How Many NEPA Mountains Make a Run at Thanksgiving?

[Ride Delaware ?]

Im just going through some weather forecasts and such for the extended forecast, and it looks like some decent early season snowmaking temps will arrive almost a week before T-Day... Do you think there is anyone other than Big Boulder that will give it a shot, or are we are looking at 350' vert again for T-day? Most resorts will start to make snow around that time (the 20th), but who will make the push to have everything in place if the temps cooperate?

[Dan-]

I'd say boulder is still the only option in Pa for riding on T-day.

[Johnny Law]

Maybe Boulder

 

 

The next 14 days looks all right with lower than average temps, but not a whole lot will change until the AO goes negative. Most charts don't see that happening anytime soon and the above chart says it's going to be a warm December.

 

The Arctic Oscillation (AO) in simple terms determines how much cold air gets pumped into the NE from the Arctic. Essentially going negative for the AO indicates higher air speeds in the Oscillation which drops the Jet Stream and blasts the NE with nice cold air. The North Atlantic Oscillation determines how long storms stick around, obviously this is more important for natural snow but the AO and NAO are very interrelated. Until they go negative cold temps and decent storms will most likely be very hard to come by.

 

The early Oct. storm VT had though was very strange as both oscillation were positive so don't loose hope yet.

[camelbackfreeski]

camelback is saying open this weekend!!!!! thats BEFORE thanksgiving