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Decent rain here in the stuff out ahead but winds aloft were definitely not at all materializing on the valley floor.  Even the main line looks kind of meh on the X band.  But it's moving forward at a good clip so figure we'll get a decent gust or two... By that thinking 30s to 40?

Nice job by the nammy this morning with the long skinny line

6 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

My hands feel just like two mugs of beer. 

2 Weeks Notice in W Springfield is worth a trip sometime

The Masters website is awesome.  Can see every golfers full round shot by shot.

6 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Absolutely, I remember The Witches pod being pretty fun. I was actually checking out Ascutney this morning on NE Ski History and didn't realize how big it was. 

Ascutney has been running a non-profit ski area the last few years also, open to the public, with a rope tow and a tbar as of last year I think.  Also does some trail maintenance above it for the skin crowd.  Love that they do that, they'll probably get a lot of traffic this year if they have snow.  Some good terrain too, particularly skiers left in the woods out to the cabin.  Gets cliffy over there if you go too far though.

31 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Moved it over here given its more ski based. Did they ever sell any of the lifts or all still in place? I know that was discussed a lot. 

When they built Haystack they should have put it on the western slope, straight gnar on that side. 

It's not totally clear to me what happened.  It seems like from the FB page they may have reopened as a member owned coop, but retained Milltown to manage the mountain ops.   It does sound like they intend to reopen this year.  Good for them.  Much as I love Nelsap, I'd rather not see it updated with anything other than memories and recent trail pics.

FWIW Berkshire East purchased the Hermitage out of bankruptcy this year and they are going to reopen as a non-profit.  But the deed requires them to remain private, which presumably was a condition of the original sale from Mt Snow.  At any rate, the country club demand can't be too high considering that's basically the only one and they were broke.  That said, put a country club on Mansfield and you might have something.  Release the hounds on the riff raff.

33 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Yeah, the “country club ski resort” model would result in a lot fewer jobs and tremendous resentment from locals towards the “club members”.   

We can only imagine what would happen to cars with out of state plates

27 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

This is what lodges will look like.  Very empty.  With a line outside.

These are from a travel writer who was at Keystone last weekend.  This was the size of the crowd that Vail Resorts restricted via reservation system.

Very, very controlled environment.  Many people agreed even after COVID it should be like this, private country club style.

This isn’t because the demand isn’t there, they curtailed supply drastically to allow for a very crowd free environment.

15 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Well all the travel advisories and Vermont couldn't save it from itself. Super spreader Halloween and bowling events. Over under on how long until bars/restaurants/anything athletic is shut down again?

Monday Dec 14th?

22 hours ago, PowderBeard said:

Damn, should have just gotten a pass to Berkshire East/Catamount/Bousquet for an extra $150 this spring. They are really planning.

 

"A lot of effort is going into building 100 winter timber framed ‘cabanas’ that will fit a group of 6. These units are being manufactured at Catamount, using wood responsibly harvested from our Warfield House farm, and milled at Hall Tavern Farm in Charlemont. Fifty will end up at each mountain, respectively, providing up to an additional 300 extra seats at each space. 

These units will have heat, a table and provide space for a family. We are still working on allocating these units to customers each day, but we will announce that process in the coming weeks. The lodges will operate per state guidelines at reduced capacity. Berkshire East will see the addition of new outdoor gathering spaces and patios that will be fun and very logical once you see it. "

After months of wavering,  I just bought a weekday pass to the Beast/Catamount/Bosquet after reading this post.  My intention had been to buy one for Magic this year, but too much uncertainty.  At any rate, Milltown Capital (aka the Schaefer fam) has really put in tremendous work these last few years.  And I've skied with em and stayed at the Warfield.  They're a real asset to Western MA.  Happy to support.... usually in the form of day tix, but considering what we're up against the pass makes sense this year.  Plus the idea of cabanas and outdoor bbq's is appealing.  They have the Alvah Stone managing the food service, which was a stroke of genius IMO.  

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

So Biden wants to shut down for 4-6 wks and says one of his scientists says we can emulate what Australia and NZ did. Really? That's not going to work and to even think the US is comparable to two islands in the southern hemisphere is ridiculous. it's a non-starter for so many reasons.

Has NPR bumped their "Fact check" article about how it's likely not legal here yet?

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/02/825293201/a-president-is-not-able-to-order-a-national-quarantine-experts-say

The EPS made a pretty big 12hr move yesterday well inside of day 10 as a particular wave coming off Kamchatka into the Aleutians came into better focus, with downstream implications.  Hard to get worked up over day 15 progs in the same region.  Things seem to be transient right now, as mentioned.

Euro offers some encouragement to those not wanting an 11-12 redux.   Anyone left here not wanting an 11-12 redux?

Apparently CEF broke its daily high temp record the last 4 days in a row.  The last 3 were from 1975.   Not sure about today.

Charlie Baker can impose a curfew but once he starts talking schools, yeah no.

7 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

They need to have the courage to just say that, instead of making veiled threats and basically daring people to run the quarantine blockade. It's a cowardly thing they are doing, actually.

yeah.  As long as the quarantine in your home state provision remains it seems like a charade.  If that goes away, it'll be a sign of them actually getting serious.  And my guess is, with it will go the ski season.

Apparently Tommy was an accomplished artist too, per Bob Ryan.

Total bummer.  But a big guy making to 86, chain smoker for decades, seen and made history, not bad.  Life well lived.

my goodness is it ever pleasant out there.  2020 making amends in the last 2 weeks.

Who did you think put the cadaver tendon in Curt's ankle? 

32 minutes ago, snowman21 said:

We'll never forget Derek Lowe's no-hitter against the Rays.

nor his 3-0 record, 1.8 ERA in the 04 playoffs

Only quake I ever felt here was 4/20/02

Was outside and didn't notice this one.  Congrats SEMA peeps

11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It's only been warmer than the current 75F at CON this late in the season two other times.

78F 11/7/1938
76F 11/20/1991

That 76F is still within reach.

Almost another 2 weeks in though.  That's an impressive number.

Masks and bikinis in Amherst

Just now, radarman said:

I usually say that 10/15-11/15 is the best time to travel outside of New England.

*4/10 - 5/10 may be close enough for a recount