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Skied Hunter today for the first time this season (I’m an Indy pass holder) for “social reasons.” I know the mountain well-as I’ve been a pass holder there for two seasons previously-yet still came away not wanting to ski there again. The quality of skier seemed even worse than usual (to the point of being nervous I was going to get hit on the slopes-can’t imagine what a non-expert would think), the grooming/surface management terrible (have they ever heard of tilling a slope?), and finally, key snowmaking terrain was closed. It’s the first weekend of March and K-27, Clair’s, and Racer’s Edge all closed… If Hunter doesn’t have its best expert terrain open, I’m not sure I understand the value proposition over Windham, Belleayre, and Plattekill. Further evidence that Vail=Fail.

The 12z GFS looks pretty good for NNE for the 3/7-3/8 event. Definitely a net gain for the ski areas at the very least if taken verbatim.

Lots of the more recent runs seem to be trending the Friday system to be drier than previously modeled... The GGEM is still the coldest model-but others seem to support a drier trend-especially for SNE and the tri-state area.

Le Massif jack on the GFS.

CMC flattened out the Friday system quite a bit. Hopefully the trend continues.

March-April 2007 is a classic. March 2018 was also quite good more recently.

Looks like 2-4 for the NYC-Boston corridor on the 12z GFS. More for South Jersey/Cape/SE MA.

The mountain in the background of your photo is Snows Mountain. https://www.waterville.com/press-releases/2017/2/18/reopening-snows-mountain-one-of-new-hampshires-ski-areas MarkO’s ski area is Campton Mountain, which is closer to the exit 28 on 93 https://www.camptonmountain.com

-12 here in Westfield, VT right now.

Trend in almost all the glades was super scraped to rock at the top, with good snow as the crowds dispersed lower down in the glades. Definitely better than most things I’ve skied in the east this season though. Trails that skied well were UN, Kitzhubel, and Northwest Passage.

One of the coldest ski days of my life atop the flyer at Jay. Wind is ripping out of the north.

Just pulled into Jay. Snow covered roads from Bellows Falls north and steady snow from St. J north.

Heading up to Jay tomorrow night to ski Saturday and Sunday. Will only have Cochran’s, Northeast Slopes, Ascutney, and Suicide Six left after this for VT ski areas.

I've skied both. Ski Taos if you're an expert, Wolf Creek if you're an intermediate.

00z GFS continues good trend for Thursday/Friday’s storm.

CMC a step in the wrong direction. Takes the storm up through Ohio.

00z GFS slowly trending in the right direction for the D6/D7 storm. Hopefully they continue.

GFS has a rain storm for most of New England on D8/D9 but then tees up a massive interior hit on D10/11. All with a grain of salt, of course.

The "extrapolated NAM" (famous last words, LOL) looks like it would be OTS with the 1/22 event.

.5-.75” down on cold surfaces here in the 10005. Hasn’t mixed yet.

Wet aggregates here in the 10005. Looks like it’s about to flip. Maybe .75” on car windshields?

Makes sense-Agree that Main St is less disruptive to the general public's skiing experience than Hayride.

Is there no longer any racing on Hayride? I know you mentioned that it's the only remaining trail that hasn't seen snow guns, which surprised me, since I thought it often hosts races. I like that trail quite a bit, especially in the spring. What's the rationale on blowing, say, Gulch (a relatively obscure bump run) over a wide trail like Hayride?

Tested positive for COVID this afternoon after testing negative in the morning. The only difference-I swabbed my throat in the afternoon.

https://t.co/1EgfoHKhJX “Experience of a lifetime” at Wildcat.