Rain hate

[MadMadWorld]

Turn that frown around :smile:

Until the temps go back up again ugh

 

[Smellytele]

Until the temps go back up again ugh

Yup this weekend doesn't look great

 

[C-Rex]

Rain has moved past Northern VT.

Now snowing at Stowe and Jay! =)

Jay's FB status says the rain has passed and it's now puking.

 

[Huck_It_Baby]

Jay's FB status says the rain has passed and it's now puking.

They are claiming an inch this afternoon has fallen...wish they had a web cam.

 

[4aprice]

I'm not down at all. Yes conditions took a hit, and the natural snow areas are out of play for a while but I have yet to read or hear anyone declare "winter over". As a matter of fact I just heard JB on the radio say that after next week he expects the cold to reload and return and to hang around well into March. This appears to me to be a good old January thaw that happens most years. The web cam at my home bump shows that the manmade snow appeared to hold up very well, a little snowmaking with this next cold snap and things should be fine till the next bout of cold comes again in 10 or so days. February and March are our snowiest times anyways. Like Hurricane season where you can have storms in June and July but usually have them in August and September, the NAO can be negative in December and January but tends to be more so in February and March. THINK SNOW

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[MadMadWorld]

I'm not down at all. Yes conditions took a hit, and the natural snow areas are out of play for a while but I have yet to read or hear anyone declare "winter over". As a matter of fact I just heard JB on the radio say that after next week he expects the cold to reload and return and to hang around well into March. This appears to me to be a good old January thaw that happens most years. The web cam at my home bump shows that the manmade snow appeared to hold up very well, a little snowmaking with this next cold snap and things should be fine till the next bout of cold comes again in 10 or so days. February and March are our snowiest times anyways. Like Hurricane season where you can have storms in June and July but usually have them in August and September, the NAO can be negative in December and January but tends to be more so in February and March.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

There is no room for optimists in this thread!

 

[Huck_It_Baby]

I'm not down at all. Yes conditions took a hit, and the natural snow areas are out of play for a while but I have yet to read or hear anyone declare "winter over". As a matter of fact I just heard JB on the radio say that after next week he expects the cold to reload and return and to hang around well into March. This appears to me to be a good old January thaw that happens most years. The web cam at my home bump shows that the manmade snow appeared to hold up very well, a little snowmaking with this next cold snap and things should be fine till the next bout of cold comes again in 10 or so days. February and March are our snowiest times anyways. Like Hurricane season where you can have storms in June and July but usually have them in August and September, the NAO can be negative in December and January but tends to be more so in February and March. THINK SNOW

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

There is still snow in my front yard after to the warm up/rain today and I found plenty of powder this past weekend. Life could be worse =)

 

[Warp Daddy]

There is still snow in my front yard after to the warm up/rain today and I found plenty of powder this past weekend. Life could be worse =)

over a ft of snow in our yard and skied nice. Boot deep stuff here saturday, this is just a minor January thaw PIA not a big deal at all.

 

[ScottySkis]

Agreed. This pic is downright OBSCENE and should be removed immediately!


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The picture worse for people who were at this hill over the weekend and it had fanastic conditions, now it back to mother nature to throw us more snow please.

 

[JohnQ]

The angst on this thread is inversely proportional to latitude. Which leaves me in the pessimist camp. Hopefully Saturday won't be too ugly here in CT.

 

[Savemeasammy]

I'm not down at all. Yes conditions took a hit, and the natural snow areas are out of play for a while but I have yet to read or hear anyone declare "winter over". As a matter of fact I just heard JB on the radio say that after next week he expects the cold to reload and return and to hang around well into March. This appears to me to be a good old January thaw that happens most years. The web cam at my home bump shows that the manmade snow appeared to hold up very well, a little snowmaking with this next cold snap and things should be fine till the next bout of cold comes again in 10 or so days. February and March are our snowiest times anyways. Like Hurricane season where you can have storms in June and July but usually have them in August and September, the NAO can be negative in December and January but tends to be more so in February and March. THINK SNOW

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

I'm down. Not out, but "down" for sure. R@!n in January sucks! This is the northeast though, so unfortunately we need to suck it up


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[MadMadWorld]

The angst on this thread is inversely proportional to latitude. Which leaves me in the pessimist camp. Hopefully Saturday won't be too ugly here in CT.

Woohoo another person at the pity party

 

[bdfreetuna]

Mad River Glen's snow report was pretty depressing.

It's early season. We can be glad this isn't happening in March.

 

[steamboat1]

This why you have to get it while the getting's good in the northeast. This is normal, plenty of good days to come.

 

[Not Sure]

They cover the infield at Baseball games .....Why don't they invest in insulated tarps?. Thousands of dollars washed away!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MadMadWorld]

They cover the infield at Baseball games .....Why don't they invest in insulated tarps?. Thousands of dollars washed away!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say build a retractable dome ala Cowboy Stadium. Would be pretty sweet

 

[drjeff]

They cover the infield at Baseball games .....Why don't they invest in insulated tarps?. Thousands of dollars washed away!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jiminy Peak, back in the 80's used to have something akin to that for parts of 360 and 180. They called it something like "snow coat" and you'd ski by what looked like the rolled up tarps you see at MLB stadiums along the side of the trail. They only used it for a few seasons as it was VERY labor intensive to both deploy and then respool, and all that respooling labor cut into snowmaking and grooming labor on the back side of a thaw/freeze. And time proved that under most circumstances snowmaking + grooming was a quicker recovery tool than the limited area tarped snow

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[Not Sure]

I say build a retractable dome ala Cowboy Stadium. Would be pretty sweet

http://www.alpincenter.com/en/bottrop/homepage/

 

[tomcat]

I know this is not unusual for the Northeast but it is frustrating. Last season we had a decent December with a few days of high temps and some rain come early Jan. We got less than 10 inches of snow all of January- about Feb 10 at least in my neck of the woods. Trail counts were low and conditions less than stellar until mid Feb most places. I find it even more frustrating since I XC ski a lot too. Until it snows again, you are stuck with the hard crust if you aren't going to a groomed area. You got to be happy when mother nature cooperates and take advantage of it if you can and be patient until she does. (Now if I could take my own advice)

 

[MadMadWorld]

I know this is not unusual for the Northeast but it is frustrating. Last season we had a decent December with a few days of high temps and some rain come early Jan. We got less than 10 inches of snow all of January- about Feb 10 at least in my neck of the woods. Trail counts were low and conditions less than stellar until mid Feb most places. I find it even more frustrating since I XC ski a lot too. Until it snows again, you are stuck with the hard crust if you aren't going to a groomed area. You got to be happy when mother nature cooperates and take advantage of it if you can and be patient until she does. (Now if I could take my own advice)

I find this year to be more frustrating because we get a big storm only to see it wash away within a couple of days.