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The 2012/13 Ski Season Thread


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i wonder if it has anything to do with base/summit elevation and upslope snow?

2.5 to 4 f temp increases in the next 30 years. consider me being 99% skeptical of that ever occuring.

anyhow to the point powderfreak makes, i would ask /guess that the snowfalls in VT are more POWDERY in nature, then in nh and maine (although sugar loaf and bretton woods i would think have decent powder) and that if the temp increased at that 'absurd imo pace' the mountains of vt would have their annual snow fall effected by a lesser % b'c since they get generally more powdery snow, there have a bit more wiggle room in regard to temps. Also and probably at least as much of a reason , Vt resorts average more snow than most of their nh/maine counterparts. i mean besides 2 resorts in nh and maine (each) that i think would be 'safe in the increased temp scenario" bretton woods, and wildcat, and sugarloaf and saddleback (200' annually), no one else in nh/maine average that much, and nobody averages what jay peak , stowe, smuggs, bolton, sugarbush, killington, ave 250 plus. but it's all speculation by me. perhaps vt resorts are more economically viable.

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2.5 to 4 f temp increases in the next 30 years. consider me being 99% skeptical of that ever occuring.

anyhow to the point powderfreak makes, i would ask /guess that the snowfalls in VT are more POWDERY in nature, then in nh and maine (although sugar loaf and bretton woods i would think have decent powder) and that if the temp increased at that 'absurd imo pace' the mountains of vt would have their annual snow fall effected by a lesser % b'c since they get generally more powdery snow, there have a bit more wiggle room in regard to temps. Also and probably at least as much of a reason , Vt resorts average more snow than most of their nh/maine counterparts. i mean besides 2 resorts in nh and maine (each) that i think would be 'safe in the increased temp scenario" bretton woods, and wildcat, and sugarloaf and saddleback (200' annually), no one else in nh/maine average that much, and nobody averages what jay peak , stowe, smuggs, bolton, sugarbush, killington, ave 250 plus. but it's all speculation by me. perhaps vt resorts are more economically viable.

2.5-4F does seem a bit steep to me. The mean projection for winter in the eastern U.S. is 3.8C/100 years in the A1B IPCC scenario. That's 1.14C/30 years. And warming is projected faster the 2nd half of the century than the first. So that's about 1C/30 years early century.

Which comes out to 1.8F/30 years. Confidence interval would be 1F-3F of warming over the next 3 decades. Not 2.5-4F. So that's much more than the IPCC A1B scenario. Not sure where they're getting their numbers.. maybe the A2 scenario.. but that would be silly to select the A2 scenario.

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Had my first real day of skiing today finally at Snowbird (got my pass). Epic!!!! Base depth is 25" and was skiing trees, bumps, chutes etc. Mountain is only about 1/3 open and conditions are sort of like Mid-January New England when it hasn't snowed in a week but it also hasn't rained. Lots of soft spots still to be found but not exactly powdery.

Supposed to snow a couple feet over the next few days from what I can tell which should produce some of the best conditions I've ever skied.

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Don't know if anybody has noticed, mt snow is doing a $12 feel on 12/12. Ilk be there, anybody else considering? Maybe an impromptu gtg?

Damn... I took that day off, too, but my daughter has a concert (reason I took it off)

I will prob ski WaWa that morning for a bit then go to the show.

I have never skied Mt. snow, but mountain biked it, golfed, etc

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