Whitey
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I know this subject gets kicked around a lot on this forum, but I think some of the snow report "embellishment" that's gone on this last week is really out of control this time. Jay reporting almost 3 feet of new snow in the last 7 days. Burke saying 31" of new snow. Cannon claiming 19" of new. Etc, etc, etc.
Come on gang. It was a GREAT late season snow storm. But almost 3 feet of it at Jay?? No, I was there and this storm was their only new snow for several days. It was maybe a foot and a half and even that may be a stretch, probably more like 14-15"s. I am 6 feet tall, 3 ft deep means that I would have been skiing waist deep snow. Shin deep - yes probably. Waist = NFW. With the way the wind was blowing I am not sure how the heck you would have measured it accurately anyway. You could have measured 6 feet of it in some of the blown in places and 0" in the wind scoured other places.
I get that this storm gave all of the areas the opportunity to get some hype out of it and maybe pump up late season ski visits. But for some reason "excessive over-hyping of snow totals" just bugs me. I am OK with a little bit of "thumb on the scale" measuring but at least keep it reasonable.
Come on gang. It was a GREAT late season snow storm. But almost 3 feet of it at Jay?? No, I was there and this storm was their only new snow for several days. It was maybe a foot and a half and even that may be a stretch, probably more like 14-15"s. I am 6 feet tall, 3 ft deep means that I would have been skiing waist deep snow. Shin deep - yes probably. Waist = NFW. With the way the wind was blowing I am not sure how the heck you would have measured it accurately anyway. You could have measured 6 feet of it in some of the blown in places and 0" in the wind scoured other places.
I get that this storm gave all of the areas the opportunity to get some hype out of it and maybe pump up late season ski visits. But for some reason "excessive over-hyping of snow totals" just bugs me. I am OK with a little bit of "thumb on the scale" measuring but at least keep it reasonable.
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