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The Paxlovid dosing schedule has not changed - it’s still a 5 day course.The latest research on Paxlovid rebound suggests that it may be due to a more robust immune response, rather than an impaired one. “Overall, the level of T-cell responses was greater in rebound patients than in patients with early acute COVID-19 who did not experience rebound.” https://www.nih.gov/news-events/findings-suggest-covid-19-rebound-not-caused-impaired-immune-response

It’s been so not close to snowing that they haven’t even brined around here once, which normally happens even when there’s coldish rain forecast. So, at least this year thousands of tons of salt won’t end up in the streams. There - silver lining found.

Not to be confused with Ave Maria.

Looks like a scary ski holiday coming up: bulletproof surface + holiday crowds + limited trail count. Recipe for tragedy and I hope resorts lean on the safety messaging.

Yes, this certainly the case in Rangeley. Together with short-term rentals it’s a “perfect storm” for the housing market.

Yes, my impression as well that market peaked a few months ago. I can see the short-term rental pressures stabilizing somewhat, but at a level that still freezes out the local work force. Maybe the solution is to create incentives for the local workforce to construct rental units so they can benefit directly - "Teachers (or law enforcement, whatever) get a no cost loan to build an VRBO/AB&B unit so they can afford to live in our town!". I'm speaking tongue-in-cheek, I think...

Just speaking for myself, my posts were primarily addressing resort towns, which have a substantially different set of issues from metros.

Short of regulatory intervention, which always makes me squirm, I’m not sure what the answers are. I haven’t seen or heard about any communities which have successfully dealt with it. Saddleback is building employee housing, but that seems like a drop in the bucket of a regional problem.

From what I see in our summer town (Rangeley), the economic benefits of short-term rentals only go so far. The disruption in the housing market caused by short-terms is extreme and the result is that many businesses, especially restaurants, are open fewer days and hours than they were a decade ago due to worker shortages. Even with higher wages, it’s very difficult to find a place to live that is affordable. From what I read, this now the norm in most resort towns. The old market wage/living cost balances no longer apply and it will take time to sort out the new market and find solutions.

Nice, glad you got up to the ridge! It’s funny because especially when you go past the little picnic area it’s not particularly high at all, just happens that there’s nothing obstructing the whole range.

On Eustis Ridge, the “scenic overlook” at the top of the hill is gradually being hemmed in by trees, but still a nice spot. If you continue on the road, dowhill and curving to the left, it doesn’t look very promising but eventually you get to open lots with a few houses and the view is wide open - the whole panorama from Saddleback to Bigelow.

I take issue with calling the high-end amount the “worst case”.

You really have a beautiful place. Whenever I see your location, it makes me think more Greensboro VT rather than Greensboro MD. Only thing lacking is the snow!

This. I really don’t understand what they were trying to do. Running the lift? Wouldn’t it be better to stop the lift with the jet between chairs and rope everyone down? Then they stop it right where the guy is getting blasted? As Phin says, the guy isn’t moving at all when they finally move him away. Holy crap - cross this place off the list.

Thank you and to all who post pics. For us stuck down south who can't make it up at this time of year, these are next best thing to being there. A special shoutout to Powder as well for his shots from Stowe.

Just gorgeous shots! Thank you Eyewall! Love the colors on an overcast day. Do you have a site for purchase?

A handful of houses at Saddleback around 2400', condos a bit higher. Sugarloaf west mtn houses close to the same elevation.

This perspective really communicates how anomalously big Mt. Washington is for eastern North America. Nothing else close.

If you keep going on Eustis Ridge Rd past the picnic area it eventually bends around into open fields that have recently built homes and some lots. In many spots you can see the whole panorama from Bigelow to Saddleback unobstructed. I think one of the best views in the East. Unexpected because it's lower in elevation than the picnic area, but the picnic spot is gradually getting hemmed in by trees as the years go by.

We need to buy up some property on "Psuhoff Ridge" and start an AmWx snow colony. That Is the Place!

I have stabilicers, which are not as hard core as this. They make all the difference in the world and will literally save your ass. Getting to old to fall on the ice so 25 bucks and a few seconds to save broken bones works for me. https://stabil.implus.com/product/stabil-walk

Looks like they’re having a great season so far. Might be open well into spring.

New ownership. New high speed lift. https://www.saddlebackmaine.com/

If you haven’t been to Saddleback, it’s amazing. Obviously not as big as the ‘loaf, but big enough. Should be even better with the new lift.

Very few places in the east that can compete with Rangeley in the summer.