Pre-MLK weekend weather tracking

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whiteface was not too bad today. there some trails where the surfaces were so icy i thought they shouldn't have opened but some trails were surprisingly very good. mt. ops did a great job.
the crowd was definitely thinner than last year.

overall, my group had a lotta fun. kudos to mt ops.


WF good considering the other reports. 24 hours of snow making has made a big difference. Essex had a fresh coat on it. Love the powerlines. They even made snow on the mogul course and groomed Cloudspin last night and this morning was excellent. No crowds and huge vertical, love doing 3,200 vertical without stopping.

I will say the general public are out of control with no awareness of their surroundings

 

[deadheadskier]

I really need to make it to Whiteface. Part of the reason I love Wildcat so much is next to Stowe I think it offers the best long run, big vertical skiing off a single chair in New England. I know it takes a couple lifts to access that 3200 at Whiteface, but at 1100 feet more vert than Cat/Stowe I'm sure it's hella fun to ski it all in one shot.

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[BenedictGomez]

I know it takes a couple lifts to access that 3200 at Whiteface, but at 1100 feet more vert than Cat/Stowe I'm sure it's hella fun to ski it all in one shot.

When you ski from the summit of WF down to the base, you really FEEL that's it's a longer run than you get elsewhere in the east.

 

[BenedictGomez]

In other news, and it's not tremendous, but the prints tonight on next weekend are a heckuva lot better than they were a day or two ago. It might not be too bad.

 

[slatham]

In other news, and it's not tremendous, but the prints tonight on next weekend are a heckuva lot better than they were a day or two ago. It might not be too bad.

Models continue to get colder for this weeks storm. Maybe another "glop" storm like a few weeks ago to build the natural base. Pattern change 1/24-26 with storm????

 

[snoseek]

Another glop storm would be exactly what I want to get the base back up.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Models continue to get colder for this weeks storm. Maybe another "glop" storm like a few weeks ago to build the natural base. Pattern change 1/24-26 with storm????

Definitely looks that way. Just a few degrees colder trend and it would produce a decent and much needed snowfall this week, but right now it looks like a gloppy mix, but that's a heckuva lot better than the all rain deluge it looked like a few days ago. And sometimes when you get this "ticking colder" moves, they keep trending that way, so I'm not giving up hope on this week yet. If it stayed all snow I'm sure it would be something like 6" for ski country.

 

[LONGBOARDR]

I really need to make it to Whiteface. Part of the reason I love Wildcat so much is next to Stowe I think it offers the best long run, big vertical skiing off a single chair in New England. I know it takes a couple lifts to access that 3200 at Whiteface, but at 1100 feet more vert than Cat/Stowe I'm sure it's hella fun to ski it all in one shot.

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Regrettably I have not skied whiteface since 1980.
I would suggest looking for the right storm that dumps on the area and hit it.
It is all WORLD when a good storm hits and drops 6 inches+. if I remember right their annual snow is short of 200 inches
My assessment however, may be colored by fond memories of an amazing time.

Worked the olympics in 80 and stayed to the end of season.
We just about sucked the Ausable river dry pulling water to make snow for the DH AND GS.
After whiteface was buried, the snow was whaled and trucked to Mt Van Hoevenberg and covered 60 km of cc trails.
Back then the old chair 6 double went to the top of cloudspin and Skyward??
There was a poma that went even further that was needed to accredit the DH run.
I think I talked myself into going back, see ya there !
If there is ever another olympics at Lake Placid, I would recommend to all my friends on this forum to sign up and work it. Bucket list for sure.
Cheers.

 

[yeggous]

Sunday River exceeded my expectations today. Definitely fast and firm, but I expected worse.


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[BenedictGomez]

Regrettably I have not skied whiteface since 1980.
I would suggest looking for the right storm that dumps on the area and hit it.
It is all WORLD when a good storm hits and drops 6 inches+. if I remember right their annual snow is short of 200 inchesMy assessment however, may be colored by fond memories of an amazing time.

No, that's pretty much accurate. Whiteface - it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. You need to go there when it's the best of times. When it's icy and fast with no recent snow, it's the most dangerous ski resort that I've been to. Intermediate peril.

If there is ever another olympics at Lake Placid, I would recommend to all my friends on this forum to sign up and work it.

Cant happen anymore due to lack of hotel and total lodging space.

Then again, if the Winter Olympics keeps on this path of "hot potato" because nobody wants it, who knows.

 

[machski]

Sunday River exceeded my expectations today. Definitely fast and firm, but I expected worse.


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Excellent, White Heat was off the hook at opening bell. Doesn't ski much better EVER! Punch and Right Stuff were fun and mostly soft and LP opening under the guns was mostly nice (not sure why guns weren't hitting the ice fall though, made for a nice technical piece).

 

[kingslug]

Thankfuly Hunter made a ton of snow..the wales where huge. Temps warmed up enough for the moguls to pop up making it somewhat interesting. Worth the trip...

 

[Whitey]

Excellent, White Heat was off the hook at opening bell. Doesn't ski much better EVER! Punch and Right Stuff were fun and mostly soft and LP opening under the guns was mostly nice (not sure why guns weren't hitting the ice fall though, made for a nice technical piece).

Easy there, fanboy. Not sure if you fell off of your meds or you doubled up on them but if you think that's the best that white heat has "EVER" skied then you are either trying to sell this forum on SR or you are just really, really enthusiastic. The only run on the mountain that was worth skiing was lost princess under the guns. And even that is a qualified pro vote as it was all that funky, styrofoam like man-made snow. We lapped it 5 times. Everything else was hard,fast, icy, and not that interesting. Need another snow storm or at least a couple of days of snowmaking and grooming.

 

[fbrissette]

Cant happen anymore due to lack of hotel and total lodging space.

Then again, if the Winter Olympics keeps on this path of "hot potato" because nobody wants it, who knows.

There has been talks of a Quebec city - Lake placid joint bid which would be allowed per the new IOC regulations. Still a very long shot, but, as you said, since nobody wants the Olympics, that would a perfect match up to keep costs at a reasonable level. Quebec City has been fiddling with a bid for a while, but, despite extremely good skiing, they lack the 800m vertical drop needed for a downhill race. Ski jump, bobsled and downhill racing could minimally be held at Lake Placid.

 

[deadheadskier]

Geographically wouldn't Montreal make more sense? Also vastly more hotel rooms in metro Montreal than Quebec.

 

[fbrissette]

Geographically wouldn't Montreal make more sense? Also vastly more hotel rooms in metro Montreal than Quebec.

Montreal just recently finished paying for the 1976 Olympics and there is zero interest for that. Quebec city has enough beds, is a real winter city (they get a LOT more snow than Montreal) and, with the recent construction of a large hockey stadium (hoping for an NHL team) already has most of what is needed to host the winter games (minus the 800 vertical drop, bobsled run and ski jump).

 

[Tin]

Vegas getting a team was such a slap in the face. I would think in terms of fans and longevity it would have gone Quebec City, Seattle, LV, but they want the instant cash.

 

[benski]

Vegas getting a team was such a slap in the face. I would think in terms of fans and longevity it would have gone Quebec City, Seattle, LV, but they want the instant cash.

Las Vegas metro area has 1,900,000 million people. Much bigger then Hartford and Quebec City. The reason Las Vages does not have pro sports teams is Leagues were concerned sending player to Vegas would encourage them to gamble.

 

[SkiFanE]

Easy there, fanboy. Not sure if you fell off of your meds or you doubled up on them but if you think that's the best that white heat has "EVER" skied then you are either trying to sell this forum on SR or you are just really, really enthusiastic. The only run on the mountain that was worth skiing was lost princess under the guns. And even that is a qualified pro vote as it was all that funky, styrofoam like man-made snow. We lapped it 5 times. Everything else was hard,fast, icy, and not that interesting. Need another snow storm or at least a couple of days of snowmaking and grooming.

Yeah, I was thinking he meant a different WH. Planned to hit it at 1:00 - but my headwall anxiety got the best of me and I wigged out on lift ride up. Hubby and 11yo son went down. They said top was nice but after headwall it was a thin layer that was gone. I've learned my 11yo has great trail assessment lol. SR did best they could but days that require sharp edges I usually don't like. Obsession was scary icy except on far edge. I took two runs Saturday and a few hours of stuff on Sunday. Hohum, sides of scraped off trails get monotonous. Granted I didn't really go exploring - warm house was more inviting. Trail of weekend was closed upper upper cut on Sunday - that inch of squall snow on top of whatever was there made for nice turns. Edited: WH was best the 12/30 and 1/1 - dates are a blur but we hiked up because lift was closed for wind and got 18" of freshies - THAT is WH at its best!

 

[BenedictGomez]

Montreal just recently finished paying for the 1976 Olympics and there is zero interest for that.

Not to mention, it's flat! You could do the ice skating events, curling, indoor stuff like that in Montreal but that's about it.

Vegas getting a team was such a slap in the face. I would think in terms of fans and longevity it would have gone Quebec City, Seattle, LV, but they want the instant cash.

They could have gotten "instant cash" from the Quebec City bid as well. I was pulling for them, another Devils/Canada road-trip beyond Montreal would have been nice.