Un-Official Feb 17-18 storm thread

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Feb 16, 2008, 2:45 PM

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Originally Posted by billski

sick puppy. you should be out skiing today instead of bantering on this list!

I already got my skiing in this morning..We live in the east and it rains..some seasons alot..it's life..

Grassi21 · Feb 16, 2008, 2:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

1-2 inches expected here in Pennsyltucky..I enjoy skiing in the rain though..fast snow..and soft as well..a good combination..and then when it freezes up..it's even faster..

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Originally Posted by billski

sick puppy. you should be out skiing today instead of bantering on this list!

i enjoy it as well. i'm opting to ski tomorrow in the rain with hopefully less people than today. not to mention with less crowds i can straight line it to the bumps that will be softened up by the nair.

Grassi21 · Feb 16, 2008, 2:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Grassi21

i enjoy it as well. i'm opting to ski tomorrow in the rain with hopefully less people than today. not to mention with less crowds i can straight line it to the bumps that will be softened up by the nair.

crap, did i just agree with gss?

billski · Feb 16, 2008, 2:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

I already got my skiing in this morning..We live in the east and it rains..some seasons alot..it's life..

Er, Uh, I've skied this year exclusively in the east; But neva in the rain. A beautiful bluebird day like today and you're not standing in a half-hour lift line getting a tan?

tcharron · Feb 16, 2008, 3:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

1-2 inches expected here in Pennsyltucky..I enjoy skiing in the rain though..fast snow..and soft as well..a good combination..and then when it freezes up..it's even faster..

When it freezes up, it's called skating..

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Feb 16, 2008, 3:50 PM

It's not ice unless you can see your reflection..edgeable hardpack is nice..

Liftlines today at Blue were really short but I peaced out at 10:30AM after 18 runs and 18,900 vert..

tcharron · Feb 17, 2008, 7:37 PM

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Originally Posted by from_the_NEK

This is looking more and more like a R*#N maker. Just as we're coming back into great base depths again, Mom nature has to step in and snatch it all away

Have we been naughty or is she mad at Ullr?

Hrm, looking like the rain may be minimal. Icy mix is not as teh suk.

billski · Feb 18, 2008, 5:31 AM

egads. I just walked outside to get the paper, temp is 58 and the snow piles are steaming... I'll get the lawn chair out , put on my hip-waders and read the paper outside in my jammies

Bad scene. hope it hurries up and gets out of here. I can ski on spring snow, I can ski on powder, but skiing on eastern ice is no fun.

KingM · Feb 18, 2008, 7:36 AM

The good news from the north country is that it hasn't been much more than drizzles and I haven't seen any snowpack loss or even much melt off the roof and the rain looks like it's just about gone. There is fog, unfortunately, but it looks like we'll be back before freezing this afternoon or early evening.

It will be frozen until we get some more snow, but it looks like we avoided damage to the base.

loafer89 · Feb 18, 2008, 7:44 AM

It's raining all the way to the Canadian Border in Caribou Maine. Berlin was -7F yesterday morning and today it's 36F and raining

All of our snow here vanished overnight

Feb 18, 2008, 5:31 AM	#28 (permalink)
billski Outing Club Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lexington, Mass. Posts: 2,651	egads. I just walked outside to get the paper, temp is 58 and the snow piles are steaming... I'll get the lawn chair out , put on my hip-waders and read the paper outside in my jammies Bad scene. hope it hurries up and gets out of here. I can ski on spring snow, I can ski on powder, but skiing on eastern ice is no fun. __________________ Millions and Millions of Lifts Served. Since 1976 ACE

Feb 18, 2008, 7:36 AM	#29 (permalink)
KingM Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Warren, VT (Sugarbush, MRG) Posts: 582	The good news from the north country is that it hasn't been much more than drizzles and I haven't seen any snowpack loss or even much melt off the roof and the rain looks like it's just about gone. There is fog, unfortunately, but it looks like we'll be back before freezing this afternoon or early evening. It will be frozen until we get some more snow, but it looks like we avoided damage to the base. __________________ http://www.goldenlionriversideinn.com

Feb 18, 2008, 7:44 AM	#30 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	It's raining all the way to the Canadian Border in Caribou Maine. Berlin was -7F yesterday morning and today it's 36F and raining All of our snow here vanished overnight __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces.

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Feb 16, 2008, 3:50 PM	#26 (permalink)
GrilledSteezeSandwich Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5,395	It's not ice unless you can see your reflection..edgeable hardpack is nice.. Liftlines today at Blue were really short but I peaced out at 10:30AM after 18 runs and 18,900 vert..

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