Vermont Skier Days Down From 4.7 Million to 3.2 Million for 2015-2016

[abc]

Not as I recall.

Clearly, we have selective memory.

I only remembered the days when I plow through the snow in my driveway to get to the local bump (or the Cats) while VT got nothing. Those days seem quite numerous. But I probably forgot the days when VT got snow and we got rain. (or those days might occurred while I was busy skiing out west)

 

[BenedictGomez]

North was better (which isnt saying much), but WAY north was best. There were some good storms that moved west to east, that acted as if they didn't have a US Passport, moving right through southern Quebec. I imagine the folks at Mont Tremblant would have a much different opinion of last season versus the folks at Jay Peak, even though they're probably only 100 miles apart as the crow flies.

 

[fbrissette]

North was better (which isnt saying much), but WAY north was best. There were some good storms that moved west to east, that acted as if they didn't have a US Passport, moving right through southern Quebec. I imagine the folks at Mont Tremblant would have a much different opinion of last season versus the folks at Jay Peak, even though they're probably only 100 miles apart as the crow flies.

North of Montreal had a terrible winter till late February. March was nothing less than Epic but the damage was done in terms of skier-days.

 

[Domeskier]

K only scanned my pass maybe half the days I was there this Spring. So feel free to add 5 or 6 days to the VT total.

 

[dlague]

Not as I recall. In fact I remember the winter before last areas from Killington north getting hammered with a storm of a couple of feet in March & everything south of there getting all rain. Had a friend at Okemo who called me that night in VT. who said it rained all day at Okemo. I told him it snowed all day at K. He was still in Ludlow & said it was pouring when he called. Asked me what it was doing & told him it was still snowing down in Pittsford which is in the valley. It was light snow too, not heavy wet snow.

Think you are mixing seasons! Last season 2014-2015 was the year southern NE got pounded and Boston got buried. Not much was making it up to Cannon or Sugarbush even! What helped last season was the consistently cold temps so what snow did fall plus snowmaking stayed in real good shape all the way into April.

 

[deadheadskier]

Think you are mixing seasons! Last season 2014-2015 was the year southern NE got pounded and Boston got buried. Not much was making it up to Cannon or Sugarbush even! What helped last season was the consistently cold temps so what snow did fall plus snowmaking stayed in real good shape all the way into April.

Yup. Visited friends in Stowe a few times and there was always more snow on the ground in coastal NH than in the town of Stowe. Obviously a lot more up on the mountain than in town, but overall Northern New England was below average snowfall last year where as Southern New England had a record season in many areas. The consistent cold was the ticket to great conditions.

 

[steamboat1]

Think you are mixing seasons! Last season 2014-2015 was the year southern NE got pounded and Boston got buried. Not much was making it up to Cannon or Sugarbush even! What helped last season was the consistently cold temps so what snow did fall plus snowmaking stayed in real good shape all the way into April.

2014/15 season snow totals:

Mount Snow............157"
Stratton..................130"
Killington.................197"
Sugarbush...............196"
Stowe......................204"
Jay Peak..................294"

All totals from On The Snow.com except Killington's which came from their website.

as for my recollection it was the 13/14 season not 14/15. Route 4 north got hammered with snow & anywhere south got rain from that storm. I got two powder days out of that storm. One the day it snowed at K & the next day at MRG. I didn't know it at the time but the single chair was closed the day of the storm so all that fresh snow was pretty much untouched the following day when it opened.

 

[BenedictGomez]

2014/15 season snow totals:

Jay Peak..................294"

All totals from On The Snow.com except Killington's which came from their website.

Jay Peak claims they got 373" that season. That's a pretty big (~30%) discrepancy.


http://jaypeakresort.com/skiing-riding/the-mountain/snowfall-charts/

 

[abc]

Yeah, but...

The coast probably got 300' too last year! The snow bank lining the street of Connecticut certainly look that way. I can't see over them even standing up!!!

 

[steamboat1]

Yeah, but...

The coast probably got 300' too last year! The snow bank lining the street of Connecticut certainly look that way. I can't see over them even standing up!!!

Boston broke an all time record for snowfall in 14/15, 110.6"