Does it always piss hot rain right before or on Christmas in eastern ski country or does if just seem that way?

[shwilly]

Sunday River getting crushed, too. The river itself is running high and Barker Brook is roaring. Looks like many of the groomers are holding up kind of OK so far, but everything without a big base is torched. Major patches around the base areas.

Prior to this it's been decent groomer days this week, some fun turns on whatever whales most recently opened. I'm afraid it will take a couple days to break up the ice rink. Oh well.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

not taking any pleasure in this, but i'm very glad about the timing of my trip earlier this month

 

[ss20]

Interestingly enough while minimal back end snowfall was forecasted there could be semi-significant amounts depending where you are. Strong squall coming up through southern VT right now. Hunter and Plattekill got enough snow to cover any grass on the webcam so they've picked up a few inches for sure. Mount Snow has an inch down on the webcam and they're just getting started. Sugarbush puking per the webcam but no accumulation yet.

If there was ever a night to get 3" or 4" of a surprise this is it. Seems possible at the moment.

 

[drjeff]

Interestingly enough while minimal back end snowfall was forecasted there could be semi-significant amounts depending where you are. Strong squall coming up through southern VT right now. Hunter and Plattekill got enough snow to cover any grass on the webcam so they've picked up a few inches for sure. Mount Snow has an inch down on the webcam and they're just getting started. Sugarbush puking per the webcam but no accumulation yet.

If there was ever a night to get 3" or 4" of a surprise this is it. Seems possible at the moment.

11:50PM. Maybe a 1/2" on the ground at about 2200 ft across route 100 from Mount Snow. Snow still in the air, but not enough that I can't still see the lights from the fanguns about a mile away. 27 degrees and dropping with about a 10mph wind out of the Northwest.

Probably going to be just enough snow falling overnight to hide the real ugliness that the last 36hrs or so imparted!

 

[ss20]

Jiminy Peak ended up with 4"-5"

 

[JimG.]

not taking any pleasure in this, but i'm very glad about the timing of my trip earlier this month

Yeah awfully glad I skied last Fri and Sat and this past Tues.

 

[kingslug]

Wish I could ski before Thursday..but everything sold out...Think I'll go to sleep and wake up next December...

 

[thebigo]

And if you enjoyed the last round of hot piss, we may just get to do it again next weekend.

 

[ss20]

Thursday-Friday storm making a dramatic shift pretty rare for the type of storm that it is. Both the GFS and Canadian are now showing an initial light rain event followed by a moderate snow.

Usually these storms that pass through the Great Lakes are "locked in" by the models 6-7 days in advance, like the last one.

 

[thebigo]

Thursday-Friday storm making a dramatic shift pretty rare for the type of storm that it is. Both the GFS and Canadian are now showing an initial light rain event followed by a moderate snow.

Usually these storms that pass through the Great Lakes are "locked in" by the models 6-7 days in advance, like the last one.

We find ourselves in the peculiar situation of rooting for the low to shift west. There was a storm roughly March 10 2019, that initially looked like a disaster but shifted so far west we managed to avoid the rain and get some backside.

 

[shwilly]

I am surprised that SR is back to "pretty decent groomer day" conditions on the trails that are open. Many trails are under the guns today. On trails without new snowmaking, it's...you know, pretty standard Eastern groomers, though with some dips, bumps, and obstacles that weren't there Thursday. The snow kind of has a pasty feel, a little heavier than usual. But I expected wall to wall hardpack, and it's not that at all. I expected far worse after Friday's monsoon.

 

[boston_e]

I am surprised that SR is back to "pretty decent groomer day" conditions on the trails that are open. Many trails are under the guns today. On trails without new snowmaking, it's...you know, pretty standard Eastern groomers, though with some dips, bumps, and obstacles that weren't there Thursday. The snow kind of has a pasty feel, a little heavier than usual. But I expected wall to wall hardpack, and it's not that at all. I expected far worse after Friday's monsoon.

Usually the resorts with powerful snow making systems (S.R., Killy etc) can recover surprisingly quickly to at least get to an "exceeded my low expectations" level of quality skiing.

 

[Smellytele]

Pats peak is surprisingly good (groomer wise).

 

[thetrailboss]

Pats peak is surprisingly good (groomer wise).

They make great snow. A good hill. I was always impressed with their grooming, snowmaking, and service.

 

[kingslug]

Forecast got better for Thursday..at least.

 

[Hillwalker95]

Pats peak is surprisingly good (groomer wise).

Was there today with my family - 21 trails including several blacks open and skiing pretty well for most of the day. They were blowing a lot of snow on the double black FIS Race Trail, so assume that may be open later in the week.

 

[machski]

Early indications are the pattern will shift too far for this coming long MLK weekend. WTF??!!

 

[abc]

Opensnow.com:

Extended Forecast​

The weekend forecast looks painful...

Well, not looking forward to another "pissing hot rain" right before another long weekend.

I'm not holiday bound. Still, I feel for those who are. Besides, I really could use a lot more base to open up more runs even for us lucky mid-week skiers.

 

[Smellytele]

Early indications are the pattern will shift too far for this coming long MLK weekend. WTF??!!

The run before this one had snow north maybe it will trend back.

 

[mikec142]

Early indications are the pattern will shift too far for this coming long MLK weekend. WTF??!!

What area specifically are you referring to? Northern Greens look right on the edge, but look like snow.