Seriously, WTF is with this Weather?

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

27 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.

Tried 6 and 8 and learned my lesson

Best Western right off Interstate gets my vote for a place near Stowe. Nice breakfast there too. 

[NMSKI]

I'd like to recommend the Econo Lodge in Montpelier.  

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Possibility of a nice window Fri afternoon with some soft snow after the rain stops and before the freeze over. Could be the best conditions of the weekend as well as fairly empty. It'll be a bit like threading a needle to hit it - hope to be at either Roundtop, JFrost or Shawnee in that window - monitoring where it is most likely to get its fullest expression. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

On 1/11/2018 at 6:58 AM, SallyCat said:

Well, that's one day that really shouldn't be white anyway. 

Truth 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Possibility of a nice window Fri afternoon with some soft snow after the rain stops and before the freeze over. Could be the best conditions of the weekend as well as fairly empty. It'll be a bit like threading a needle to hit it - hope to be at either Roundtop, JFrost or Shawnee in that window - monitoring where it is most likely to get its fullest expression. 

Take off tomorrow..pull the twins out of school and get the $45 ticket for Blue.  Tomorrow is the day.  

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Nah - that's powder day talk.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

33 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Nah - that's powder day talk.

Spring days are almost as good as powder days.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

@toast21602 is probably pumped, it’s warm enough for the grass to grow. 

[toast21602]

6 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

@toast21602 is probably pumped, it’s warm enough for the grass to grow. 

Nah, I kind of want snow. As much as I enjoy sitting outside right now at work, we have only had a handful of a few winter days. I have a feeling it's going to be a cold and snowy April. But what do I know...

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Nah, I kind of want snow. As much as I enjoy sitting outside right now at work, we have only had a handful of a few winter days. I have a feeling it's going to be a cold and snowy April. But what do I know...

There’s snow in the long range forecast.  It will be interesting to see how hardcore Blue wants to blow snow. 

[toast21602]

3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

There’s snow in the long range forecast.  It will be interesting to see how hardcore Blue wants to blow snow. 

I don't think they want to, but again, what do I know... 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

I don't think they want to, but again, what do I know... 

me and atomic Jeff were thinking first maybe second week in march for closing if it doesn’t get cold and snowy.  Blue did save a shitload of money on snowmaking this year but probably sold 100,000 less tickets. 

Edited February 15, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[antman12]

39 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

me and atomic Jeff were thinking first maybe second week in march for closing if it doesn’t get cold and snowy. 

Yeeeaa.. then it will get cold after they close for an added kick in the shorts.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

33 minutes ago, antman12 said:

Yeeeaa.. then it will get cold after they close for an added kick in the shorts.

I’m not booking a spring trip until I see when Blue ends up closing.  Usually I don’t go away until mid April or so but if blue closes early to mid march I don’t want a month without skiing in between. 

[Schif]

I've been really nervous that Blue will close while I'm out in Colorado. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

8 minutes ago, Schif said:

I've been really nervous that Blue will close while I'm out in Colorado. 

When’s Colorado?  

[Schif]

7 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

When’s Colorado?  

March 9 to 19

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, Schif said:

March 9 to 19

Well just ski blue as much as you can before.  That’s a nice long trip.  

[indiggio]

Ugly...

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

In Allentown the temperature rose from 38 to 54 in two hours.  Some serious warm air streaming in ahead of the rain. 

[JFskiDan]

But wait......it gets cold next week!  Its like the umpteenth time we have gone through this cycle, looks like cold air 7-10 days out that never comes in.  I dont put alot of faith in forecasts that far out, but this year its been particullarly bad, almost always trending warmer.  Dont even think for a minute we will see snow either of those two days either....lol.  Sounds like this warm/rain spell is really doing a number on things, But so glad they opened Challenge and Switch, rather than build up the base on the trails already open!

The grim reality based on the trends, its hard to imagine we will have much of a season in March.  

[AirheadD8]

55° @ 5:55 Am 😢

[indiggio]

47 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

55° @ 5:55 Am 😢

And fog! 😭

[RidgeRacer]

They just need to get through next week $$$ wise. After that it's all downhill. Can't see us skiing many days at blue in in March. On wed the snow at the base near the quad was so thin you could see grass. NMDW had holes as did lower paradise. Who even knows if they'll drop a pass early and advertise "ski the rest of this season and all of next" because there may not be much of a "this season" left. 

Edited February 17, 2023 by RidgeRacer

[Benm]

im really hoping this price is just a placeholder. comes from their test subdomain for their store site. 
 

Edited February 17, 2023 by Benm