Lava Rock

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

This past weekend brought the first audible sled noise I've heard this winter, but no use yet on the club trail thru our woodlot.  Our new neighbors (probably will build this coming warm season) plowed the road past our place last week, including about 1/2 mile of that club trail.  Once the new crew is living on the lot, the club might need to either relocate that half mile or abandon a large segment of their trails.

is that near hampshire hill?

On 1/17/2026 at 5:29 PM, mreaves said:

Went for my first snowmobile ride of the season today.  Left from Topsham/Groton and headed up through Peacham to Danville and Walden. Most of the ride was between 1500' and 2000'.  We did get up as high as 2300' a couple of times.  I didn't stop to measure but I would say the snow depth was between 1' and 3' on average.  It was a beautiful day to be out with temps hanging in the low 20s and light snow falling for most of the day.  Most here aren't overly familiar with this part of the state, long ago poster Allenson used to call the area the Near Kingdom because its similar to the NEK.  Really beautiful area.

Nice. Was riding this past wknd with Dryslot up in Eustis. Trails were good there, especially by the NH border. Heading to Jackman for fri/sat riding, but not liking the cold predicted for sat. Definitely will need the gauntlets, but the Doo ones don't fit well on my Polaris. 

Only 1.6", but wasn't expecting much anyway. Add this to the 2.25" over the wknd and the pack is back to where it was before the last meltdown. 

Some areas are doing well but not the majority. Every time we start building a base, it gets knocked back. I’m near 40” on the season but haven’t gotten to 10” otg at any point. It’s been below normal in terms of snowpack. In fact, I bet even the mountains are only doing well north of I-89. 

Picked up 0.5" on the back end last night. We'll see what friday brings.

Nada for sn. Just some zr

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I'm afraid to see what awaits me when I get to Pit2.  Probably won't get there until after dark so that'll temper my disappointment.

Just ran 5 on pretty much all black ice.. even at 34-35.. very slick in spots 

Pack took a bit of a beating overnight. Low 36f

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9 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Give us a break….really? WTF?  I think everybody knows the caveats.  Dam.

he was a real peach on the forum during covid

9 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Yeah, Low was 13.8°F this morning, Its a bit slick out there.

what a pit. 29f for us

High of 46F

24 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

46/32

 

Great to finally get the ice off the driveway. Some 2 weeks of this…

you should bust out the beach chair and get a tan while you can. Winter will be back soon. Mooohahahah

up to 41f already. 

31f. Off to the races. Going to feel like a heat wave today

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28 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

25.8F  Moderate snow.  About 2" or a little more with this event.  My birch trees, although ice free are still bent.

cut them in Spring. They never seems to pop back

1.8" will probably do it. All fluff, no taint

Pete ftw.

46 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

I haven't graduated to bionic man yet but 2nd hernia surgery coming up in February, plus have had shoulder impingement on right side for about 8 months. Getting old is fun!

I had two of those, one on each side. Did lapro on one then 2yrs later had another on other side and went with open procedure. Also have shoulder impingement, that can go from one side to the next. getting older is not fun.

4 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

I basically have two jobs. I’m in my key earning years.

I love snowboarding, ice hockey and snow mobiling but I don’t live right in the mountains/country where it’s directly accessible. I’m here because I want those things *close*. Otherwise the weather that supports this stuff just makes life harder. Especially for my dog.

understood and i feel mostly the same. wish we lived closer to the good stuff. 

17 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Drawing up this winter pattern is just about the worst vs what I like. Honestly I couldn’t take much of this. I can’t recommend anyone to live around here while it sucks this bad. Persistent sub freezing temps that won’t rid the black ice and nuisance but inconvenient snows —it’s for snowboarding, snow mobiling and pond hockey. That’s about it.
 

Big storms but N to AN and frequent melts is what I like. I’m happy for a pattern shift bc this couldn’t get worse from my perspective. Especially with the holidays behind…

you say that like it's a bad thing. Maybe NNE isn't for you anymore. 

0.75" in a couple squalls

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19 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

You are the biggest culprit. Take all your comments ( which are almost always shitting on the pattern we are in ) and put it in the proper banter forum ). You truly bring nothing to the table other than stirring the pot. Plus, you have been wrong so many times with your " This is what the pattern is going to do ". Just don't bother posting. 

Rut ro. Time to get you some Woolfy fangs.

I'd take another 26" like Dec 30, 2016. Biggest storm evah. Pattern looks pretty dry for awhile.