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January 2nd - 3rd storm

JDMRoma

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Damn you have a hell of a commute.
Yes I do…totally sucks, company I work for was in Wilmington Mass for 20 something years until we merged with another company.
Now Im in Westwood…..52 miles each way,Only good thing is I can go in early as I want. So right now 5am to 1:30pm is working for me
Sucks getting up at 3am though,but nice to be home at 2:30.Getting up to ski is a piece of cake !
 
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MadMadWorld

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Yes I do…totally sucks, company I work for was in Wilmington Mass for 20 something years until we merged with another company.
Now Im in Westwood…..52 miles each way,Only good thing is I can go in early as I want. So right now 5am to 1:30pm is working for me
Sucks getting up at 3am though,but nice to be home at 2:30.Getting up to ski is a piece of cake !

Working those hours definitely helps with traffic. I know many people that work in the city that go in at the same time as you.
 

Hado226

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Originally Posted by planb420
Thinking of hitting up Berkshire East this friday....anyone think they will get enough to have full glades? Want to make my first trip up there so i dont have to risk getting caught poaching woods locally...
My guess is the snow will be really light and that could be bad news for a non existent base in the woods.

My guess is the snow will be really light and that could be bad news for a non existent base in the woods.

The mid-December storm delivered about 12" on bare ground, we skied a couple days with all areas "Open", though one needed a pretty big ski or to not really care if bases got scraped a bit.

As of today, there is about 1" of hard frozen slush on the ground at the top of the mountain, a bit more as you go down to the base. With anything over 6-8 much of the woods will be in play, especially those sections adjacent to snow-making trails (Tomahawk, East Glades, Al's Woods, Blizzard Island.) Not sure I'd venture into Horace's Grove, Roger's World or the cliffs west of Beast without a bit more coverage.

I'll be Patrolling the woods and steeps there Friday on the Maestros.
 

MadMadWorld

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Originally Posted by planb420
Thinking of hitting up Berkshire East this friday....anyone think they will get enough to have full glades? Want to make my first trip up there so i dont have to risk getting caught poaching woods locally...
My guess is the snow will be really light and that could be bad news for a non existent base in the woods.



The mid-December storm delivered about 12" on bare ground, we skied a couple days with all areas "Open", though one needed a pretty big ski or to not really care if bases got scraped a bit.

As of today, there is about 1" of hard frozen slush on the ground at the top of the mountain, a bit more as you go down to the base. With anything over 6-8 much of the woods will be in play, especially those sections adjacent to snow-making trails (Tomahawk, East Glades, Al's Woods, Blizzard Island.) Not sure I'd venture into Horace's Grove, Roger's World or the cliffs west of Beast without a bit more coverage.

I'll be Patrolling the woods and steeps there Friday on the Maestros.

Didn't that snow start off as pretty heavy and wet? This snow will be super light.....cold smoke type. That makes a big difference. Trees will definitely be skiable but I would do it with an older pair or with someone that knows where the big rocks/stumps/etc are.
 

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I used a graphics program to create a new layer, which I typed the resort names over. I then merged the layers. Right now I'm having a resolution problem uploading files to AZ. I've got overlays for most of New England now. It's pretty handy.

Keep it up. It's really helpful.
 

billski

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Keep it up. It's really helpful.
You'll just have to put up with the fuzziness for now. I think it's something I control / can fix, just can't put much more time into this. Gotta get my equipment packed. I'm using it to give me advance guidance on where I will go. I still won't make a decision until I see the election numbers :) come in tomorrow night.

I've always noticed that once I put something like this together, some commercial concern picks it up and makes it pretty.
 
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