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Hope everyone feels better amidst this thawful! new years eve!

Locally in Coos County there are upper 30's near the river and low 50's at the drivable 2000 foot peaks. Definitely melt weather for natural mountain snow, almost feels like frost heaves on the road!

It will be interesting to see how cold of an airmass develops in New England (rooted in the snow cover from the previous storm) and whether the current modelling resolves it in initial conditions.

great picture!

Wildcat definitely got a big dumping of snow, but down the road in Gorham they got a solid result with what appears to be close to 18 inches and up my way in Berlin it was above 12 inches and full of water. I need to get some actual equipment at my place as the liquid equivalent was certainly plentiful! What I found interesting is that on Friday afternoon in Randolph on the trails there was almost 6 inches by sunset but on the nearby roads and homes it was just an inch, so temperature was indeed a big factor. As of this evening, this light snow is accompanied with 30 degrees temperatures and about an inch of accumulation. So far I'm enjoying the NNE country!

Almost four inches of accumulation since 5pm and the bulk of which has been in the past two hours with temperatures ever so slowly approaching 31.0 - should be interesting how much the night brings!

Nantucket buoy shifted from all day easterly winds to S/SW for the past few hour and holding steady at SW with the pressure still dropping just a bit, so the surface low is still getting its act together. Meanwhile, Mount Washington has finally rotated from 110 easterly to 80 degrees easterly. Long story short, the next phase of this system for the NNE region is about to get underway.

The White Mountains Community College down the street from my home has "College Closed" listed on their big sign, so I'd have to think the surrounding K-12 schools will likely be closed. During my evening walk around Berlin it was evident via trucks, gas stations, and backyard operations, that folks are gearing up to officially start the snow mobile season with this storm. It is quite impressive to see "snow" in the forecast for over 36 hours, bring it on!

Call it a messy storm in a really good way. A mix of everything should indeed result in varying accumulation amounts spread across days of action. bring it!

This is a great map for all of us up north! I can feel the heartbeats lowering and stress levels shifting from "snow making" to "customer experience" across the mountains.

Quick half inch this evening, this is really good stuff with the deep winter feel of coldness and snow and northerly winds.

A solid dusting overnight with morning temperatures below 10 for the 4th day in a row. Ice forming on the banks of the Androscoggin river and most tributaries are locking up.

Weekend laps are short but short-lived on the man-made snow with limited terrain, as the underlying frozen surface shows up by mid-morning. Still great to get out there, but I'm definitely ready to show gratitude for mother nature slapping down some natural snow sooner than later.

It is nice to see this thread turn to talking about "best places" while the current conditions get awfully wet and weak! Hoping for a long duration of cold-enough nights so that magical man made can expand terrain across the region. In reference to Sugarloaf, been there three times, with the hope of scoring the true potential but just haven't had it come together, but it sure is an awesome mountain.

What is the location?

Watched some of the Killington World Cup on television last night and definitely a proud moment for the event to have happened with tons of fans everywhere and a course that looked to be in great condition. Did a quiver of laps today at Wildcat. With the snow they made yesterday + the grooming last night + the snow/mist/rain/dreary conditions this morning that resulted in 5 people on the slopes, the conditions were the best so far this season. The single top to bottom run with packed powder and generally soft snow throughout, and the lower section that had been a bit rough in past days was resolved presumably by the snowmaking and grooming. It is raining and 37 at my place, so even if it is wet on the mountain, it is a cold rain and hopefully soaks into the base and then freezes for some foundational ice as opposed to melt off.

Sounds good to me. Shoot me a message anytime you are heading to Wildcat, it is just under 30 minutes from my place in Berlin and to cruise towards Bartlett afterwards is definitely in the mix of things to do.

Wildcat had the quad running at full speed which made it nice and quick to the top, and then there was one run to the bottom comprised of three trails. Top half of mountain felt like winter snow, the lower half they were blowing snow and actually it felt pretty good except. After a half dozen runs I called it quits, but it sure feels nice when the sun starts to hit the snow. They were blowing snow on other trails, but it will take much more effort and hopefully some help from mother nature to open up more of the mountain. Like BWT said, good to have the season upon us, but it is fragile that any warm rain will eat away at this base, and hopefully in the next one to three weeks we can get some natural snow. Still fun nonetheless with barely anyone on the slopes!

1,300 feet right near the border of Berlin/Milan near the ski jump!

Cold Rain around 37, think it wet-bulbed to 35 for a brief period of time, but now slowing rising

Agreed. I've enjoyed the conditions for the past few days (small crowds, good snow, minimal terrain open) and definitely will need to keep an eye on the post storm events for recovery. Just hoping that temperatures can eventually get cool enough for resuming snowmaking.

Winds increasing with snow mixed within it all, temperatures just at freezing, mother nature is ripping through Coos County this evening!

Opening day at Wildcat was really fun! The quad zipped up the mountain and the trail down has very nice snow for the top 2/3 and was a bit hard on the lower 1/3, but that softened up as the sun hit it in the mid-morning. Crowds were minor, good vibe overall and the complementary hot chocolate was a nice feature too. Onward to the 22/23 ski season!

The main base camp on Monday and Tuesday was at the Flume area parking lot with the NH main trailer vehicle, but the SAR teams were being deployed from various locations and also being dropped at the peaks via the helicopter. One report by a SAR team was that it was so intense up top, they had to crawl on hands and knees for a period of time, and there were some drifts near chest high deep of snow. From what I've gathered from the various outlets, she had on trail running shoes, at least 2 layers on her lower body and a camelbak for water, but didn't have winter experience. My suspicion is that she likely didn't have the 10 essentials. Apparently on Tuesday end of day they found personal belongings in the areas between the headwater of Lafayette brook and the summit, and made that the area for search today, one of the officers reported that she could of literally been blown off the mountain. I was driving through Jefferson/Randolph on Sunday between 5pm and 6pm and the snow squall that went through was pretty intense, she was supposed to be at her pickup spot by 4pm that day. Very sad and tragic, the only good thing is there is closure for the family that she was found.

At 5 p.m. on Monday the pemigewasset valley search team reported that she had not been found with upwards of 60 people on the ground today. A Blackhawk made many pivots on their flight into the area of her hike and there was a civil air patrol plane that did loops on the other side near Cannon. https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=pemigewasset valley search Her mother supposedly dropped her off at 5 a.m. on Sunday and saw her walk up the trail and her friend was supposed to pick her up at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Too many unknowns and what-ifs, hoping she is not on the mountain and OK somewhere.