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Who will open First?

First to Open?

  • Loveland

    Votes: 4 10.5%
  • Arapahoe Basin

    Votes: 14 36.8%
  • Mammoth

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Killington

    Votes: 9 23.7%
  • Sunday River

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Some random ski area I've barely heard of

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • Total voters
    38
  • Poll closed .

chuckstah

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That is awesome. Thanks for point it out. Anyone know what is on the far right lower corner? Looks like a platform or something? Wasn't there last year when I went to WC.
The platform lookers right is a year round bag jump installed over the summer for KMS.

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mbedle

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Things are starting to look really good around the 30th. Should start to see (I would think) a lot of people firing up the guns on the higher elevations.
 

ss20

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A minute from the Alta exit off the I-15!
NWS Discussion from the Burlington office!!! :thumbup:

For the snow lovers...have gone ahead and added some additional
detail into the grids...as thinking when best lift/moisture
arrives this aftn...column cools just enough to support a heavy
wet snow...mainly above 3500 feet by this evening. RAP 850mb
temps drop below 0C by 22z for the Green Mtns...supporting a
change over to wet snow by sunset...for the summits. The
combination of favorable upslope 925mb to 850mb winds of 25 to
35 knots and strong dynamics will help to support a period of
moderate wet snow near the summits of the Green Mountains from
Jay Peak to Mansfield to Killington overnight. Current thinking
a dusting to 2 inches between 2700 and 3500 feet with 2 to 5
inches above 3500 feet by Friday Morning.
Looking forward to
seeing some pictures from the picnic tables on Mansfield from
our Stowe spotter. Meanwhile...Whiteface already at 0C...but
best moisture will be east of this region...so only a light
accumulation for the high peaks...dusting to couple inches above
3500 feet.

I think 5 inches is very optimistic, borderline unrealistic. Sunday night-Monday morning storm looks like it could produce some high-elevation snow, too. Then the snowmaking race begins Monday night!
 

ALLSKIING

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Finally some white
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tnt1234

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Lets make this rain event the last warm spell of the fall, shall me? Wash out October, and let the cold begin with nicely filled snow making ponds, and nothing but cold days and nights ahead....
 

slatham

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IF you believe the GFS there is an opportunity to make snow at elevation Tuesday night, but the window at 2,500' is short. Next weekend there could be a 48-60 hour window. Unfortunately the Euro doesn't agree, its a week away, and thereafter it gets warm again.
 

ss20

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NOAA forecast for the top of Killington- http://www.weather.gov/btv/mountain_enhanced?loc=KILLINGTON%20PEAK

2 degrees colder than the forecast and there's a chance of them opening Thursday. 2 degrees warmer than the forecast and it's unlikely they'll be able to blow any kind of substantial snow. While people are giving them a 0% chance of opening by November 1, I think it's more of a 15% chance if things work perfectly. The first step will be tomorrow- how quickly will the cold come in? Can we get a inch of snow on the ground before this storm runs out of precip?

This all said...there's so many variables involved and they all have to work out in our favor...it's an astronomically low chance but I do think it's worth watching.
 
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