Winter Weather 21/22

[jasonwx]

Wed will be ok for skiing
But it will be very windy
Long range is warm and wet

 

[saratogahalfday]

Wed will be ok for skiing
But it will be very windy
Long range is warm and wet

Long range is garbage. Hopefully there's enough dips towards normal temps mixed in through mid-March to keep some snow on the mountains.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Long range is garbage. Hopefully there's enough dips towards normal temps mixed in through mid-March to keep some snow on the mountains.

I wouldn't give up on it just yet. According to some of the weather nerds I read, there's plenty of cold air not too far away and we could have another encore of below average temps later Feb into March. Lets hope

 

[MarzNC]

What do we think does the high pressure out west finally break down over the second half of Feb bringing some much-needed moisture in? I'm thinking about a strike mission to anywhere in the country next week with very cheap flights to the PNW or the southwest. Tough to get a read on conditions though if it would even be worth it with all the warmth and subsequent ice leading up to the next snowfalls.

PNW maybe. But only if they actually get a couple good snowstorms. My classmate from North Country School who skis Mt. Ashland and Bachelor says they need snow very badly.

Taos would need a LOT of snow to make up for the lack of depth. Even after the 3-foot dump, the mid-mountain depth is only about 55 inches as of a couple days ago. Need 75 inches to cover up more rocks, and other stuff in the trees. A big windstorm in Jan blew down hundreds of pretty big trees. While it was "warm" at Taos, very few areas had "ice" in the northeast sense. Temps in the 30s and 40s at the base doesn't mean much melt even on groomed trails. Being at 9000 ft or higher makes a big difference. As my friend from Boston kept saying, everything was "edgeable" and not "icy."

Know a couple people who were at Big Sky in the past week or so. Coverage is very bad on intermediate terrain. These were advanced skiers doing social skiing with friends who stick to blues.

 

[takeahike46er]

PNW maybe. But only if they actually get a couple good snowstorms. My classmate from North Country School who skis Mt. Ashland and Bachelor says they need snow very badly.

I’d imagine conditions at Crystal and Baker are pretty rough right now—if they’re anything like the conditions at Whistler. We are going to need a significant amount of snow to bury the crust/icy snow off piste.

 

[MarzNC]

Mt. Bachelor has had two fatalities recently. Both men in their 60s. I'm getting the impression that icy conditions leading to fast speeds on groomers might have been a factor.

In short, this week the region that has better than average conditions is the southeast. Massanutten got 5 inches of snow last weekend. With all the cold temps in the past month, the base depth is about 50 inches . . . about the same or more as most of Taos.

 

[wonderpony]

The pump protector for my well has been tripping if I do a load of laundry right after showering. I went and looked at Cornell's NRCC page. We have had below normal precipitation for the last three months.

 

[DomB]

Generally speaking, at least from the blog, it seems like the West is getting skunked. While I view the skiing as pretty good this season, it seems like the snowfall is pretty low in the NY region.

We have had some well-timed storms at Gore, but snowfall is listed at 61 inches for the season, which seems pretty bad (Gore has done a great job blowing snow).

I have skied a lot (for me this winter) and I would characterize the snow at Gore as pretty good from Xmas on. I remember one of the first few years when I was a somewhat active skier (maybe 11-12 season), it was really just bad with not much snow and rain dropping too much.

How would folks say this season is shaping up? I guess this is where you see the improvement from all the snowmaking cap investment that (at least the web says) Gore did. I have not been up to our home mountain in the recent past at Belle, but the posts suggest that hill has been maximizing snow they blow in a not great snow season.

 

[wonderpony]

How would folks say this season is shaping up?

Less than stellar. I have only skied 15 days so far. I usually hit 30+.

 

[jasonwx]

One weather word
Bleak