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Indeed bullish, but they certainly have the means to pull it off with 8 hours tonight and tomorrow night, Killington will most likely have the ski season underway at north ridge.

Good stuff. Excluding the storm that produces this precipitation event, the evolution of the air masses in Canada and how they move through the larger scale flow is fairly realistic.

Mansfield shots look great! First glance of the Presidential range looks like frozen precipitation glazed the peaks down through 4500 feet. Will have to venture closer to get a look this afternoon.

Frontal passage successfully lowered the temperature from a balmy afternoon high of 77 to a reading of 52 and continue dropping as of 7 p.m. Just a few periods of big rain drops, but I could tell that some locations probably got wet, it just missed my locale. Bring on more fropa!

The backdrop of the green and dark green coniferous trees with the red/orange/yellow is quite telling to understand where these evergreens and pines are situated. Once we enter stick season it is visible but not with the same contrast. --- In the past two days started to notice a slight uptick in the amount of fallen leaves on the Presidential rail trail (from Gorham through Randolph), but there is still a ton of canopy of colors attached to the trees!

Good color on-going up here at Cates Hill in Berlin NH, taken from the east side of the Androscoggin River. My seasonal home up here is hard to find on the picture, but I'm in the lower right hand trees. We've had solid frost with temperatures of 27 the past two mornings.

I think its a smart move to reduce demand and works towards the goal of the best mountain experience for the required minimum amount of guests. --- I have an epic northeast pass that affords me several non holiday days at stowe, but I'll be staying local to wildcat and attitash. Bring on the snow! Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

bring it on!

Rain in Newport on the coastline

At sugarloaf and definitely strong winds last night and now ramping up more so. Lots of wetness as well. Completely opposite of why I planned this trip, but grateful that any action packed weather is good stuff!

3 inches before 8pm and an additional 5+ inches upon inspection this morning. While not the best situation for automobiles, it is nice to see the streets unpaved and people driving slowly. With cool temperatures all day, should make for a great evening walk to celebrate the season of winter!

Good report on WV, that was my old stomping grounds in the 80's for high school and my knees have a personal connection to the moguls on true grit under the Sunnyside Triple. Places like Waterville an Wildcat with one lift that services the entire mountain are truly enjoyable, however the desire to explore still results in checking out all places. Good stuff!

So great. Post some snowbank pictures!

Experienced Sunday River on January 30th and 31st. Sunday was packed and I couldn't handle the crowd, but Monday was really good. Mostly packed powder on the groomers and about a foot or more of off trail action.

Snow continues at a brisk pace in Gorham NH, should be interesting how much snow is at Sunday River on Sunday!

Relocated to Gorham NH and snow continues to pickup, perhaps 6 inches so far, but looks like a few more hours of action.

Good stuff. Aiming to check out Sunapee for Saturday. Ironically, I'm leaving Newport RI this evening for a few days up north, but my original plans to leave on Saturday are no longer possible. Now my neighbors can park entirely in my driveway and also do the deed of shoveling it out!

Good update. I really like Wildcat and positioning my next trip to have this as an option. While Sunday could be the better day, I'll take leftovers on Monday with the minor crowd. Keep skiing!

Thank you for sharing this. I am a bit familiar with reading the data with respect to drops within tropical systems, but unclear how to interpret the data within synoptic baroclinic flow. If you could provide some links or references, that is most appreciated. Thank you.

Experienced Loon (South Peak Only) on January 25th and had a pleasant surprise of about 3 inches of very dry new snow during the overnight providing some effortless powder conditions. The entire south peak was probably groomed before it snowed, because fresh tracks were available on all the runs (it says there are 9 or so trails, but feels like 5). With a high speed quad and ridiculously easy access from car to lift to lodge, the south peak is a great combination of steeps (rip cord or saw) and the other trails are reasonable pitch. All in all, balmy air temperatures in the 20's.

Experienced Cannon on January 24th and had a pleasant surprise of about 6 inches of very dry new snow during the overnight providing some effortless powder conditions on ungroomed tracks. About 2/3 of the mountain was open, but it felt more like 1/2. Solid packed powder was the norm, except for the historical icy spots that I just take as a part of the landscape, less so a question. It is pretty amazing how relaxed mid-week skiing can be in these areas, except for the base of the mountain, never really see anyone!

BTV disco makes a good point that the the system responsible for this is south of the Aleutians. The most recent ASCAT-C pass for the NPAC shows plenty of gale force winds and likely will be storm force on next pass. Taking the EPS 120hr and 144hr verbatim shows a classic climatological outcome that works well for the mountains (snow) and the coast (surf), reminds me of how weather used to work before when the source of data was the newspaper!

Experienced the cold skiing today and was relieved that winds were rather light, if not calm. However, eventually the cold air got the best of me as each run my hand would get a bit chillier, and so had to call it a day after a few hours. Wednesday will feel like summer compared to today!

Conditions were great today at Sugarbush. Felt like 80 people were there, conditions were groomed hard-pack and as it broke up the loose granular was easy to work with and didn't feel any ice below the surface (except for the immediately exiting the bravo lift).

Heading north for the first part of the upcoming week. My fixed schedule of trips is certainly resulting in some very different conditions. From wetness and rain last weekend, to the coldest day expected on Tuesday, but looking forward to it nonetheless!