This statement probably applies to some but not all. I aint drivin 8 hours each way from south jersey so that I can hike up the hill to ski down once (or twice if i stay for the weekend). Not only is that a bit too ambitious, my wife would laugh at me and slap me across the face for even suggesting it...
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This statement probably applies to some but not all. I aint drivin 8 hours each way from south jersey so that I can hike up the hill to ski down once (or twice if i stay for the weekend). Not only is that a bit too ambitious, my wife would laugh at me and slap me across the face for even suggesting it...
Even though I'm not stressing, in fairness Porter you live right up in that area, an hour or 2 away from the skiable snowpack. If I were up there I would have been out skinning/skiing a few times already too.
But I live in NY and it's 3 1/2 to 4 hours to anything resembling skiable snowpack. Please discount Woodbury. It's just not worth it for me to blow out on my family for a day at this point in time just to say to myself I hiked/skied; so I save the days for when it will really count and sit tight.
Soon enough.
A shorter way of saying the same thing.
salida
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Very true. I must add that life is easy when you're a college student with three simple pleasures. Skiing, being the first, and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to figure out the other two!
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SnowRider
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In all fairness i'm 13...I guess i could have rode my bike
This happens every year. We hit a warm spell in november and we get all upset about not being able to ski before jan. Yet somehow some snow appears out of nowhere and we're all out there having a blast forgetting about our early season concerns.
I mean if with th enuts up and down winter of last year I look back and see so many great skiing days that i forget i was wearing shorts in jan.
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I mean if with th enuts up and down winter of last year I look back and see so many great skiing days that i forget i was wearing shorts in jan.
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Terry
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Bob for what it is worth, the Locke Mountain triple mid station has been rebuilt so that they can upload and download from there if necesary. I got this from a reliable source!
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Ski Diva
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But Dad, I wanna go skiing todaaaaaaaay! (stamp feet)
riverc0il
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after reading the latest projects, i will be so bold as to say this year is probably going to be a much later start than normal. with no major northern USA areas being open by veterans day weekend, we are looking at lifts first turning either the weekend before thanksgiving if we are lucky, thanksgiving weekend, or first weekend in december. i can not remember the last year that lifts did not open until the weekend before thanksgiving, let alone as late as thanksgiving weekend or beyond. forecasts are pretty bleak, maybe we will get a break, but i am preparing to wait until after thanksgiving for first turns with the current weather pattern as it is.
kingslug
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I think we are all just remembering when winter came early, huge snowfalls all the time, a white christmas. Things are changing..as they always do.
loafer89
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I am starting to believe that this fall/winter weather pattern will be similar or worse than last year, especially with a moderate El nino setting up. Hopefully January-March are cold and snowy, but the weather all across the U.S has been very warm lately. Denver reached an all time record high for November on November 8th with a temperature of 80F:-o Portland Maine set a record high of 69F on November 9th with a record high minimum of 53F.
Record high temperatures in November are not my favorite thing to see.:smash:
Record high temperatures in November are not my favorite thing to see.:smash:
riverc0il
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this year's pattern is very different from last years, there is not much comparison between the two. also, mild el-nino doesn't have any particular effect on new england winters, it could go either way. why focus on record highs in november? october was the second snowiest ever on mount washington and folks enjoyed almost three weeks of fine skiing in northern greens that has just ended. no pattern lasts forever and the doom and gloom forecasts based on historical precident are not accurate in the least. obviously, regional weather will likely be effected a bit by larger warming and climate changes, but as for the current weather pattern, this too shall pass. we shall eventually be skiing and will largely forget about the november that was not.
in other words, everyone needs to chill the heck out. it will snow when it will snow. relax.
in other words, everyone needs to chill the heck out. it will snow when it will snow. relax.
Zand
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2004-2005 started just like this. A few areas did get open during a brief cold spell (like the one we just had), but otherwise many were closed past Thanksgiving. The warm weather lasted all way way till about Christmas. However, mid/late winter and especially the spring were fantastic that year.
October was incredibly cold in the mid-atlantic states- and just last weekend it was below freezing at my home in philadelphia which is pretty rare. I don't start to judge the winter until at least after thanksgiving. Let me see what december gives me before i start to get frustrated.
loafer89
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NOAA predicts above normal temperaures for most of the U.S through November 25th. There is lots of cold air bottled up in Alaska, but right now the jet stream flow is zonal with lots of warm pacific air and moisture in the Mid-West and West, until the pattern changes things will stay warm.
Newpylong
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Just think, in the 80's and 90's we could be skiing as early as 41 days ago at Killington..... ;(
Tyrolean_skier
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Obviously, you are not core enough then. I hiked and skied along with my hubby and son last weekend and we drove up to Killington just for one day because my son had a football game and my daughter a cheerleading competition. Had to stay at home this weekend due to playoff games and other matters; otherwise, I would have gone back up and hiked for some turns. If you needed a fix like I did, you would have hiked too.
lol, some might say not stupid enough. But I'll say it's up to the individual. Cause, you know, everyone's personal situation may not be identical to yours.
what is core anyway? Is there a core-meter out there i can rate myself with? Hardcore, softcore, rated R etc.
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