bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It's in the 50s today. Winter is coming! DH noticed that it snowed on Breck over 12k feet - so not in the town, but on the upper mountain.
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Signs that ski season is coming....
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Skivt2
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Slept in our condo in Vermont for the first time since mid June. Starting to restock supplies here. Going to ride the gondola this weekend and hike around the summit. Trailering our boat home from mom's house on cape cod sometime in the next two weeks. We should be skiing in 5-6 weeks!!!
Fluffy Kitty
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I decided to take advantage of yet another 90ºF day to take the summer wax off the skis. (CH6 is hard to scrape in winter.) They are ready to go, now, at least three months early! 
snowski/swimmouse
Angel Diva
Labor Day Ski sales are over and there's a definite chill in the Vermont air this evening....
Albertan ski girl
Angel Diva
mustski
Angel Diva
No rain, but we got some pretty high winds and BIG surf!
I am not a surfer but DH is, and he was a pretty happy camper.
Albertan ski girl
Angel Diva
nice pic! that's what my balcony looks like too!
snowski/swimmouse
Angel Diva
OMG!!! We've another 5 weeks of swimming in the pool at my house! Then there're ~2 weeks before slope opens...
Fluffy Kitty
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
OK, so, how about we all move to Canada? Jealous!
Albertan ski girl
Angel Diva
I'm sort of loving this snow but...it still feels WAY too early. We're expecting another 10-15 cms tonight in Calgary. 
snow addict
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I am generally wary of early snow. Locals here in the mountains say that early winter means short winter - which corresponds with my personal experience. Last season all terrain was open and skiable by the official opening day, including off-piste access and everything, but it was pretty much over by the end of March, we skied until end of April but mostly to get to restaurants where we would spend all our "ski" days. It was also the same in 2010-2011 which is known as the worst season in 50 years. Big November storms that started drying out till Christmas, then nothing for 7 weeks and when it finally started snowing again temperatures also started pushing up so the snow was pretty much pointless... On the other hand, every season when we arrived to mostly green and brown slopes with only one piste open ended up being cold, snowy and long... I also understand that early and sudden onset of winter is not very good for the snowpack and ideally for a more stable pack it should get sufficiently cold (to have lower ground temperatures) before it starts snowing...
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I just love that first weekend when DH and I go to Breck during the shoulder session, there's a bite in the air, and then we look out to see tiny snowflakes falling. Magical. We haven't been up in the mountains for two months because of the home improvement madness, but I'm looking forward to it soon.
Jenny
Angel Diva
Saw this in a story about the Calgary snow and it reminded me of Calvin and Hobbes.
https://twitter.com/jpmwd/status/509749867984723968/photo/1
https://twitter.com/jpmwd/status/509749867984723968/photo/1
