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Gore Mtn, NY: 12/21/08

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It never really totally stopped snowing last night. Ultralight flurries fell overnight adding up to maybe an inch. I was up about 5am. At 6:30 the wind picked up and it started to snow. It was about 5 degrees when I headed toward the mountain at 7:30. In the parking lot everyone was expecting snow:

In the time it took me to walk from the parking lot to the lodge it started to dump bigtime. And it dumped pretty much all day:

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I went in and got my gear on. It was about 8:10, and I was yammerin on about something to some poor soul. The Gondi light went green, I excused myself and got my self into a cabin.

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Gore Mountain, NY: 12/20/08

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Today was a top 10 day. Fantastic. Real powder tree skiing doesn’t happen every week at Gore. No surprise, I couldn’t sleep last night. When it’s dumping, I just keep waking up to look out the window. I crashed about midnight and final got out of bed around 4:30.

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Conservatively we got 14″ overnight and another inch today. The snow that fell after midnight last night…maybe the last 5 inches was total blower. It snowed lightly all day, even when the sun was out.

It was 10 degrees when I started the car and headed to the mountain. My new plow guy was nowhere to be found, last night or today before I left for the mountain. I left the car at the top of the hill, and blasted my way down.

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How Often Do You See This?

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Winter Storm WarningHow often do you see this all in one forecast?

What I like is the Winter Storm Warning and the Winter Storm Watch together at the same time. Technically you can’t have both at once, UNLESS they are for TWO DIFFERENT STORMS. Which is the case. Bring it.

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