Did it suck anywhere this year?

[nickwm21]

My ski hill..Ski Apache..Southern NM..Had almost a 90" base last year..
This year. SEASON Total: 59 Inches

And you haven't moved?

[deepsquat]

^The little slut never seems to make it that far east.

[The Duke of Hurl]

NOAA ENSO expert: “odds for a two-year (La Niña) event remain well above 50%”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/02/0...well-above-50/
Gin and tonic for me!

Next March, what gin?

[Scotsman50]

Next March, what gin?

You're a man of honor.
Tanquray.
Next march.

[BFD]

worst year I have ever seen in AK. It's a big state,usually good somewhere. This is the first time I can remember not being able to find a good turn in this state.

Originally Posted by Scotsman50
NOAA ENSO expert: “odds for a two-year (La Niña) event remain well above 50%”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/02/0...well-above-50/
Gin and tonic for me!

If this happens I'll see you in Pemberton.

[AKturnanburn]

worst year I have ever seen in AK. It's a big state,usually good somewhere. This is the first time I can remember not being able to find a good turn in this state.

If this happens I'll see you in Pemberton.

Worst season in the 10 I've been here, it was a good year to not buy a season pass to the resort though.

[Marius]

in the Alps, i'd say this was the worst winter for most of the freeriders (despite the view that count 50+years).

as a seasoncard-rider it still was "ok", but as powderhunter it was like a punsh in the face reading the daily snow/weatherforecast...

[Mike Pow]

Zero snowfall in the Brecon Beacons National Park area of South Wales in 2011.

As a reference point it snowed and I made turns in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov & Dec in 2010.

[sqikunst]

^^Agreed. I had to push myself to get enough days on my season pass in Tirol to make it worth the money. With the shitty coverage and the massive föhn in January Tirol bombed out. There were days in the dolomites and in the Tennengebirge in Salzburg that were good. Funny cause the season started out really good with some of the lightest deepest driest snow I have ever seen in the Alps on the north side of the Tennengebirge. The kind where you stop and you are up to you belly button in blower. It was actually soo deep that skinning was near impossible. For me in the Eastern Alps there were only 2 real significant snowfalls greater than 50cm. Both pretty early in the year and one smaller one in February. There was good snow to be found in the Dolomites but it was absolutely crazy both times I drove down it was like getting into the trams with crack addicts getting their fix. Cool thing was as a linked ski resort most impressive coliour's I have seen stacked one after another right next to each other. Had a trip planned for mid April to the western Alps but bad snow and a crappy weather window held us back. Praying for another 2007/2008 season for next year. Where the states seemed to be cold it seemed to be warm all the time here past January. Plus the rain event we had in January, the month thats meant to be the coldest could have been tons of snow. All in all it was still a good season just had to get up earlier, travel farther, spend more money on gas to get the goods.

[Cyber Cop]

New Mexico had a bad year even for New Mexico.

I've seen way worse on a la nina year. Your little mountain just doesn't have enough elevation to hold a snowpack on low snow years.

[bendtheski]

NOAA ENSO expert: “odds for a two-year (La Niña) event remain well above 50%”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/02/0...well-above-50/
Gin and tonic for me!

Just removed any second thoughts I might have been having about picking up a longer, fatter ski during the off season!
I'll save the 112 waist for "firm" days...

[drdevon]

Southern CO and NM got screwed as usual in a La Nina year, and I'll be the first to say January had a lot of people concerned in the PNW. All in all, turned out well enough.

[lynchdogger]

The only thing that sucked was I can not ski 100+ days anymore . . .

Skiing and suck are an oxymoron unless you are f*cking moron!

[Long duc dong]

It looks like the rest of BC and Alberta went off as well as CO and UT but what about CA,

California rocked. Mammoth normally gets about 400 inches a year. This year was over 600. Squaw usually gets 400 or so. This year was(I believe) over 700.

Mammoth will be open until the 4th of July once again.

[neckdeep]

Tetons have the deepest snowpack I've ever seen. The west slope received a lot of relatively warm, high moisture content storms that didn't settle down like the superlight powder we usually get during the cold months. I've had two seasons that seemed better because we got more cold smoke days but this season was great in terms of days with fresh snow and the settled depths were very impressive. Best early season depths in over a decade and only two periods where it dried out for 10-15 days so the action was continuous, more or less. The bad economy kept slopes relatively uncrowded for another year, that was a big plus.

I'd nominate Sun Valley for suck....244 inches in a year when all your neighbors get 400-700 inches and you paid $$$$$ to be there. Yep...if I paid $1800 for a pass and then watched every other resort in the state get loads more snow...I'd say "wow, this really sucks but at least I can buy a fur coat and a Rolex in town and that's what is really important in a good ski town." Try finding a good mink coat in Driggs...its impossible.

[TijmenDal]

Yep - Europe had one of the worst seasons ever.

[Johnny Deep]

Texas didn't fair much better.

[SkiCougar]

It sure didnt suck in SLT ! i skied mid-april and typically the coverage starts going bare by then. this year, not one bare spot in april. little warm, sure; but its effing april !

and summit county is still pouring it on ! 8-12 inches forecasted at abasin this week !

breckenridge's hills could pass for mid-february on may 11th: http://www.breckenridge.com/mountain...-web-cams.aspx

[AlexC]

About 450 inches at Revy making it the snowiest season yet for the resort. It's still less than the 40-60 feet they claim in the marketing material. That said, it regularly snowed from top to bottom, meaning you could ski 5,000+ feet of blower on good days.

[ski_faster]

I'd nominate Sun Valley for suck....244 inches in a year when all your neighbors get 400-700 inches and you paid $$$$$ to be there. Yep...if I paid $1800 for a pass and then watched every other resort in the state get loads more snow...I'd say "wow, this really sucks but at least I can buy a fur coat and a Rolex in town and that's what is really important in a good ski town." Try finding a good mink coat in Driggs...its impossible.

SSSSHHHHHH the people from the Sun Valley thread might see this and internet mug you.

[Beakjones]

It was a bad year in the UP. Unless you're a racer I guess.

[LC]

Yep - Europe had one of the worst seasons ever.

It wasn't a "bad" winter in Europe, there was just less snow than there usually is.

[neckdeep]

SSSSHHHHHH the people from the Sun Valley thread might see this and internet mug you.

I can't understand how a place that always seems to get the short end of the stick can find staff. Do they mostly hire non-skiers? Do they pay a lot more than the resorts that get snow? Who wakes up and sez, "Hmmmm, I think I'll move to a resort town that costs an arm and leg and can't even break 250 inches in an epic season. Yep, that's the place for me."

[DeathVan]

Who wakes up and sez, "Hmmmm, I think I'll move to a resort town that costs an arm and leg and can't even break 250 inches in an epic season. Yep, that's the place for me."

This was the real cause that led to Hemingway pulling the trigger with his toe.

-historical fact-

[mtl_ripper]

where it did not suck in Quebec: Eastern Townships all the way to Gaspe. Sucked a little more north of the big river, but they got by.