4' in the last 3 days....

[marcski]

...at Alta...120" base right now. Maybe I should try and squeeze in a visit to my buddy who lives out there in early April...

 

[jaja111]

80 degrees today. WTF? I would love considering a trip back out to Washington when Mount Baker is now reporting 300" base with 11.5 feet in the past 11 days. Via the snow report:

"During this time of huge snowpack be sure to watch out for low chair clearance in some areas.

DEEP SNOW ADVISORY: Deep snow conditions exist at the ski area - be aware of tree well hazards and ride with a partner.

SNOWPACK GLIDE CRACK/SCHRUND ADVISORY: Due to the rapidly increasing huge snowpack, be advised that in steep areas (such as black diamond and Extreme Danger Zone areas), the snow is beginning to slowly pull away from areas with steep rock faces creating deep glide gaps(schrunds) in the snowpack. Use caution in these areas and ride with a partner.

DO NOT JUMP FROM CHAIR LIFTS; this could cause the chair lift to de-rope and cause serious injury to other people. Unloading a chairlift in non-designated unloading zones is a class 3 felony. If caught, you WILL BE arrested in accordance with Washington State Laws."

So deep you could jump from the lifts without consequence except for law breaking? Holy sheeeet!

 

[St. Bear]

...at Alta...120" base right now. Maybe I should try and squeeze in a visit to my buddy who lives out there in early April...

I think I'm just going to stay home and bitch about the warm weather and crappy ski season.

 

[wa-loaf]

So pissed most of that snow is missing Summit County.

 

[speden]

The jet stream is looking really weird lately. It's dipping down all the way to Texas in the west and then heads sharply north to Canada from there, leaving the northeast without any cold air.

 

[marcski]

I think I'm just going to stay home and bitch about the warm weather and crappy ski season.

While certainly shorter than most (for me, due to lots of family stuff as well as the weather), I still had lots of memorable days and always enjoy being at and on the hill!

 

[drjeff]

The jet stream is looking really weird lately. It's dipping down all the way to Texas in the west and then heads sharply north to Canada from there, leaving the northeast without any cold air.

Excactly! Right now it's almost heading due North along the Eastern Edge of the Rockies, way up into Central/Northern Canada and then almost due East out into the Atlantic around Newfoundland before it heads almost due South again. When the jet is shifting directions, it's almost doing so at right angles! More extreme angles, and over a much larger surface area, than the classical "omega block" shape that it takes from time to time that allows a big pool of hot air to move far North. Also, the big upper level lows that are helping steer the Jet out in the Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic have been ridiculously strong and basically not allowing any East-West movement of the pool of warm air right now

This shows it right now pretty well with the jetstream being in the yellow/blue areas, and over the Eastern basically 60% of the country, the jet right now is so far North that it's barely even on the map! And that yellow over the Cascades/Sierra's right now is where the winds are strongest (most energy) which is just funneling moist air off the Northern Pacific into the Cascades/Sierra's where it's colliding with the mountains and getting a big chunk of the moisture squeezed out of it and hence the major dumpage they're getting now.

 

[bigbog]

Mt.Baker's snow-laden conditions is too painful to look at...
...but in case you want a look: http://gallery.mtbaker.us/#/content/Conditions%20Photos/Mar%206%202012/

 

[ScottySkis]

Hope some people on here can make it to these epic snow areas.