Favorite Weather

GrizzlyFD · Nov 16, 2005

Stealing the idea from the Poll on Favorite conditions, what is your favorite weather to ski in.

I think mine would have to be skiing in a heavy snowfall. Not white out, but maybe 1-3" per hour. A lot of people don't like to ski while snowing, but I like the new snow refreshing the surface every couple hours or so. I also like the silence you get when your in the middle of the woods and you can't hear anything but your own breath because the snow is damping the sound from everything else.

RIDEr · Nov 16, 2005

Whiteouts definately put the full trust in your feet and feel for the mountain; however, my favorite condition is a moderate snowfall. This ensures a trail always is getting a good amount of snow before the beginners push it off.

Mark D · Nov 16, 2005

wears rain? i've had some of my best days in the rain.

GrizzlyFD · Nov 16, 2005

Mark DiGiovanni said:
wears rain? i've had some of my best days in the rain.

Yea I should have put in rain/ice storm. This is an east coast forum... :beer:

highpeaksdrifter · Nov 16, 2005

I voted cold, but blue skys. I love skiing in the sunshine.

Bosefius · Nov 16, 2005

I went for cold blue skies, but snowing moderately gave it a run for the money. In the end, visibility counts for a lot.

EPB · Nov 16, 2005

The colder the better, it lets the men ski while the boys cry about their feet in the lodge.

Strat · Nov 16, 2005

I love when it's snowing hard enough that the lifties are sweeping off chairs when they come through...

ga2ski · Nov 16, 2005

I voted snowing moderately, but ideally I would like above 20 bluebird skies and tons of snow each night.

awf170 · Nov 16, 2005

GrizzlyFD said:
Stealing the idea from the Poll on Favorite conditions, what is your favorite weather to ski in.

I think mine would have to be skiing in a heavy snowfall. Not white out, but maybe 1-3" per hour. A lot of people don't like to ski while snowing, but I like the new snow refreshing the surface every couple hours or so. I also like the silence you get when your in the middle of the woods and you can't hear anything but your own breath because the snow is damping the sound from everything else.

1-3 inches and hour, that a lot of snow. 3 inches is pretty much a total white out.

I would have to say heavy whiteout conditions as long as there are enough glades and Im not above treeline.

Npage148 · Nov 16, 2005

I like the very cold crisp days when the sky is a full blue. Some of my best days were when they were doing exposeed skin checks in the lift line

GrizzlyFD · Nov 17, 2005

awf170 said:
GrizzlyFD said:

Stealing the idea from the Poll on Favorite conditions, what is your favorite weather to ski in.

I think mine would have to be skiing in a heavy snowfall. Not white out, but maybe 1-3" per hour. A lot of people don't like to ski while snowing, but I like the new snow refreshing the surface every couple hours or so. I also like the silence you get when your in the middle of the woods and you can't hear anything but your own breath because the snow is damping the sound from everything else.

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1-3 inches and hour, that a lot of snow. 3 inches is pretty much a total white out.

I would have to say heavy whiteout conditions as long as there are enough glades and Im not above treeline.

Yea your probably right, 3"/hr is a lot, but I don't mind.

It also depends on the water content, temperature, wind, etc... I consider anything above 3"/hr almost definitely whiteout.

Greg · Nov 17, 2005

Bluebird and 15-20 degrees is my first pic. Moderate snow (but still some visibility) would be my second. Spring warmth (~45) and sun would be third.

Charlie Schuessler · Nov 17, 2005

Between 0°F - 35°F with Blue Skies is right for me....next is 55°F - 70°F with Blue Skies and soft bumps...

Tin Woodsman · Nov 17, 2005

Whiteouts only for this kid. Visibility isn't a problem in the trees, my friends.

Sky · Nov 17, 2005

highpeaksdrifter said:
I voted cold, but blue skys. I love skiing in the sunshine.

Ditto! The cold seems to keep the un-committed @ home or in the lodge. One of my favorite days @ Wachusett was a bluebird day in the single digits. I love the sond the snow makes when it's that cold.

squeak squeak

GrizzlyFD · Nov 17, 2005

Sky521 said:
highpeaksdrifter said:

I voted cold, but blue skys. I love skiing in the sunshine.

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Ditto! The cold seems to keep the un-committed @ home or in the lodge. One of my favorite days @ Wachusett was a bluebird day in the single digits. I love the sond the snow makes when it's that cold.

squeak squeak

Same thing happened to me at Jay two years ago. It was early January and the temp at the summit was -20F, the temperature gauge in the wind measureed -40F. We basically took the tram up skied down in the trees, warmed up in the tram ride up, and repeat. It was ridiculously cold, but in the trees, shielded from the wind it was great. And the cold kept a lot of people off of the mountain.

I was surprised that Jay kept the freezer chair running, and there were people on it (not many though)!! I can't even imagine how cold it was on that chair!

bvibert · Nov 17, 2005

I love being out with moderate snow falling, never skied in a whiteout so I can't comment there.

hammer · Nov 17, 2005

Sky521 said:
The cold seems to keep the un-committed @ home or in the lodge.

Sometimes its not the uncommitted...

I don't mind the cold as long as I can keep moving...the problem is that the rest of the family minds the cold (below 10 degrees F) a lot more than me, so it's a pain to go out on those days.

My favorite is a bluebird day in the low 20s...cold enough for the snow to stay nice and frozen but just warm enough to stay comfortable.

ALLSKIING · Aug 4, 2008

Favorite Weather

What is your favorite weather to ski in?

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