powderfreak

Snowmaking is always a gamble but the gallons of water pumped are very consistent year over year. They just end up in different areas. Sometimes different trails are fatter than other years, or different spots are deeper on different years. It all has to do with the weather conditions when snow’s being made in a given area. One trail catches an arctic outbreak, another trail gets the short end of the stick because it was 24F when it’s guns were on instead of 4F when it’s neighbor got snow. Which runs got a second or third coat... some only get one because of time or weather, etc. I bet that spot lasts another 3 weeks, might make June.

No because we limped along in other areas. And it’s not like it was a whole trail, it’s a stretch on Main Street near the pumphouse. Basically could’ve allocated those resources a bit better but what it tells me is that there was a great favorable window of snowmaking when that area was hit, and it might have been left on for a day too long, or more likely it’s an overflow gun pile. Last winter was a poor snowmaking season with high minimum temperatures and lengthy stretches “around freezing”... like 25-32F is fairly useless for snowmaking and it seemed like we had a lot of that. It’s pretty easy to see right now what trails had snow made on them during one of the few arctic snaps we had. Though to be honest, in this case it’s the section of trail near the Spruster (Spruce Booster).... and when that pumphouse is moving water, there’s always a few guns going right outside as overflow guns. Often times the rogue deep spots can be found near valve houses or pump houses... Stowe has a classic one at the top of the Haychute on Upper Lord, where the snow is often to the roof of the building there. That’s because if snow is being made on Mansfield, those couple hydrants need to run. We often call them “lone soldiers”... just like randomly there will be a gun or two running to control water overflow.

What’s like an average yearly increase, say over the past decade? How different is that from a normal YOY increase?

Yeah I’m a big dairy fan, haven’t noticed any difference in that realm. I also shop in Morrisville, VT so mileage may vary compared to more populated areas, ha. What foods are you guys seeing an uptick in particularly? Manufactured stuff or like meat/produce? All of it?

Yeah it’s just the manmade stuff for the most part. Still patchy natural cover above 3,000ft and some depth in the evergreens above 3500-4000ft... but you can go to the tops and really only encounter man-made snow in most areas. As you can see in that first photo, it’s all bare ground except like 10-15 feet under the snow guns, ha.

That’s interesting. I’m with HubbDave, we haven’t noticed any real big increase that some of you have. But we mostly go with sale items and tailor the menu to that. Eat a lot of chicken (under $2/pound) and my wife likes pork chops... that always seems to be BOGO, ha. Veggies seem similar on the whole. But again we go into Shaws or Hannafords looking for what’s on sale and build menu around that. Can always find sale items. I’m sure those of you with kids though are on a much more fixed, less flexible grocery list. Maybe not though, but kids like consistency.

Nice afternoon overall to duck out of work early and go wander around with the dog. Definitely a chill but I love hiking in these temps. Can feel the chill when you get near the glaciers too. This time of year we use work roads as the state doesn’t like the hiking trails used until they dry out later in the month. Wandering up the Spruce Road ran into like 15 feet of snow going across the road .

The ocean forcefield is strong on that loop.

Did you download the "Find My Vaccinated Friends" App yet? It lets you sync and track the microchips in your friends. The basic is free, but you have to pay if you want to see all the data the companies get to see.

He gone.

29F. Frosty.

That was quick and easy. Everyone knows a good idea when they see it. DewCoin brand logo will be an outline of DIT standing up with his couch stuck to him from swamp ass.

Many have been rooting for the aliens for the past year... lost all hope in humanity .

I don’t use window units anymore but yeah if you dread doing it that much, get it done. But I remember it was pretty damn simple using them for 6 years or so living in BTV. I hated having them in windows on the whole as there are a lot of warm/not hot days where you just like having windows open. If it’s a hour of your life you dread, definitely have at it. Maybe it’s also like taking the shovels and sleds out of the attic on like Oct 1st.... makes you look forward to the upcoming season even if you won’t need them for weeks. Turned into a pretty nice day, despite chilly. Got up to 55F.

If it takes 20 minutes, just put them in the day before it gets hot. Like Ginxy said, this board knows when it’s going to get hot. Its such an easy process with a window unit... in college we had one and would literally just move it to whatever room we were hanging out in. Pick it up, carry it, set it in the window, close window on top of it, plug it in. AC is now working .

My parents are retired and both my sisters and I have told them they need to spend their money now, in the ol’ family meeting type way. Don’t hold it for us. They always have reservations about “living too much” and we keep telling them, you just worked your ass off for four decades straight. Go see the Grand Canyon if you want to see it. My mom always wanted to see the Amalfi Coast in Italy, they went there. My dad wanted to play golf in Ireland... they sent it. There’s nothing better as a child to watch your parents finally enjoy themselves after decades and decades of work. Like just go and do it, don’t think about it.

Just want to clarify I never said that, ha. I think Tip might have. I absolutely think it should keep rolling downhill to family.

49F Decent NW breeze. Sun or not, it doesn’t feel like May. Need those Morch days of 70F and sun.

That’s the age old question... what’s the use if you can’t take it with you? Leave it to your children. Without children though....

Didn't you just jackpot and exceed modeled amounts, literally 36 hours ago? Rain is the new snow.

So much wood. Contact your doctor if wood remains for more than 4 hours.

Debating if this is a good question to ask but I'm genuinely curious, why are only liberals moving back into the city and not conservatives? You pointed out the political affiliation, just trying to think through the "why" one group over another would move back into the city. One more drawn to the country lifestyle, land and freedom, away from fast-paced city life? Running for the mountains? Not looking for opinions on political affiliation, but just a general curiosity of behavior.

Hard to believe in this desert we live in that it’s a half foot more water per year now.

Nice 10% increase in snow for PWM and CON. Congrats.

Ha yup, people hate anything happening near them. Wind turbines are always a hot topic up here. People absolutely lose their shit if they might see one while driving anywhere in a given county... much less see one from their property. This quote is funny, humans are funny creatures. ”Thousands of residents petitioned against the proposal, calling it out of scale and “architecturally inappropriate” for the historic district—some opponents even suggested the NYPD move its tow pound to the site instead.”