The Official 11/24-25 Storm DiscussionThread

[Ski Diva]

We got about 4 inches of heavy wet stuff, but it's been raining pretty steadily since before dawn. Yuk.

(Reporting live from Plymouth, VT)

 

[roark]

Kmart is reporting 8". Webcam still looks like all snow as of 9:50.

 

[WJenness]

SR reporting almost 8" at the Jordan hotel.
Webcam still shows snow at South Ridge as of 9:50:

-w

 

[roark]

Kmart now claiming 12". Still looks like snow on the cam.

 

[JD]

In Northfield, just souh of montpelier, we had 6 inches this morning, canged to rain and compressed down to 4 inches, turning back right now with big fat flakes.....I'm sure it's snowing at MRG/Bush and north at elevation. Some great natural snow skiing tomorrow I imagine....Might even get some XC skiing in at the Norwich hill this afternoon!

 

[Johnskiismore]

Here in Lincoln, NH it is raining pretty hard right now. Blahhhhh

 

[deadheadskier]

Here in Lincoln, NH it is raining pretty hard right now. Blahhhhh

Do imagine it is also at Waterville even though it's higher up in elevation? I hope they primarily get snow as that's my planned destination for Saturday

 

[Johnskiismore]

Just spoke to someone in Campton, NH and they reported four inches! I will assume that higher elevations in the area are getting primarily snow. Even though it is raining, every once in a while big heavy wet flakes coat everything.... then gets rained out

 

[Johnskiismore]

Cars coming off the Kanc have a pretty good amount of snow on them!

 

[Glenn]

I keep checking the webcams at Mt. Snow. It looks like rain...but hard to tell. I keep looking at the snow on the garbage can that you can see from the base can. If it still has snow on it, I figure the snowmelt isn't that bad....

 

[WJenness]

SR still reporting 8, and the webcam still appears to be snow as of 1320...

-w

 

[Johnskiismore]

The clouds have lifted a bit, and it looks like South Peak picked an inch or two at the summit.

 

[gmcunni]

just got this email from Killington:

A foot of new snow in the past 24 hours and we're experiencing our first Powder Day of the season!

 

[skiing is life]

all the snow i made this week melted. All thats left is a sorry looking pile of wet half frozen slush :sad: im starting back up tonight again though so hopefully i can get some full coverage again by wednesday.

 

[WJenness]

SR now reporting Fog (via weatherbug who runs their webcam) as primary weather condition... webcam looks like no precipitation... but it's probably raining.

-w

 

[WJenness]

Pretty good image that illustrates fog as a snow eater:

Look at the top of the trees by the fog line, the snow just disappears when the fog starts... crazy.

Edit: Looks like they're attaching the grips to the chairs now too.

-w

 

[BigJay]

Saw postd somewhere else that Jay and Stowe are all snow as of 1400... Keep you fingers crossed... but that new damp snow will mix in great with the 18-20in of fluff on the ground... Should help build a stronger base... and if they get the 1,5ft of snow, we'll be touring and riding good stuff this weekend!

 

[JD]

Base was super consolidated at Stowe. Net loss in depth from saturday thru today, but we are primed for the whole mtn to open up with another lake affect episode.

 

[Euler]

I keep checking the webcams at Mt. Snow. It looks like rain...but hard to tell. I keep looking at the snow on the garbage can that you can see from the base can. If it still has snow on it, I figure the snowmelt isn't that bad....

Yeah, it rained throughout the day Tuesday, never turned back to snow as we had hoped. As you say, though, there is still a coating of natural from the storm over everything, so maybe that means it's a net gain all in all?

The bummer of it is that they'll groom out Chute so they wont go into T-Day weekend with a frozen,icy bumpfield on one of the trails.

 

[takeahike46er]

Gore is reporting 11" of snow and it looks like they avoided the rain..

Whiteface picked up 6" of dense snow--- no rain. Pic from WF.