Recent content by loafnut

Except that the water off the west coast is generally cold. And most ski mountains are way inland. I suspect the greater snowfall has to do with the elevation. They get more upslope snow and what liquid does fall, falls as snow. And few thaws. I believe many eastern ski areas in the east get...

Today was outstanding. They got an additional 6" (wraparound?) overnight on top of what fell yesterday at the condo where I was. Skied from choker to glancer and got tons of knee deep untracked. Everything you could get to was open.

There is more snow than you think, I was in the great gulf on sunday the 12th. I nabbed 800 feet of vert but I had to down climb a couple times. Made it fairly close to the small pond down there. The summit snowfields are still there and good for a series of turns.

Eh, no, I just don't like hyperbole or sarcasm online, because people often don't get it.

Joegm can have his opinions, but he should at least be honest. The hike up the flats of sugarloaf is not even close to as far as tucks. Getting up double runner to spillway is about .6 miles from the lodge. The base of tucks is 2.2 miles from pinkham notch.

pic was taken in the last couple days. coverage is decent.