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Greenleaf Trail out and back to summit of Mt Lafayette today. More snow than I expected up high (in relative terms).

Snowmaking trails will be fine. Naturals wiped out.

Total shit show at Sunapee today Too many people for the lift/trail capacity when chairs are only going up half full... the sun bowl quad is having issues too.. vail=fail

I’m skiing with my uncle and cousin tomorrow at Sunapee. They are both once per year skiers so I figured it would be better to get out before the rain hits (plus I have vacation days to burn). Using Epic buddy passes for them, it was $69/ticket for the full-day, which I guess isn’t terrible. In the process of planning a late January Crested Butte trip... Colorado snow hasn’t been great early season but figured CB has lower skier density which should help preserve conditions and plus, I like the more “Texas” vibe there compared to the I-70 rat race. That said, MTN isn’t deriving much ancillary revenue from me or my friend that I’m going out with-We’re both epic pass holders and aren’t staying slopeside... AirBnB in town.

GFS has the precip through by ~6-7 AM Friday morning.

18z GFS looks quite grinchy. Low over Toronto.

-3° on my car thermometer in the Greenfield area as I head to Okemo.

MTB trails at the old ski area in Northfield, NH might not be a bad bet. Unsure what their uphill policy is.

Sounds like it’s just the beginner terrain that is open.. there’s not much steep there in the first place.. but if it’s just the beginner lift, it’s even worse.

I have a reservation to ski Okemo on Saturday... Never have I ever wanted to “miss” the powder day, but hoping that things are a little bit skied out on the natural snow trails so you don’t get stuck!

Borderline S/S+ here in NYC. Tough to tell how much given how the wind is whipping/lack of non-paved surface but probably 2-3” so far.

I do not have great memories from Boxing Day. As I recall, we were forecasted at 16-24" and ended up with about 9.

Just switched my Epic reservation from Wildcat to Okemo for Saturday. Obviously storm will be skied out by then but looks like they are in line for maybe 5-8"... Wildcat's early season snowmaking has been pathetic compared to more southern resorts... Heck, even resorts like Cannon which isn't exactly the snowmaking capital of the northeast has managed far better.

Hunter looks like it could be a good place to ski later this week...

One thing that I think Mt. Snow does do very well at considering its southern location is retention, especially on the North Face. Lots of those trails hold snow forever-They're also generally pretty narrow so don't get as windblown as some of the stuff at Killington.

Biggest expense for me with skiing this year is gas/depreciation on car... The closest places worth skiing from where I live are ~125-135 miles driving one way. In my Jeep Grand Cherokee, that's $25-30 in gas per visit which exceeds my cost/day on the Epic Pass assuming I ski 25-30 days.

I have Spectrum for cable and internet. I’m one of the few millennials who hasn’t cut the cord but when you price out internet + YouTubeTV (need live sports) + Netflix (though to be fair, i bootleg off someone’s account)+whatever else, it’s MAYBE $10-15 dollars more per month. Worth it for the convenience factor for me.

North face is empty, main face pretty busy. Fellow skier going nuts in line on Bluebird lift threatening to check the IDs of fellow skiers to make sure they’re from VT. Uh, under what authority sir.. To be clear, not a Vail employee and 99.8% of people are totally cool here. But there’s always one!

3 runs in.. Conditions pretty typical early season at Mt Snow but not horrible.

Mt Snow looks to have some decent terrain for opening day tomorrow... Free Fall on the North Face, Canyon on the skier's left of the main face, and Long John on skier's right. Three true routes down.. I've skied worse on first days!

Just made a reservation for opening day at Mt Snow. As Texans said at the Battle of Gonzalez and I say to Phil Scott, "Come and Take it!"

If the most vulnerable are vaccinated by February, shouldn’t we see the hospitalization and death rate go down by quite a bit, making the need for draconian measures less?

Density argument debunked.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHq9JGpjuoI/?igshid=eebru6b3kuzt Covid closes Taos.

Yeah, I totally agree with building wealth early. The 18% of my paycheck that I save every two weeks will amount to far more than if I started saving 25% 10 years from now... But also lucky that I don’t have student loans, have a relatively high salary, etc... It’s not a one-size fits all approach.