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BMOM is the best. The MRG of Maine

Bring your edges. Groomers will do their thing so the earlier you get there the better. Should be scraped clean by lunchtime though. Okemo seems to have more open so that would be the better play IMO.

Am not. All of the Indy resorts are on the main island and we're heading to Hokkaido. Starting off at the base of Asahidake for a couple days and hoping to to ski that (weather dependent) or heading to Kamui or Pippu if the tram doesn't run. Then going to Furano for a few days of touring in the area followed by some lift served days at the resort. After that we're moving to SW Hokkaido and basing mostly out of Otaru. Cat skiing at Iwanai followed by some of the smaller resorts in the area. Going to mostly avoid the gong show at Niseko/Rusutsu, although I'm sure most resorts will be more crowded than usual given the recent re-opening of borders.

Heading to Japan for two weeks starting Jan 13th. Expect this disaster of a season to begin turning around then.

Did a mini tour of New England ski areas this past week. Started off on the 28th at Black Mtn of Maine with almost a foot of snow on the ground and decent coverage but really only two routes down. Gun powder felt nice and the vibe there can't be beat. Next day at Saddleback saw full mid winter conditions. What a rad hill! First time riding lifts there and the terrain off of their kennebago quad is so good. Lots of glade thinning efforts there on account of the trees being so tight but man, they do a great job. Given the deep base and full coverage at Saddleback and the fact that Jay had at that point reported 27" in the past week and 19" in the past 72 hrs, I was beyond thrilled to do some skiing there the next day. We showed up the morning of the 30th to nearly bare ground at the base and patchy trails on the hill. As everyone here has already mentioned, this was likely a combination of over reporting a bit as well as crazy high dews/rain in the overnight period before our arrival. You could literally see snow sublimating throughout the day...sad. I'm normally not a Jay snow report basher by any means but I did seriously question how 19" could just evaporate so quickly. Fun and soft manmade snow at least! The next day was skin a lap > ride a lap at Bolton where there honestly seemed to be more coverage than Jay. Finally wrapped up with a few hrs at my old haunts of Sugarbush on new yrs day. Snow was super fun but the continued thaw basically exposed bare ground everywhere at lower elevations. All in all a fun little road trip.

Surprised to see GYX issue this...almost seems like a rip and read from the euro/nam? Either way fingers crossed this is indeed a net gainer for the ski resorts.

I'll be up there in about a week. Really hoping for the net gainer that the euro is showing.

Both the Bush and K reporting 3" as of about an hour ago. Solid start.

Doesn't get any better for ski country verbatim.

Thanks! Interesting but I was more curious to its anecdotal accuracy/usefulness as a high res model.

Also WTF is a HRW WRF-ARW and does anyone care about it?

Having Stratton in the 30-36" shading seems....optimistic

Its a multi mountain pass model these days. $90 a day is actually reasonable for a Friday and Sat (is that MLK weekend?). Might seem like a lot for some place like Cranmore but single day tickets are considerably pricier at destination resorts.

How you can be annoyed at riding up a classic double is beyond me.

That's the NAM run ski country wants to see! Here's to hoping...

Thnx

Any threat of a NW based deform band in this one? If not, what are the typical ingredients to make this happen?

First day out for the season at Killington yesterday. Some mood snows brought up to an inch by the end of the day. Conditions were fine all things considered but the day was all about stretching the legs. I maintain that all serious eastern skiers should have a pair of slalom sticks for these kinds of days. So much fun!

Yeah its not a heavy effort if you're in OK shape. Of course this doesn't lead to quick laps as you're then forced to take a beginner area quad over at tramside and then traverse over to stateside that way. Worth it if everything else is skied out!

To each their own but I love it as is. Just a quick couple minute skate/hike to access 90% of what you can get off of the Flyer and its top shack location below the windiest part of that ridge means its open more often on the windiest days.

I am not sure the reason why but I have heard from friends that are still local that the snowmaking pond was drained completely in the fall...can't imagine that helps the situation. Just about the only positive in this rain is that it will help in that regard!

Sounds like we need more ski resorts

Damn that's too bad. That thing was the best. What's everyone's preference these days? TWC is decent but doesn't capture local orographics as well as wunderground did.

Is Wunderground misfiring for anyone else? I seem to be able to access the base view but can't select different resolutions or other reflectivities.

5" on the Bush mid mtn cam. Over performer? Looks a bit pingy currently...