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    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Well the forecasters at Mammoth increased the forecast from 1-2 inches tonight, to 3-5 inches overnight. Well - it is 15 degrees with high winds and heavy snow and radar has more and they already have 5 inches on the ground and I think that they just might have to update that accumulation forecast one more time lol.

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

    I'll start off by saying I get it. This is the only place where 95% of the people share our snow-loving insanity, and the only people who understand the emotions behind it. The temptation is to voice every scream of the weenie soul. And venting sometimes is fine. BUT...I think the problem is how much you vent. It's one thing to be frustrated and stuff on here as we all get and we all vent sometimes...but it's when every post becomes that and every negative thought is voiced that it can be really difficult to read through. If the vent becomes a complain marathon, it's probably better to hold back some of it, imo You won't burst I promise, lol

    Personally I start to hold back if I feel myself kinda going off the path. There are other ways to handle snow frustrations than putting every last frustration on everybody else.

    Speaking of venting tonight Mammoth was only supposed to get 2 inches. But that snow is falling pretty hard for only a couple inches.

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Time for the TRUTH folks.

    The Blizzard of Jan 6, 7, 8 1996.

    I missed it. Why?

    I was in TX visiting mom. Why?

    I was going thru hell at KFC in Woodbridge Va at that time. That's the REAL reason I missed the Blizzard of 1996.

    Oh and when I finally got back - 20 inches on the ground - and I was living at 3557 Forestdale Ave in Dale City - in a 37 degree environment.

    This is all gonnabe on open messageboards and wiki's. I am writing about - and opening up to the entire online world - my entire life.

    My entire life, is an unrelieved example of a person who lived extremely eclectically and unusual as all hell.

    I'm very OLD now and declining rapidly and I just want everyone to know the truth.

    That is all.

    Carry on.

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    1 hour ago, MacChump said:

    Jan 96, college...apartment complex-wide capture the flag game with cases of beer spread throughout in the snow...good times 

    Should have put some IPA's out there in the snow, too. Talk about good times, lol

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    On 1/5/2026 at 6:33 AM, 87storms said:

    I’d hate to hear your thoughts on the Commanders lol.

    What a choice for a football team name. I mean, I realized the name Redskins is eminently offensive and it really needed to be dropped, but Commanders?

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    57 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

    I really should. Justin Berk put together a nice presentation of the video I sent him. Check it out on Facebook. I thought of you several times lol. The snow shoveling was magical. It's this light fluff that's really fun to shovel and play in. I walked through fresh powder that was up to my stomach while being dumped on by 6+ inch per hour rates. 

    Their was some weird phenomenon that went on during the most intense snow. One thing I noticed right before the 6" per hour rates would start is the sky in the direction it was coming from would get this weird look to it. Day or night. Didn't matter. It looked like a weird pinkish tone. During the day it almost looked brown. I learned really fast that when I saw that, it was about to nuke. The intensity is another thing I noticed. The snow intensity would come with a gust of wind followed by just a sudden unload of big flakes. At one point the visibility dropped literally to less then 50 feet. I have pictures to back up everything. It snowed like 5" in 30-40 minutes. It snows unbelievably hard. Like nothing I've ever seen. 

    Another interesting thing i noticed is the wind. The wind is what brings the snow band. It happens on windy days. Once you get into the center of the heaviest snow it becomes almost dead calm. When the band moves away the wind returns. 

    I never expected gruple during the most intense band. During the extreme rates you get pelted with big rimmed flakes that sound like sleet mixing in (Being from here i thought oh great, sleet lol). When these snowballs hit your jacket they explode into a powder. I've never seen that either. 

    The temperature also did weird stuff in the most intense bands. It felt like it would get much colder. It felt like it went from 22 to 16. Once it backed off to 2-3" in her per hour the temp would climb back to 22. It was a surreal experience. It's just starting to sink in how insane it was. It was humbling. It snowed so hard during the night that it was almost scary. I had to follow the snow bank along the road to see where I was going. 

    When it snows 6+ inches per hour it also creates weird light phenomenon. The the light coming from inside the houses would create what looked like a laser beam coming out from every window with a light on inside. I have pictures. I'll post them over the next few weeks. 

    I experienced nearly 100" in 4 days. I got there the day before it hit. I was there 5 days.

    Congrats to you on this LES Experience!

    I am officially JEALOUS. And I thought Mammoth was something. Man I need to get my sorry azz off of the couch and get to a major LES Event and blast ELO at 400 decibels while trying to jebwalk in it lmao.

