Blue Sky or Steady Snow?

[eastcoastpowderhound]

Agreed.

That shot just derailed the rest of my "productive" day here at the office.

 

[Greg]

That shot just derailed the rest of my "productive" day here at the office.

Happy to oblige...

 

[bvibert]

I'll take the storm day...I love the feeling you get sitting on the lift, all hunkered down under your hood, snow accumlating on your thighs as you ride the lift up for another lap in heaven. Everything is quiet...so quiet you can hear the snow landing.

Good post, you made me feel it.

Totally! I don't think I've every related more to a post here.

 

[cbcbd]

I'll take the storm day...I love the feeling you get sitting on the lift, all hunkered down under your hood, snow accumlating on your thighs as you ride the lift up for another lap in heaven. Everything is quiet...so quiet you can hear the snow landing.

Totally!
Love the sound of the snow falling... it's like a peaceful waffing sound. Fresh tracks a plenty and just keeps you excited because you know that it's still winter season.

Snow storm thoughts:
"Awesome, winter is here"
"Man, am I blessed"
"Keep it coming!"
"I need to call in sick tomorrow"

Blue bird thoughts:
"Great weather... I hope we get another snow storm before the end of the season"
"Nice day, I hope this doesn't mean we'll get an early spring"
"Where's the corn at?"
"I need to delayer, it's too warm"

 

[PA Ridge Racer]

If I'm staying at the Mt....definitely snow. If I'm driving home that day blue bird.

 

[danny p]

Originally Posted by eastcoastpowderhound
That shot just derailed the rest of my "productive" day here at the office.

ditto. pics like that are great and miserable (at this time of the year) all at the same time. can't wait for a day like that!!

 

[cbcbd]

If I'm staying at the Mt....definitely snow. If I'm driving home that day blue bird.

Blue bird on the drive up, snow while there... snow on the way back -
If you get a blizzard while you're at the mnt you can call your boss and tell him that you can't come back because the state ordered you to stay off the roads

 

[Birdman829]

Steady snow. Skied in a storm in 2005 at Sugarloaf while it was nuking at over 2 inches an hour and the wind was blowing pretty good (kinda surprised longside ran all day). Basically free refills all day. Least crowded I've ever seen that place. Ever.

 

[tcharron]

Which weather condition would you rather ski in? Temperature around 28 degrees, no wind, not a cloud in the sky and you can see forever or temperature around 28 degrees, no wind, and there’s a steady 2 inch an hour snow coming down, vis isn’t good, but you lay down fresh tracks every run.

Tuff call isn’t it?

Steady snow, or the first with overcast skies. :-D

Much h8 for bright blue.

 

[Buckeye Skier 1330]

I have to take the steady snow. Getting freshies doesn't happen enough for me. I like the hunkered down feeling on the lift, the quiet solitude when you stop on the way down. Then follow that up with a bluebird day and it's like the whole world opens up. I like trying to pick out which mountain is which in the distance. I never knew you could see Mt. Washington from Sugarbush til last year.

 

[riverc0il]

Some of my best days last season were days that it snowed all day. When the competition is low, especially mid-week, that means refills and freshies from open to close. Even on a busy weekend, that means great chewed up natural on the main slopes all day and maintained and occasionally refilled tree lines. This day at Jay and this day at Burke immediately come to mind. Neither had the deepest snow I skied all season and the quality of powder at Burke was definitely not the best, but the quantity of untracked all day, every run, is sensational. I will actually take 2" an hour all day over a foot of fresh bluebird any day of the year.

Marc has a good point about preferring bluebird when touring for only one or two runs.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Skiing in fresh snow is a lot of fun and the conditions are "better", but, thinking back on epic days in years past, they are almost always those 28-30 degree bright blue sunshine days with limitless views. I just feel more free on a day like that, my spirits soar just a little higher, and the prospects of good apres ski outdoors on a deck somewhere are that much more likely. I guess after 30 years of skiing in every weather condition imagineable, I'd take perfect weather (meaning sun/temp) over heavy snow (assuming the conditions are at least packed powder for the sunny day).

 

[JD]

Bright sun and deep snow. I love good visability. Flat light sucks.

 

[kingslug]

Depends where I am. I don't mind poor vis but it kills the wife. Knowing where you are going is also a plus in poor vis. Vail on a bluebird day was nice though.

 

[KingM]

No contest for me. Steady snow. I love that and it gives me a warm feeling knowing that conditions will probably be great the next day, too.

 

[Marc]

Some of my best days last season were days that it snowed all day. When the competition is low, especially mid-week, that means refills and freshies from open to close. Even on a busy weekend, that means great chewed up natural on the main slopes all day and maintained and occasionally refilled tree lines. This day at Jay and this day at Burke immediately come to mind. Neither had the deepest snow I skied all season and the quality of powder at Burke was definitely not the best, but the quantity of untracked all day, every run, is sensational. I will actually take 2" an hour all day over a foot of fresh bluebird any day of the year.

Marc has a good point about preferring bluebird when touring for only one or two runs.

Yeah, you know I generate so much heat when I tour, I'd prefer to stay dry. When it's snowing out I get covered and soaked. Then I cool off and freeze to death.