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Mansfield stake recovered 24” of depth in this cycle. 41” to 65”. This is about 800ft higher than our High Rd observations.

Really need a protected spot. This one was found by a patroller like 30 years ago. You go in there and it’s like, this is where we need to measure, ha. This is what 21” looks like… the depth in the woods just came up a full, even 20.

21” for Stowe at 4pm. Documented and measured. 8” yesterday morning. 1” yesterday 4pm. 9” this morning. 3” at 4pm today (rounded up to make up for a couple rounded down earlier). 8 + 1 + 9 + 3 = 21”. Due diligence in accurate totals, ha.

9” new overnight and this morning. Storm total 18” for Mansfield so far. Nuking sideways.

A comparison of the same location at Barnes Camp over the past couple days. Stowe Mountain Rescue training the other day in one photo. Then early this evening as the upslope started. Bare and dusty ground to winter. The change in scenery is nice. Friday was full late-spring vibes. Today is winter. Moving from late April back to March. More winter over the next 24 hours too.

Sad stuff. The price of admission can be very high. You need to know what you are getting into. 600 vertical feet is a terrifying fall. This isn’t making light of it, but the temperature is a full degree or two different from the starting and stopping points. Thats a long fall.

It's wild. It hasn't snowed decently in at least 3 weeks. And it has been an utter torch. That was a long stretch without a decent snowfall for this area in peak climo time of year for snowfall.

I hadn’t heard about that. Tough for everyone involved.

Yeah, we've got the Haychute on the Quad and Tower 23 on the Gondola as exposed problem areas. Going over the Haychute the view is amazing to the north, one of the best in all of ski country IMO. Looking right at Mansfield and the Notch... but that exposure to any wind out of the north means the gusts just rock the chair and hit the line perpendicular. It seems like that's what happens on the upper Flyer spans too at Jay. The tram, forget about it in any escalated flow. That thing is in the free air.

Yeah I’m with ya. Some folks are going to get disappointed tomorrow but most seem to understand the ski areas want to run the lifts for customers. If they can they will and if they say they can’t, it’s not due to laziness . Let it dump and blow all tomorrow then enjoy it Tuesday.

The wind is going to be a problem tomorrow. Snows falling sideways up at Stowe. And the flow isn’t even that strong. It really ramps up tomorrow.

Yeah upslope phase taking over.

This looks promising for upslope.

Yeah that was about how I thought it would go in town. Theres a lot of branches down. Just pouring low ratio snow all night.

4” birch bender at home. 8” at office and 8” at 3,000ft. Thinking the mountain will more than double that by tomorrow afternoon. Another foot of upslope seems likely.

4” and trees down, power out. Just absolute slop. 8” at 1500ft. 34F

The east side of the Spine is getting the QPF during this first part of the system. SSE flow currently. Then NNW flow starting later tomorrow. The NW flow will move the radar echoes to the west side.

If only the HRRR has a clue. The positive snow depth map is decent. And shows the impact of melting in the boundary layer compared with the 10:1 maps. 00z HRR difference between snow depth increase and a generic 10:1 snow map. The depth increase is usually a bit closer to reality.

Always remember I spent the first 50% of my life in the ALB area along the Hudson River. Thats a brutal area for snow. I just have respect for the local climo and how it differs from points south.

Wasn’t this expected? Why take them up? This first burst is 4-8” with spot 10” amounts above 1000-2000ft for the Green Mountais. I’m not trying to be a dink, just trying to see what I am missing that might make this go over guidance.

Yeah, not sure why it’s a bad take that the valley won’t get 9”. The data has been very stable in showing how this works out. Biggest gradient from 500-1500ft.

Maybe two-tenths so far? Why is it a bad take? Its an elevation event above 1K as expected?

Yeah I mean, anything can happen and maybe all lifts open/run… but NW wind is our stock strong & gusty direction. The FourRunner and Gondola get pretty exposed to that wind at the Haychute and over the Waterfall (respectively). Then add in upslope snowfall limiting visibility, especially with gusty winds blowing snow sideways, and if you can’t get good eyes on the lift it’s another reason to put it on wild hold. If there is any doubt due to wind speeds and you can’t visually see the line or even just in front of the terminals, lifts sit still.

Dude that’s amazing. 100 days is the legendary mark.

Zero chance Stowe Village gets 9” but I know it’s hard fine tuning the elevational gradients.