Thread: Fuck La Nina

If this is a firehose... I approve I drove that car this morning.

finally changing back to snow down here. That was a nasty warm storm.

- The average snowcover extent was 329,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average. This is the 3rd smallest January snowcover extent in the 46 years of records available.

- Snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada was less than 50 percent of average at the end of January.

After crunching the numbers, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has found that January 2012 was the fourth warmest January on record across the contiguous United States. This is also the mildest January since 2006, which was the warmest in records dating back to 1895.

In addition, the December through January period also ranks as the fourth warmest. Perhaps this is no surprise given the lack of intense cold air and snow that we've seen across much of the country so far this winter.

States with a top 10 warmest January (9 total) - AZ, KS, MO, MN, ND, NE, OK, SD, WY

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Alaska, where several cities had their coldest January on record. Precisely where the state as a whole will rank in history was not available at the time of this writing.

yup - FUCK la nina

Another 18" this morning. Hope the winds slacks off to get upper mountain open...

I'm coming down but the rain is a turn off. I wonder if its raining in turnagain.

Last night I forced myself to drag my ass up through the rain and was rewarded by awesome storm pow night riding on mid 1. You'll be stoked if you make it up today. Socked in down towards Turny.

Meet at 4 around 10am ? I'll be on skis today

Hmm snow, rain, snow...sketchy...

I'll be there I intend to taunt the rain with a neon fart bag.

Epic mashed potatoes. Whipped up top home style in the middle and box o'flakes at the bottom. I haven't had that hard of a time staying standing in years.

Mashed potatoes it was!

Vesna and the AK SheJump crew got out for some turns.



Look at those Carpathians carve the shmoo.



MATT HAGE photos

Originally Posted by Chugachjed

Epic mashed potatoes. Whipped up top home style in the middle and box o'flakes at the bottom. I haven't had that hard of a time staying standing in years.

Was heavy but good. Sorry we didnt hook up, think I saw you from 6 - orange bros?

Sun is supposed to poke out tomorrow, I think we'll be heading down again.

More red than orange. Blue and yellow fartbag not as water proof as it once was. I parked the bros next to a pair of beat up bibbys at the sitzmark for a while. My legs jellied quickly in the mank.

Solid knee to waist deep skiing today. At least snowing to the bottom. 6 never opened. Tram laps on North were good. Tomorrow not opening until 1pm. As of 3pm, 40" in last 24 hours. 120" since Feb 1st...

Powder Mag just rolled into town. Hope they are getting some of this!

Fuck!!! I am begging everybody I know to babysit. No luck yet. Might just leave the 4 year old in charge of the 2 year old, that's ok right?

Perfectly acceptable.

Originally Posted by Bluebird

Perfectly acceptable.

Thank you for validating my neurosis. My wife, the social worker, seems to disagree. I thought it was weird at first and then I remembered she isn't a skier.

I've mountain biked 4 times in the past week, and ridden my bike to work twice....screw you guys....and also, I'm glad Ullr is at least somewhere, cause he sure ain't here!

well I'll be there weds to hear everyone say "yesterday was epic" anyone wanna go cat skiing?

In other news....Haines officially broke the town snowfall record of 309 inches from 2006-2007.
Currently at 314 inches for 2011-2012 as of this morning.

I'd do her!



ps Global warming does not necessarily mean less snow!

OMG I was right next to Mark Abma on the tram today. Oh the skiing was super good too.

I see how it is - dumps snow and you magically find a babysitter & a way to get to aly.

Good on ya for getting out. The cubicle was SICK today.

Originally Posted by flyman683

I see how it is - dumps snow and you magically find a babysitter & a way to get to aly.

Good on ya for getting out. The cubicle was SICK today.

My babysitter called me! All it took was a butthurt facebook post. Tomorrow will be awesome, the whole south side was closed and north face was from Chuck's down, there will be untouched tomorrow no doubt. And deep...