Seriously, WTF is with this Weather?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

43 minutes ago, C1erArt said:

Hope they pile the snow on existing runs in order to extend the season, rather than try to open new slopes.

Right before I left for JH that’s exactly the conversation I was having with Bethlehem ford guy…gotta add base to the existing terrain.  

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

12 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Not depressing to me..excellent snowmaking temps for a few days.  Gonna be freezing Saturday AM

Depressing is trends for next week

[saltyant]

9 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Depressing is trends for next week

There's plenty of perder skiing out west. Maybe you, me, and Grilled Steeze can find a grate deal on a Frontier flight to Jackson Hole and we can find a cheap room with an unheated outhouse, complimentary sugar cookies and hot cocoa for sustenance and a triple bunk bed, though I get top bunk.

Edited January 30, 2023 by saltyant

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

13 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Depressing is trends for next week

There will still be skiing, not depressing to me.  Maybe we’ll get a big snowstorm still.  

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Yes I usually do a Western trip sometime Feb-April. Nice to have local options too. So far it is the winter that never was in NJ.

[saltyant]

2 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Yes I usually do a Western trip sometime Feb-April. Nice to have local options too. So far it is the winter that never was in NJ.

Think positive, NJ has year-round skiing in a shopping mall. Maybe they'll add an extra floor someday in the near future when the average temperature all winter is 60 degrees.

Edited January 30, 2023 by saltyant

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

On 1/30/2023 at 3:31 PM, saltyant said:

Think positive, NJ has year-round skiing in a shopping mall. Maybe they'll add an extra floor someday in the near future when the average temperature all winter is 60 degrees.

It went down colder than expected..currently 20 degrees in the A and 98 degrees in my A..not the band weirdo the temperature 

Edited February 7, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[indiggio]

Woo Hoo!!  Looks like we dodged the deluge for Thursday!

But no snow for Saturday.

I'll take it.

Edited February 8, 2023 by indiggio

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, indiggio said:

Woo Hoo!!  Looks like we dodged the deluge for Thursday!

But no snow for Saturday.

I'll take it.

And snowmaking temperatures return for Presidents’ Day weekend..maybe..when’s your Canada trip?

Edited February 8, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[indiggio]

9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

And snowmaking temperatures return for Presidents’ Day weekend..maybe..when’s your Canada trip?

15 days.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Check the radar.  Maybe some snow later this evening. 

[saltyant]

21 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Check the radar.  Maybe some snow later this evening. 

I saw some perder on the ground in Vermont. And like, not at a ski hill. It was amaze balls.

Edited February 13, 2023 by saltyant

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Bummed about the forecast. Seems everywhere in NE gets major rain and thaw on Friday then a deep freeze overnight to ice everything up formthe Pres Wknd hordes. Will likely sit Sat out and hope they can groom it into something worth skiing by Sun as I have commitments for Mon. Bummer for a weekend I had hoped to ski Fri Sat and Sun. 

This may well be the year I ski the least number of days in quite a while, though at least I have already matched the 16 I hit in 2015/16. My lowest total since then was the 25 I skied in 2018/19 when we had the Blue passes. I expect I will need a positive change to current weather trends or a couple western trips to top that this year. No chance of getting near the 41 I skied in 20/21.

Edited February 13, 2023 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Bummed about the forecast. Seems everywhere in NE gets major rain and thaw on Friday then a deep freeze overnight to ice everything up formthe Pres Wknd hordes. Will likely sit Sat out and hope they can groom it into something worth skiing by Sun as I have commitments for Mon. Bummer for a weekend I had hoped to ski Fri Sat and Sun. 

This may well be the year I ski the least number of days in quite a while, though at least I have already matched the 16 I hit in 2015/16. My lowest total since then was the 25 I skied in 2018/19 when we had the Blue passes. I expect I will need a positive change to current weather trends or a couple western trips to top that this year. No chance of getting near the 41 I skied in 20/21.

Are you planning any trips out west?

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

6 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Are you planning any trips out west?

Nothing planned yet but I hope to go some time after March 10. Til then I am too busy due to playing guitar in a HS production of Grease (rehearsals are why I can't ski Monday and what I did yesterday afternoon).

Edited February 13, 2023 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[saltyant]

6 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Bummed about the forecast. Seems everywhere in NE gets major rain and thaw on Friday then a deep freeze overnight to ice everything up formthe Pres Wknd hordes. Will likely sit Sat out and hope they can groom it into something worth skiing by Sun as I have commitments for Mon. Bummer for a weekend I had hoped to ski Fri Sat and Sun. 

