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6 hours ago, Angus said:

I may be done for the season but still holding out hope.

Just looking wistfully at the SLoaf webcam and looks beautiful. They are still skiing with close to 100 trails. On a SLoaf chatboard I read occasionally, there was a discussion of this season's snowfall - 171" with almost no snow falling from January 18 to March 9 - a person posted the following...

 

I think we can all agree that our very own @powderfreakis the gold standard for what he instituted at Stowe. He should be giving seminars at ski industry conferences. 

33 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

Friday morning frost, fowl, & fumes. 

 

 

 

The water was too cold for them.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Golf and skiing… seems similar to many season passes for skiing that aren’t on the cheap mega passes.

I wish there was a similar mega pass for golf. I’d snap one up in a heartbeat. There has been no significant golf consolidation, at least in this area. I’d love to be able to regularly play a rotation of courses as a “member”.

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

Can't complain about that. I've probably been in the '70s 10 times in my life.

Thats better than my two 79s. 

Went up and paid my membership yesterday, $1250. That’s a second year price, next year it goes up to the full boat price, $1799. 

3 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

High of 66 here. 

Already down to 31.1° here. 

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Would be nice, a week out.

I'd be soooo happy for a few days of this.

2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yes I heard. I don’t watch per say but I’m tuned into the pga sirius xm frequently.
 

So many great players on both tours so I’m not sure why golf ratings are low. 

I think the PGA/LIV split has something to do with it and the general apathy towards women's sports explains the LPGA.

39 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yea. It was a low TV rating. Lacked the drama on the back nine. 

I don't know if you pay much attention to the LPGA but have you seen what Nelly Korda has been doing?  5 wins in a row including the season's first major yesterday.

28.5° for the low and a skiff of snow on the car tops.  

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Stowe closed today. For those interested, here is the measured snowfall at 3,000ft.  The 4,000 foot elevations certainly had over 300 inches but we measure at a more useful elevation instead of the absolute maximum.

Every inch of this was measured/observed and not estimated. This is what actually fell in a consistent and controlled environment on Mount Mansfield at the upper mid-slope elevation.

November - 35 inches

December - 34 inches

January - 77 inches

February - 42 inches

March - 70 inches

April - 31 inches

Season Total - 289 inches

Mixing the conversation from the ski thread, 289” would be a new seasonal record at Whiteface. 

This is from the Whiteface Wikipedia entry:

“The average snowfall at Whiteface Mountain is 190 inches per year, and the mountain trails are serviced by additional snowmaking. During the 2016-2017 season Whiteface boasted a record-setting 281 inches of natural snowfall.”

Comparatively, that isn’t a lot of snow. 

59 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

It is a big, steep, classic East Coast mountain.  It's up there in the top 5 on "big mountain terrain and vertical" in the East, IMO.

What keeps Whiteface from being huge is it's location relative to the populations... there is no easy way to get there except from I-87 in NY.  To get to Whiteface, probably 99% of the East Coast skiing population needs to drive past other "big deal" mountains.  If you are coming from SNE, you are looking at VT/NH/ME and would have to make a real conscious effort to head to Whiteface.

If Whiteface is located in a different geographic area, it would be a lot more prominent.

Thinking about skier behavior, Whiteface has the vertical and rugged look to be a high-end player, plus it has Lake Placid right there as a fabled tourism town.  However, what it doesn't have is snowfall and it is often very cold and windy.

Whiteface does not get the snowfall or consistent snowfall that other northern areas like the northern Greens, Presidentials, and Maine get.  Occasionally Whiteface gets a win on a big hugging coastal storm or inland runner.  Maybe a rouge lake effect band off of Lake Ontario.  But SE synopic flow likes to favor Gore and the southern Adirondacks.  Northwest flow favors spots NW of Whiteface.  Northeast flow seems to be the best but to get into deep moisture and mid-level lift on NE flow at Whiteface requires a well placed synoptic storm.

I think about why people drive past other ski areas to go to a spot much further away... say Jay Peak.  Or Sugarloaf.  People do it because of big snowfalls.  The northern Greens get dumped on the most on average, so people will travel from the population centers to them. Sunday River and Sugarloaf will develop big snowpacks and get the well-advertised nor'easters.  It is harder to find people who will opt to head to the northern Adirondacks over many of these other areas.  The market in Albany to Plattsburgh and around the Adirondack Park area is just smaller.

That makes sense. Driving by, it looked, to my untrained eye, pretty gnarly. It isn’t easy to get to though. I’d image being owned by the state also means it’s doesn’t always have the most up to date equipment or technology either. 

20 minutes ago, borderwx said:

Debating if I should light the stove. Cheers NNE, what a place to live.




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You may not have seen it but this was yesterday in Lake Placid. Not quite NNE but similar interesting weather. 

18 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

2012 junior?

Yes… Way Cool Junior

Just had a few snow flurries. 41.5°

28.9° for the low. 

55 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Something happens this time of year on the forum

I think we know what happens, certain posters start saying it’s not just warmer than normal but so warm that air conditioners need to be installed and beach umbrellas need to be dusted off. The fact of the matter is that the warmth is undeniable but +5 isn’t all that great in April. 53° instead of 48°, especially when it’s still accompanied by clouds and showers still isn’t all that great.  

4 hours ago, mreaves said:

The clearing is heading east. Sunny and pleasant here in Lake Placid. 

That didn’t last long. A snow squall just blew through. 

14 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Rain over skies starting to break 

The clearing is heading east. Sunny and pleasant here in Lake Placid. 

I’m in Lake Placid and I came into town past Whiteface. I know it’s the Olympic Mountain so I assume the terrain has to be decently challenging. I don’t much else about it though. Why isn’t it a “bigger” deal? Is it location or are there other reasons that bring it down a bit? Or am I just crazy and it is a big deal for skiers?

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

It was 98⁰ April 19th 1976. Average temp for the week was 72⁰ now that was a torch. Spent the week of Freshman year URI in Misquamicut. Made a major mistake, worst Ice Cream headache ever diving in the 42⁰ Atlantic 

I remember Easter that year as being hot up here, like 90°.  I was 8 years old.

Random question for you ski people.  This is a State of Vermont Microsoft Teams background.  I can't figure out which ski area it is.  Sugarbush maybe? 

26.7° for the low.  A bit chillier than I expected.

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

74 here today.