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That’s a project. I’m about to go out to get new windshield wipers which is about the extent of my skills and budget.

I kind of feel like this has been an average start to the season. We got 7 days of good conditions in December and that seems to my recollection to be about, give or take, how its been in the last decade. Looking like a struggle through the latter part of January when hopefully things will pick up around super bowl weekend. happy new year all

Merry xmas bottomed out at 14f here. 19f now.

low of 6f here. went out to run some errands. roads are fine...until they're not. Multiple spots where there's an ice flow 6" thick cutting across the roadway. merry xmas

8f. Brisk.

down to 24f here. just shy of 2" rain. streams raging.

53f with 1.85" in the bucket

41f here now. This should be a snow storm. Not right.

this a real kick in the knockers for east coast ski areas. its unbelievable, virtually every year.

We picked up about a foot last night night on top of what came yesterday. Mtn reporting 20” total. Gotta run

Eyeballing 4” otg in warren

Wagons north for me. Hoping to hit the road by 2ish.

This aggression shall not stand.

I want to bless this thread and storm with all my heart.

I think there was about an inch on my deck. very satisfied with that.

Coating on soft surfaces here. Nice look.

Holy! just went to pick up some groceries/gas and people are running around like chickens without their heads. snow flakes!

Thanks, Walt. shouldn’t there be a thread for the late week system?

Isn't there a poster here from Rossland, BC? If so, could you please DM me. Thank you.

Thanks. have problems with 4 and 7. Don’t have a white crayon nor a dining room table at the moment (renovation in progress). I’m partial to a little voodoo doll action.

This weather blows. I think this weekend I get out the sticks and do a snow dance to change the juju. I know its early, but I am antsy and it's ugly.

I prefer the hub and spoke lift system as a regular but can see how it would be frustrating to those new to the mountain. Usually, I would only use one of the base quads twice a day, in the morning and after lunch. The rest of the day, laps off the upper mountain lifts. Avoid the crowds and the beginner skiers (no offense).

I also heard there was an issue with the snowmaking pond but I don't think that has anything to do with the situation which was their decision to make snow on gatehouse first. Apparently they installed a new inflatable weir on the pond over the summer.

Sugarbush does get good snow but not as much as further north on the spine. It's also beyond the reach for the NYC metro crowd. As someone who did it weekly for a decade, we were one of the few families from NY making the trek. We would see pretty much all the cars exiting for stratton and killington on the way up. But we came from the northern burbs making it a 4.5 hour drive whereas from anywhere else, nj manhattan its over 5 hours on a good day. and forget about from long island or brooklyn.

I think they chose to make snow first to get beginner terrain open off the gatehouse instead of what they usually do which is the more advanced terrain off heavens gate. They hit gatehouse first and then the valley house side. So now they're struggling to make snow up top when in previous years, they would be struggling to get the beginner terrain open before the holiday. Temps this week don't look promising. Don't know that I agree with the choice but its more likely you have good temps to make snow at elevation than down below. All that being said, sugarbush always looks bad in comparing early season trail counts/acreage because they have about half of the snowmaking capacity over at mt ellen which won't open for another few weeks. The systems are separate. So they're making snow on trails which won't show up on the stats until mt ellen opens for business.