powderfreak

I’m doing mine in May, it should be early enough. It is weird… a decade ago it seemed like 3-4 days a summer maybe. Now it’s weeks where you are like yeah that’d be nice to have.

Now you are a true North Country resident.

Yeah he’s been around! Best time of year up here IMO. Zero people and still healthy base depths.

Today featured everything... powder, packed powder, sun-baked powder, wind-scoured hardpack ice, spring corn snow, even some borderline slush at the base. Mansfield's sporting a snow depth a few inches below 5 feet at the Stake. There's been spring melt, but the snowfall has kept pace. The 16" cycle, then a rainer, followed by another 6" last night, plus the random inch. The mountains quietly adding two feet to the cumulative total the past couple of weeks. 1 PM today, at 2,500ft (mid-slopes) in search of and finding dry powder while southerly facing slopes get smoked by the April sun. Last weekend for the Gondola as usual in early April. Will still be able to access the lower 1,000 vertical feet from Rim Rock off the Quad. Been a fun spring so far to be honest. Snowfall has surprised. Events finally producing some fun snows for those still skiing.

28F and dropping with the low dew points this afternoon. It’s getting to be the time of year when above or below freezing makes a difference. For the snowpack at higher elevations and the possible start of growing season in the south/larger valleys.

41/12 right now and bluebird all day. Can tell it’s dry with dews of 12F because 1.8” of snow in town survived in the shade despite highs near mid-40s. Temp is going to plummet though with this real dry air mass once the sun sets. But it was absolutely gorgeous on the mountain with fresh snow.

Visible showing the remaining snow in NNE...

Ha nice, met his dog yesterday. He’s going to Cannon today. Might try to take some laps with TK on Sunday.

Just shy of 2” of dense rimed flakes at home. Enough to fully cover the grass and need to brush the car off. Dense wind-packed 3-4” at 1500ft. Some decent moisture in it as the snowbanks are surprising for that amount of snow.

A groomer went up there to spotlight it this morning… a few inches under 5 feet. I had just shy of 2” of dense rimed snow at home. Looked white. Wind-blown 3-4” at 1500ft.

It just keeps snowing hard. The VAD shows the story of deep layer uniform air flow.. . Pushing moisture into the east side. No low level veering and blocked flow here.

Snowing nicely with the flow unblocking. All white outside. Grass sufficiently covered and dog coming back inside white. Getting good east slope drift now to the precipitation.

Snowing and turning white at 750ft. 31F. MVL visibility at 1.5sm and that sounds about right. A steady light snow. Grooming team reporting 3" near 1,500ft and 6-7" above 3,000ft.

Yeah it's whitening up out there on cars and grass a bit... but seems like an "icy" type of snow. It's not pure flakes. Seems rimed... loud snow. Grooming reports 6-7" up top and 4" on 13 Pitch of Liftline talking to a groomer winching it. Insulating the wet snow below so the pack isn't freezing underneath very quick. It's still soaked under the new snow it sounds like.

Yeah for some reason only the “composite” will work. I loved the 2.5 degree scan but now use RadarScope for that.

Looks to be cranking up there. High Road ground based snowboard usually sees a tad more than this elevated board… 5” so far and cranking. Been running just under 1”/hr since like 3pm.

Just got to my car and we are whitening up at 1500ft. It’s snowing moderate 1/2 mile stuff. 3” at 3,000ft Snow Cam. Going to change to rain probably by Toll House base ha.

It's snowing with purpose now. Closing in on 2" at 3,000ft. No accumulations at 1,500ft yet but there's some steady wet snow falling.

Snowing at 1,500ft. Seems a bit earlier than I was thinking for lowering snow levels. Still feels like its 40 degrees out though, ha.

Tomorrow evening signal looks ok for at least some flake flying. Maybe 3-4" at the hill? Flow looks more unblocked so may deposit precip along the Spine and eastern slopes? Several questions, no where near a slam dunk but potential for a couple inches.

But you install air conditioning in April you said. I don't care about the temp in the winter. If folks prefer it hotter, so be it. Doesn't matter at all, do what feels right. But by installing A/C in April, it gives a different signal that one doesn't like it warmer. That's something done by someone who hates being uncomfortably hot. You want to be 68F and dry 365/7/24 a year. A narrow range of air temperature to live in, I prefer more of a range throughout the seasons. Everyone is different.

? No not dirty... fresh air is always better to me. A breeze. It feels and smells like the woods, evergreens lining the property. I just love fresh air. Not that the indoor air is bad... there's just something about a bit of environmental air inside a dwelling to me.

It’s crazy that you set thermostats for 68F+ and also install air conditioning in April in New England. We dropped 10K on windows two years ago and it makes a difference in the cold season, but also warms things up quickly with direct sunlight.

Fresh air man. I love it. Not going to drop the place to 50F, but I will enjoy a bit of fresh air cracked inside after a winter of stale household air. Clean it out when you get the chance.

This is a pretty crazy gradient in your neck of the woods. Raw and miserable vs. open the windows, ha.