Yeah it'll be a blast. Seems like Aspen is in a bit better shape than some of the other resorts in CO. Hoping for a surprise with one of the systems moving off the Pacific this week.
Killington was surprisingly good Thursday/Friday.
Some ice and definitely fast but they recovered nicely from Monday's ice. Lift lines were fine too.
Heading to Aspen in a week... ugh. What a disaster out in the Rockies this year.
I can't speak for other markets but at least in Hartford-New Haven I think the average TV forecast is typically more conservative than the NWS and also more frequently correct.
That's true.. however their snow forecasts are almost always far more bullish than the people doing it for "ratings, page views, clicks, or advertising revenue." Not sure how to square that circle.
This system looks like crap at 500mb but we still manage nice lift thanks to warm advection along that baroclinic zone. Probably turns out being a more narrow band of good stuff than what's currently modeled.
That video was wild.
I'm hopeful after Friday's torch we can start building up again Christmas Week. I'm heading to Killington for New Years so fingers crossed!
It sucks because to get any traction at all on the platform you have to be ridiculously over the top. I'm hoping to build an audience/following there with reasonable forecasts but who knows.
I know the GFS/NAM suck right now for Sunday... but the Euro, Euro AI, UK, Canadian, GFS AI have a decent little event still.
I wouldn't throw in the towel.