NE Roll Call 18/19

[Vt-Freeheel]

-12 and windy bob, -21 summit

So much stoke out there from this storm. Some of the lower snowfall totals derived from the lower ratio snow than originally forecast. The snow was dense and skied deep but was stuff prone. I got flushed on Redline in the dogleg cliff section when the whole face release. Be careful in the Notch and or other steep areas.

Props to MNIAW for the prime room in the Circle, timed it right after cooking breakfast to walk over for a ticket and got in line as first general public skier.



"but didn't get to ski. What did I do wrong?!"

Too much toast, not enough bacon.



You couldn't pay me to ride lifts today

GMX is on wind hold
Summit is on wind hold
North Ridge is on wind hold
Inverness is on wind hold
Heavens Gate is on wind hold
Status update for Mon, Jan 21

6:30 AM

[JerseyDave]

Seeing and hearing about Stowe yesterday. LOL. 2 hours in traffic from Moscow to the bottom of Harlow Hill.
I think they need more marketing....
Guy parked and skinned to the Mtn from the HS. Imagine living there and trying to get to work?
Shark=Jumped. Go Vail.
The base depth has reached "Ski anywhere" hoping it sets up a little to really lock in the teeth.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Add Castlerock to the wind hold list.

Also watched the line guards getting blown over on the webcam. They don't have much surface area.

[HankScorpio]

Seeing and hearing about Stowe yesterday. LOL. 2 hours in traffic from Moscow to the bottom of Harlow Hill.
I think they need more marketing....
Guy parked and skinned to the Mtn from the HS. Imagine living there and trying to get to work?
Shark=Jumped. Go Vail.
The base depth has reached "Ski anywhere" hoping it sets up a little to really lock in the teeth.

Fuck that. I skied Stowe for years and don’t feel bad about bailing before Vail took over.

Warner temps Thursday will solidify the base around here for weeks to come.

-10 here and snowing lightly. Thinking about a local PM skin if the wind doesn’t pick up but sitting on my couch and drinking beer in front of the fire also sounds good.


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[2ski2fish4ever]

the Bush didn't disapoint either,a legit 18 inches in the alpine zone.one of the longest lines on Super bravo by 830,but by 10 the masses were already whopped.perfect timing for the opening of HG at about 11;15.it was a funny site to see the first 10 to 15 skiers all tomahawk down ripcord in harmony

[nutmegchoi]

Are the mountains open today? Saw Jay and Killington both -16F, windchill -35F.
I remember small mountain in Minnesota (Afton Alps) closed one time due to dangerously cold temperature... I think windchill was -50F.

[Vt-Freeheel]

bush has 3 of 18 lifts running currently, up to -11 bob.

[Boreas]

Seeing and hearing about Stowe yesterday. LOL. 2 hours in traffic from Moscow to the bottom of Harlow Hill.
I think they need more marketing....
Guy parked and skinned to the Mtn from the HS. Imagine living there and trying to get to work?
Shark=Jumped. Go Vail.
The base depth has reached "Ski anywhere" hoping it sets up a little to really lock in the teeth.

I don’t get skinning to the Mtn. I mean you have skins, you know it’s a clusterfuck, why not just hit the BC?

[DaveTV]

Are the mountains open today? Saw Jay and Killington both -16F, windchill -35F.
I remember small mountain in Minnesota (Afton Alps) closed one time due to dangerously cold temperature... I think windchill was -50F.

Wildcat will be CLOSED on Monday, January 21, 2019 due to forecasts calling for extreme cold and high winds. While we know many of you have Monday off for the MLK Jr. Holiday it is in the safety of you our guests, our staff, and our equipment that we have decided to close.

Monday’s temperatures are predicted to be -15 to -20 below zero at the summit, with winds forecasted to be between 35 - 50 mph and gusts up to 60 mph. These conditions will combine to make wind chills simply unbearable for any amount of time spent outdoors.

Sister resort - Attitash will be open and we plan to be back open Tuesday, with 100% of our terrain open and 17" of snow from this last storm.

Stay Wild friends. For more information visit - skiwildcat.com/snow-report

We’ll see you later in the week!


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[jhyatt]

Cannon was firing yesterday. Windhold to start so I stayed at Mittersill and had fresh laps all day. Wind hold this morning, sub zero temps and patriots hangover combine for a slow start.

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[Benny Profane]

Are the mountains open today? Saw Jay and Killington both -16F, windchill -35F.
I remember small mountain in Minnesota (Afton Alps) closed one time due to dangerously cold temperature... I think windchill was -50F.

Killington closed last year due to cold on a Saturday, of all days, and it wan't this windy.

[Benny Profane]

I don’t get skinning to the Mtn. I mean you have skins, you know it’s a clusterfuck, why not just hit the BC?

Or drive to Smuggs

[nutmegchoi]

Killington closed last year due to cold on a Saturday, of all days, and it wan't this windy.

Guess they really want MLK day money.

[JerseyDave]

Or drive to Smuggs

Can't get there from here, can ya?
All kidding aside, the traffic issue at Stowe has rapidly degraded in recent years. You have to think the town is gonna have issue from a safety point-of-view. Fires. Ambulances. Can't really widen the road...

[t-the-east]

-72 wind chill at WF. Good day to tackle some things around the house

[nutmegchoi]

How is that place still open???
Can’t imagine what -72F windchill would feel like.
-50F felt like my skin was cracking.

[t-the-east]

It’s only the lower mountain lifts that are open. Everything else is on wind hold... But still, stuff just breaks when it’s this cold.

[Benny Profane]

Guess they really want MLK day money.

You'd be surprised at how uncrowded MLK Monday can be at most hills. Of course, today, you're only going to see the crazy and desperate with these conditions, but I've been out there the past four or five years on this day and always remarked, where the fuck is everybody, since they hyped it up so much and even blacked it out on some passes. Most of the family gaper biz is eating brunch and driving home.
IKON isnt even blacking out today on my basic pass. Not that it matters.

[Benny Profane]

It’s only the lower mountain lifts that are open. Everything else is on wind hold... But still, stuff just breaks when it’s this cold.

I'm pretty convinced that is why Killington closed last year on that Saturday. That was the tail end of that brutal two week deep freeze, and some lifts around New England started breaking. Imagine getting stuck on a chair for an hour, a fully loaded lift, in those conditions. Fatal for some. The lawyers shake their heads.

[From_the_NEK]

Yesterday at Burke (I only took the camera out on two runs since it was snowing so hard it was getting all over my lens making it hard to take clear photos):









Twig Stoke:

[robrox]

Nice Burke pix!

Today I took the 3-pin gear into the woods, tracked a half K loop and got some laps. Went out in the open but my feet got cold in my old Tele-Lights..done.
This helped with the warming process:

[robrox]

I'm still waiting on those damn stew pics.

Sorry about that. Same stew, reheated on Monday, in a different bowl

[SpeLunker]

Stupid fun, awesome day at Mt. Ellen. Snowed hard all day (still snowing!), minimal lift lines and untouched trees in Slidebrook to end the day.

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Easily a 2 Heady storm at the house. Prob 18+” up high.

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Fuck yes.




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Very cool

[nutmegchoi]

Sorry about that. Same stew, reheated on Monday, in a different bowl

Did you get that bowl from DD?

[akokskis]

A few from yestahday. fun daiz at da club

Weasel doing weasel things


weaselbro is a gorilla


tern em gerl


"i'm a serious skier" sez bottledood


very serious.