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7 minutes ago, dryslot said:

It has here........lol

How much snow you have Dryslot?

36 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

2017 a few days before xmas.

There was one when I was a kid before you were born, late 60's early 70's, I remember being off school because of it.

11 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

I asked a few pages back have we ever had a Xmas day icing event? 

I think we had a Christmas Eve icing event but it could have been the 23th, I don't have Will's memory. Don't ever remember a Christmas day icing event though.

8 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

Some would say that is still a ratter…..like winter doesn’t just get to excuse itself for 8 weeks and then everything is cool if it’s amazing the final 4 weeks…..that’s lame

I get it, you want it to snow early mid Dec and last until March but it doesn't happen often down here, 2011 didn't start until I think Jan 11th-12th and that was a great year. A good Feb into March has happened some years and those have been good too. You might have to move in with Phin or PF to get what you want.

4 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

You’re not seeing what I’m saying…..if you go 8 of 12 weeks with garbage winter and then follow with 4 weeks of epic how can you tout that as amazing…..the mood of winter matters

Better than a ratter

2015 started later in January and I remember a lot of bridge jumpers leading up to that too, not saying it's going to happen again but plenty of time left to make hay.

24 minutes ago, rimetree said:

Can we get back to colonoscopy talk, please?

I have pictures if you want to see.

11 minutes ago, mreaves said:

That and having a kidney stone broken up are the only two times I’ve been under anesthesia. Probably the best sleep I’ve ever had lol. 

I had that earlier in the year and passed 12 on top of that, hope they're all gone.

2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Better than the prep...

Yes, yesterday sucked

The anesthesia from my colonoscopy hasn't quite worn off yet so I'm a little slow tonight.

1 minute ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

January.

Late January into February, maybe another 2015 blitz

12 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Hey thanks for the clarification.  At least it’s trending a bit in the right direction right now for us…hopefully it continues. 

Im still a bit confused, when's it supposed to snow?

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Everything is fooked up. Lol. But euro looked better all around. Little Jack near you. 

No snow Friday on the Euro?

5 hours ago, LaGrangewx said:

Was snooping around some cat skiing operations in BC after seeing a bunch of Instagram videos recently and found some cool data. Mustang Powder in the Monashee mountains near Revelstoke has kept records at their lodge at 5700’. They claim to average 380” just December thru March which blew my mind. Nearby Mount Copeland had a station at 6000’ for a few years in the early 1970s and averaged like 750” during the 5 or so years and had one year with almost 1000” snow.

Another station nearby in the Selkirks with longer term data Mount Fidelity at 6150’ averages ~550 inches and around 350” December to March. Rogers pass below at 4300’ averages around 350” for the entire season. So the Mustang powder lodge probably averages somewhere around 550-600” during a full winter. Mountains in this region get up over 9000’ so the claims of 800-1000” average snowfall in the higher alpine are probably not far fetched at all. 

The Columbia Mountain region fascinates me and is tops on my bucket list of destinations. I have read people claim this region averages the most “dry powder” in the world and they always seem to be consistent, it’s not usually feast or famine like the Sierra can be. The amount of quality powder snowfall in this region blows my mind and truly has to be one of the best regions in the world for snowfall and skiing. Hopefully I’ll experience it firsthand one day!

I can't ski anymore (injury) but still would like to a trip there in the winter just to witness the snow.

1 hour ago, PhineasC said:

I bought some cheap snowshoes on Amazon when I moved up here. I assumed from a lifetime of movies that I would be gracefully walking atop the snow like Legolas the elf, but it''s not quite like that. They do help though and make it bearable to walk in what would otherwise be waist deep snow. 

That's what I thought too, the first time I tried them was in 2015 where the was probably close to 4 feet of snow, I sunk down quite a ways, not like in the movies.

25 minutes ago, mreaves said:

I bought some at Costco a few years ago that have been great.  I'm not an expert in any way, shape or form and they have been easy to use with simple bindings and came with good poles.  I think they were Yukon Charlie?  I'll check when I get home.  They were $79 or $89 I think.  

Me and my wife got a couple pairs there too and they've served us fine for the last 5-6 years, we don't go a lot so it's not heavy wear on them but they look like they're built well.

33 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I bought a 6x6x8’ pt post and dug a hole and locked it in with quikcrete.

I was thinking you guys were using metal poles, I'll have to give some thought on where to install mine. Im surrounded by a lot of trees,

Where do you guys get mounting poles?

36 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Yes, thanks Reaves.

 

Caribou has already issued a winter storm watch for that area.  Great news for them and the snowmobile community there.  

Do they have a pack there?

1 hour ago, IowaStorm05 said:

I notice Accuweather just posted their blurb about the holiday weekend. They’re taking a relatively warm assumption and it looks uncannily just like yesterday was for us.

Off with their heads  jk

Mike Wankum did too on Channel 5

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Not last year, she didn't lol

No, not last year but there's been some years where she's had a deep pack and we just have piles down here or maybe a few inches. I think she's in a good spot for the inverted trough, seems she's had a couple that got that area pretty good.

17 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Greenfield was only about .25” before flip to sleet and then rain.  That was around 4pm then we took off for Wilbraham where they started as sleet and then rained. 
 

I started as some light snow that melted right away, then sleet then it was just a cold rain.

13 minutes ago, Greg said:

No, I got snow for a while here but when it turned to rain it beat the snow down quite a bit. Only left with about 0.1 on ground now at about 8:00 AM after it hit close to an 1.0" around 6:00 PM last night before turning over.

I'd consider your area NE Mass, I'm surprised they didn't get any in the central and western areas.

So was the only accumulating snow in Mass in Rays area of NE Mass?

1 minute ago, rclab said:

Good morning DS. I pray you do. The beauty will still be there and the cold season will be made perfect with the wonderful warmth by your side. As always ….

My sister lives just south of Portland and always does much better snow wise that I do here., plus it's a 10 minute ride to the beach.