powderfreak
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I see a mix of gutters and no gutters around here. Your ice dams look pretty impressive on that place in the corners, ha. Those are some decent icicles. I love the look of death icicles though, stuff that when they fall your definitely dying if underneath lol. Very wintry looking.
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That’s a real nice Euro run.
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All or nothing all the time... AONATT.
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Awesome shots showing depth, but this one is what I talk about where no matter how deep it gets you can’t tell. Need to dig a trench through the woods to get the scale, ha. Deep winter in the North Country!
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Euro wants to take the Grid down there.
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Let’s go. Euro GFS
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I CON accept this next week.
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The PA spots looking good, up through NYC and the southern tier of NY east through Albany and southern New England (maxing out at ORH and Bridgeport) with a high percentage of annual snowfall to date. BOS and PVD doing decent. BTV and PWM around average (1.3" and 1.7" off normal pace respectfully). In the annual snowfall records, so far to date its looking like an average to above average snow season relative to standard departures at most climo sites in the northeast.
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18z EURO looked like it was going good places in NNE at the end of the run. It is a long way out though, still time to trend it into a cutter or suppression depression.
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Yeah -1.5F at nearest PWS and -2F at MVL as of 7:30pm. Gonna be a real cold night.
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Workable up this way.
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Very good point, ha. Always wonder if the model is built to “score” well with a disconnect based on actual surface outcomes.
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“We don’t live at 500mb” seems to come to mind too. I always hear about it’s H5 scores.
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We have a much lower capacity than the others. Only a few main lifts, limited parking, etc. It has also felt like the cap was fairly well positioned without getting totally out of control. But we’ll see, may be eating those words, ha. This is definitely a “destination” ski area that sees longer term stays vs day trips.
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From a skiing perspective a thaw is anything that ruins the snow surface. I’ve had dry powder in my yard for at least a month now. Snow on the trees has been there for a very long time in spots. But you are also right, departures were ridiculous for a lot of January. Just no thawing.
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Awesome...we had some brief light snow, but largely had a sunny day this afternoon with some occasional ridge clouds. Tons of blowing of drifting of snow on the ridgeline and Chin. Lots of snow transport going on today in the higher alpine areas. The skiing and riding has been about as good as it gets. Hasn't rained in over a month and the consistent snowfall every other day works itself in despite the low QPF. It all adds up over time and provides a lot of pow turns.
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Winter as it should be today.
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That makes sense, I'm just busting your balls. I know when the sun angle goes up we start thinking of other things. It is wishful thinking though at any point of March in NNE. Even April.
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Stein getting drowned in snow.
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Ahh interesting. That makes sense. The variability between super deep pack in woods and sun spots burning out probably is a bit more problematic for snowmachines than skiers. Probably takes a beating on warm days from the weight of the sleds... ruts and soft spots. I guess take it back a couple weeks... probably like March 1 is prime time then for mix of snowpack depth, length of daylight and still being winter for snowmobilers?
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I mean mid-March in NNE can be one of my favorite times for enjoying snow. It’s light out past 4pm and it’s often still cold enough but not overly cold...and if it’s mild, it’s often a low wet-bulb dry 50F on top of deepest snow depths. I’d think the snowmobiling is about as good as it gets at times, just like skiing. You guys can probably pack on some big mileage days with that daylight too, and don’t have to dress like an eskimo.
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Why no use for it? Snowpack usually at its deepest, long daylight hours to enjoy it (snowmobiling off into the sunset) and it’s usually not 10 below zero either. Thats the best time to enjoy winter.
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I love how you say “may be a break” and Kev immediately thinks of a thaw like Christmas.
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Let’s Kuchie fluffer nutter that Sunday event in the snow globe.
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Ha! That seems like a weak closure for British Columbia interior mountains. That's not that cold.
