The Official 12/10 - 12/12 Storm Discussion Thread

[awf170]

Sugarbush v. Mother Nature

They reported 7" this AM, that's a win considering what mighta happened............

...and Jay is now looking way better despite what all the shills had to say.

Sugarbush reports 6" new and skiing powder.

By powder they mean 6 inches of sludge capped over with a nice layer of ice. What a bunch of liars...

 

[Moe Ghoul]

...and Jay is now looking way better despite what all the shills had to say.



By powder they mean 6 inches of sludge capped over with a nice layer of ice. What a bunch of liars...

:lol: Sludge, sleet, crud, it's better than rain..........If it isn't the primo stuff it's called base builder. Weather should be cold enough at nite to kick on the guns and make Moe happy upon arrival Tues. They gotta kick it into gear for the holidays, right?

 

[severine]

Just wondering how low the snow line ended up last night so I can decide were to ski this weekend since CT skiing might not be so good. I see CT ski club has Stratton tickets for $35 this weekend so that might be and option.

Suck it up, bucko! The only way I'll be skiing this weekend is at Sundown, so I have no choice. Hopefully they'll open..

 

[awf170]

:lol: Sludge, sleet, crud, it's better than rain..........If it isn't the primo stuff it's called base builder.

Oh, I'm definitely not complaining about this weather. I know it is a wicked base builder. Though I am slightly annoyed that I'm sitting here, and not skiing powder right now. I actually got up at 5:30, checked the radar, and just went right back to sleep.

I'm calling Sugarbush's snow reporters a bunch of liars since there is no way they got powder. It's one thing to call dense, but at least dry snow powder. But when you get wet snow and top it off with a layer of freezing rain, it's just ridiculous. Way to go Sugarbush...

 

[severine]

I know some people who will likely give us a report on such soon....

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[o3jeff]

I know some people who will likely give us a report on such soon....

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Where did Frick and Frack end up going?

 

[2knees]

they went to sugarbush. very interested to hear their reports. basing our monday call partially on that.

 

[severine]

Where did Frick and Frack end up going?

The bush. Trekchick is at Stowe right now, actually, and offered to ski with them if they traveled up there; but they decided to stick with the bush.

 

[powderfreak]

Oh, I'm definitely not complaining about this weather. I know it is a wicked base builder. Though I am slightly annoyed that I'm sitting here, and not skiing powder right now. I actually got up at 5:30, checked the radar, and just went right back to sleep.

I'm calling Sugarbush's snow reporters a bunch of liars since there is no way they got powder. It's one thing to call dense, but at least dry snow powder. But when you get wet snow and top it off with a layer of freezing rain, it's just ridiculous. Way to go Sugarbush...

Are you at Sugarbush right now? Word from Stowe this morning is 6-8" of dense snow which was quite nice at 8am opening, however through the course of the morning its taken a little glazing...though still skiing decently as long as it goes back to snow ASAP. I wish I had gotten up there this morning, Liftline opened with 20 foot snowmaking piles all over the place...it looked like a rowdy terrain park on a steep trail yesterday. I'm sure its probably one fun bump/terrain park-esque run today.

 

[severine]

By powder they mean 6 inches of sludge capped over with a nice layer of ice. What a bunch of liars...

I have just been advised that this is not the scenario. Indeed, it is not prime powder, but it is not like this either. The guys are having fun and fresh snow is falling.

 

[KingM]

It's not wet snow and it's not powder either. It's moderately dense snow with a glaze on top. It is snowing again right now, but earlier was a very fine freezing rain. It's the sort of surface that is just fine once it has been skied on once or twice.

 

[deadheadskier]

Calling for 6 to 12 in the dacks. If Mother Nature sneezes it could miss us to the east. K and the loaf are going to be the big winners out oif this one. k may get rain but the loaf is going to get dumped on

goes to show the obvious inexact science of the weather. Sugarloaf got 4 inches and it's currently raining. It's supposed to switch back over and there's a possibility of a few more inches, but I doubt it amounts to much.