This may well be the year I ski the least number of days in quite a while, though at least I have already matched the 16 I hit in 2015/16. My lowest total since then was the 25 I skied in 2018/19 when we had the Blue passes. I expect I will need a positive change to current weather trends or a couple western trips to top that this year. No chance of getting near the 41 I skied in 20/21.

Okemo was pretty rough this morning. I had higher expectations now that I'm in Vermont. It felt like skiing at Blue mountain with the crappy snow and ice. Fortunately the sun and warm temps made the snow really fun to ski in and the afternoon was amazing. Just gotta lower your expectations 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Okemo was pretty rough this morning. I had higher expectations now that I'm in Vermont. It felt like skiing at Blue mountain with the crappy snow and ice. Fortunately the sun and warm temps made the snow really fun to ski in and the afternoon was amazing. Just gotta lower your expectations 

I don’t think it matters where you go, if it’s warm one day and gets cold at night the snow can and usually is bad..I’ve skied runs at stowe that were all death cookies.  Are you up in Rutvegas now?  I heard the comfort inn and suites is nice.   I stayed at a budget inn there once that was like $50 a night and I got the heck out of there as fast as possible.  Gotta stick with chains because they keep a certain level of quality.  

[saltyant]

28 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I don’t think it matters where you go, if it’s warm one day and gets cold at night the snow can and usually is bad..I’ve skied runs at stowe that were all death cookies.  Are you up in Rutvegas now?  I heard the comfort inn and suites is nice.   I stayed at a budget inn there once that was like $50 a night and I got the heck out of there as fast as possible.  Gotta stick with chains because they keep a certain level of quality.  

Correct. The Comfort Inn is a diamond in the rough. If you don't look at the filthy AC unit and the cob webs in the stairwell it's not so bad. I didn't want to eat my Dominos in my room because of the smell which would make me lose my appetite, so I found a small sitting area which had a fresh aroma from fake flowers. There's a large school group here every day which is hella annoying, fortunately I beat them to breakfast or I would have gone to a diner for some ham and eggs 

Edited February 13, 2023 by saltyant

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Correct. The Comfort Inn is a diamond in the rough. If you don't look at the filthy AC unit and the cob webs in the stairwell it's not so bad. I didn't want to eat my Dominos in my room because of the smell which would make me lose my appetite, so I found a small sitting area which had a fresh aroma from fake flowers. There's a large school group here every day which is hella annoying, fortunately I beat them to breakfast or I would have gone to a diner for some ham and eggs 

Oh wow maybe stay at the best western next time.  Vermont definitely has some good diners.  That’s where I ate corned beef hash for the first time which is one of my favorites to this day.  
 

Two years ago in Colorado I stayed at a Hampton inn which was pretty nice but the one morning there was dog shit in the elevator and that’s a smell I don’t like having in my nose when I’m about to eat breakfast.  

Edited February 13, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

@saltyant I’ve been to busy looking at the weather for Allentown and crested butte and Jackson hole and winter park and just looked at the weather for rutland and it’s gonna snow overnight.   There could be some Perder up at killington mountain.  They call it the Big K..blue lite special on Perder..

[saltyant]

24 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

@saltyant I’ve been to busy looking at the weather for Allentown and crested butte and Jackson hole and winter park and just looked at the weather for rutland and it’s gonna snow overnight.   There could be some Perder up at killington mountain.  They call it the Big K..blue lite special on Perder..

That would be rad. I saw less than an inch. That's way more perder than I got anywhere this season. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

23 minutes ago, saltyant said:

That would be rad. I saw less than an inch. That's way more perder than I got anywhere this season. 

It could be alot deeper in the upper elevations.  

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Hampton Inn is my go to chain. Nice beds and breakfast buffet, always clean. Often choose them over cheaper options. Especially with two kids a good breakfast is worth it. Holiday Inn Express has also impressed with their breakfast buffet. Some places are just crap with prepackaged muffins and/or cold cereal.

Edited February 14, 2023 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[saltyant]

10 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Hampton Inn is my go to chain. Nice beds and breakfast buffet, always clean. Often choose them over cheaper options. Especially with two kids a good breakfast is worth it. Holiday Inn Express has also impressed with their breakfast buffet. Some places are just crap with prepackaged muffins and/or cold cereal.

Dang, you're living it up. I figured you're a Motel 6 or Super 8 kinda guy. The breakfast at the Comfort Inn at Rutland is pretty good, the cereal was fresh Frosted Flakes and the milk was nice and cold.

Edited February 14, 2023 by saltyant

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Dang, you're living it up. I figured you're a Motel 6 or Super 8 kinda guy. The breakfast at the Comfort Inn at Rutland is pretty good, the cereal was fresh Frosted Flakes and the milk was nice and cold.

I stay in a variety of places but not motel 6 or super 8. The comfort inn breakfast sounds real nice.