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Felt in Plymouth, VT.  Really shook a lot for a while.  No question what it was.  Came here to see if others felt it.

Power flickering repeatedly in the hills of Plymouth, VT.   Couple inches of very wet snow and no sign of letting up.  IMG_5956.HEIC

Last year Killington received snow clearance based on potential. I’m pretty sure I heard that 4’ of snow on superstar is a 3 day effort.  If temps are cold by 11/24 they have it in the bag.  May not happen next year because of the chair replacement and spring skiing will be different and shorter this year.

8 hours ago, bwt3650 said:

Jay obviously, and I’ve switched to ikon now for the 3rd year in a row. Epic northeast is really a great value, but the only mountain I miss is Stowe, which I’ll still do at least a one day pass. I like the western ikon spots better and I justify the northeast by:
Windam over Hunter
Stratton over mt snow
Killington over okemo
Plus a day or two at sugarbush and the option of the big two Maine resorts.

The one I still want to get to not on the big passes is saddleback. Constantly hear good things about the glades there.


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Is saddleback on Indy?  I thought I remembered that.  Anyway, we used to buy Killington 365 which gave us an Icon base with our Killington pass.  We don’t mountain bike or golf much.  We live in Plymouth so it’s about 13 minutes to the Killington Skyship from our house.  We ended up not really even using Icon to go to Sugarbush much as we have been total homebodies lately.  My dad is 81 and when he goes Skiing he likes Okemo these days.  Okemo opens with better conditions lately then Killington given the focus Killington has on the World Cup early season.  Okemo is 20 minutes or less from our house.  Finally, the 365 upgrade was costing us about the same as the midweek northeast values pass.  So though I really can’t see myself skiing an Epic mountain on a weekend, we picked up the midweek epic for a little over $400 each to ski early season a couple times, meet up with my dad, and maybe take a few spins in the afternoon on a few weekdays randomly.  The bonus is having 5 tickets to Stowe midweek in case we get adventurous.

What do folks have for passes?  We have Indy, Epic Northeast midweek value passes and Killington passes. Hopefully it’s a good year because two of each of those set me back a few $’s.

It’s August 1st and that means it’s time to start thinking about ski season!  

27 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I’m in full weenie mode.  It’s sinking in that these high water events will continue to become almost expected or “normal” if dew points continue to surge.

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it… you cannot run these moisture levels (dew points and PWATS) into the mountains and expect a different outcome than strong flash flooding.  These events are too frequent.

Many of us in Stowe along the river are not sleeping.  Friends have water against their deck, we have water on the lawn.

It’s not the safe place to escape climate change that many people perceive it is.  Vermont is scary from a flash flood perspective. Growing up in CT I was used to gradually rising river flooding and ponding water.  The shocking unpredictably and fast impacts of mountain flooding is something completely different.

10 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

River is onto the lawn.  Had to go check it out as this is the perfect storm for high flash water.  I’ve never seen it up this high.  That’s not hyperbole.

We have another 12-18” of subtle rise to go so I think we’ll be fine.  But there is a RETAINING wall just past the bushes down to the river channel.  This is up like 12 feet and it’s still pouring rain.

The photo doesn’t show the energy.  Whole trees floated by, but couldn’t get one in a photo.  The middle of this is a good 15 feet of swift water on a normal knee to thigh deep maximum.

Over 4” now.  I know many people are completely f*cked if the water level is this high on the knoll.

 

 

 

Sorry. I feel for you guys.  We had a bad day a year ago down here in the Killington/Ludlow area.  We just got our grocery store back last week.  It’s sucked living 45 minutes from a grocery store for a year but so many people suffered through so much more as houses flooded and businesses were ruined.  It’s going to. Be tough tomorrow.  Hopefully no loss of life.

14 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

The natural disaster risk that has increased the most around here in recent years is fresh water flooding. That’s something worth worrying about…

Forget the tornado, worry about the rain that’s coming with the spin-up.

Completely agree.  I live in Plymouth, VT on 100A.  We lost our grocery store in Ludlow on 7/10/23.  It’s been a 45 minute drive one way to Rutland for groceries for the past year.  House almost flooded. Route 100 was devastated as were roads around Killington.  Hurricane Irene did a number of the same area as well.  I do worry about the number of trees that will come down and the ensuing weeks without power when 1938 comes back. 

15 minutes ago, Harmonie said:

I hope you're right, but seeing a Tornado Warning one week after I got up here and then seeing another Tornado Warning in the state the next day is making me worried for sure. I feel cursed.