I honestly don't know why I even bother reading / caring about a snow forecast. Their website yesterday said they were expecting a foot and a half plus. Can't complain about a net game, but stupid of me to get excited based on a forecast.

oh well....I still be there Sunday enjoying some fine hard pack and frozen granular :lol:

 

[awf170]

Are you at Sugarbush right now? Word from Stowe this morning is 6-8" of dense snow which was quite nice at 8am opening, however through the course of the morning its taken a little glazing...though still skiing decently as long as it goes back to snow ASAP. I wish I had gotten up there this morning, Liftline opened with 20 foot snowmaking piles all over the place...it looked like a rowdy terrain park on a steep trail yesterday. I'm sure its probably one fun bump/terrain park-esque run today.

I have just been advised that this is not the scenario. Indeed, it is not prime powder, but it is not like this either. The guys are having fun and fresh snow is falling.

It may ski well, but it still isn't powder. Crust layers can be thin enough so that they are easily skiable, but it still doesn't take away from the fact that the snow isn't powder. I would have been there if the driving wasn't so bad.


From TGR:
"crusty mashed potatoes on ice basically sums up the conditions at stowe this morning."

 

[powderfreak]

Dumping in Burlington right now...this stuff is accumulating a lot faster than last night too. Maybe another 2-4" for the mtns today?

 

[powderfreak]

It may ski well, but it still isn't powder. Crust layers can be thin enough so that they are easily skiable, but it still doesn't take away from the fact that the snow isn't powder. I would have been there if the driving wasn't so bad.


From TGR:
"crusty mashed potatoes on ice basically sums up the conditions at stowe this morning."

True. I think I might be under-estimating the density/wetness of the snow in the mtns...we definitely had an inversion and still do. Its been in the upper teens all night at my place on Lake Champlain but obs show temps stayed in the 25-32F range in the mountains all night.

Here in Burlington its dense but not even close to mashed potatoes. Its still 18-degree snow blowing and drifting all over the place. The flakes were needles here and thats what gives it that dense characteristic because needles don't stack up. I think of dense snow as not having a lot of air in it, but not necessarily being wet.

If you skied what we have in Burlington, it would be very enjoyable and still called powder...however it seems the mountains are the warmer/wetter ones this time.

 

[freezorburn]

Sick and tired of K-marts fake reports. THEY RIGHT OUT LIE ABOUT SNOWFALLS.

I drove up there before thanks giving and they said a foot of fresh then uped it to 13" of refesh. I was there it was more like 7-8" of cement and 3" melted. I skiied hard pack and ice with bare spots.

I WILL NEVER BELIEVE K_MART REPORTS AGAIN. I check sugarbush and figure Kmart is about the same.

K-mart Claims 85" so far this season What the hell are they smoking?

 

[tjf67]

goes to show the obvious inexact science of the weather. Sugarloaf got 4 inches and it's currently raining. It's supposed to switch back over and there's a possibility of a few more inches, but I doubt it amounts to much.

I honestly don't know why I even bother reading / caring about a snow forecast. Their website yesterday said they were expecting a foot and a half plus. Can't complain about a net game, but stupid of me to get excited based on a forecast.

oh well....I still be there Sunday enjoying some fine hard pack and frozen granular :lol:

OOF that sucks. Still hope hthough they are probably going to get snow for another 8 hrs. Un here in the dacks we got nothing but snow in LP. 5 in town 9 on the hill.
Me I am working today doing bullshit so I will get sloppy seconds in the morning.

 

[The Sneak]

Starting to wonder if tomorrow's day trip to stowe is worth it. :angry:

 

[jaywbigred]

Starting to wonder if tomorrow's day trip to stowe is worth it. :angry:

wondering same about entire weekend in S. Vt....

 

[frozencorn]

wondering same about entire weekend in S. Vt....

Debating Stratton/Waterville/SR right now. Still up in the air.