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Feb 26, 2008, 3:00 PM
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  Mad River Glen - 2/8/08 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT
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  | Ski Sundown (night): Wednesday, 2/27/2008 Anyone heading over tomorrow night? I might, especially if they pick up snow out of tonight's event. NOAA is calling for 3-6" at elevation which unfortunately Sundown doesn't have, but who knows... |
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Feb 26, 2008, 3:01 PM
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 Liftline @ BEast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Southbury, CT
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| You talking about Wed. night. The thread title has today's date? I'm probably doing a Thursday afternoon sess.
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Feb 26, 2008, 3:24 PM
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 The big pig @ Forrest Park Join Date: Nov 2004
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Feb 26, 2008, 4:01 PM
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 Arapahoe Basin Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT
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| I was in Norwalk this morning... on the drive home... at 2PM it was 45 degrees in Norwalk and just starting to sprinkle. Rain on the way up Route 8. When I hit that spot between the exits for Northfield and Litchfield/Harwinton/Torrington (Route 118 ) it started to snow. 35 degrees in Torrington at about 3:30PM. It continued to snow for 45 min? I lost track. Not snowing now though. So there's a chance that Sundown will get something. Maybe a couple of inches.
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Feb 26, 2008, 5:23 PM
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  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Monroe, CT
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I do, however, get a kick out of the fact that every time i go there they have the parks setup differently. | |
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Feb 26, 2008, 6:04 PM
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| Arapahoe Basin Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT
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| Just got the word from Brian... Sundown got about 1" of snow but it's raining steadily now. 
__________________ Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss 2007-2008 ~ 20 2005-2006 ~ 2 2004 ~ 18 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~Agnes Repplier |
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Feb 26, 2008, 8:13 PM
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| Mad River Glen - 2/8/08 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT
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 We're in a tough part of the year down here. 40 degree days with nights in the teens doesn't lend itself to a great surface. Warm enough to add some water content to the snow, but it doesn't fully soften, then it all firms up at night. We can't expect the mountain to make any more snow. The amount they've made this year is bordering on ludicrous. Gotta either hope for natural here and there, or wait for spring conditions. | |
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Feb 26, 2008, 8:55 PM
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  West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT
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| I skied for a bit tonight. It was... well... very wet... very very wet. I was literally wringing the water out of my gloves on the rides up and was wringing out my jacket and pants when I got done. Looks like they received an inch or so before the rain started and it was coming down hard. It's gonna be rough if we get a deep freeze before some of that water can drain out. The snow was very soft and most of the icy spots were even loosening up. It made for some challenging skiing in the bumps, at least to me, the snow was so heavy that it was pretty unforgiving if you got in the back seat (no forcing the tails around if they were weighted at all). The snow was real slow in the flat sections (poling required at times between the two sections of bumps on Temptor) but still seemed pretty fast on the steep section of bumps. There were some 'slush explosions' on some bumps to give you an idea of how loose it was...  That said I will be there tomorrow night, however I will be running the lift department for the night since I had to switch nights to make other plans work out... |
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Feb 26, 2008, 9:07 PM
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| Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Monroe, CT
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| I'll be interested to read the trip report for tomorrow night. i flipped a coin and went with Monday night before the rain was coming in. i clung to the hope that the snow from Friday night would miraculously hold up until i got there.  when i got in my car @ 5:30 to drive up it was 45 degrees.. as i watched the temp drop driving up RT 8 i feared the conditions would be slick when i got there. i had fun anyway and will be back, hopefully next week if you guys have a good night tomorrow i'll be mad (at myself). Last edited by gmcunni; Feb 26, 2008 at 9:08 PM. Reason: can't typ, bad gramer |
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