Tug Hill 2/6

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skimore

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Another great day...just keeps dumping and calling for another couple feet tonight....face shots and face plants all day...couldn't get as much footage as I would have liked due to cold sucking the life out of my batteries

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Can't make it tomorrow, but going Sat....weekdays it holds up well as there is no one there....but takes a little searching to find what we ski.

My buddy was up there today said Meatheads were out there and followed my him to where we ski. He said they one of them tried to launch something and from down below all they saw were skis flying everywhere and someone shouting dwon to see if the person was OK.
 
Is this the Tug Hill plateau known for big lake effect snow from Ontario?

I heard that lift served vertical is about 700.

What is average annual snowfall there? My understanding is that Lake Ontario does not freeze. Thus the lake effect lasts all winter.
 
Yes it is

700 is about accurate

Correct on the Lake

Averge around 230, record of 374 where we ski...but could easily be alot more or less going ten miles north or south. Sometimes on way up we drive thru those lake effect bands and it is a whiteout and then a few miles later sunny. On tuesday when we went up 5 miles south it was dumping but clear when we got there.....it had snow all night up there

When it snows, alot of times it's 12+

skied many times after 2 to 3 feet dumps up there.....just needs to be a little taller...but still can be fun

Question......would that lake effect take place like that if there were taller mountains adjacent to the lake?
 
Latest weather report
LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE
1108 PM EST THU FEB 8 2007
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
FRIDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
FRIDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONCENTRATE OVER THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY THE REST OF THE NIGHT. NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF
10 TO 15 INCHES LIKELY ON THE TUG HILL. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL
ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUTS
AT TIMES. THIS WILL BRING WEEK LONG STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO
OVER 90 INCHES ON PORTIONS OF THE TUG HILL.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO THE WEEKEND. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKE
ONTARIO REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH
ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 81 AND ROUTES 11 AND 3.

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Taller mountains = more orographic uplift, should be more snow.

World's greatest "lake effect" is frigid Siberian air + 200 miles over Sea of Japan = at least 150 inches per month average snowfall at Niseko from December to February.

There are a couple of Aussies here at Wiegele. They were at Niseko last year and saw much more powder, though terrain is better here.
 
Officially on Snow Ridge's website they are claiming 6+ feet in the last week... If I wasn't back logged on life in general I'd consider driving up there this weekend to check it out (it's a bit over 2 hours from here)...
 
What's fascinating is that you actually have to dig through the website to find that information.

Most other ski areas would have that recent snow figure screaming across their home page, but at Snow Ridge, the news that some guy named Russell from Pennsylvania now owns it is more important.
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It's great to see people out hitting this upstate powder!! I've often wondered about the possibilities off the east end of the lake and its great that you guys get out there and do it. I'm south of the lake and find myself scoping short shots off the road and sometimes I find myself on top of a little drop saying "why can't there be a sizable hill here?" Its fun to explore your own backyard. Keep it up and keep the pictures coming.
 
skimore":3h4hj4ua said:
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I'm curious, I looked at both videos links, is all of the footage lift-served? I know there probably a good percentage that is off-trail, but this is all from Snow Ridge, right?

I would be curious enough to give it a try the next big one if the timing is right for me.

I noticed on Mapquest that the drive to Turin NY is about the same as Whiteface for where I live. :o
 
Patrick":3tygshrq said:
skimore":3tygshrq said:
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I'm curious, I looked at both videos links, is all of the footage lift-served? I know there probably a good percentage that is off-trail, but this is all from Snow Ridge, right?

I would be curious enough to give it a try the next big one if the timing is right for me.

I noticed on Mapquest that the drive to Turin NY is about the same as Whiteface for where I live. :o
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cnyskier":350wl395 said:
you're likely to be incredibly undewhelmed driving all the way from ottawa for snowridge...
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would tend to agree......but I personally would rather ski various little shots of waist deep powder than go to some where and ski 2000ft groomers
 
This is all kind of surreal to me. I learned to ski at Snow Ridge when I was a senior in high school, then moved out to CA a couple years later. I didn't catch much serious powder when I was skiing S.R. (and I wasn't good enough to appreciate deep powder at the time.) I didn't realize then that S.R. gets some of the most snow in the East.
Thankfully, Mt. Baldy is my "local" mountain now, as I can get there in about an hour and 15 min. Hasn't been any good this season, so far, but I've gotten in several good powder days in the past couple of years (with significantly more terrain and vertical than S.R.).
 
Baldy has as much or more terrain good for powder skiing as the very best places in the East like Stowe/MRG etc. But the powder days are definitely more frequent in Vermont.

I think Patrick's question is whether Tug Hill has enough terrain and pitch so you can actually ski decent fall lines in 2 feet of fresh. If so, it's perfectly logical for Patrick to go there instead of a bigger hill without powder.
 
Tony Crocker":29kro9qm said:
I think Patrick's question is whether Tug Hill has enough terrain and pitch so you can actually ski decent fall lines in 2 feet of fresh. If so, it's perfectly logical for Patrick to go there instead of a bigger hill without powder.
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Even skiers like me need a powder fix for now and then. :wink: However I've taken care of that last week.

Tony is right, I was just curious about it, seeing that a daytrip from Ottawa wouldn't be to hard. New place to ski in an epic snow accumulation might be worth a visit.

For those who didn't know, I usually have a 3 hours day drive limit to reach a ski area. So from Ottawa, the big mountains are limited to Tremblant (2hrs) and Whiteface (3hrs). The rest are several small local between 500-700ft within 30-45 minutes, the rest of the Laurentians slightly more than 2 hours or places like Titus NY or Calaboggie Peak ON. None of them are known to receive important amount of snow.
 
Patrick":2c64q8jp said:
Tony Crocker":2c64q8jp said:
I think Patrick's question is whether Tug Hill has enough terrain and pitch so you can actually ski decent fall lines in 2 feet of fresh. .
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I'm actually a big fan of snow ridge (that why I've had a pass for the last few years) but when it's really deep there are only a few lines that are actually steep enough to be skiable and almost all of them are very short and unmarked or out of bounds. Now I admit I ski there most weekends and usually have a great time, but steep it isn't, though it often is pretty deep... YMMV

wayne
 
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