I’d save your worrying for two things; a devastating ice storm or a devastating hurricane.  Research 1938 for a good idea of what has happened in the last 100 years.  When the big hurricane comes it’s going to lights out for a long time around here.

38 minutes ago, Harmonie said:

Tornado Watch just extended into some portions of Northern Connecticut and Rhode Island?

Still not me, but far too close for comfort!

Honestly all that means is there is some minuscule chance of a tiny bit of rotation in the clouds.  The chance of you even seeing a tornado trying to form up in the clouds over in New England let alone being impacted by one is so small that the change of winning mega millions is probably higher.

1 minute ago, Harmonie said:

I'm in southern New England, but not on the coast. I expect some humidity. The evenings when first vI got here were very nice, though. I was surprised by how pleasant the weather can get in the evening here. Like one evening it was in the lower 60s and it was amazing! It hasn't been as nice over the past several evenings, but still better than where I came from.

Last week is about as hot as it gets and it does not last too long.  From July 1-august 15th is our hot period. Most of central VT spends a good deal of time on Cape Cod, Rhode Island, Maine coast and the northern New England mountains during those 6 weeks.  I grew up in central CT and it’s a ghost town during the first two weeks of August.  If you can, take a day or a weekend in RI or Cape Cod.  The National seashore beaches on the Cape look a bit like the outer banks without the development. It’s gorgeous and temps are usually 10 degrees cooler and it’s usually breezy.  

9 minutes ago, Spaizzo said:

Question what does it look like by the naked eye vs camera?

it’s like light beams dangling all over the sky but you don’t reallly see much color


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Wow!  Shadows of light dancing across the clear starry sky in our front yard in Plymouth VT a few minutes ago.  No color really that I could see or photograph.  Just large dancing beams of light.  Earlier lots of green and reds through the breaks in the clouds when I took pictures.  I’ve always wanted to see it.  We are at 1100 feet with mountains and trees in the way of the horizon but the sky has been lit up to the north all evening.

4 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Problem is if it’s hoodie weather where you are, folks are lighting wood stoves up here .

Been stuck between 46-50F all day.  Currently 47F.

On the bright side we are still skiing. Lol

On 4/22/2024 at 9:33 PM, powderfreak said:

Looking back on yesterday's closing…….

I don’t want this to come off as discrediting anything you said as I know how powerful the feeling is when a mountain community comes together to celebrate itself.  There is nothing like it.  

But today was simply stellar at Killington.  And I’m sure at Stowe too but I’m sort of sad for the Stowe faithful that the lifts are not turning anymore   There is something so completely satisfying to have lift served skiing until, and even beyond, when the last trail is no longer top to bottom.  Like every last drop of the winter has been wrung out and used up.  We still have 5-6 weeks of lift served skiing depending on how you count the days and if the June 1st weekend happens.  The pile on top of Superstar does not seem to have really started melting yet.  Today we harvested the corn from the two night freeze up in 60 degree bluebird skies with no crowd at all. It’s hard to describe the stoke level at the big K today. The spring people are all gathering, the tailgate and house party scene is just beginning.  It is the most magical time of the year.

Unbelievable amounts of snow.  A good 4” fell after this.  Did not measure but had to be over two feet at 4pm.

Absolute pound town all day at Killington.  Unfortunately the pass claimed yet another victim.  The state needs to do something as we are having a fatality a month on rt 4.  This time a car lost control headed east down the mountain and hit a bus head on which careened into the woods.  Around 5:30 we were looking at an inch an hour with it having snowed all day.  Well over a foot since Sunday night here.

4 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

For ex: google map Archies Cartway or any of that area of Brewster.  Good luck getting crews to those areas when trees are blocking roads.

She is on a paved road off Millstone a few streets from 137.  Does not lose power often.  She’s worried now.  I think it’s probably fine.  She could just drive back to CT on Sunday I suppose.

I told my 79 year old mom it was ok to ride the storm out a couple miles inland in Brewster, MA.  If she looses power for days she is not going to be happy with me.  

4 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Trying to catch up with Okemo area for water damage.

It’s just different. The road from Rt. 4 to the Bear mountain parking lot has been closed since 7/7/23.  

Constant lightning, biblical rains falling now.one the most intense storms I have ever experienced.

It looks like it’s 8:30 at night here.

In Plymouth, vt on 100A.  Very ominous.  Dark with lightning and off and on torrential rain.  We already had our flood on the 10th.

15 hours ago, bwt3650 said:

Would be nice to see killington get back in the October ski game again..it’s been a few years since they’ve pulled it off.


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I hope so.  I work full time so I struggle to get into the 100 day club unless they are open super early.