dlague
Active member
Wow, I just pulled up the weather forecast for Killington and this week looks like it will be tough. The real issue is vacation week which will put more traffic on the slopes and in the trees pushing snow around while soft exposing the rocks, wood, and dirt which are cancer to snow. The next issue will be the following week where it freezes - cold temps at night borderline freezing during the day (no real softening), bumps and trees will be hard groomers will scrape off easy. No real snow in the forecast besides a small clipper maybe?
The east has been on a roller-coaster for sure and it appears that trend will not stop! Many of you have been able to catch powder days during the week and are salvaging the winter making it a great season. Some of the weekend skiers, well it seems like not so much.
http://files.opensnow.com/Colorado/2017/02-february/2017-02-21-28/2017-02-21.003.gif
Note the east cycles from blue to orange where Colorado seems to stay put - which will bring the west more snow.
This is fun
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/anal..._frzn&runtime=2017022112&fh=384&xpos=0&ypos=0
While we have not had a real bad window yet in Colorado, this past weekend was technically the worst this season - in reality not really that bad, just real firm in the mornings due to night freeze and day thaws. Someone mentioned here that this is unusual for the west in February, but February is typically a slow month for snow see list below. In fact when we vacationed here a year ago, we had zero powder days (6+ inches) - but conditions were awesome just the same. We did get a couple 3-4 inch days though.
Months listed Most Snow to Least Snow
1. March
2. November
3. April
4. December
5. January
6. February
7. October
8. September
9. May
10. June
11. July
12. August
Congrats to those who have been able to catch some great powder days this month and in December - been loving the pictures and trip reports.
The east has been on a roller-coaster for sure and it appears that trend will not stop! Many of you have been able to catch powder days during the week and are salvaging the winter making it a great season. Some of the weekend skiers, well it seems like not so much.
http://files.opensnow.com/Colorado/2017/02-february/2017-02-21-28/2017-02-21.003.gif
Note the east cycles from blue to orange where Colorado seems to stay put - which will bring the west more snow.
This is fun
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/anal..._frzn&runtime=2017022112&fh=384&xpos=0&ypos=0
While we have not had a real bad window yet in Colorado, this past weekend was technically the worst this season - in reality not really that bad, just real firm in the mornings due to night freeze and day thaws. Someone mentioned here that this is unusual for the west in February, but February is typically a slow month for snow see list below. In fact when we vacationed here a year ago, we had zero powder days (6+ inches) - but conditions were awesome just the same. We did get a couple 3-4 inch days though.
Months listed Most Snow to Least Snow
1. March
2. November
3. April
4. December
5. January
6. February
7. October
8. September
9. May
10. June
11. July
12. August
Congrats to those who have been able to catch some great powder days this month and in December - been loving the pictures and trip reports.