3/1 - 3/2 Storm Discussion Thread

[2knees]

Mountain Creek does that all the time. I think smaller mountains that don't have as much natural snowfall groom over fresh snow regularly in order to establish a thicker base which will enable them to have a longer season than if everything were left wild. Also, speaking from a MC perspective, the type of skier/snowboarder they normally get doesn't like or even know how to ski in loose snow.

i would bet its much more the latter then the former. most of these bigger (in terms of snowmaking) little areas close because of lack of customers, not base. Wawa doesnt need to groom to extend their season, they do it to keep the majority happy. there are alot of groomed pp cord lovers out there.

sundown, otoh, leaves most of their stuff untouched for the masses to fall in. you gotta love that approach for a little area.

and they'll close with plenty of coverage. people just dont think about skiing much in april anymore, especially down here.

 

[hammer]

Wawa doesnt need to groom to extend their season, they do it to keep the majority happy. there are alot of groomed pp cord lovers out there.

Agree...you don't get a Wachusett pass and expect to get much in the way of ungroomed runs.

I also wonder if the major loss of base this past weekend influenced any decisions to groom right away...

 

[Johnskiismore]

Seriously, what did we did we do in NH to make Mother Nature so angry? Follow the link below for the latest radar loop of New England, every state is touched but NH!!!

No Snow

 

[billski]

Another inch and still blowing. I'd say we're over 13" now. Drove downtown to the library, found the roads cleared to the pavement, wet, streets deserted, library shuttered. Lexington has entered the "helpless state". But I'm sure those milk sandwiches hit the spot..
Our driveway:

That's the plow pile in the front of the photo, it's about 7 foot tall right now. After the washout it was down to about 3 foot.
Everyone in metro boston stayed home from work, and are whining about spring on boston.com.


Looks like VT is getting smacked with edition #2 right now. We're back in the money.

 

[billski]

Seriously, what did we did we do in NH to make Mother Nature so angry? Follow the link below for the latest radar loop of New England, every state is touched but NH!!!

No Snow

that's the crapuweather effect. Trust in them rather than Ullr and you get Ullr's revenge.

 

[tcharron]

Seriously, what did we did we do in NH to make Mother Nature so angry? Follow the link below for the latest radar loop of New England, every state is touched but NH!!!

No Snow

Hey, don't be greedy. We need to let Vermont get a LITTLE bit.. :-D

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

I grew up in the Hartford area and skied Sundown a bit as a kid. I currently live ~45 mins from Wachusett and I cannot freakin believe the irony that on days like today that dinky sub-thousand-foot hill in CT would be a better option than the 'Chu. Oh, not counting Nashoba of course. :???:

I still have family down there. Could I be an honorary CLIT if I hit Sundown?

 

[Greg]

I grew up in the Hartford area and skied Sundown a bit as a kid. I currently live ~45 mins from Wachusett and I cannot freakin believe the irony that on days like today that dinky sub-thousand-foot hill in CT would be a better option than the 'Chu. Oh, not counting Nashoba of course. :???:

I still have family down there. Could I be an honorary CLIT if I hit Sundown?

Come on down. Sub-1K indeed, but I'll put money down that you would need a break if you tried to ski Gunbarrel top to bottom.

 

[Johnskiismore]

that's the crapuweather effect. Trust in them rather than Ullr and you get Ullr's revenge.

I have sacrificed my 1986 Dynastar Omesoft II skis to Ullr, and there's a change already on the radar!! Praise Ullr!!

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

Come on down. Sub-1K indeed, but I'll put money down that you would need a break if you tried to ski Gunbarrel top to bottom.

I'll give a shout if I'm ever in CT and looking to ski. Last time I was there was, wow: '94 :-o

 

[Warp Daddy]

Ditto here warp----nuttin but 9 degrees and windy---zippo for snow

yeah Camp WTF did we do to piss off the snow gods ?

went out a little bit ago, wind damn near ripped me up

 

[billski]

billy boy cmon!! the phone calls alone to the voodoo lady cost more than tomorrows lift ticket!! take a hot tub! something! sleep now ski later! 10" for mass sounds like a lock. enjoy bro!

I'm beginning to feel some guilt pangs for all the work days I've missed for powder. I know I shouldn't...

 

[ERJ-145CA]

It looks like we got about 8", I just got back from skiing some great conditions at Hidden Valley with my son.

 

[ZYDECORICH]

skied the creek today, over pretty good, 8 inches the norm in the area, lotsa kids out of school, bolted at 2:30 as it was getting crowded. at work right now, had to come in.i don't like work after sking.

 

[Johnskiismore]

An inch and a half, wow, can't believe we made it through the mega storm. Hope I have enough bread.

 

[deadheadskier]

An inch and a half, wow, can't believe we made it through the mega storm. Hope I have enough bread.

You'd have thought the apocalypse was upon us at the local grocery store down here. I was person number 14 in line in the express check out lane yesterday The real pisser? I forgot the single most important item I was supposed to get while I was in there :lol:

Just cleaned the cars off. Light snow falling, 8 inches on the ground. Looks mighty nice covering up all the dog poop in the complex, but I wish it had fallen 50 miles north of here.

 

[Johnskiismore]

You'd have thought the apocalypse was upon us at the local grocery store down here. I was person number 14 in line in the express check out lane yesterday The real pisser? I forgot the single most important item I was supposed to get while I was in there :lol:

Just cleaned the cars off. Light snow falling, 8 inches on the ground. Looks mighty nice covering up all the dog poop in the complex, but I wish it had fallen 50 miles north of here.

When I was in high school I worked at a supermarket, and man was it a nutshow when a winter storm was coming in! People would lose their minds, and always talked about the Blizzard of 78!! It was as if the end was coming.......... and then it would snow 4 inches.

This was me looking out the window this morning expecting to see 12"+, and it was only a dusting: :-o

 

[Zand]

A whopping 7.5" here. How much can they overhype and overpredict these damn things anymore?

 

[billski]

mgt just advised us to take off more vacation time now to make the balance sheet look better. powder day tuesday!

 

[ZYDECORICH]

you see! a broken economy has it's advantages!