Un-Official Feb 17-18 storm thread

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

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]

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..

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]

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]

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]

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.. :-D

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

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]

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 :x
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]

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:sad:
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]

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]

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:blink:

All of our snow here vanished overnight:-(

 

[Greg]

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.

Good to hear. We go back to winter tomorrow. Sounds like minimal base loss, so let's just hope for some surface refreshing snow soon.

 

[loafer89]

There is no shortage of base in Maine as the snow at the sides of the road in Bethel are amazingly high for mid-February:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Here in eastern PA..it rained all night and right now it's 60 degrees...the good thing for those up north with a snowpack is that the snowpack will get more solid when the snow freezes back up later today..which will give it a better chance of lasting through April and maybe into May

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

There is no shortage of base in Maine as the snow at the sides of the road in Bethel are amazingly high for mid-February:

Wow and I always thought Sunday River didn't get much natural snow..they're having an awesome year in Maine..

 

[loafer89]

Warren and I where playing around in the snow at the summit of OZ yesterday when I sank down into the snow nearly to my waist and I am 6' tall:

 

[loafer89]

Dazzler at the summit of Saddleback with about 10' of base:

Pole plants dissapeared past my elbow:-o

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I wonder how things are up in the Chic Chocs and NewFoundland...hmmmmm...roadtrip????

 

[awf170]

I wonder how things are up in the Chic Chocs and NewFoundland...hmmmmm...roadtrip????

Supposedly the Chic Chocs are having a below average year. I guess they are actually too far north of all the precip? I know Le Massif is having an amazing season though.

 

[skimore]

the good thing for those up north with a snowpack is that the snowpack will get more solid when the snow freezes back up later today..which will give it a better chance of lasting through April and maybe into May

there is nothing good about the snow freezing solid

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

there is nothing good about the snow freezing solid

When it gets warm..it becomes good corn snow for an hour or two before it becomes mad applesauce....der der der..:lol: