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The map in the OpenSnow link above shows the storm getting past La Serena (latitude 29, 5 inches average annual rain, in path of July 2019 total eclipse) but not as far north as Antofagasta.

More gaslighting. It was a one+ month trip with his wife and Patrick was going to be in the Alps on the back end. She wanted to be in Denmark and the Low Countries on the front end so that's where October's skiing had to be. He did in many of the early years of the streak. Overall Patrick...

I think every skier should not be surprised that standard weather models would underproject Alta's microclimate. So that chart doesn't bother me at all. But in order to make this type of adjustment I would think you would needs lots of data comparing each storm's forecast vs. actual This...

Our 1938 house had gravity heat and no central A/C. The return airflow for the upstairs A/C we installed in 1990 had to utilize a space that was formerly a laundry chute. I suspect that duct is narrower than optimal and limits upstairs cooling. The new heat pump installation took most of...

We will be in Barcelona 2 extra days before the eclipse group tour starts. Liz has been working diligently on those and other Spain plans. In Barcelona she is focusing on Antoni Gaudi architecture, so maybe the locals will consider her "cultural tourist?"

OpenSnow narrative forecast is linked here for future reference to see how it pans out.

Patrick's June and July were at the usual suspects. This was his 6th June at St. Sauveur and 8th July at Avila.

Yes. Weather dependent activities can go sideways on short notice, including expensive ones. There is a distinction for the case you know before you go that it will be bad, the PeakRankings Telluride trip being a good example. But I suspect that trip was like most cat/heli trips, dependent...

The seems so weird. Surely for most homes the sun bakes the upstairs more than the downstairs. It's extremely rare that we use our downstairs A/C. Downstairs is colder in the winter too. Perhaps there is a humidity factor I'm missing here.

Obvious snow ice boundary here in Norway when Liz got her first September ski day: The suncups Liz is skiing here look a lot like the ones in ChrisC's Muir snowfield post. I observe that suncupping varies by latitude. The lower the latitude the more overhead the sun is, gouging deeper...

That sounds reasonable. That was close to the pace for Tuckerman Ravine, where altitude is not much of a factor even though my pack was 38 pounds. Some of the locals were really hauling ass up that trail with stripped down aluminum frame packs holding their boots and skis. Poopout Hill...

Since we already have an extensive thread on Patrick's Streak/Priorities, I've moved the recent posts there.

Now is very different with MLS. The are 30 teams with a median value of $670 million and three of them over a billion. In many places we have a substantial foreign born population that loves soccer plus a couple of generations of American kids like Adam that played soccer extensively. MLS...

In what conditions? Is there enough traffic to prevent huge suncups and big irregularities from forming? For you, maybe. Even when I was 30 it took me 7 hours to hike with skis on my back from the 7,700 foot Poopout Hill trailhead to San Gorgonio (11,500) or Jepson Peak (11,200). But big...

Liz and I currently stay at Mammoth at the home of a former ski racer we met through Lonnie. Sam is 83 I think. Often there are other people there, nearly all of them between my age (73) and Sam's, and most with ski racing backgrounds. Almost none are still racing and most are confined to...

I was at Dodger Stadium and did not see it live, but at first I could not figure out what that Swiss player did to get his second yellow card. But a later review should give James some satisfaction. Embolo got that card for taking a dive!

Sorry, there's no way I'm not swinging at a softball like:

I was quoted 800-1,000. Based upon observation, that seemed reasonable. It's not unreasonable to suspect that might be above average due to the 11 inches new snow. What proportion of North American ski areas have anything above tree line? I can easily argue Yellowstone Club is an above...

The above mentioned incidents were at least a decade ago and the January-March pattern continues with no end in sight.

After my 2004 divorce I skied in the Southern Hemisphere the next three seasons. ??? That's a long trip, so plenty of time to chase where the best snow is, even if as far as Chillan/Corralco. Do not even think about booking lodging until immediately before arrival. If we had not committed...