Not to be a downer, but we are due for a bad snow year...

[Highway Star]

:blink:

Not to be a downer......but I was looking at the Killington historic snowfall totals. We've had 280"+ for the last 3 years in a row, which is fairly rare to have 3 good years in a row. We've NEVER had 4 good years in a row.

http://www.killingtonpaper.com/snowchart.htm

 

[Glenn]

 

[bvibert]

How can you start that with "Not to be a downer...."?? That's pretty much the definition of a downer...

 

[deadheadskier]

I think total snowfall can be a bit misleading.

There have been years with much less snow than last year that were better.

 

[Beetlenut]

I think total snowfall can be a bit misleading.

There have been years with much less snow than last year that were better.

It's the thaw's and Rain that kill a season!

 

[WWF-VT]

I believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and that Killington accurately reports its snowfall totals

 

[boston_e]

If a coin comes up "heads" 3 times in a row... it is neither more nor less likely that the next toss will result in tails.

Thnik Snow! :beer:

 

[Highway Star]

If a coin comes up "heads" 3 times in a row... it is neither more nor less likely that the next toss will result in tails.

Thnik Snow! :beer:

True, but there's only a 1 in 16 chance of it happening 4 times in a row.

 

[MommaBear]

I live in CT with its two casinos. I'll take the odds.

 

[Johnskiismore]

It's going to snow a boat load, two feet natural in higher elevations by Halloween! :beer:

 

[SkiDork]

Wasn't last year a bad snow year?

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

If Killington really got 280" then I would like to borrow that measuring stick...f extenze.

One thing in my years at Killington that I have noticed..........I would rather them get about 150" of snow and minus the higher than normal amount of rain they get during the course of the year. They seem to get more than there fair share of rain during the course of a winter.

 

[mondeo]

At the peak, I believe 280" last year. There was a ton before New Years.

I expect an average year.

 

[skiadikt]

actually i think the best scenario is below average snowfall with minimal thaws until mid-feb then we get killed. force them to blow a ton of snow the first half of the season instead of relying on mama nature then let mama top it off.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Whatever it is , it is !! Absolutely .no sense obsessing about it.

Just go out and ski and don't let the "Weather Guessers" --oop's meteorologists mess with your fun

 

[JimG.]

Due for a bad snow year?

Crap, at Hunter that'll mean there will be flames shooting out of the clouds.

 

[deadheadskier]

actually i think the best scenario is below average snowfall with minimal thaws until mid-feb then we get killed. force them to blow a ton of snow the first half of the season instead of relying on mama nature then let mama top it off.

I agree with this 100%.

I'd much prefer a late season blasting like 3 years ago than an early season blasting like last year.

Obviously not great for the bottomlines of the ski areas, but it does force more snow / greater base to be made early season.

 

[Greg]

The oaks are dropping acorns like crazy. The holly bushes had berries in August. We're going to get pummeled! :lol:

 

[riverc0il]

We were due and we got it last year. 08-09 was definitely nothing to write home about, IMO.

 

[campgottagopee]

The oaks are dropping acorns like crazy. The holly bushes had berries in August. We're going to get pummeled! :lol:

That, and the Woolly Bears are looking sa-weet for snow.