Whiteface Conditions

[D.B. Cooper]

Nor-Easters and Whiteface ... Half the snow and twice the wind!!!

Ha! looking Forward to going for a rip on Empire. It's gotta open soon.

 

[Face4Me]

Ha! looking Forward to going for a rip on Empire. It's gotta open soon.

Not sure about that ... the wind direction was coming right up Empire ... as you skied Approach, when you approached (no pun intended) Empire, there was a huge "gap" in the snow on Approach caused by the wind tearing up the slope from Empire ... It's hard to imagine there could be any snow left on Empire itself, at least not at the top!

 

[Face4Me]

So, after having such a great morning yesterday, I decided to tempt fate, and try it again today ... As a veteran of Whiteface incompetence, I really should have known better.

I got to the mountain early, booted up and headed over to the Face Lift corral. Once again, they had planned to run the Little Whiteface chair instead of the Gondola today, which normally, would be a great plan ... assuming you can actually get to the Little Whiteface chair.

There were mechanical problems at the Face Lift ... After a while, they announced that they had opened the Freeway Chair, so a large chunk of the people in the Face Lift corrals made their way across to the Bear Lift to get to the Freeway Chair. Given the time constraints I was under (needed to leave by 10:00 for work), I decided it would be an awful lot of time and effort to wait in the 2 lines I would have to wait in, just to get to the Little Whiteface chair to wait in a third line, so I stayed at the Face Lift. At 9:05, it was time to give it up and go home.

As always, when your plans involve Whiteface, you should plan on being disappointed.

 

[Ripitz]

As always, when your plans involve Whiteface, you should plan on being disappointed.

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[tirolski]

As a veteran of Whiteface incompetence, I really should have known better.
I got to the mountain early, booted up and headed over to the Face Lift corral.
I decided it would be an awful lot of time and effort to wait in the 2 lines I would have to wait in, just to get to the Little Whiteface chair to wait in a third line, so I stayed at the Face Lift. At 9:05, it was time to give it up and go home.

Sounds like ya can’t get there from there.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

So, after having such a great morning yesterday, I decided to tempt fate, and try it again today ... As a veteran of Whiteface incompetence, I really should have known better.

To save time in your updates, Face, how about just checking one box in each of these columns:

Snow	Infrastructure	Visibility	Crowds
At least 6" fresh snow!	All lifts in operation	Could see into Canada	Nobody there
Perfect corduroy	Wind hold (and hold and hold)	Could see Paleface	Walk-on lift lines
Wind blown	Employee(s) didn't show up	Could see the base	10 min. wait
Wet snow guns	Mechanical issue	Could see 3 towers ahead	8:30 gondola line
"Zamboni-fresh"	Power failure	Could see f*** all	President's Week

 

[Face4Me]

To save time in your updates, Face, how about just checking one box in each of these columns:

Snow	Infrastructure	Visibility	Crowds
At least 6" fresh snow!	All lifts in operation	Could see into Canada	Nobody there
Perfect corduroy	Wind hold (and hold and hold)	Could see Paleface	Walk-on lift lines
Wind blown	Employee(s) didn't show up	Could see the base	10 min. wait
Wet snow guns	Mechanical issue	Could see 3 towers ahead	8:30 gondola line
"Zamboni-fresh"	Power failure	Could see f*** all	President's Week

That's awesome ... Though in the interest of full disclosure, it took me a minute to figure it out ... at first I thought it was a cross-reference based on the "Snow" column!!!

 

[ADKmike]

How's the 18" + 2" more per the snow report holding up? I'd imagine a lot was windblown to the usual spots...but I'd think things are looking pretty good heading into the weekend? I'll be up there sat/sun...maybe gore Friday afternoon tbd

 

[Face4Me]

How's the 18" + 2" more per the snow report holding up? I'd imagine a lot was windblown to the usual spots...but I'd think things are looking pretty good heading into the weekend? I'll be up there sat/sun...maybe gore Friday afternoon tbd

Unlike yesterday, I had an awesome morning today.

Unfortunately, they made the decision to run the gondola today instead of the Little Whiteface chair, so I never made it to the top of Little Whiteface ... gondola line is just too long and slow when they're only loading 2 - 3 people per cabin.

Anyway, all of the groomed trails were fantastic ... Upper/Lower Valley, Boreen, Lower Parkway (because the closed it for race training) ... perfect packed powder ... some of the best snow I've skied at Whiteface in a very long time.

When they opened the Summit Quad, I was near the front of the corral and got on pretty early. Skyward, Niagara and Lower Skyward were UNBELIEVABLE!!! There was so much snow blown in on the sides, I've never seen anything like it. Unfortunately, I had my 93's with me instead of my 100's, but I still had a blast. I only got 2 runs on the Summit because I had to leave to get to work, but they were two fantastic runs!!!

 

[ADKmike]

Unlike yesterday, I had an awesome morning today.

Unfortunately, they made the decision to run the gondola today instead of the Little Whiteface chair, so I never made it to the top of Little Whiteface ... gondola line is just too long and slow when they're only loading 2 - 3 people per cabin.

Anyway, all of the groomed trails were fantastic ... Upper/Lower Valley, Boreen, Lower Parkway (because the closed it for race training) ... perfect packed powder ... some of the best snow I've skied at Whiteface in a very long time.

When they opened the Summit Quad, I was near the front of the corral and got on pretty early. Skyward, Niagara and Lower Skyward were UNBELIEVABLE!!! There was so much snow blown in on the sides, I've never seen anything like it. Unfortunately, I had my 93's with me instead of my 100's, but I still had a blast. I only got 2 runs on the Summit because I had to leave to get to work, but they were two fantastic runs!!!

So the 18 + 2 is legit you'd say? Was surprised when I saw the report...didn't think way north was getting that much.