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2012 for me. That was incredible, all elevations just getting torched and it was sunny throughout. Like 3-5 days…. The duration was impressive, gradually rising., depending on your definition of torch.

Devils Fiddle was my favorite spring trail growing up. I remember having a series of phenomenal days there on weekly trips in high school during March and April 2001. The rock bands, the sustained pitches, and back then it was alley ways through taller brush. It was like brush hallways on skiers right, after navigating the rock bands. Currently those have been cut down to one big wide open pitch... but it's a great trail.

As someone who's day lives in the world of liability, the nighttime drunk sledding being allowed or encouraged (but not facilitated) by the ski areas is mind-blowing . Just such a different litigation culture. The American legal outcome in court usually says the ski area is liable for sledding incidents if they know sledding is taking place and not actively trying to stop it.

That part of the Rockies either gets pummeled or they get nothing. There’s like no in between.

The Montgomery Center, VT scene at 1500ft is healthy winter. Photo by IG handle erikoh.

Yeah nothing extreme in either direction, even for short bursts.

Right there with 2015 for fewest days of 40F or higher at BTV.

It is an incredibly effective dehumidifier, which makes for efficient cooling and summer time comfort. But in the winter that advantage doesn't translate.

It can't be your primary source of heat in the winter. It has a sweet spot in the shoulder seasons when you need some temporary warmth, and is an efficient A/C route in the summer. But consistent cold temperatures (like 20F or below on average) on heat pumps will suck up electricity to maintain temperature. I love mine all other times of the year except the depths of winter. Propane baseboard heat here for this time of year.

I don’t snowmobile recreationally to know what it’s like (I’ve only done some limited snowmobiling at the resort for getting from point A to B), but to travel 140 miles in a deep winter environment sounds intriguing. Thats covering some ground.

Yeah 2016-17 and 2018-19 both were solid. 2018-19 started in November with heavy wet paste jobs that just set the pack for the winter.

-12F.

It has been a stretch of winter we haven’t seen in a bit. High of 18F here today, currently back down to 0F (it’s cold, squeaky snow) and 2+ feet on the ground here the valley bottom… 8 feet on the upper Toll Road. It’s been cold, snowy and windy for 6 weeks. The time frame is impressive.

Nice stat. Thats noteworthy. Indicative of the sustained pattern. No rouge 6-hr warm sector torch.

One of the biggest ice storms I remember growing up near ALB was in April 2003. It wasn’t a whopper but a legit 0.50” to 0.75” of ice that cut power to spots for days. Split a tree in our yard, ahh damage. They can happen late season, but tough

Upper 20s snow depth on average. High depth for along the river elevation compared to the past 5 years. Wind-packed synoptic snow on top.

It looks like preservation will be decent going forward. Some light rounds of upslope flow over the next week but nothing synoptically noteworthy. The snowpack is healthy when it’s a 28” to 94” range from town to upper mountain.

That's a great stat, especially as your observation database keeps growing. That 2010-2011 season was my personal favorite up here. That winter just wanted to snow. For personal reasons too, as I skied 150 days that year, in my prime with a large lack of responsibilities except take photos for the mountain and measure snow. The golden days, ha.

That's a vibe right there.

4 winters have had a deeper snow depth at the Mansfield stake than today. 66 winters have had a lower snow depth on this date.

That’s great. That elevation still wedges hard there. Cold lingers above 1500ft on the general east slope.

This was a healthy shot of QPF on the Spine and eastward. Also along the Lake front and Champlain Valley. The bit lower QPF on the western slopes was made up for with the higher ratio upslope snow on the backside to make pretty uniform snowfall totals. Interesting that there was less at Montgomery (1,500ft) and Westfield (1,000ft), but Jay reported the highest total at 24". We couldn't get to the High Road plot today, so it's at least 13" as reported but the final resort/Mansfield total will be updated once we can get eyes on that data point.

You can see in the morning CoCoRAHS reports... J.Spin is the 34" west of Waterbury. The Stowe Village guy next to the Public Safety building had 29". I measured around 30" late last night, so it fits. With the wind today, it varies a bit but you can see the wind "pillows" in the yard and open spaces that are probably a few inches higher. Then you get a few inches less right near structures where the wind accelerated. Pretty uniform snowpack though overall across the area. 24 - 38" type stuff for the communities along the Spine and eastern side. I think the depths around BTV area of like 17" to 22", even down to the Lake front are impressive. That's some good snow for lake front.

Another 3” or 4” overnight in the driveway. Cant tell what’s fallen or blowing around. very windy. Deep.

Good blocking of the flow for the immediate western slope.