Friday 24th Sat 25th

[billski]

Well, I could call it a mid-latitude baroclinic cyclone. :smile:

Is there medicine for that?

 

[billski]

4 inches of heavy snow in Rochester VT as of 9pm. I'm guessing Sugarbush has half a foot at least. Probably much lighter consistency. Radar shows continued upslope over the spine of the Greens. I'm guessing we'll wake up to anywhere from 6-12 inches tomorrow in the higher terrain of the MRV.

What did you end up with Judder?

 

[psyflyer]

Great first real POW day of the season. Mt opened early and by 8 am we were in foot deep powder. Snow is somewhat heavy but not catchy. Wind is picking up now but pretty quiet all morning long. Woods were terrific, with knee deep runs top to bottom. Woods on the east side were awesome but getting skied out as the day goes on. Good turn out both local and from out of state, you could tell people are powder starved by the energy all around us. Still plenty of snow but getting harder to find fresh even in unmarked territory. Either way this snow will be here for a while and should keep the mountain 100% open for awhile.

 

[billski]

Man, the Twitter and FB photos of Smuggs and Burke are just killing me! Heavy? I don't know. Time to stop clicking and start loading up.

http://www.facebook.com/BurkeMtn

http://www.facebook.com/SmugglersNotch

 

[WWF-VT]

Smuggs was a total powder festival today. Legitimate thigh high drifted snow all over the woods. Dry powder and dumping snow all day.

 

[Judder]

What did you end up with Judder?

Hard to tell with all the wind. In Rochester VT we probably had around 8-12 inches. Fri Night's storm pulled out and only left around 4 inches. Upslope continued all day sat and into the early morning Sunday dropping at additional 4-8.

The real deal was at the Bush. Hands down the best powder day I have had since I moved from CO four years ago. Yeah, it was that good. The woods off paradise honestly had around three feet of snow. Got stuck and had to dig out to unbuckle once, and yes it was definitely waist deep.

Upper mountain had around 20 inches on average (wind had pushed things around). Castlerock was superb. Was able to hit every trail. Rumble and Castlerock Run were the highlights.

Ripcord first tracks:
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Castlerock warming hut:
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Rumble:
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[WinnChill]

Hard to tell with all the wind. In Rochester VT we probably had around 8-12 inches. Fri Night's storm pulled out and only left around 4 inches. Upslope continued all day sat and into the early morning Sunday dropping at additional 4-8.

The real deal was at the Bush. Hands down the best powder day I have had since I moved from CO four years ago. Yeah, it was that good. The woods off paradise honestly had around three feet of snow. Got stuck and had to dig out to unbuckle once, and yes it was definitely waist deep.

Upper mountain had around 20 inches on average (wind had pushed things around). Castlerock was superb. Was able to hit every trail. Rumble and Castlerock Run were the highlights.

Ripcord first tracks:
<a href="http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac119/jdnewe01/?action=view&current=IMG_4217.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac119/jdnewe01/IMG_4217.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Castlerock warming hut:
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Rumble:
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Any way to repost the pics? I'm only seeing the coding info. Would LOVE to see them!

 

[Judder]

Ripcord first chair

Castlerock:

Castlerock warming hut:

Rumble:

Castlerock Run:

 

[WinnChill]

:-o

 

[Cheese]

Skied a solid 6" at Sunday River Saturday with occasional knee deep spots where it drifted. They reported 8" on their website. Epic day for 2012!