HIPPYVALLEY

17 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Everyone has 1 or 2 they would like to have back.

Storms or nights?

32 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

1998 ain’t walking through that door

  It is only a minority of posters that want it to. 

28 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

QPF worries here.  

 Santa brought some overcast for Christmas today so we didn’t really warm up past upper 30’s.  

35F now.     It hasn’t been crazy but certainly a December to remember in N Franklin county.  Almost wire to wire snow cover.  

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

The fact that you were able to see things on the internet while you were in high school makes me feel very, very old.

Computers were somewhat new when I was in high school. LOL

38 minutes ago, mreaves said:

He looks happy with his antlers! 

They lasted about 90 seconds. 

10 hours ago, tunafish said:

As a South Portland resident, I'm proud to say Foulmouthed is one of my favorite breweries / pubs in the area.  They're perfectly under the radar, quietly one of the best brewers in the area.  Cheers!

Yeah and Bill is not just IPA centric, he makes all styles well. 

Merry Christmas Weenies!

5 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I opted for no clear beers. Hazy for me.

Grabbed Flume^2 from Battery Steele, Weary World Rejoices from Bissell, and Tessellation from Lone Pine. The stockings will be hung by the chimney with care, while lies passed out in his chair...

Maine has maybe the best under-hyped craft brew scene in New England.  My niece's boyfriend is head brewer at Foul Mouthed in S Portland.

I loved Hidden Cove when I stopped in back in October.

 Christmas dessert.

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

Nice!  Who makes that? 

21 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

There is honestly no reason to melt. Every winter has a $hit stretch. We are crushing climo.

Enjoy the holidays and step back.

There is nothing in the long range that screams winter cancel.

32 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Shady side of street is snow covered for me but hippy wins the retention prize!

My neighborhood is fantastic at snow retention, jackpots not so much.

I think what really helped is that although last weeks storm was only five or so inches,  it was high water content stuff so it had some good staying power, especially after yesterday’s thaw and last nights freeze.

Just now, Dr. Dews said:

One must wonder whether or not the ski resorts will be able to make enough snow to offset the coming meltdowns. Very costly winter up there

Do you think Wiz should fire up a May 1 thread? 

15 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

I have very little pack remaining.

You should have stayed out here. 

I got down to 28F.    Nice day on tap. 

14 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

Guess I'll stop then, sorry I'm bothering you.

Don’t take it personally, they are having a hard time up north this year.

29 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Some will spin this into a white christmas because of plow piles..........

Ha, no spin all win! 

Just now, dryslot said:

Better white tarp that.................

 We all know Greenfield MA will be the only place in SNE having a white Christmas.   

11 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Feb 14th 2016 7 pm

 What year did we have the deep cold in early March that killed every Peachbud north of New Jersey?

11 minutes ago, klw said:

Craftsbury Cross County center actually preserved some snow over the summer to help set its base this year.

https://fasterskier.com/fsarticle/innovation-and-the-science-of-over-summer-snow-storage-at-the-craftsbury-outdoor-center/

 

 Wow, that is just absurd! Creative and interesting but just ridiculous. 

Just now, mreaves said:

I know I would

 I like pond ice and a grinch storm can really F that up no matter how cold it was before or how cold it gets after.  Nothing worse than a layer of punk, honeycomb ice to erode your safety confidence.

6 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Its weird.  For the most part, you would think its somewhat normal around here.  I've had almost continuous snow in my yard sin 11/11 or so, though it did get down to patches after the rain/warmth last week.  The issue for outdoor  activities is depth.  The 3"-4" we got after the melt doesn't cut it for cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling etc.  One positive for some activities though is how cold it got after the snow melted, the ground and wet spots have frozen up so the trails will benefit when the snow does build up a bit more

Most winter outdoor activity enthusiasts would probably prefer BN snowfall and BN temperatures as opposed to AN snowfall  interspersed with a high DP  grinch storm. 

Greenfield has a general 3 to 5 inches of full snow cover although open fields should be pretty bare by Christmas morning.

53 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

We were riding the lift this morning with a guy who was at Mt Snow and Loon the last couple of days.  He said they are in decent shape

 Wachusett is in amazing shape.  
6-8” OTG in my yard.   Snow covered since Dec 1 

 My friend in Vermont said Killington and Okemo are OK but could really use a refresher. My friend in North Conway said they definitely need snow up there.   The Alpine skiing is OK it’s the Nordic areas that are hurting pretty badly.