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Snow..coming ???
- Thread starter kingslug
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Was starting to rain in Sugarbush today as I was leaving around 11:30. Temps were hovering right around freezing so not sure how that impacted the mountain. I skied a couple hours first thing this morning. Top half of the mountain was still in great shape with lots of soft snow and powder still around. Bottom half was frozen pretty solid from Saturday's warmup and non-snow at lower elevations. Maybe further north fared better today.
Saturday was great at all elevations...so it is a shame that mother nature is being such a bitch this year... I was at Mt Ellen at Saturday. Trails were in great shape, even lower elevation naturals like Semi-tough and Lower FIS were skiing really well.
drjeff
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The transition from dry and soft to wet happened at Stratton late morning on Saturday. While I was 10 miles as the bird flys South at Mount Snow today, it was all rain and mid to upper 30's - doubt it was all winter at Stratton....
Lots of base depths at Stratton, and even if they don't fire up their snowmaking system when temps return likely Monday late morning, their groomers are as good as any fleet in the industry, and by Tuesday with midweek crowds, you're likely looking at GOOD machine groomed snow over much of the mountain and not enough crowds to scrape it all off short of the entrance areas of a couple main lifts.
Trees and bumps, probably not very good until it snows another 6" without another melt/freeze....
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I'll provide an update on Stratton at some point today. At least my wife and I are getting one day on the hill for our 3 day weekend.
It certainly rained at Stratton yesterday. We took a ride to Manchester and it was all rain up there too unfortunately.
It certainly rained at Stratton yesterday. We took a ride to Manchester and it was all rain up there too unfortunately.
machski
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Sunday River was all snow and soft powder on Saturday. Sunday was still soft (mostly) but Aurora was weird, all ungroomed was frozen a bit. Weird as balance East was soft as was Jordan/Oz. Rain held off til just after noon time and then it was very light til about 2. Great weekend, likely the last one for a while.
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machski
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Probably won't help, looking like the only area spared this week may be Quebec City areas. Not even sure Tremblant stays out of the mess at this point.
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Edd
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Friends at Tremblant said they were getting freezing rain last night; hoping it would turn to snow overnight.
VTKilarney
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It looks fairly safe to say that February will be a month with consistent freeze/thaw cycles.
And to think that just a couple of years ago we had one of the longest periods on record without a thaw.
And to think that just a couple of years ago we had one of the longest periods on record without a thaw.
bdfreetuna
New member
Hoping things soften up enough for MRG on Wednesday... already bought my ticket $14. From that point I'm flexible as to where to do Day 2, or just go home if it pours.
bdfreetuna
New member
Firm and fast but probably a fairly consistent surface because they groom everything and there is enough snow to work with in most places. All we can do is guess.
FBGM
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VTKilarney
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Jcb890
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A Global Warming / Climate Change dig I suppose? Lame either way though.
Pay no attention to him...99% of his posts have been non-sense from what I recall.
bdfreetuna
New member
Making vague inflammatory posts which inevitably spark a climate change debate on AlpineZone?
NOT COOL.
The science is settled!
:argue:
:flag::beer:
NOT COOL.
The science is settled!
:argue::flag::beer:FBGM
Well-known member
Making vague inflammatory posts which inevitably spark a climate change debate on AlpineZone?
NOT COOL.
The science is settled!
Science is like Jesus, not real.
Grumpy internet skiers mad of rainz. Surfs up bros.
bdfreetuna
New member
If you're going to take an extreme position, why not take both and bridge the gap on your own?
Well played. Perhaps.
benski
Active member
Chill out guys. Its clearly a joke when someone blames a politician for yesterdays weather.
sull1102
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VTKilarney
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Burke was ugly today, especially on the lower half of the mountain. I took two runs and left.
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