powderfreak

To be honest you did about the absolute WORST thing you could do… which is panic and run from a black bear. Those things could not care less about you. I’d be more worried about any of the other animals you listed. They are like raccoons mixed with a pig, but huge and black. Maybe it’s just seeing them so often, but I’ve been within 30 feet several times and honestly they are much more terrified of us than we are of them. I have never felt threatened by a bear either in the mountains or in the backyard. And the number one rule is not to turn and run from them like a crazy person. They have zero interest but maybe you give them a reason to be interested. Their eyesight is also shit at distance. After like 25-30 yards they are basically seeing shadows, which at that point you are now a fast moving shadow that they think may be a threat.

Taping and retaping… I picture you doing it over and over until all corners are crisp 90 degrees, tape smooth and straight with a level.

We talk about installing window AC units on this forum like it’s actually installing a brand new window frame each time. You lift it up, put it there and close a window on top of it. This isn’t some monster chore that should keep people up at night or even feel relieved it’s done lol. Put them in and out whenever you want or need.

Well if there was a chance you might go weeks or more without needing it again, isn’t it nice to look out the windows or have them open for fresh air? I personally hate having those units in windows. In college we’d take them out all the time and only throw them in during heat waves. It took minutes.

Ha I go short sleeve and snow pants. It’s still too hot but skiing in shorts can be risky. It’s pretty close to that level though. Thigh Vents wide open on pants. You end up sweating anyway. It’s a weird sensation to be on snow and get those puffs of very warm air in your face. Then occasionally you find a small drainage or creek and the temp is 25F colder… before blasting back out into the heat. Mansfield looks to have hit 69F for another daily record. Old record today was 66F in 1968. Snow depth down to 56”.

These days before full leaf out and green up go big more often than not. They can be hottest temps of year sometimes.

Hasn’t rained in a week but there’s a lot of water flowing. River in backyard is like it rained 3” today.

Yeah we are 36F to 84F so far. 48 degree swing.

66F at summit beats record of 63F from 1968.

River is at bank full and raging. So much SWE coming out of the mountains right now.

MVL at 80F up here. Picnic Tables 62F. Snow is melting fast. Think my yard lost last shaded patch today. Just the dirty plow piles left.

36F this morning and now 70F.

Been getting quite a bit of sun on the mountain. April sun angle reflecting off snow and bright everywhere. I usually hit my peak face tan in like May right around the time the snow finally melts on the hill, ha.

I’m sort of surprised we didn’t lose power last night. White pines got shredded. MVL only 36mph max but it looks like 40-50mph tree debris here.

For sure it’s wiped out. But there are still widely spaced piles, deep shaded snow about to disappear completely. Its an interesting topic…to put AC in during these transition seasons.

You walk the walk to go with the talk. Second week of April install of AC at 1000ft in the woods of NE CT has to be a record.

Good grief … snow hasn’t even fully melted in the ORH hills and AC is in.

63F Melting.

Mini-splits have been a game changer. A bit too cold, blast heat for an hour or two. A bit too warm, blast A/C briefly. Not much to think about or consider.

Yesterday did 65/21 here for 44 degree range. Low of 35F this morning… and it’s already 55F by 8:05am. Thats crazy. Up 20F off the morning min by 8am.

Love this caption in Lake Tahoe, lol.

God damn what a day. 61/19 at MVL. Beautiful spring day on the hill.

Have definitely noticed them up here more and more. Especially the pre-vegetation “warm bursts” as you call it. It seems we have an annual desire now to pump 75F+ with ease into pre-vegetation landscapes that even include snow cover in spots and especially the mountains. Theres still snow in my yard that this week will take care of but BTV NWS even mentioned the “take the over” on temps and under on RH with no greenery in place yet. It was what, a couple years ago it was like 90F with 12% RH on leafless forests? Like 95F at some ASOS sites in NNE? But that was May. We definitely can get some over machine numbers on those dry heat bursts with no green up in place yet.

Let’s goooo. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 434 AM EDT Monday...This period will be dominated by very warm conditions (highs exceeding 70 each day for most locations below 2000 feet), flirting with daily records at times. Given the degree and timing of this warm up, expect marine recreation to be popular this weekend and will message cold water awareness and safety later in the week as an early reminder. Interestingly this stretch of warm weather is reminiscent of that two years ago, which featured eight consecutive days in Burlington in which the high temperature exceeded 60, including 4 in a row above 70 from April 8 to 11.

One of my favorite events of the year at the mountain. Staff starts rolling in as early as 3:30am and starting at 4:30am the Gondola begins transporting hundreds of people to the top of the mountain (over 1,000 this year?) to witness the sunrise on Easter morning. Mother Nature didn't disappoint this morning and the crowd was big. Sometimes watching a sunrise is better alone without so many people, but on Easter it's always fun hearing the collective audible gasp as the sun breaks the horizon. Happy Easter to all.