This crazy weather of ours...

[Hjf6]

Yeah, sadly, weekday skiing is not in the cards for me. Saturday, maybe. But it's like those billboards that say "you're not stuck in traffic, you ARE traffic". I'm not stuck in weekend crowds; I AM part of the weekend crowd.

But hey, it's either that, or not ski. So I deal. I'm still jealous of your ability to ski weekdays.

You summed it up perfectly! One of my (much more senior than I) coworkers takes off every Monday in the winter. I may have to try this next season

 

[Christy]

Somehow this season has lowered our expectations (every week) and we seem to be reasonably happy with conditions as long as we can get an edge in!

I am trying to adopt this attitude and will ski tomorrow even though it hasn't snowed in a week, and it's been sunny and up to 50F (inversion!) on the slopes. Freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw. But hopefully there will be a window between the freeze and the slop tomorrow that is fun. And you gotta like the views when it's sunny.

 

[Jilly]

Segac and SkiBam - SkiBam... we had more snow on the north side yesterday....What a zoo today. Glad I have that speed pass.

And Monday....through next week -25!! Wahoo for the work week!!

 

[SkiRed]

I skied today at Wachusetts. The weather was great, sunny, they did a great job grooming yesterday's snow. I was surprised but they had a lot of snow despite previous week of rain and warm up. Only an hour away, much easier to drive to from Boston.

 

[Jilly]

Just spent 5 hours getting home from Tremblant. 30km/hr on the 401 because it wasn't clear yet!!

 

[SkiBam]

Just spent 5 hours getting home from Tremblant. 30km/hr on the 401 because it wasn't clear yet!!

Oh good grief! And to make things even more frustrating, it looks like it will be too cold (for me, anyway) to ski. Finally some new snow, then the vortex hits again. Anyway Jilly, glad you made it home safely.

 

[segacs]

Yikes, Jilly! I'm glad you made it home safely, too. That's why I don't attempt Tremblant on iffy weather days.

SkiBam, I know, back down to minus-25 this week. At least I got a sunshine day in on Saturday. And next weekend looks like it might warm up a bit again.

 

[MissySki]

Sunday River was surprisingly good this weekend, at least much better than I was anticipating after last week's weather events. We even got a break in the crowds which was surprising to me for MLK weekend. Saturday was busy, but then Sunday was great after 11:30ish (everyone seemed to clear out for the Patriot's game I assume), and yesterday was completely dead which I very much appreciated! All in all a very nice long weekend. I am hopeful a lot more snow comes soon though, I really want to start getting into the trees and the ones I'd like to attempt are just seemingly so far from skiable for me right now (rocks, grass, stumps, fallen trees galore)..

 

[MaineSkiLady]

I am hopeful a lot more snow comes soon though, I really want to start getting into the trees and the ones I'd like to attempt are just seemingly so far from skiable for me right now (rocks, grass, stumps, fallen trees galore)..

The newly expanded Blind Ambition? Yeah, it will take at least 3 feet to get that to open safely, as it hasn't been 100% logged out yet (or so I have heard). In retrospect, wow, were we spoiled last season. Average base depth up here in Brackett Basin was 3-4' from mid-December on.

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Oh good grief! And to make things even more frustrating, it looks like it will be too cold (for me, anyway) to ski.

Same here. Dangerous wind chills predicted up here. Barely single digits through Friday. And I've had to sit out last couple of weeks due to bad cold and myriad of other interruptions.

 

[MissySki]

The newly expanded Blind Ambition? Yeah, it will take at least 3 feet to get that to open safely, as it hasn't been 100% logged out yet (or so I have heard). In retrospect, wow, were we spoiled last season. Average base depth up here in Brackett Basin was 3-4' from mid-December on.

Yep that is the one! I skied along side it yesterday and there is ALOT of stuff on the ground with not much in the way of snow cover.. Looks like it'll be really fun for the more novice tree skier such as myself as it looked pretty open without a terrible steep pitch, but yeah it has a really long way to go with everything I could see in there before I'd venture in.

 

[Sarah]

I had an unexpected great snow day yesterday at Stowe 2-3 inches during the day on Sunday then 6-8 inches overnight and almost noone at the mountain. I didn't have to wait once for a lift. The only downside was I didn't bother taking my new Bushwackers as I thought it was going to be hardpack/ice all weekend after reports of all the rain up there but it would have been perfect for them

 

[Jilly]

haha Sarah - always carry your quiver!!

 

[Sarah]

Lesson learned. Rookie mistake for a quiver newbie

 

[Serafina]

I had an unexpected great snow day yesterday at Stowe 2-3 inches during the day on Sunday then 6-8 inches overnight and almost noone at the mountain. I didn't have to wait once for a lift. The only downside was I didn't bother taking my new Bushwackers as I thought it was going to be hardpack/ice all weekend after reports of all the rain up there but it would have been perfect for them

That's great to know. I'm going to be up at Stowe next week, and we were wondering what the conditions up there were like. Do you happen to know if the cross-country area is open too?

 

[Sarah]

Sorry I don't know, I've never tried cross country skiing.

 

[RuthB]

Well it's the middle of summer here and first turns for the 2014 season have been had. Coverage looks better than it has during the normal season at times. Very crazy

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9654858/Summer-skiing-at-Mt-Hutt

 

[Jilly]

Well I made it home before the latest round of snow, but boy do we have it. When I drove into my office parking lot, I looked at the snow bank the plow left and all I could think of was that pile of snow that Ski Diva had a few years ago with the melt contest.