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Not the best, but a few shadow bands. I think being next to a frozen lake made it even more interesting

Good stuff! I was also planning on Colebrook but upon arrival earlier than expected I ventured up to Pittsburg and landed at Lake Francis (and in doing so I now know there are 3 Connecticut Lakes!) I have a video, similar to my pictures, it isn't great, but will find a way to share it. The traffic getting through Colebrook was expected (1 hour or so) but the Errol backup wasn't expected and took about as long. All things considered, this is beautiful countryside so it was perfectly fine. Day 6 after the experience and still in awe

Excellent before and during, these do the best job to show the darkness.

It is going to be quite warm compared to the past few days! Here is a map for parking in colebrook. I'm going to feel very relaxed once I've parked.

Heading to Colebrook which normally is 80 minutes but planning for 240 minutes travel time. They are planning for crowds and so many options, while awesome, come with lots of risk.

Yes. Plenty of fresh cuts

What a storm! I drove up I-93 late afternoon Thursday and the snow on the trees was incredible, there was also no one on the road and made record time.

Wildcat was quite fun this morning. While I had every belief the snow would be damp/wet, it was surprisingly soft and almost fluffy. There have been some snow events this year where after the first few runs, the mountain is chopped up with crud, but today the first few runs just led to packed powder and was enjoyable. I will remember today, and the past few weeks to "never give up" on the ski season as it just seems to get better as we approach the finish line!

39 degrees and rain, cold ENE flow at the coast. These are the coldest days of the year, or so it feels that way.

I think that is a good starting point for the day, essentially heading north on 16 and in Gorham making the decision of where to go next (NW, N, NE). My general thoughts on the day is that speeds on roadways will be near normal at sunrise and decrease significantly as the morning becomes noon. I would plan to be where you want to be by noon.

That could work in the area of pontoon reservoir heading into thirteen mile Woods but all side roads will be snow and mud. The biggest reality to embrace is average speed on any road with people pulling over will reduce by 50% or 80%. By 1pm I would think all roads will start to get filled with people pulling over.

Milan will be 100% for minute but I really feel like traffic heading south will be a sh$t show. The bottle neck at bow with 89 and 93 merging will likely be backed up tens of miles for hours.

The discussion from gyx mentions the "foggier effect", what is that?

Not sure. Last year I want on April 22 and looking down the mountain, the right side was ungroomed with moguls (steep too) and the middle likely had moguls but was groomed and bumps developed during the day, and the left side was groomers that looked like they were groomed daily. I suspect that each season, scenario, and daily considerations lead to different outcomes.

Got my viewing glasses today. Looking forward to a possible big snow storm, a few good days on the slopes, and some eclipse chaos!