powderfreak

It’s a shame Trump’s personality is what it is, like I said. A lot of people don’t root for the bully or a**hole. It is what it is.

Yup. And most of the COVID stuff was Trump not keeping his mouth shut on some of the sound bites. I honestly think if he just talked less, tweeted less, and didn't seem so contentious about everything he wins in a landslide. It's not about Biden, this whole election is about Trump. They could've ran an Alpaca up there for the Dems and it likely would've gotten the similar vote.

It's all Trump's rhetoric, his attitude, his lying, peddling conspiracies, etc. Very few voted for Biden. They voted against Trump. Trump would've won in a landslide if he just kept his mouth shut and stayed off Twitter. His personality turns so many people off and he may very well lose because of his divisiveness rhetoric. Like has been said, the actual President doesn't matter/effect most people. State and local elections, and senate/house matter more to how it affects your life. A lot of people just want less of a Saturday Night Live skit for a President at this point.

Oh yeah the nation is just 50-50 split at this point and both sides are digging in. It's very easy to turn it off in the mountains though. But agreed with you there.

I would've thought you'd be happy without a blowout by the Dems across the board.

Yeah I agree. PA might not even be in play. Flipping Arizona was crucial.

What a day. Bluebird after the snowstorm.

Mother Nature rolling a coastal system for SNE, then a clipper for NNE.... not a bad start.

19F at 8pm. It’s warming up in the coming days, but this has been some wintry period. Teens for lows and multiple days of at least flakes in the air for most folks, and a decent chunk of the forum has seen a measurable snowfall at that (record breaking to the coast at BOS)... this was a solid prelude to winter over the last week for the region.

Final event snow totals from BTV. Nice event for ski country... can tell the flow was a bit unblocked into the east slopes and also because Lake Placid area in the Adirondacks doesn't usually get 9-12" of snow in these events. Good lake effect and upslope connection for them. It actually looked like the "snow map" models had the locations pegged pretty well if you were to average like the prior 3 days of all model runs.

Ha yeah, it's like one person gets murdered in your county in some meth love triangle gone wrong... and all the sudden you've got the highest murder rate in the state. Edit: Just looked it up and seems true... the White Mountains as a whole is one of the most dangerous places in NH for violent crime. Small pockets elsewhere but those wide open spaces... Be safe out there lol. Using percentages of population doesn't always seem like a good way to look at things.

Yeah the lower population counties take very little to hit that point. One big Thanksgiving dinner outbreak will do it for Coos County.

Probably 1 person who lives up near you has it and it trips their percentage trigger, lol. I think it’s worse in low population areas because one family gets it and that county is triggered as a percent of population.

The ski resorts won’t pull your pass, they are just a middleman for the gov’t at this point. Like the lodging properties, they just want you to sign or check the box and take on the liability. It’s essentially like a COVID waiver in addition to your assumption of risk waiver everyone signs when they get a pass.

Yeah I guess I look at it as the leaf peppers had to stay somewhere and sign it when they checked in. Air B’nB operators were supposed to get and retain the records (I have no idea if they did). They had their information taken by the restaurant to eat in it... yes if they daytripped and just went hiking on the mountain then they wouldn’t have given information to anyone, true. It was always pushed back on the consumer but I’m speaking strictly consumer behavior, I just personally don’t see it changing because of this continuation of the quarantine requirements. What I do think we see is a continuation of the people who want to be responsible/respectful and follow the guidelines get the short end of the stick because they are still less likely to come (same as summer)...but the people who just don’t care continue to come. Not passing any judgement, it’s just the rule follower loses in this situation, IMO, as they watch their neighbor go on their vacations without a care in the world. Like the ol’ “nice guy finishes last” saying, while the bad boy has all the fun and games. I’m still against it as I don’t see any evidence of tourism spreading COVID...but I do have to abide by the rules as set out.

Since April too, ha. I still think the crowds are coming, but maybe I’ll be proven wrong. I don’t know how I’d approach it if I still lived in Albany, NY... but I don’t see consumer behavior changing from what fall foliage and summer brought. Vermont apparently still did 80%< tourism business summer/fall while requiring 99% of the population to quarantine for 14-days.

Yeah low teens I bet. Fresh snow and clearing skies. Then we go 60F for Thur/Fri, ha. Gotta love the swings.

Yeah we’ll see how it shakes out, they are doing a reservation system here which makes the contact info easy...and just an additional check box for did you follow state guidelines. Done. Here’s your ticket. Folks are more likely to check yes too when they aren’t standing in front of a human, check the box on your phone when you purchase your ticket. I dunno, I guess my general feeling is it’ll be more of the same from summer and fall. But who knows. I just know that I’m understaffing vs a normal year so if the crowds come it may not be a fun winter in that sense.

Please at least make it a recent shot of my head and not 17 year old PF! You’ve got access to my FB lol.

Yeah we’ll see. I still think you’re more likely to see photos of huge lines and crowds waiting to get on lifts, waiting to enter a lodge to use the rest room, waiting to enter the rental shops, retail outlets, etc.... vs seeing tumbleweeds rolling through ski area bases with no visitors. Our concern is the lines and the optics that creates as they go viral and lead to this “it’s unsafe, too many people!” type attitude.

Bingo. You ride a lift with who you show up with. Lift capacity will likely be 50% of normal, just like what led to mile long lines at summer gondola operations. So here’s the thing, the resorts are not set up to operate at 100% this season. Like this summer they were set up to accommodate like 60% of normal visitors but 80-100% came and it was a poor experience. The places were overrun, long lines, traffic, etc. Its the same this winter, they are planning for reduced visitors so if the full boat of visitors show up it’s going to be like getting caught with your pants down. Lift lines have been massive everywhere that’s started skiing or even tried it last summer. The resorts in the Alps opened for two days before the optics of massive lines were so bad the gov’t forced them to close. I still think the resorts are being set up to handle only limited amounts of skiers and the fear is still that *too many* show up and they aren’t prepared to manage that crowd.

That’s a nightly dream. But I know Kev doesn’t ski.

Just wait till people see the photos of lift lines this winter... they’ll want no part of that. That place that opened in Quebec was only local pass holders and the liftline was 30-40 minutes for a 3-min ride.

I’m looking forward to shorts again to be honest lol. 60F will feel like summer again.

You don’t ski do you? Lol. Half the skiers would be fine if the lifts didn’t run. The mountain was tracked out by 8am this morning.