powderfreak

We had some snow reporting issues last winter that got fixed the 2nd week of January... I've got 96" for monthly snowfall last January. Smuggs had 127". My gut said we under-reported (ie missed) some inches in the first week of January but got it sorted out and Andre and I were on the run again. That was a big month. Good old Northern Greens style. Hard to run a January better than 100" of snowfall along with 100" snow depth to enjoy it on. We had like 50" on the ground in the base area later in January there, ha.

We all love a great "Upslope Signature"... could be a decent mid-week period.

Yeah got around 0.9” on the high snow board. At least whitened things up a bit.

Ha BTV’s had 90% chance of snow Sat/Sun since each period entered the picture over the weekend.

That was a much better run for your neck of the woods. Spreads the love out for those SE.

This would be nice to get things started. Euro gone wild... but it’s done it a bunch this winter in this time frame of day 4.

That’s fairly substantial. Big time warmth.

20/14 with flurries. Windy too. All surfaces are ice now.

This was quite the thaw. Pretty high end but not quite to levels like in Jan 2008 and or Jan 96. I think the summits saw the worst of it. The valleys drained low level cold in last night near freezing...but up at 3000ft+ it was 45-50F all last night with 1-1.5” rainfall across the Spine here. The Mansfield Stake is down to 18” of pack. It has the slickness of pond ice and the durability of a concrete foundation. Last year we hit 100” of depth in January for comparison.

What’s better than one snowfall map? An average of 51 snowfall maps . Its like asking why would anyone bother with ensemble mean QPF? That’s all that is, a QPF map with the decimal point moved.

I’d take 5” in 12 hours right now after the last 48 hours.

Not bad!

Yeah anything with natural snow cover is done for a bit. There will be a very firm base layer but so much rain last nigh created all sorts of holes and blow outs as the Mtn drained. Big deep runnels through the existing snowpack type stuff. I figure we’ll need a dense foot to really have a shot at getting those trails skiable.

Definitely seems to be the tenor of this winter so far. Enjoy the snow when you have it and then watch it get beaten back. Everytime there’s some winter momentum building, Nature plays the “hold my beer” game lol.

I mean, I’d rather just a full reset at this point. Gonna need crampons to walk the dog when this really freezes. Its just an ugly looking 0-3” out there.

It was crazy watching the temp drop everywhere last night except the summits. Mansfield and Lincoln Peak were still 50F when BTV was 31F and ZR. Would’ve been a cool graphic to show a 3-D advection of the cold while the mountains stuck out like rocks above water.

You are closer to the SFC cold drain coming down would be my guess.

Snowing here in Stowe. 2.5sm -SN at the ASOS. I’ll take 70F and sun over 33F and wet snow.

Snowing out. Winter’s moving back in. Man am I jealous of 70F right now.

Yeah we’ve got a lift down but the other major summit lifts are running, including Gondi. Visitation is on par with one of those -25C 850mb air masses that likes to settle in during holiday weeks haha.

Yeah I mean it’s not pretty but Snowmaking snow is resilient, as seen by how long it lasts in the spring. Definitely applies to a place like MRG today though, which is essentially closed. Most spots will still have all their snowmaking runs open...and these thaws are exactly why the Northeast resorts rely so much on snowmaking.

Looking back at that Jan 2008 thaw... holy shit. This is the Jay Peak COOP data... 3 straight days with maxes above 50F. Two days of 35< departures...a +39 day is crazy. Snow depth from 62” to 27”. Yikes that was a big thaw.

This was no where close to Jan 96 or Jan 08 up here... we went from 8” to 1-2”, similar to Brian it’s that gray scale soggy last inch or two. January 08 went from like two feet of QPF rich snowpack to pretty much nothing. Longer duration torch but similar max temps near 60F. Definitely not ideal but probably not touching those torches of yore in terms of snow loss.

What a gradient in the Hudson Valley this morning just north of ALB. 61F to 36F over an 8-10 mile stretch. Last night RUT dropped 21 degrees in 1 hour as the front moved through.

That's an awesome set-up dude! Hockey Night in Canada type vibe.