Anybody skiing this MLK weekend?

[Puck it]

I hav been watching the summit cam Cannon. Does not look like a lot of traffic for a holiday weekend.

 

[St. Bear]

what's the forecast up there? i saw a snow map indicating 8 inches new snow this week? can't find details if it is a storm or a slow trickle over a few days.

Pretty sure it's a trickle. Something like 1,2,0,4,2. I'm eyeing the same setup for the Catskills. Hope to hit Platty on Fri.

 

[powhunter]

Heading up to Killington now..Gonna be waving bye bye to all the masses as they head south..Hopefully we will see that snow..otherwise its gonna be sketchy at best..Heard most of the moguls are gone :sad:

Steveo

 

[Puck it]

Heading up to Killington now..Gonna be waving bye bye to all the masses as they head south..Hopefully we will see that snow..otherwise its gonna be sketchy at best..Heard most of the moguls are gone :sad:

Steveo

i was there yesterday instead of my usual institution. Ridge Run had one line on the left and the rest was groomed out. Mousetrap still had some as does SS on right and left on the lower section. OL still has them since they have groomed out the left yet. Vertigo had bumps but they were kind of funky, just did not have a nice line in them. Upper DD had line on the left that was powder as the wind blew in the loos stuff.

 

[powhunter]

Thanks for the update.. Was that Downdraft or Double dipper??.Gonna get some intel from ALLSKIING tonight as well


Steveo

 

[steamboat1]

Heading up to Killington now..Gonna be waving bye bye to all the masses as they head south..Hopefully we will see that snow..otherwise its gonna be sketchy at best..Heard most of the moguls are gone :sad:

Steveo

That was my plan also until I saw the temps this week. Tues night low of -26, Wed high of -12 & blustery. I'll wait till next week.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Pretty sure it's a trickle. Something like 1,2,0,4,2. I'm eyeing the same setup for the Catskills. Hope to hit Platty on Fri.

There is a snowstorm coming on Friday/Saturday. All models are in some form of agreement on at least that much. The Canadian model (below) seems to want the most snow (and has it arriving earlier) and it would be very good for Poconos/Catskills, but everyone would at least get a little something.

 

[St. Bear]

There is a snowstorm coming on Friday/Saturday. All models are in some form of agreement on at least that much. The Canadian model (below) seems to want the most snow (and has it arriving earlier) and it would be very good for Poconos/Catskills, but everyone would at least get a little something.

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http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Ski-Plattekill/6day/mid

This is what I was going off of, but they've actually lowered their snow totals overnight.

I like your scenario much better.

 

[gregnye]

Ditched the idea of going to Jay yesterday (good call on that one--windhold's galore!) and played it safe and went to Loon. I thought about Waterville, but you know--they don't call it "windy-ville" for nothing! (Cannon was out of the question--not much snow).

Loon was good. Crowded--but I know how to handle it...and nope, I am not going to tell you how :razz:

South peak lift was the only lift running slower because of wind (the chair-bottoms kept flipping up in the wind).

 

[BenedictGomez]

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Ski-Plattekill/6day/mid

This is what I was going off of, but they've actually lowered their snow totals overnight.

I like your scenario much better.

Surprised they're only calling for a dusting Friday to Sunday, just looking at the models, it seems at least 3 or 4 inches is reasonable, which would certainly help given Platty's reliance on natural snow. And that's assuming a 10:1 ratio, so fingers/crossed that if it happens it might be more like 15:1 and squeeze out some more.

 

[spring_mountain_high]

elk skied really well yesterday...tunk has been left ungroomed for a couple days now and is bumping up nicely...surface was consistent packed powder, very little ice...big crowd for elk too

 

[kingslug]

And everyone can thank me for that..I'm leaving for BC Saturday and every year I go somewhere..it snows...here...

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[4aprice]

There is a snowstorm coming on Friday/Saturday. All models are in some form of agreement on at least that much. The Canadian model (below) seems to want the most snow (and has it arriving earlier) and it would be very good for Poconos/Catskills, but everyone would at least get a little something.

