Sadly I can't make it till friday, but we will be going then! I'm glad to hear it's skiing nicely, and looking forward to it.kingslug":3soea49i said:Doing this on my phone so I'll keep it short. If you are thinking of coming. Up here ..do it. Conditions are still pretty good. Sorry no POW left they had to groom it..but its bumped up all over the place. WRm weather coming so get it while it lasts.
kingslug":7pf4anps said:Looks like more on the way for the weekend...keep it coming.
Did you really not read a single word of the forecast that was posted?kingslug":2q54rfx8 said:In other words..anything could happen.....
That's good news. If they avoided rain even with the cool front coming in it shouldn't be completely boiler plate. It looks like we dodge a bullet.sheahunter":19u8agy8 said:Amazing soft spring bumps all weekend. No rain at all.
+sheahunter":2tkcg6o4 said:Amazing soft spring bumps all weekend.
=berkshireskier":2tkcg6o4 said:seasonably cold temps most of this week
IMHOberkshireskier":2tkcg6o4 said:conditions are very "firm"
Tony Crocker":4vpwlwef said:
Mad River Today Jan 03, 2011 at 06:30:00
The recent warm temps, rain and holiday traffic have really taken their toll. Unfortunately we have been forced to suspend operations this week until we get additional snow. As soon as we get enough the main mountain we will re-open immediately. If not we will plan on going with the Practice Slope and Callie’s Corner next weekend.
You're comparing Hunter's base (top-to-bottom manmade) with MRG's (virtually no snowmaking)?Marc_C":2fektoo4 said:If there's even enough snow to operate:
Maybe at MRG that's the case but certainly not at Hunter. The last storm deposited 18 inches ontop of a two-foot, albeit man made, base. It may be firm but that will only last for a couple days until they put another foot of man-made ontop of this, and then it's the waiting game till the next storm, which may come next weekend... while I'm in Utah skiing week old snow. :-( I just can't get the timing right on my trips to Utah recently. The last bunch of times I've been out there it has been during a high pressure time. I might get some snow sunday, but the real storm is supposed to arrive by monday, and I'll be gone by then.Marc_C":3od35o26 said:If there's even enough snow to operate:
IIRC, doesn't Tony's data suggest that while the Wasatch is perhaps the most reliable destination for advanced booking, there's still a 25% chance of no new snow during any given week?rfarren":1fefibam said:...next weekend... while I'm in Utah skiing week old snow. :-( I just can't get the timing right on my trips to Utah recently. The last bunch of times I've been out there it has been during a high pressure time.
I don't think there is one natural cover trail at Hunter. I'm not saying that to rip on Hunter, but the lay it down the best of anyplace in the East, just IMHO.Marc_C":315ocqib said:No, just the observation that natural cover trails took a big hit this past weekend. Even Sugarbush, with a decent bit of snowmaking ability, went from 75 of 116 on Thursday to 48 open trails today.
Marc_C":23o73e45 said:IIRC, doesn't Tony's data suggest that while the Wasatch is perhaps the most reliable destination for advanced booking, there's still a 25% chance of no new snow during any given week?rfarren":23o73e45 said:...next weekend... while I'm in Utah skiing week old snow. :-( I just can't get the timing right on my trips to Utah recently. The last bunch of times I've been out there it has been during a high pressure time.
Also, anecdotally (since I have no data to back it up), it seems that Jan is the least reliable month for new snow in the Wasatch. The data may suggest otherwise, but an awful lot of the last 10 Januarys have significant snow at the start and end of the month (thus skewing the figures) but the bulk of the month is fairly dry. One particularly memorable Jan had a 22 day inversion, with bright sun and 45F - 50F temperatures at 10K' while the valley was 18F and dense fog. Not only was there no new powder, it was full value spring conditions.
Marc_C":21xghol5 said:No, just the observation that natural cover trails took a big hit this past weekend. Even Sugarbush, with a decent bit of snowmaking ability, went from 75 of 116 on Thursday to 48 open trails today.
rfarren":3pj9746m said:while I'm in Utah skiing week old snow. :-( I just can't get the timing right on my trips to Utah recently. The last bunch of times I've been out there it has been during a high pressure time. I might get some snow sunday, but the real storm is supposed to arrive by monday, and I'll be gone by then.
The Utah Avalanche Center":3pj9746m said:Northern Utah will be under a northwest flow today through Thursday, with weak disturbances bringing occasional cloudy skies and a chance of isolated snow flurries. Clouds will increase this afternoon ahead of the first weak disturbance, and there will be a chance for a snow flurry or two, with accumulations less than an inch. The winds will shift to the northwest, and speeds will gradually increase along the high ridges, into the 20 to 30 mph range, with gusts to 45, late this afternoon through early tomorrow morning. Temperatures will warm into the mid 20’s once again at the 8 to 10,000’ level. The models are now advertizing a strong cold front for Saturday afternoon followed by a cold moist northwest flow that lasts into Monday.