MRVexpat Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 21 hours ago, powderfreak said: History has shown about a one to two winter learning curve for resorts and their customers. By the third winter, RIFD is as smooth as it gets. Part of it is consumer education and the other part is operational education. Once it gets dialed, it is the way to go, along with long distance scanners that can hit a ticket anywhere on a persons body, even buried in a wallet. The days of having to take out and show a pass to someone, or take it out to have someone scan it, are over. You get your ticket or pass, you put it in your snowpants pocket and you don't have to fish for it every lap. Just cruise on through. Not to mention being able to load online and not having to wait in ticket queues. Convenience on the part of the customer, cost savings on the part of the resort in many facets of the operation. Just requires patience. Though I couldn't believe the innumerable amount of complaints that first year at the Bush over having to spend $5 on a card...it was like, please believe us this will benefit you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRVexpat Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 9 hours ago, radarman said: December 2011 might have been pretty awful up there, I don't really recall however. Was certainly awful down here. Maybe they scored some upslope or something. edit- Dec 2015 too maybe? Dec 2015 was brutal. Still running WROD on Christmas at Bush with 0 natural OTG. Ski breaks became depressing staring at bare ground day after day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRVexpat Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Bummed to hear of all of these crowding reports. Stratton was very reasonable today. Nearly all lifts open and probably 60% of the terrain available. Longest lift line was 5 minutes and people seemed to be respectful with masks/distance etc. Still baffles me that nobody (relatively speaking) parks at the sun bowl base. Best snow and no lift line over that way as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Bretton Woods has been very manageable the last few days. I haven’t seen any crowds at all really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, MRVexpat said: Bummed to hear of all of these crowding reports. Stratton was very reasonable today. Nearly all lifts open and probably 60% of the terrain available. Longest lift line was 5 minutes and people seemed to be respectful with masks/distance etc. Still baffles me that nobody (relatively speaking) parks at the sun bowl base. Best snow and no lift line over that way as well. I’ve been to Kilington and both Lincoln peak and mt Ellen at sugarbush. Crowds not an issue. They had employees going around reminding people to pull the masks up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Has Jay really received 67" on the season? That's what their reporting. Gusts to 95mph tomorrow. Overstated?Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Has Jay really received 67" on the season? That's what their reporting. Gusts to 95mph tomorrow. Overstated? Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk That total doesn’t seem very likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Lava Rock said: Has Jay really received 67" on the season? That's what their reporting. Just check on what PF has recorded for the season on Mansfield (55” I assume). You know that’s going to be a rock solid number. Assuming both resorts started counting snowfall at roughly the same time, just add roughly 10 or 20% onto the Stowe number, and if Jay Peak’s number is in that range, it’s probably about on track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I didn’t realize that’s the measurement at the summit. Makes more sense in that case, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Lava Rock said: Has Jay really received 67" on the season? That's what their reporting. Gusts to 95mph tomorrow. Overstated? Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk I bet it’s close, but very deceiving. I haven’t been up there non-stop since November, but from when I have, I’ve seen probably 30-40 of that and I’m at about 1850’. There was an early November storm that was over a foot and probably 10” this Tuesday. Thanksgiving week we nickel and dimed about another 10” too and I know I missed at least one double digit upslope. So at the summit, it may be a bit of a jay measuring number, but i bet it’s close. The real issue is that there has been no real lasting pack. Thanksgiving week washed away that Thursday, many of the early events only lasted a few days and this week’s is clearly gone. The numbers were pretty average until about the last ten days, but the “pack” was way down. The next week to ten days look like shit, but you never know up there. I’m patiently waiting for that monster 2-3 week period where they put down 50-60 inches. Climatology and averages say it should come eventually. When it has snowed though (like early this week) the conditions were fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Belleayre got messed up! 6.5” of rain caused a huge slab of snow to crash through the lodge!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 http:// https://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/belleayre-conditions.658/page-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Anyone ski since the deluge? Crowds, ice, injuries galore?