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That would be sweet for the Pocono's as this weeks cold temps will finally get everything open. Can now concentrate on getting good bumps up for the 2nd half of the season.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[skifree]

Waterville Saturday and Sunday
Perfect conditions. Calm winds till Sunday late

Yo yo d true grit and Gemma. Great day

 

[loafasaur]

Black Mtn MAINE Sunday. I was blacked out at Sugarloaf. Wow! Locals told me it was the busiest day this year, resulting in a 2-minute wait for the triple chair. There's been some tree thinning over the summer. I found 3 nice tree lines that I spotted from the chair with plentiful fresh; there's probably more. Also nice soft bumps on the sides of Androscoggin and a good ungroomed pitch on Dead Cambridge. They have a GREAT new trail named Allagash, far skier's right from the top. It follows the contours with whoop-de-doo's, twists, little crests, winding all the way down the mountain. Two real nice S-turns. Fun!

Beautiful lodge too. All this for just 15 bucks. No foolin' $15 all day adult every day. This place it ready to be discovered.

 

[jrmagic]

what's the forecast up there? i saw a snow map indicating 8 inches new snow this week? can't find details if it is a storm or a slow trickle over a few days.

It was snowing very lightly when I left the evening with a couple of inches possible and then nothing till Friday from what I recall.

 

[ScottySkis]

Black Mtn MAINE Sunday. I was blacked out at Sugarloaf. Wow! Locals told me it was the busiest day this year, resulting in a 2-minute wait for the triple chair. There's been some tree thinning over the summer. I found 3 nice tree lines that I spotted from the chair with plentiful fresh; there's probably more. Also nice soft bumps on the sides of Androscoggin and a good ungroomed pitch on Dead Cambridge. They have a GREAT new trail named Allagash, far skier's right from the top. It follows the contours with whoop-de-doo's, twists, little crests, winding all the way down the mountain. Two real nice S-turns. Fun!

Beautiful lodge too. All this for just 15 bucks. No foolin' $15 all day adult every day. This place it ready to be discovered.

How do they stay in business, good vertical their?

 

[drjeff]

Mount Snow was CROWDED after about 10AM on both Saturday and Sunday - the squall that rolled through between about 10:30 and noon Sunday didn't help matters as they kept having to put various lifts on the Northface and Sunbrook on windhold (main face lifts weren't affected) and that caused some extra congregation of the crowds on the Main Face for a while until the front passed, and the skies cleared just after noon and the winds let down to allow all lifts to safely spin again. The snow was good, and the terrain that was open had generally very good coverage (as always a few thin/slick spots existed here and there) but the 30 millions gallons of water that pumped through the snowmaking system last week made for a strong recovery. I skied until about noon both days and managed to rack up 30 runs covering 35.3 miles and 29,874 vertical feet (thank you new Mount Snow app and it's tracking feature for that data ) So the crowds were manageable

I skied Stratton on MLK day as my daughter was racing there. Very light crowds (my wife who was with my son at a park jam at Mount Snow on MLK day said the same thing crowd wise at Mount Snow) - I was mainly skiing/near the Amex 6 pack and the Gondola all day as my daughters race was on Suntanner right out infront of the lodge, and those 2 lifts had atmost maybe a 2 minute line (and often just ski on) all day long. Similar snow surface to Mount Snow's, some really nice machined groomed machine made carving snow after a string recovery effort there too this past week. From what few natural snow trails I could see in my limited exploring in/around my daughters runs, unless you want to cause some significant damage to your skis/board, they're not worthy until they get about another 6" or so

 

[loafasaur]

How do they stay in business, good vertical their?

Black ME in Rumford, and also Bigrock way up in Mars Hill, are subsidized by the Libra Foundation and the Maine Winter Sports Foundation (heavily into World Cup biathalon in Ft. Kent too) to promote winter outdoor activities in Maine communities.

Vertical 1150 from the triple chair. They're now claiming 1350 from the true summit. Seems they cut a hike-up trail over the summer.

 

[gregnye]

It was a particularly rough weekend for many ski areas. Minimal snow fall and high winds.