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  1. snownut
    Snow at the Aldie house survived more than 24 hours… besides the January winter week that is best the winter could muster… sad
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    Snow porn from my shift this morning. And mid mountain snow stick yesterday. Once they send the blower through layers are more obvious. Latest storm cycle has been great. even at my home in town I have now hit seasonal average. Feeling damn lucky based on the rest of the country.
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    This is the highest point near me. (South Sister 10,300') Took this from the parking lot ( 6,500') early this morning. I July hiked it two times when I first moved here. Its a long day hike. 15 miles and a mile elevation change from the parking lot. Pretty easy except a long loose scree incline just before the summit. The snow fields and glaciers on the summit never melt out. ( sadly that maybe changing soon )
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    Haven't been to Tahoe since I was a young fit dude. Older dude now so just keeping myself rolling. I have heard great things about Kirkwood and I know they get hammered. Glad you timed your trip for powder skiing because those days have been few this season! Send me some photos! I took this photo a couple hours ago at the top of NW Lift. It gets blasted and drifted in. The snow wall there is crazy high!
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    First hand that is absolutely true. Rough season for any resorts out here below 6000' There are several not far from me that have base elevations around 5000' They are skiing now and mostly open but very late start and probably early closing? Unless March flips colder? As mentioned in my other reply very juiced storms and AR events so the snow pack above 8000' is massive! They finally open the summit last weekend here at Mt Bachelor but not before a bunch of dynamite work for avalanche mitigation.
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    (FYI referencing this reply: I work the parking crew at Mt Bachelor and was working the paid and RV parking area this morning ) Whistler has had a really rough year. (and the lower elevation resorts here too) I have been seeing a bunch of Canadian license plates coming here to ski/ snowboard. On my shift today several British Columbia plates and a couple in their sprinter van here for 3 days. I spoke with them and they were so happy to be somewhere with a good base and they lucked into a colder storm cycle. Powder day today! Way more rain and ice than normal here but thankfully the storms are juiced up so when it does snow its a bunch.
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    What was your liquid total? Seems like the increasing norm is you gotta wake up early enough to see wet flakes or a quick coating before it's gone. Watching all the observations from afar and seeing my Aldie station touch 32 for a couple of hours and the grass get white is all winter can muster? The Feb pattern is the now like March or Early April from not long ago. Expect green grass and budding trees now when I get there the end of the month. And congrats to the north and western edge folks who get a day or so of winter.
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    47 years in VA area and now 10 years in PNW gotta say its painful to watch how many yuck winter seasons back there. I remember some great years with extended snow cover and cold. Particularly when I lived near Winchester. Seems like even when it does snow there its gone so fast. Even places like Canaan Valley where I could almost always drive and get into some snow are suffering with brown and bare winters. Strong odds I'll be living mostly in VA again when I retire. Have made some deep connections out here and at least one of my kids looks very rooted in here so I'll be able to visit Cascade snow country again to escape the chilly east coast rain storms that seem to be the new norm. Good luck the rest of the season!
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    Ironically it's been a wetter Nino than expected out here in the PNW. Snowpack is lower than normal in my area but not by much. And it's loaded with water content because of all the higher elevation rains. Reservoirs are filling nicely so when it flips to our 4-5 months of bone-dry sunny season maybe plenty of water for summer irrigation? I will be in Virginia in a couple of of weeks so let's see if my preordered pattern change MECS HECS pans out… better go read the long-range thread now to see what digital blue is coming . I took this snow stake photo two days ago. Should be 120” or more this time of year.
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    It's been a sad train wreck to watch. They started the renovation on our pool this week. Originally late March was the estimate. I bought into the hype and have have been sadly entertained by the “experts” banter. Just 2 more weeks they kept saying…making excuses, can-kicking, backtracking, “I did not say that date” “didn't mean that” blah blah…. had 1 solid cold and snowy week. That's the new Nino. Spring is right around the corner… or is it already here today? .
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    Wow. I have many winter memories of deep snow and massive ice at black water falls. It was near always a slam dunk to find snow and winter there!
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    Wow, that is sad for this time of year. There was so much hope and promise going into this winter. Outside of one nice winter week it's just been a series of nice drought busting rain storms. If snow still happens and it probably will ( hopefully the week I am at the Virginia home ) I want to have something to shovel and a reason to rent an AWD rental car while I am there! I think this winter ends up a D. If there is a HECS or MECS for the wrap up then maybe a C? A few snows and a few weeks of winter maybe the new best case for mid-atlantic winters because things sure seem to default to liquid not frozen.
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    I am coming to our VA home for a week end the month and first weekend in March. I have requested a HECS during my visit. Pretty normal snow pack here in the cascades. This was mid mountain snow stake on 1/26 It settled back to 109" as of today but looks like thick solid base for the March through May ski season.
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    Life is short! Go for it!
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    Its been a very long time! Finally snow on blink cams at my Aldie home. My future son-in-law said around 4" in Aldie. It's his first winter on the east coast and his message this morning was " OMG people here freak out over a little bit of snow " LOL
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    Jebwalk conditions on my morning parking shift. It was howling wind for my full 2-1/2 hour shift. Another 2-4 feet in the forecast by Saturday. Should easily get the base over 100"
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    I work the parking lot crew Wednesday morning at 7 am… It will be textbook Jeb walk conditions…
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    4” or bust in your backyard! I have siblings in Front Royal, Stephens City, Clearbrook and kids in Leesburg and Aldie so I will get their updates. I will send you photos next week of the 50 “ plus expected here over the next 8 days
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    I have little say in the matter. Step daughter is a school teacher. We asked her for a September October wedding date but she said too busy. Its being held at our Aldie home. Contract is set for catering, music, tent etc... and wife just signed a contract to have the swimming pool renovated and updated this spring. (talk about $$) Ouch.. My wife is an only child both parents have passed away. Its her childhood home so lots of history and in beautiful setting. But oh man July 20th in Virginia is not where I would choose to be. I'll be a good hubby and step dad, stand, sit and smile when directed, and be very thankful the whole event isn't on my tab. LOL
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    East Coast NPZ : It is poor in much of the western US right now. Solid RED in my neighborhood. ( ironically the green light blue 100- 120% area is the Alvord Desert which only averages 7" of rain per year ) Another nice soaker at my Aldie place today. My daughter is getting married July 20th ... outdoor wedding in Virginia.. that should be a sweat festival. Winter clock is ticking so good luck back there!
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    eastcoast NPZ lives in the Mid-Atlantic desert! No mower is needed.. just a rake for clearing the blowing tumbleweed from the sand dunes that will start forming this spring.
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    My 9th full-time PNW winter since moving from Aldie VA. Actually working part-time at Mt Bachelor this season. Several employees on the crew have worked on the Mountain more than 20 years. The same issue here as you describe in VT. Cascades will still get snow but the rain snow line has been exceptionally high this season and these oldtimers have not experienced any season start like this. Checked in another guy yesterday that said its his 31st straight season skiing here. He said he remembers only 1 other season this bad. (would be interested to know what year? just didn't have time to find out) Good luck back there. ☃️
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    Monitoring Aldie Home from afar.. ironic drought continues here with only 7.26 liquid total for this year..
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    Do you remember that season?
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    I am an empty nester now. Last kid and a too much of my bank account are Cal Poly now Two daughters living and getting married Virginia in 2024 so hunch I'll be spending much more time in the Old Dominion in the years ahead. Have a fabulous Thanksgiving and rooting for a White Christmas there.
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