powderfreak

I absolutely lost it in Jan 2014. That was my melt down on here, we all have one. Philly was on like their 4th winter storm warning and my yard was like 3-4” of clear frozen water....just huge puddles flash frozen in place. Skiing was ice skating while everyone on here cheered about Leon bringing snow after snow south of the Pike. F*ck Leon lol. I’ve never seen anything like that... we’d go from brutal cold (snowstorm down south) to inches of rain, back to brutal cold (another snowstorm down south) then more inches of rain. Its hard to fathom a month that averages so cold, with so much precip, could render so little snowfall. There wasn’t even any upslope behind the rainers either. Just flash freeze and dry.

Bodies wrapped in tie-dyed sheets with peace signs all over.

There’s gotta be some catch. 200k for 2,000 square feet a mile from the base of the ski resort and it isn’t a complete dumpster fire on the inside...

This weekend is out of control, lol. All restaurants have been completely sold out, people getting pissed they can’t eat out. Every parking lot full, cars parked on lawns, been like old times. Even parking along our driveway. Good for the economy.

@cpickett79 here’s your spot... probably 180” annual in your front yard. And you don’t have to sleep in a camper.

This has to be the busiest hiking day of the season, trails are just packed. Stowe Mtn Rescue responding to a leg fracture high on the mountain just below the summit ridge. They’ll have to take the patient down the steep Cliff Trail to the top of the Gondola, that’s going to create quite the traffic jam at the crux but hope the person is ok aside from the leg. Rough spot.

What a day, what a stretch. 60s north and 70s south. Comfy dews.

Who is this Mersky poster who stalks Phin? Never seen a post but leaves him weenies at every chance... Phin, you catch a fish that won't get off the line?

It does decline super fast. You'll be absolutely blown away one day, and literally 48 hours later it'll be all orange and faded with decent leaf drop. It'll go from all colors to all orange mixed with stick season very fast. The thing with "best color" will depend on if you prefer to have some green still mixed in, then it's definitely the last week of September. If you want no green and only yellow/orange/red then "peak" is probably in October, even there in Randolph. The great thing about foliage season is as it starts going, you'll have days where you are like wow, this is awesome what could be better. Then a couple days later you are like holy shit this is awesome, does it get better? And you'll do that until all the sudden you wake up one day and its over in a snap of the fingers.

Yeah this is normal based on photos from past year. FB keeps showing me memories so it’s easy to see where we compare to past years, ha. Mountain here usually peaks early October and then town peaks mid-October/Columbus Day weekend. The ironic thing is Columbus Day weekend is a huge leaf peeper holiday but by the time that rolls around the mountain foliage is past peak...a classic case of “should’ve been here last week.” It’s still really great foliage in the valley and under 1,500ft though.

Same, it got chilly fast this evening! Feel bad for those still installed and can’t close their windows.

Nice on the Stowe Cider! I live like a couple hundred yards from their brewery, ha. Exactly the same choices my wife and I usually have... Double IPA here, Stowe Cider for her. I think Tips Up is her favorite as well, she just calls it the "green can one."

She has no idea... a life of daily swimming in the river holes, climbing mountains, and generally outside endlessly exploring without a leash. She's living her best life one could say.

What a week of rooster COC it's been.

69/44 This feels like Labor Day Weekend.

We were mixing in and out last night too... got 50F then had a breeze quickly make it 55-56F for a few hours, then calm gives it a late drop back to 50F at 7am with a min of 49F before the rising sun takes over.

Big moon tonight.

Sign me up for January 2011 too... wasn't the same as yours but it was more than serviceable as we seemed to at least get 8-12" in a couple of those events. That entire winter was awesome though on the whole.

Got chilly real fast, wife going around slamming doors and windows shut right now. MVL at 64F but still 5mph wind... PWS about a half mile away is calm and 59F. MVL will catch up immediately once the airfield goes calm.

CON mix down to 40F dew... nice!

I’m jealous. If the Canadian border doesn’t open, that place is going to be a once in a lifetime powder party with 50% less skiers. I truly think the locals up there are in for something special from a skiing standpoint... I mean millions of people cut off at the border a few miles away in Quebec/Montreal and suburbs, and Americans have to drive past every other ski area to get there, and they aren’t on a multi-mtn pass. Place could be legit empty with that snowfall...wow. I’m jealous, if there’s one place that you could grab the most possible powder turns this winter, it’s Jay hands down... it is in most winters anyway, but close Canada border traffic and it’s like a private powder party.

5 hours now of 68-71F temps and 47-48F dews. What a day, I decided to bounce out of work early and take a long afternoon hike with the dog... the visibility is insane. I can see wind farms with the naked eye that look like they are right next door. Can even see the Tram Haus at the top of Jay Peak. Mount Washington dominates the horizon to the East, can see ski trails as far away as Killington too. It’s like winter visibility.

70/48 with fairy breezy NW winds. Flags are out straight at times.

Lol. So essentially lawn browning is the main impact this summer and that is primarily for aesthetic purposes. What is the purpose of a lawn? A lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes.

Got down to 54F at 2am last night but then the wind kicked up and back up to 66F at sunrise. Funny watching the temp move with every puff of wind.