powderfreak

Now it’s about not having heat and humidity in summer .

A wintry appeal today. Cold, sunny. Firm snow. Icy on the steeper parts of the run. Skis like early season snowmaking on a pitch.

Winter vibe right there, awesome. It's November 28th. That's a quality scene for this time of year. The past 48-72 hours have been winter-like.

I know Stowe was sending staff there for pre-season work. Some areas are really in dire straights with staff, it’s likely some of the reason. I’ll try to listen and see what’s up for Wildcat.

Had a great view your way today in the blue sky. The entire Green Mtn Spine looks well frosted. No lift lines that I saw on my three runs but man we need another full top-to-bottom route. And great snowmaking weather as you mentioned!

Ha nice.

Yeah it’s amazing what a few inches to cover the grass can do. Radiators mount up real fast with snow on the ground.

10F. Cold.

10F. Feels cold outside. Mid-winter cold.

New Lebanon, NY... just over the Mass border and around Pittsfield's latitude. That's a stack. You don't get that with wind and small flakes. That's what happens when the lift is maximized and there's zero downward wind. The air is just rising and it's calm in the void.

3” was plowed here this morning because it was dense. They wouldn’t do that if it was pure fluff. I think the density and situation matters. 1-2” will be plowed in suburbia if it’s sloppy. I also think towns in many populated areas feel the need to show action, so they loop plows no matter the amount.

Flakes flying but wind still blowing here. Wintry appeal. I saw this shot on BTV’s FB comments. 10” in Montgomery VT (near Jay) at 1400ft.

You have to cancel when it’s a safety issue. Makes sense. Racers are going to race if you let them but organizers know when the scales get dipped towards injury potential. Those skiers absolutely attack/charge the hill more than ligaments, joints, bones, muscles can support in the wrong conditions.

There’s nothing more painful to a powder hound as watching racers slip off fresh snow. Just running the whole trail with your skis sideways, pushing snow to the side… usually on a wide, uniform trail that would make the greatest powder field. That’s ski racing though!

Can see some of the snow in the ORH Hills into NE CT I think.

Yeah but have you seen his evergreens when he posts pics of like a week of 2-5" fluffers? I'd argue they look even more caked and stacked high like gnomes, ha. I think many look at fluffy snow as snow that doesn't stick to stuff and just blows away... but those often can stack just as easily or better. Get those large fluffy flakes with 6" on the power lines stacked straight up lol.

Yeah you were on the west side right?

Looked like 2-3” at home depending on the surface. 3” elevated like on cars. Up at 1500ft got destroyed. 8”? of just dense, dense snow. QPF bomb and insta big snowbanks.

Mendon, VT (near the Killington area) reporting 4-5” of absolute paste. A true birch bender.

Fak man, look at that scene. Fun system for the Thanksgiving weekend. I leave empty five-gallon buckets outside, looks different out the window than a perfect small evergreen with holiday lights and snow on it.

You’ve got a very underrated spot and love the views you post looking west into the CT River Valley of VT/NH.

A friend in the Pico/Killington area visiting parents who have a place at 2,400ft measured 9.0" of paste so far . Living at that elevation must be a trip.

It is nuking all the sudden. We've picked up an inch down in town in 20-30 minutes. Wife and I were leaving Sushi Yoshi and had watched it ramp up and then just started dumping. If it could sustain itself it's probably 2-3"/hr rates, ha. It was too warm for accumulations like 90 minutes ago down here in the lowlands at 750ft. Can only imagine what's going on at 1500ft.

We just started ripping at 750ft but it's elevation dependent. Most above 1,200ft on both sides of town seem to have a couple inches so far from what I've seen posted. My experience is always from the ski area down towards town and I'm right near the Stowe Country Club golf course. The eastern side of town is pretty snowy too up against the Worecesters but I'm partial to the Spine axis. Anyway, can see the yellow moderate echoes showing up and drifting south of the "M" in Morrisville into this area. Would explain the real uptick in snowfall now at home.

BTV with 1/2 mile moderate snow and 1" in the last 90 minutes at 33-34F. Must be beautiful paste there too. METAR KBTV 270035Z AUTO 32011KT 1/2SM SN FG OVC004 01/00