powderfreak

One can certainly tan the nape at decently below average temperatures deep into the spring, though likely not going on currently. Sun angle and temperatures aren’t collocated… don’t associate the sun with a negative connotation, the inches of climo don’t care.

To be fair no one has stated a real opinion on the temperatures when they mention increasing sun angle. There’s too much association going on in posts about increasing solar and warm season. The sun angle can be increasing and it can still be deep winter. I don’t get why folks fight the sun angle discussion, in the descent or ascent. Like it is what it is. Everyone knows climo, the best snow often comes on increasing solar. Why would folks fight those increasing sun angle posts? It’s great to see more sunlight daily. Its also moving into mid-winter snow climo. It doesn’t have to be dark to snow. Climate norms don’t line up with the solar calendar.

It’s been a windy well-mixed cold. Feels worse than the numbers. Man cold?

We did have a good little fluffer last night on Mountain Road. Almost 3” materialized after the mid-level lift moved out… surprising after barely an inch in the synoptic portion. The fluff stuck to this SUV’s wipers show the snow growth that made the most of the meager moisture on NW flow.

It's as variable as it gets, but also in a good way. The type of conditions that lead to the type of skiers the East breeds. I got out late in the day, but found some 3:30pm fun inbounds. Home field advantage.

It’s funny how folks like us moved up here for the snow and then you find some of the folks born up north absolutely hate winter weather. If you don’t ski (downhill or XC), snowboard, snowmobile, etc… I can understand it. Just a long cold dark season if you don’t enjoy the activities. Unfortunately most of the winter sports have a higher economic barrier to entry.

Around 10”. Town got another 2-3” of fluff overnight. Oddly didn’t happen at the mountain though.

A brief fluff burst at the end here. Maybe 2” at most today?

Dude, 8-miles is no joke for an evening stroll. Impressive.

Decent, but definitely got skied off today. Solid crowd today… they did a number on conditions throughout the day in classic New England fashion. Starts great, ends in flat light and slick. Snow plots picked up 1.5” today. Wintry vibe but didn’t do anything to the conditions.

Got a lil purple overhead. I think we’d manage, lol.

What the hell is Skynet? Is that the traffic helicopter on NBC?

Eh it would’ve just been 45 pages in the main thread lol.

It’s winter in the mountains. This is Smuggs from a friend.

Finally a nice day after the multi-day siege of wind and snow.

What we know for sure is that we don’t know.

One of the more impressive walks from staff parking to the Mtn Ops Center at 5am this morning. I don't have to, but the morning walk in the elements really sets the tone of the day to me. The snowbanks were getting sculpted into hard slab, which only happens in high, sustained winds.

From a friend at about 3,000ft today between Stowe and Smuggs on the Snuffies/Sterling Pond trail. 6-8 foot drifts filling the trail between the trees after 3 days of 50-80mph winds.

That cam is the poster child for this event haha. The thing had an extra flip in it the other day… we think the wind literally pushed it enough to trigger the flipping mechanism. That thing looks like it just went through battle for the past 72 hours of 50-80mph wind and sub-zero cold. It’s like, “I’m still standing. I might have a black eye, missing a shoe, and struggling but what else ya got another Nature?”

The most insane wind I can remember here this morning. Blew down the old school red snow fence at top of Quad by the Octagon. I also found a large tower pad in the Spruce base from halfway up the Meadows Quad. The Lookout Cam looks haggard like it’s been in battle with Mother Nature for days. Now accumulating parts of trees as they get shredded.

This is some of the most incredible wind I can remember. Day 3 of tropical storm gusts at 0F and snow. As gnarly as it gets up here at the mountain.

It’s been an impressively long stretch of high winds and cold.

It’s like 3 foot drifts alongside large areas of scour. The wind has smoked all open areas, with drifts in the lee of any topography change. It goes from wind stripped crust, to deep snow. Highly variable, comes with long duration windstorms.

-SN obs go back to January 6th at 8pm. Solid wintry vibe for the past 48 hours. 8F… 8” wind-packed OTG. Not deep winter but winter.

Dude anything is going feel balmy if it’s like 15F with little wind. This has been a pretty gnarly stretch in the high elevations. We’re going to report/record a storm total of like 6” with monster drifts and thigh deep snow in areas . Toll Road: Stafford wallowing through thigh deep from the Stone Hut last night.