The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[BmillsSkier]

Last one that was that much (until the National Weather Service decided that the totals measured were wrong and a month or more later cut the snow totals by 1/3 the actual amounts in an "adjustment") was the Christmas storm of 2017. The thing about this one was the heavy very wet snow with at least an inch or 2 of slush at the base each day more fell. Typically for the first snowfall, I just shovel as the snowblower gets clogged with the wet first round if the ground is not frozen. We are at 60 inches of snow for this winter already. Average for the winter has been right around 105 inches going back to those days of the snow globe being ever present. Biggest ones definitely that I remember were the totals in 1977 and 78 winters (first few years of my skiing seasons.) Christmas of 1987, Then 1993 March storm that dumped a bunch in 1 day with blizzard conditions.

I was visiting family in NE Ohio for that Christmas 2017 storm and was one of the only idiots to venture out, much less make the 4:30am haul to Holiday Valley. I’ve written about that trip a ton here, but it remains (a) one of the best ski days I’ve ever had, and (b) the scariest drive in a blizzard I’ve ever had - thought I was going to get blown off the Chautauqua Bridge, at night, totally snowblind next to a Volvo wagon and a police escort behind two plows - and a closed highway all around us.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Pot kills in the Upstate


-cannabis

[m2711c]

the pot didn’t kill ‘em… being such cheapskate broke assed motherfuckers that they scraped up bat shit offa their dirty fuckin’ floor to put on their shitty homegrown weeds is what kilt ‘em…

miracle gro… it’s cheap, effective and saves lives…







public health and safety fact.

[Core Shot]

Researchers said one of the men, a 59-year-old, had purchased the bat guano from an online store while the other, a 64-year-old man, had harvested a thick layer of guano in his attic where he had a bat infestation.

Their deaths were not connected, but researchers said this highlights a dangerous and growing trend of bat guano being used among cannabis growers.

What the fuck is wrong with the upstates?
Who has a thick layer of guano in their attic? Who buys or sells bat guano?

That story screams West Virginia. Not NY

[BmillsSkier]

That story screams West Virginia. Not NY

The Gobbler is not from the Upstates.

[m2711c]

Friday night lights… turns? we don need no stinkin’ turns!.!!.!







actual fact.

[twomartinis]

outdoor refrigerator season has begun, enjoy some pure upstate gold


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it’s also pothole season, be careful out there in teh upstates



still got some turns in




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[m2711c]

did not know low profile snow tires is a thing.


now i do.

[m2711c]

production was high…









fact.

[BmillsSkier]

it’s also pothole season, be careful out there in teh upstates



still got some turns in




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That blows, but at least the goods are looking good.

[J. Barron DeJong]

it’s also pothole season, be careful out there in teh upstates

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Fack! Next time go the small diameter steelies, I guess.

[Brownski]

Those tires are not optimized for a region that peaked in the 70s….

From yesterday. It started out cold. Honestly it stayed pretty cold too



My favorite memories of being a snowmaker all involve shovel riding. Glad to see the tradition continue



Less cloudy at the top



Then most of the clouds sort of cleared up







If you zoom you can see the guns going on Deer Run over at Belle, right next to the downhill chair



snowshoer



Sunsets have been pretty so far this year



Last run- Still fucking cold. My phone froze right after taking this pic

[Brownski]

This is getting ridiculous



Though it did make me want to buy a spring pass at Killington this year

[m2711c]

Are those a nicely folded set of cotton briefs? Those will come in handy, no doubt…



meanwhile, we be samplin’ teh fruits of my labors.
















kids seemed to had the funs…


teh dreaded “red snake” headed down canyon…




and then, teh whale slaughter commences…








like sand through the hourglass, thusly goes the snowmaking cycle…




fact.

[m2711c]

giggity…




indeed!

[riser4]

giggity…




indeed!

Very localized. Looks like the way northern Green Mountains of VT, from about Mt Mansfield up through Jay Peak. This indicates higher elevations will do better over here. Belvedere and the Cold Hollow Mountain range could get some serious snow. There was a TTips guy with family there. I forget his username.

Anyway, looks like the Tuggers over in upstate will get a happy ending.

[gravitylover]

^^ Scott has been honking for a few days for Sugarbush and north with Jay and Burke winning.

[gravitylover]

That's a heckuva streamer coming in north of Syracuse, are any ski areas getting any of it? The other one looks to be close to E'ville.

[gravitylover]

Might as well answer my own question. It looks like the Utica city area is getting hammered.

[m2711c]

woods valley is where all teh action be at.





fact.

[BmillsSkier]

Daytime snowstorm darkness is a core Great Lakes ski memory.

[gravitylover]

Nice. Gotta love it when your home hill is winning.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Might as well answer my own question. It looks like the Utica city area is getting hammered.

Is this going to affect the flow of Utica Club? Did y’all stock up?

[m2711c]

there’s always an adequate supply… well, at least since teh prohibition t’was rightfully repealed anyways.




ski squallin’ under the lights…







moar squallin’ on the rallye stage home bound… tracker finds its way by braille.






finest kind.
fact.

[m2711c]

…and the squalls rolls on and on…








24 hrs nonstop snows has deep japan vibes today.




giggity. But. it’s upstates. good don’t happen without a corresponding bad, so… there ya go.











fact.