Snowpack Damage Observation Thread

twinplanx · Dec 24, 2007, 8:42 AM

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Originally Posted by snoseek

OMFG this thread sucks!!!! You guys need not torture youselves.

Screw it-just go out and ski.

Ya like ski boiler plate on first run of season? No thanks.

heres to a long LIFT-SERVICED season

**thetrailboss** · Dec 24, 2007, 8:49 AM

The Monday Report: better wait folks. The front did not cross the NEK until early this morning, and that gave groomers very little time. Anything ungroomed is deadly. Anything groomed is just a thin layer of holiday deathcookies. Bumps are not skiable. I think that a couple nights of good grooming will set things up nicely for Wednesday through the weekend. Am crossing fingers for snow...and maybe a weekend snowstorm?

twinplanx · Dec 24, 2007, 8:50 AM

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Originally Posted by billski

agree with snoseek, this thread borders on obscenity. I have my blocker on...

uh...ya think maybe us flatlanders may want to how this latest weather system affected the slopes?

Close to 60 down here yesterday with rain made for some extra pleasant last minute Christmas shopping

billski · Dec 24, 2007, 9:07 AM

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Originally Posted by twinplanx

uh...ya think maybe us flatlanders may want to how this latest weather system affected the slopes?

Close to 60 down here yesterday with rain made for some extra pleasant last minute Christmas shopping

Sorry, I'm not one of those folks who stares at a car wreck as I drive by either. No stomach. It's a dirty job and I give you all the credit.

I'll let y'all tell me when it's safe to go back into the water...

riverc0il · Dec 24, 2007, 9:52 AM

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Originally Posted by thetrailboss

The Monday Report: better wait folks. The front did not cross the NEK until early this morning, and that gave groomers very little time. Anything ungroomed is deadly. Anything groomed is just a thin layer of holiday deathcookies. Bumps are not skiable. I think that a couple nights of good grooming will set things up nicely for Wednesday through the weekend. Am crossing fingers for snow...and maybe a weekend snowstorm?

This was as I feared. I bailed on Cannon this morning due to concerns that natural snow would not fare well. Sounds like I might have made the sound decision by staying put.

Zand · Dec 24, 2007, 11:09 AM

Only an inch or two left here and many bare spots. We took a huge hit last night as the snowcover was 6-8" deep yesterday.

loafer89 · Dec 24, 2007, 11:19 AM

I just took a trip into the office in Bloomfield to check on the mail and such and there is about 3-5" of snowcover between here and the office. Some spots in the sun and particularly parts of my backyard are down to grass where the water from the rain washed away the snow.

Technically we still have a white Christmas.

The good thing with all of this rain is that I can put out some more last minute decorations with the reduced snowpack being less of a hinderance.

Warp Daddy · Dec 24, 2007, 11:34 AM

Still have over a ft in the yard , banks are about 3 ft high now. we lost some but our base was very good . got 2 inches of lite pow over nite with more projected tonite -- so my crew 'll be out there wednesday

JD · Dec 24, 2007, 11:55 AM

Snowing now in Stowe pretty hard. Been snowing on the Mtn for a few hours.

loafer89 · Dec 24, 2007, 11:56 AM

It looks like we will have another storm this weekend with more or less the same track and type of precipiation, ie rain for New England. After that the models show a cold outbreak with a possible east coast storm track.

Hopefully this is our January thaw come early.

Dec 24, 2007, 8:49 AM	#22 (permalink)
thetrailboss Paddling...... Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Now Playing at Sugarbush and Burke. Posts: 10,547	The Monday Report: better wait folks. The front did not cross the NEK until early this morning, and that gave groomers very little time. Anything ungroomed is deadly. Anything groomed is just a thin layer of holiday deathcookies. Bumps are not skiable. I think that a couple nights of good grooming will set things up nicely for Wednesday through the weekend. Am crossing fingers for snow...and maybe a weekend snowstorm? __________________ Live, Ski, or Die! Trailboss' Ski Videos now on YouTube! Trailboss' Photo Albums. 66 days for the 2007-2008 ski season!!!! 40 of the 48 New Hampshire 4,000 Footers Completed and Counting!

Dec 24, 2007, 11:09 AM	#26 (permalink)
Zand Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leicester, MA Posts: 1,848	Only an inch or two left here and many bare spots. We took a huge hit last night as the snowcover was 6-8" deep yesterday. __________________ 2003-2004: 21; 2004-2005: 27; 2005-2006: 31; 2006-2007: 31 2007-2008 Days- 38 Wachusett: 11/23; 11/29; 12/6; 12/9; 12/14; 12/20; 12/22; 1/4; 1/7; 1/15; 1/17; 1/18; 1/25; 1/27; 2/4; 2/8; 2/12; 2/14; 2/27; 2/29; 3/10; 3/26; 3/28; 3/29; 4/6 Mount Snow: 11/12; 11/24; 12/28; 1/21; 2/20; 4/19; 4/27 Berkshire East: 2/23 Okemo: 3/7 Stowe: 3/15; 3/16 Mad River Glen: 3/20 Sugarbush: 3/21

Dec 24, 2007, 11:19 AM	#27 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	I just took a trip into the office in Bloomfield to check on the mail and such and there is about 3-5" of snowcover between here and the office. Some spots in the sun and particularly parts of my backyard are down to grass where the water from the rain washed away the snow. Technically we still have a white Christmas. The good thing with all of this rain is that I can put out some more last minute decorations with the reduced snowpack being less of a hinderance. __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces.

Dec 24, 2007, 11:34 AM	#28 (permalink)
Warp Daddy Warp and Werekong Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: St Lawrence River (north of "The 'Dacks" ) Posts: 2,477	Still have over a ft in the yard , banks are about 3 ft high now. we lost some but our base was very good . got 2 inches of lite pow over nite with more projected tonite -- so my crew 'll be out there wednesday __________________ Life Ain't No Dress Rehersal

Dec 24, 2007, 11:55 AM	#29 (permalink)
JD Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northfield Posts: 1,013	Snowing now in Stowe pretty hard. Been snowing on the Mtn for a few hours. __________________ Don\'t know until you go.

Dec 24, 2007, 11:56 AM	#30 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	It looks like we will have another storm this weekend with more or less the same track and type of precipiation, ie rain for New England. After that the models show a cold outbreak with a possible east coast storm track. Hopefully this is our January thaw come early. __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces.

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