powderfreak

See I agree with you. I’d still stay climo that you want to be from you to ORH hills, Berks, and north in the usual interior elevations. Of course a CCB like that is going to crush heavy wet snow to the surface but just go climo right now.

Nothing like these snow maps at Day 5 to give that final kick in the nuts this winter, ha.

I don’t like when there’s like 20” of difference between 10:1 and the positive depth maps… but if it gets going like that it would rip deep wet snow to 50-100ft elevation.

Nice depth increases.

Have you guys not learned people post relative to their locations, ha?

Not bad.

Cant wait for the end of the first warm and dry 10-day stretch of the growing season, when folks are high-fiving over getting a brief soaking after setting annual water records.

These temps sort of sum up the entire winter. And are what we see for the next week or two.

"Imagine if it was winter."

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.