Skivt2

24 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Warmer up here at the picnic tables at 4kft.

Lift shack thermometer says mid-60s at 3,600ft and MMNV1 showing 66F.  

Another day another snow shot.  Dog cooling off in the cold pocket. Once you step into the woods with snow it feels like you just opened the refrigerator door with this blast of cooler air.

Lucky Dog literally. The thing I live for went *poof* on 3/23 went uphill travel became a no no.

Holy mother of god. I have never heard thunder sound like that!!!  It was the biggest explosion I have ever heard.

14 hours ago, Angus said:

I assume my ski season is done. I honestly don't understand how packed onto a ski lift even in the open, moving air is not going to cause transmission. The profit at this point is minimal to the areas - PF could confirm. I just worry about the seasonal labor being terminated 3-4 weeks early. I just finished reading an article in the NYTimes about some of the modeling the CDC has been doing and it is scary stuff.

11 weeks early??  No thanks

Jay and Burke closed

Sitting at 2000 feet in Central VT listening to crash after crash as the snow falls off the roof.   Depressing. 

Pouring sleet in Killington after a night of glaze

Snowing cat paws at 2000” feet in Central Vermont

Snowing lightly all day at Killington/Pico. Feather flakes.

Freezing rain at Pico near Killington

Fine ski day at Killington with it snowing almost all day.

On 10/21/2019 at 12:40 PM, #NoPoles said:

The pattern hasn't really been conducive to october snow making, hopefully things change

On 10/21/2019 at 12:40 PM, #NoPoles said:

The pattern hasn't really been conducive to october snow making, hopefully things change

Looks like mid-next week for K to open.  Certainly this coming weekend is the last weekend of the “offseason”.  We are wrapping up our preparations this weekend since we will be skiing every Friday-Sunday plus every day we have off from the following weekend until next June.  

Killington should be opening very soon I would guess.

The North ridge quad is in at Killington and will be load tested Monday. They have been blowing a lot of snow up there and will likely open within the next two weeks.  For the past few years they start making snow on superstar up top as soon as possible because they need that trail covered wall to wall some specific depth (I think 3 foot but could be more) by early the week of 11/25 to get clearance to hold the woman’s World Cup race there over thanksgiving weekend.

We’ve made it halfway between ski seasons.  Snowmaking should start in about 75 days.  Time to think about all the fun we have to look forward on the slopes this winter!

Killington still going strong

Started snowing at 2000 feet at the base of Pico about 5:30 pm

On 4/12/2019 at 12:34 PM, tamarack said:

It's a publicity ploy, of course, and I don't blame them a bit - short term loss for future gain.  I've wondered why Sugarbush never got into the game, as the summit lift on the old Glen Ellen starts at over 3,000' and those upper trails face N to NE.

It’s not a publicity ploy for those who ski it.  Killington sells a lot of spring passes.  The Umbrella bar is rocking with live music etc. in May.  They go to Friday-Sunday and a hard core crew of bump skiers ski it every day they are open until they close.

Killington is trying for June and I would not be surprised to be skiing june 1st at all there.  Superstar is as big as I’ve ever seen it.

Snowing hard and ground covered at 2000ft at the base of Pico, VT.  It was snowing wet flakes but not sticking when we got home last night at 8:00pm.  I like where I am sitting; 50 feet from the lifts.  Gonna be a fun 24 hours.

The wind is howling and the snow is drifting like crazy at the bottom of Pico.  Don’t know how anyone could measure.  Enough snow to make a snowball or two actually came in our back door through the cracks. 

It’s been snowing at the Pico base lodge since before 1:30 but  by 4:00 had not really amounted to anything.  Now it’s snowing at a good clip.  We can see defined tire tracks where folks have driven in between the buildings.  Seems to be just getting started.

The ground is covered and it’s snowing at Pico.

Raining at Pico.  2000k or so

22 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Mansfield stake only lost 5" in the first 24 hours of the thaw... down from 47" to 42".  

Tomorrow night's reading will be the real test.

Hoping the crust was durable.  Especially in the woods.  Everything was covered so well it was unreal.  At least if we can start with a frozen layer vs bare ground that will be a plus.