powderfreak

If it happens north of the Mass/VT/NH border, did it ever really happen? It’s also next week in clown range.

Guess we have a shot at another one at least.

Oh yeah, I was punting the 10:1 maps as far as the eye can see. So many times this winter the positive snow depth maps have been reality in marginal and even dynamic situations. Just it showing any depth increase is a wild signal.

That’s wild.

Thought the old snowmobile scrolls buried in a field up there said this was a normal year? <duck and run>

That first comment is spot on. Everyone’s knee jerk reaction is to blame anyone they have a grudge against. It couldn’t possibly just be something as simple as a power failure, loss of steering, with the captain calling mayday and everything being done by the book? It’s got to be drugs, terrorists, I’ve even seen illegal immigrants (or check immigration status of crew), now woke people with MBAs, etc.

That’s an insane amount of ice. Holy shit.

The bolded is a tough miss by a ski area’s contracted plow service. A huge miss. Contracts would be in jeopardy at most areas if you aren’t dug out and plowed by arrival time in the morning. Especially late season when early plowing bids may start coming in not long afterward following the season. You need those parking lots dialed on busy post-storm days to maximize parking and efficiency. Front end loaders, dump trucks with plows, the tractors with 7 foot wheels… every tool needs to be out on those days.

Being accountable is a great human trait to hold. Bravo.

John was real lucky there. I mean not sure what he was expecting to be honest. Two weeks of snow and once the rocks are covered it’s a steep snowfield… up there during max precip rates following a huge wind-loading event. Avalanches are most likely during the period of heaviest QPF loading and that’s exactly when he was up there.

Guess it’s worth watching. GEFS and EPS.

Given the winter, what’s your gut say?

Today feels top 10 with deep snow cover, bluebird skies, mountains blindingly white, 36F feels warm in the sun on the snow.

This wasn’t an elevational event. The QPF and precip type was decided by the thermals and mid-level lift. There was no elevational difference once into NNE. Valley got more than 3,000ft here. The usual elevational differences don’t apply; it was all mid-level lift. Mountains seeing 20” also saw nearby lower elevations see 20”.

This had to be the busiest ski day in New England in a long time. Busiest ski weekend. The holiday weekends had nothing on this region wide. We ran out of parking both days, even with the paid parking economic control. Saw Bolton, Jay, Smuggs, MRG, Killington, etc all say they were at capacity and videos of traffic and parking going viral on social. What a day for New England skiing and riding. The overall visitation numbers have to be near record levels. Even Sugarloaf, way the hell up there, was seeing traffic jams.

Bucket list mountain, and after a storm like that, wow.

They had 6-8” at midday yesterday supposedly and then another 6-8” for a total of 12-18”… though that math doesn’t check out. This is why I hate ranges too, because there was very little change in snowfall, if any, with elevation. If you always employ the formula of “base area + 2” for every update, it starts compounding real fast. Theres a joke in ski areas about the rule of + 2 (plus two) that most places just take what they measure and add two for an upper range (for whatever reason, it’s hard to say). So my guess is Jay had 10 to 12. The March Madness continues today with another 6-8" since we last recorded at noon yesterday. Since this storm began Friday night, we're totaling 12-18" of fresh powder and it's all out there to enjoy in the sunshine today.

Interesting that parts of the St Lawrence River Valley is also bare on the north side of the storm.

We had 11”, not 20”. Wait there’s no way Jay reported 18” is there? They had 6-8” like early afternoon yesterday. I’m sorry there just wasn’t much if any elevational difference in this storm. Synoptic and mid-level lift. Zero reason for wide ranges in ski areas reported snowfall. The bases got about the same as the summits.

Calling BS on the 18” report near Stowe Village. Myself and CoCoRAHS guy had 11-11.5”, which would’ve fit much nicer than that 18”.

My folks’ place near ALB. Lost power from icing.

Wild combo. Solid Winter Storm.

Been wondering about him. Everything looked to line up for a big storm there. Figure if he gets 20” with solid SWE, it’ll last through April with his preservation.

We finished with 11.5” here. Certainly not the 18-24” club, but a healthy synoptic storm. Visibility was low for a long time in the small flake snowfall. MVL ASOS was at or below 1sm vis for 12 straight hours Photo from late this afternoon down into town. It felt like a snowstorm, and that day long vibe is fun.

Man, that Ludlow/Okemo area gets some big events. Thats the best content yet.