    That did it, dailylurker. I am gonna put this account of yours about LES Effects in my new SMF Board. In the public-facing part. It's high time. This stuff you experienced is Unbelievable. I'd miss a 14 foot Mammoth snow with 230 mph winds blowing the pow off the resort roof for a chance to personally experience that 6 inch an hour LES!

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    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    On 1/3/2026 at 3:23 PM, dailylurker said:

    Snowed in on the Tug Hill. Boy... do i have a story for when I get home. I've witnessed nearly 8' of snow since Wednesday. 

    You need to start up a website or blog and post all those pics on it.

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Where in the hell is Plow Guy? Snow is piling up on the Woolly Lot right now!! More snow will pile up overnight, possibly 10-20 inches!

    https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

     

    Uh-oh. I just noticed two more big brobdingnagian moisture blobs offshore, being pinwheeled right into the Sierra in the next few hours. If those hit Mammoth........ they just might wake up to 36 more inches of pow by Monday morning at 8am. Lots more avalanche mitigation and diggin' out on tap before they can even open things back up for skiers on Monday morning.

    You know what they say....... When it snows it pours. Where is the plow guy at? Snow is pilin' up, already a foot of freshies lay in the Woolly Lot!!! There's so damn much snow lay in the Woolly Lot, that it's actually forming into kind of like, DUNES! Meter's runnin' plow guy!

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Ji said:

    who cares bro. We live in the DMV. At least we can drive to places like Tug hill or buffalo or Davis WV. California is a pipe dream

    I need to go visit the Tug sometime. Sounds like a Blast!

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    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    They have been plowing and plowing and plowing and plowing and plowing and plowing the Woolly Lot, but the damn snow just keeps right on. It's the damn Energizer Bunny all over again folks!

    That's not all. The radar is truly Brobdingnagian right now. A HUGE, YUGE SWATH of moisture is sweeping right toward the Sierran Cordillera and it is going to dump ridiculous amounts of snow upon Mammoth and countless other resorts into the new day! I would not be surprised if Mammoth picked up a foot or more of freshies overnight. They are gonna get genocided BAD today by torrential snows.

    https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

    The radar is evidencing a swath of moisture, inbound to the Sierra, that stretches for hundreds of miles out to sea, maybe even a thousand miles, and the entire movable feast is all gonna train on Mammoth and every other ski resort out there today. We're talking additional FEET of snow yet to fall today folks, maybe even METERS.

    The plow guy has got to be totally exhausted right now, but the Blizzard is giving NO quarter and this sonofabitch is TAKIN NO PRISONERS.

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    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    That radar is Da Bomb! Mammoth is getting FIREHOSED with moisture and constant heavy snow. Visibilities have gone completely to hell and all. Massive moisture elements are smashing up from the Channel Islands straight NNE thru Fresno and on up right into the Cordillera, hosing Mammoth with torrential snow right now. It's developed into a pretty good rendition of a milkshake froth at times in heavy snow and high winds.

    Where in the hell is plow guy when we need him? https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

    He's probably exhausted from plowing deep snow all frackin' night already!

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Three fresh inches of snow at Mammoth, and plow guy is already at it in the Woolly Lot. They are supposed to get 5 inches by sunrise there then 24 more inches piled on today Jan 3. That's just today's snow. Then even more tonight and Sunday, Sunday night and on into Monday, then even MOAR storms in the Pacific Set.

    https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

    Pacific conveyor belt is piling on more moisture thru the Channel Islands NNE on into Mammoth, it's just one long moisture-laden conveyor. Moisture is being smashed against the Sierras then thrust upward 11000 feet then condenses into moar and moar heavy snow that will pile on all weekend on into Monday.

    January Banter 2026

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Sierran Cordillera is looking at yet another major winter storm tonight into Monday as at least four feet of additional pow will fall tonight and over the next few days. Ski Patrol needs to stay super sharp because as much as I hate avalanches, snow slide danger is going to become quite high, what with torrential snow accumulations and wind loading from banshee wind gusts especially at the crests. Snow cornices will be likely to develop with time and can easily break off and start unwanted snow slides that can come at the high cost of Ski Patrol personnel getting caught in them. They piled up 11 to 13 inches of additional pow last night, adding to the base snowpack.

    Snow will begin tonight and become quite heavy, winds will blow it around and by tomorrow Jan 3 2026 the Mammoth Resort will become a milkshake froth once again. Additional storms will smash right into the Sierra over the coming days. They are gonnabe quite busy in all the ski resorts in January.

    https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

    https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/main-lodge

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