Mt. Snow Thursday

[powhunter]

Could be epic


steveo

 

[roark]

can you say windhold?

 

[Grassi21]

can you say windhold?

wind... hold.... I did it!

A windy Mt Snow often leads to a potential Magic visit.

 

[DiMe]

Thurs-Fri

I am heading up from the Poconos tomorrow to ride Mount Snow Thursday & Friday. Please don't say windhold

 

[mlctvt]

The wind is on my mind too. I'm thinking of taking Thursday and Friday off to ski at Snow, but it would suck sitting in the condo when the mountain is on wind hold. The other problem is my wife would have to drive herself up Friday, probably in the middle of the second storm. She hates to drive in heavy snow due to the increased travel time.

I guess I could just head to Magic if Snow's on wind hold.

Now I've got to see if I can get the time off.

 

[DiMe]

1st

This is going to be my first time at Mount Snow. Do they normally put every lift on wind hold when it's windy or just the express lifts & run the fixed grips instead?

 

[powhunter]

I am heading up from the Poconos tomorrow to ride Mount Snow Thursday & Friday. Please don't say windhold

If everything is on windhold ....we will hike... 0700..base lodge

steveo

 

[DiMe]

If everything is on windhold ....we will hike... 0700..base lodge

steveo

I hope that's not the case but if it is, so be it that will be another first for me! Lifts spin at 9am I believe, will you be there 0700 reguardless? I will be staying in Brattleboro 30mi west of Mount Snow I will be in contact via this thread tomorrow when I arrive.

 

[powhunter]

I hope that's not the case but if it is, so be it that will be another first for me! Lifts spin at 9am I believe, will you be there 0700 reguardless? I will be staying in Brattleboro 30mi west of Mount Snow I will be in contact via this thread tomorrow when I arrive.

Ha ha I was drunk when I wrote that....Im not liking the chance of mixed percip tomorrow...will decide later


steveo

 

[Trev]

I will be staying in Brattleboro 30mi west of Mount Snow I will be in contact via this thread tomorrow when I arrive.

Passing through Bratt Dunkin Donuts around 6pm... I'll beep headed to Montpelier for the evening..

 

[drjeff]

I hope that's not the case but if it is, so be it that will be another first for me! Lifts spin at 9am I believe, will you be there 0700 reguardless? I will be staying in Brattleboro 30mi west of Mount Snow I will be in contact via this thread tomorrow when I arrive.

Have a fun ride up and over from Brattleboro

 

[drjeff]

This is going to be my first time at Mount Snow. Do they normally put every lift on wind hold when it's windy or just the express lifts & run the fixed grips instead?

All depends on the wind angles from the storm. They have some days where they can run all the lifts in 30 - 40 mph winds no problems, then they have other where 20is mph winds can cause issues.

Friday, based on forcasted winds, I think that wind holds will be an issues across the majority of New England Areas with gusts likely passing 50mph across much of the region

 

[Glenn]

Have a fun ride up and over from Brattleboro

I resemble that remark! :lol:

I'll be at the mountain Friday hopefully. Going to leave CT Thursday night. A lot depends on what time arrival is Thursday night...and the ability of getting to the mountain Friday. A/T tires + 4wd= Good. Problem is: other people on the road, and or things in the road.

Our "Freeze Alarm" just called my cell...power is out up there already. Central VT Plublic Service has an outtage map and it's pretty lit up right now. :-o

 

[drjeff]

I resemble that remark! :lol:

I'll be at the mountain Friday hopefully. Going to leave CT Thursday night. A lot depends on what time arrival is Thursday night...and the ability of getting to the mountain Friday. A/T tires + 4wd= Good. Problem is: other people on the road, and or things in the road.

Our "Freeze Alarm" just called my cell...power is out up there already. Central VT Plublic Service has an outtage map and it's pretty lit up right now. :-o

You think you'll be able to get up your driveway?? Or will YOU have to trudge up through the snow, grab the quad and then go rescue M?? :lol:

 

[Glenn]

You think you'll be able to get up your driveway?? Or will YOU have to trudge up through the snow, grab the quad and then go rescue M?? :lol:

I'm just hoping the driveway is plowed! :lol: I may have to head up tonight. If the alarm is still calling by 6-7PM, I'm just gonna go for a ride. Better safe that sorry. My boss was cool with it too.

 

[powhunter]

Jeff....Glenn...What do you guys think of this mixed bag tomorrow afternoon?? Do ya think it will be snow higher up?

Steveo

 

[drjeff]

Jeff....Glenn...What do you guys think of this mixed bag tomorrow afternoon?? Do ya think it will be snow higher up?

Steveo

So tough to tell. Mount Snow has some elevation going for it with the base at just over 2000 feet, but right now, the exact track of this storm is going to make a HUGE difference and a variance of as little as 30 miles could very well be the difference between all snow/snow-mix-snow/ and snow-mix-rain-mix-snow, and currently the models are suggesting that the warm air/cold air dividing line is likely to be somewhere over VT.

The other thing with this storm will be the winds, and from having skied Mount Snow hundreds of days over 25+ years, when the wind blows, there's a strong chance that you'll be effected by wind holds on multiple faces of the mountain, and this storm looks like it will have winds stronger than you're typical Nor'easter.

And I'm not trying to be a pessimist about the chances for Mount Snow to save the goods for myself as per the e-mail that just came over my blackberry, my skis and ski gear just departed Memphis, Tennessee on route to Salt Lake City Just don't want to possibly get people hyped all to be stuck on lower mountain lift access only (as does occur in storm/post storm high wind situations usually a few times a season at Mount Snow)

 

[drjeff]

Jeff....Glenn...What do you guys think of this mixed bag tomorrow afternoon?? Do ya think it will be snow higher up?

Steveo

This disclaimer just went up on the PM snow report for Mount Snow (complete with the butchering of the speeling of house for the last word - powder delirium I'm guessing ) :

"That being said tomorrow looks as though it may be a challenging day for weather. Like many storms the back end of this one is causing some of the weather people out there to worry.
The state of Vermont is preparing for possible power outages due to heavy snow and the wind predicted for this evening. This combination may cause tree limbs to fall and in addition there is a possibility of freezing rain and sleet tonight. Driving may be very treacherous.

IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT IT WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL AT MOUNT SNOW BE SURE TO CHECK THE SNOW REPORT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE MAKING ANY PLANS AND LEAVING THE HOUES."

 

[Beetlenut]

IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT IT WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL AT MOUNT SNOW BE SURE TO CHECK THE SNOW REPORT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE MAKING ANY PLANS AND LEAVING THE HOUES."

Not too easy to do when you have to leave the house at 5am to make the drive. I doubt they'll have the mountain's status updated that early!

 

[drjeff]

Not too easy to do when you have to leave the house at 5am to make the drive. I doubt they'll have the mountain's status updated that early!

Updates usually happen by 7 at the latest. Depending on what it says, might require one to call the proverbial audible from the car and alter the final destination a bit