Jason’s Weather: 2/8/10

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Monday Feb 8 4:30 PM: A very intense and dynamic system will impact the Northern Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England states …starting Tuesday night into Wednesday evening.

February 8 2010 Storm Track

The latest data (18z) has a 975 low lurking off the NJ shore. The precip from this low should extend as far north as the Catskills and Berkshires. If the system is a little further north and west then Southern Vermont will also receive some snow. With a system this powerful any thing can happen. Stay tuned for updates.

Update 2/9 Jason’s Call:

  • Catskills : 4″- 8″
  • Gore / Southern ADKS : 4″- 6″
  • Killington /Central VT : 3″- 5″
  • Northern ADKS : 3″- 5″
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Smugglers Notch, VT: 2/7/10

Posted on by James Michaud

Hopkins Bridge

While it’s all about families at Smuggs (almost suffocating at times, and I’m a parent), the terrain really impressed me. It’s a good-sized mountain — a legitimate 2,600 vert covered by old-school EC terrain with lots of character, some steep shots, and skiable trees everywhere.

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Smuggs reminds me of a bigger version of Magic Mountain, including the outdated infrastructure: vintage double chairs and an undersized, out-of-date lodge at the bottom of the main hill. I can deal with slow lifts, but I’m kind of puzzled by how they’ve managed to avoid updating the uphill capacity while courting a demographic that insists on a certain level of amenities.

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Jay Peak, VT: 2/6/10

Posted on by James Michaud

I’m in northern VT for the weekend on my way to several days in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Left my office in northern NJ at 6 pm last night. Stopped to send some e-mails at the best highway rest stop in all of North America: the one on northbound I-81 in Guilford VT, just before Brattleboro.

By 11 pm, while driving past White River Junction, I was falling asleep at the wheel, so I pulled off, drove into a church parking lot, cranked the seat back and fell asleep. Woke up at 3 am, and I’m pretty sure that it was near zero outside, and not much warmer inside the car. In my 20s, I used to do the sleep-in-the-car routine occasionally, but I’m getting too old for this crap. It’ll take me two spa treatments for my neck and back to recover.

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