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I was about to post the same question snowgeek, also there are some high resolution models (NAM3K, WRFNMM) showing some elevated spots like Bretton Woods getting up to 6" tomorrows system. I'd love for someone like Will or Scott B to chime in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, MarkO said: I was about to post the same question snowgeek, also there are some high resolution models (NAM3K, WRFNMM) showing some elevated spots like Bretton Woods getting up to 6" tomorrows system. I'd love for someone like Will or Scott B to chime in Not them but I have been telling them in the NNE thread to watch Mon Tues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I mistakenly left you out Ginxy. Maybe that or did I hear you won't be doing much skiing this year? Surgery or something? Hope all is well and I'll check that thread. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 minute ago, MarkO said: I mistakenly left you out Ginxy. Maybe that or did I hear you won't be doing much skiing this year? Surgery or something? Hope all is well and I'll check that thread. Thanks! 2018 was my last ski days unfortunately. 4 back surgeries since but I live through you guys. My opinion is you guys up there rock with winter this upcoming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: 2018 was my last ski days unfortunately. 4 back surgeries since but I live through you guys. My opinion is you guys up there rock with winter this upcoming week. Ahh crap, sorry to hear about that. Hopefully the surgeries have helped with your situation. The models have trended somewhat favorably. I hope you're right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Other than the NAM 3km and its typical "throw all the moisture" deal on a NW flow, other models are really limiting the moisture for Mon/Tues. I could see some 2-4" spots from K north. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: 2018 was my last ski days unfortunately. 4 back surgeries since but I live through you guys. My opinion is you guys up there rock with winter this upcoming week. Hopefully, you are feeling better. Last night over-performed up here. Close to 5 at 1850' and while not enough to get back to any natural trails, it def made conditions much better than expected. If we could score another 3-6 mon/tues and not have a NYD washout, with some decent back-end snows, we would be "ok" shape heading into a time where shit really has to go bad not start building a decent base up here. We need one 12-18 storm to put the base down and then hopefully, upslope our way to reliable conditions. So i strongly approve of your opinion for this week! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: Hopefully, you are feeling better. Last night over-performed up here. Close to 5 at 1850' and while not enough to get back to any natural trails, it def made conditions much better than expected. If we could score another 3-6 mon/tues and not have a NYD washout, with some decent back-end snows, we would be "ok" shape heading into a time where shit really has to go bad not start building a decent base up here. We need one 12-18 storm to put the base down and then hopefully, upslope our way to reliable conditions. So i strongly approve of your opinion for this week! Yep, this about sums it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Just back from Lincoln peak. Trails really weren’t bad. Some soft snow along with some not so forgiving but overall ok. Crowds were manageable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: 2018 was my last ski days unfortunately. 4 back surgeries since but I live through you guys. My opinion is you guys up there rock with winter this upcoming week. Feel better. My wife just skied for the first time since back surgery 11/19. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 16 hours ago, Hitman said: Feel better. My wife just skied for the first time since back surgery 11/19. Go go go, all hail ULLR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Cannon closed today. Weird. A little wind?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Heard Killington was an icy disaster today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Picked up close to 3” throughout the morning and early afternoon here at jay, but it didn’t do much to help. Wind was kickin so everything was pretty firm. The moving carpet on stateside that got blown over last week is apparently done and will have to be replaced over the summer. Any other year that would have been devastating during Christmas week, but with the reduced capacity, can’t really notice it in the lesson pods. The place isn’t busy by any stretch, but there’s people here which is good for them. Really need NYD to work out up here to get things rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Anyone familiar with Sunday River, I’m curious about how things are working these days in terms of gear & bags/storage. Should I plan to put my ski boots on at the car? Do I need to be prepared to ski with a backpack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Finally saw some brief blue skies this afternoon, after a day of snow showers and even some brief 1/4sm vis bursts. Cold, winter weather finally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 23 hours ago, powderfreak said: Finally saw some brief blue skies this afternoon, after a day of snow showers and even some brief 1/4sm vis bursts. Cold, winter weather finally. I was today years old when I discovered you did a weather blog thing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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