Winter Weather 23/24

[NYSkiBlog]

An inauspicious start

 

[NYSkiBlog]

NWS may have dialed back the amount of rain next week

 

[saratogahalfday]

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NWS may have dialed back the amount of rain next week

Regardless, the temperature profile remains poor for any long-term snow making.

A snow event of a foot plus is a must at this point.

 

[jasonwx]

early Jan is looking colder..lets see if it holds..
Out west looks blah

 

[Campgottagopee]

early Jan is looking colder..lets see if it holds..
Out west looks blah

I've been hearing rumblings that some think we may have an actual winter from mid January thru February. I'll gladly take that!

 

[DomB]

haha o no getting on a plane to copper in 50 something hours.

 

[jasonwx]

haha o no getting on a plane to copper in 50 something hours.

copper will be fine....remember it's gonna rain here for 2 days this week

 

[DomB]

copper will be fine....remember it's gonna rain here for 2 days this week

And I think bad there is still sweet. I was shocked when what I considered powder everywhere was trashed by a local (it was tracked up so he complained). We just don’t get what they do. And it stays sweet for so much longer.

 

[tirolski]

Stays

Not complainin, just sayin, ya can edit yer posts for a certain period of time and then not have ta make another post.
Might save a tree or something like that.
Have a fun & safe trip to Copper DB.

 

[MarzNC]

And I think bad there is still sweet. I was shocked when what I considered powder everywhere was trashed by a local (it was tracked up so he complained). We just don’t get what they do. And it says sweet for so much longer.

Just got back from checking out Vail and Beaver Creek for the first time after meeting up with friends to ski Wolf Creek. Definitely a low snow season around Colorado. Without the 20-inch storm Dec. 8-10, no way Vail would've been 50%+ open last weekend. A few of the Back Bowls opened after that storm. Groomers were great in the morning, but pretty skied off by mid-afternoon. Very easy to tell which trails were mostly manmade snow. Dodging the intermediates while watching out for speedsters while skiing back to a main base after 3:00 reminded me of slick New England groomers. But overall, the snow conditions were better than what I experienced mid-December during ski safaris several years ago before picking up my daughter in Boston for her school winter break.

That said, Wolf Creek was fabulous the week of Dec. 11 after a 20-hr snowstorm that started mid-morning on Wed. WCSA was 100% open by the end of the week, as it has been the last couple years.

Wolf Creek base, Dec. 14, 8:30am

A Vail Back Bowl, Dec. 16