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No argument with any of this. Weather generally comes from the west. Plattekill is the first place in/near the Catskills that will get hit.

For the easterners who enjoy their fall foliage, this is my backyard on January 13. Normally the liquid amber colors turn around Thankgiving and it drops most of the leaves by Christmas. I can't say why so late this year. November and December were unusually rainy but not cold, which is why...

Sorry, ChrisC's Japan link went to the French URL. The correct link I posted is paywalled, so hopefully ChrisC can correct that.

I try to post one of those Euro school holiday charts every year in this thread. Jnelly beat me to it for 2025-26.

+10 Mt. Bohemia is surely one of skiing's unique experiences. These are the type of experiences I like to collect for my ski area count. But from where I live I could get to Niseko faster. It's almost criminal that Project 101 drove across UP Michigan from Jackson Creek (the former...

Larry Schick told me that long ago from his work in Washington State. He said all of the most destructive flood events have been November - January. There was one this recent December. All of the Pacific State snow sites that measure both snow and water show the lowest water/snow ratios in...

??? Maybe the straightforward lift accessibility means route finding is easier than other places. That's true for Mont Gele and Attelas I think. Still, routes like backside Mont Fort have to be guide mandatory for first timers. It seems strange for such a high visibility place not to...

That's interesting data on Indy. Where did you get it? Does Indy require disclosure from its partner areas? I get the impression that exact Ikon use at places like Alta and Jackson Hole are closely guarded state secrets. Jackson disclosed 14% Ikon during its first year in 2018-19 but not...

Lots of Indy Pass areas have slow lifts which can make them vulnerable to lines. Jay may be on Indy but it's still a high profile ski area. When I had 3 days to ski in northern Vermont in March 2003, former admin recommended Stowe, Mad River and Jay. Vail the mountain has always had an...

That is my impression though I haven't tracked it either. But despite what's happening now the PNW is less prone to prolonged dry spells than most ski regions and thus a rained upon alpine is more often than not resurfaced within a week or so. Three of my 6 Whistler trips were in late...

I agree with ChrisC's post. The last time we had this discussion I grazed upstate NY on Google Earth. The Catskills are significant mountains by Northeast standards, topping out at 3,500 feet. There is nothing to the west of them as high as 2,000, so they will get orographic uplift...

Reference? I can't find anything. It would also be VERY unusual to make that kind of switch mid-season.

No, you will need the base grind AFTER your visit to Colorado in two weeks. :icon-lol: The small group/steep chutes groups are told that they may do some hiking or skinning to reach places not accessible by snowcat. I wondered about 5th Dimension when skieric mentioned it. It's Mustang's...

MLK weekend in Vermont looks very good. 1.5 feet of snow last week and very close to full operation everywhere including MRG.

That first post demonstrated that he CAN change original plans on the fly, and he bailed on SoCal for being so marginal. Since most skiers who can do that use their flexibility to chase conditions, it was not until this latest Midwest situation that I realized that he would actually abandon...

That was 6 weeks in 2005. But normally the PNW gets frequent enough winter storms that these conditions don't last too long. I'm not pleased as I hit the road for Canada Feb. 8 and it doesn't look I'm likely to see good conditions anywhere along the way. I've never thought of Whistler that...

Competent guides can often extract maximum fun from challenging circumstances. But the key is that weather is allowing you to stay above tree/rain line. This is the third Mustang TR posted on FTO that has more challenging conditions than any of my 10 tours. Hopefully that will change before...

It's not as if the The Streak has received no criticism on these boards. But it's now over 20 years and that discussion has been exhausted. Project 101 has unfolded gradually over the past 3 weeks and evolved into gradually increasing degrees of insanity. Stage 1: Doesn't somebody who...

That warm? If the south facing corn is from rain, I'd expect north facing to be bulletproof. One possible explanation: it snowed but was very high water content snow that is more likely to transition to spring conditions on sunny exposures. That's still surprising at 50 degrees latitude in...

I think that's an insult to Patrick, actually. Patrick skis at molehills because it's his in-season job. Skiing a whole bunch of them not on your home continent on your own dime is on an entirely different level. The T has been included in Worldskitraveller's Ski Challenge page name as of...