RidgeRacer Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 Me too, either there or Gore for two days in early February. Or the Skillz if I'm too lazy to drive 5 or 6 hours. I've never skied in NY which is cray-cray5 to 6 hours for Whiteface is well worth it. You'd travel 12 or so to steamboat. I like wf better. 1 Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said: 5 to 6 hours for Whiteface is well worth it. You'd travel 12 or so to steamboat. I like wf better. Maybe I'll go to WF on February 4-5 (Thurs & Fri). Hopefully it won't be too busy on a Friday? Edited January 16, 2021 by saltyant Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, saltyant said: Maybe I'll go to WF on February 4-5 (Thurs & Fri). Hopefully it won't be too busy on a Friday? TFTI Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: TFTI You're welcome and anytime! Maybe JFDan will come with us an we can share the room, but I get top bunk. Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 MarchSometimes it snows. And snows hard. March is the ideal time to visit; by then the mountains have a sufficient snow base and it’s historically when the big storms come. The past few Marches have left the mountain with several feet of snow overnight. https://www.lakeplacid.com/story/2019/01/skiing-whiteface-when-crowds-are-thinThe snowiest week in Whiteface Mountain (Lake Placid) is week 2 of March. There are typically 4.0 snowy days during this week with 10.6 in of snowfall. Check out the Whiteface Mountain (Lake Placid) Snow History graphs below. Select any week of the year to see the typical Ski Conditions, Snowfall Amount and Temperature based on nowcast weather data over the last 11 years.https://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Whiteface-Mountain/historyWhiteface averages 54% open at New Year's with nearly half of seasons being less than half open by New Year's. Much of the skiing is on exposed ridgelines that can be stripped of loose snow by the wind. Snow preservation is aided by high altitude and latitude in eastern context, so Whiteface averages 85% open mid-March and 70% open at first of April. Spring is the most likely time for Whiteface's Slides, some of the East's best expert terrain, to be open.https://www.zrankings.com/ski-resorts/175-whiteface-mountain 3 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said: March Sometimes it snows. And snows hard. March is the ideal time to visit; by then the mountains have a sufficient snow base and it’s historically when the big storms come. The past few Marches have left the mountain with several feet of snow overnight.https://www.lakeplacid.com/story/2019/01/skiing-whiteface-when-crowds-are-thin The snowiest week in Whiteface Mountain (Lake Placid) is week 2 of March. There are typically 4.0 snowy days during this week with 10.6 in of snowfall. Check out the Whiteface Mountain (Lake Placid) Snow History graphs below. Select any week of the year to see the typical Ski Conditions, Snowfall Amount and Temperature based on nowcast weather data over the last 11 years.https://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Whiteface-Mountain/history Whiteface averages 54% open at New Year's with nearly half of seasons being less than half open by New Year's. Much of the skiing is on exposed ridgelines that can be stripped of loose snow by the wind. Snow preservation is aided by high altitude and latitude in eastern context, so Whiteface averages 85% open mid-March and 70% open at first of April. Spring is the most likely time for Whiteface's Slides, some of the East's best expert terrain, to be open.https://www.zrankings.com/ski-resorts/175-whiteface-mountain Take it to the whiteface forum 1 Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said: March TFTI. Perhaps if I wasn't already going on an epic Utah trip in March. I like to spread my trips out over the winter so I don't have long periods of waiting between trips. I'll see how it is February, hell I'm thrilled to ski nice empty groomers like at Elk yesterday - but on a high speed lift and with longer runs/ more vert. Edited January 16, 2021 by saltyant Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 Calling for 11-18" from tonight through tomorrow night at Mt Snow. Should be some nice skiing for us there Sun-Mon. Got an Inn booked withing a mile of the mt so won't have to drive through it that AM. 2 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 42 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Take it to the whiteface forum 1 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 51 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: Calling for 11-18" from tonight through tomorrow night at Mt Snow. Should be some nice skiing for us there Sun-Mon. Got an Inn booked withing a mile of the mt so won't have to drive through it that AM. Groomers will be $$$$$$ Quote
JFskiDan Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 8 hours ago, toast21602 said: Groomers will be $$$$$$ it wont be crowded either. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: Calling for 11-18" from tonight through tomorrow night at Mt Snow. Should be some nice skiing for us there Sun-Mon. Got an Inn booked withing a mile of the mt so won't have to drive through it that AM. Take it to the mount snow thread. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 10 hours ago, RidgeRacer said: 1 1 1 1 Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 16 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: Calling for 11-18" from tonight through tomorrow night at Mt Snow. Should be some nice skiing for us there Sun-Mon. Got an Inn booked withing a mile of the mt so won't have to drive through it that AM. Be sure to write a report!!! 1 Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 On 1/16/2021 at 1:32 PM, saltyant said: Be sure to write a report!!! Truly Epic conditions. 18" of snow had fallen from Fri night to Sun AM with at least 6" of that Sat night - it would have been too much work to dig my car out so I took a shuttle bus. Continued snowing all day adding I would estimate another 4" on top of that. Every significant trail was open. Wind holds on the 2 main TTB lifts made for bad lines on the other lifts from the base - so we waited in that line once then stayed upper mountain all day til last run we did again from base (as upper lifts had closed). Got 13 runs in with fresh, deep, soft ungroomed snow on every one. 1 1 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 Truly Epic conditions. I see what you did there. WTGAI. I'm jelly. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: Truly Epic conditions. 18" of snow had fallen from Fri night to Sun AM with at least 6" of that Sat night - it would have been too much work to dig my car out so I took a shuttle bus. Continued snowing all day adding I would estimate another 4" on top of that. Every significant trail was open. Wind holds on the 2 main TTB lifts made for bad lines on the other lifts from the base - so we waited in that line once then stayed upper mountain all day til last run we did again from base (as upper lifts had closed). Got 13 runs in with fresh, deep, soft ungroomed snow on every one. Why is this in the hunter thread. 1 1 Quote
JFskiDan Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 11 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Why is this in the hunter thread. Cause it would be really out of place in the Beer thread. 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 5 hours ago, JFskiDan said: Cause it would be really out of place in the Beer thread. I’m reporting ski2live to the Vermont state police and also giving him six giant dings for fucking up the stats. Quote
JFskiDan Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: I’m reporting ski2live to the Vermont state police and also giving him six giant dings for fucking up the stats. SP - license. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 18, 2021 Report Posted January 18, 2021 25 minutes ago, JFskiDan said: SP - license. Like super troopers. Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 19, 2021 Report Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Day 2 even better than day 1 as fresh snow continued falling, all lifts now open and we did a bunch of trees runs. Day 1: ski conditions 10/10, overall 9/10 Day 2: 10/10 on both fronts Ties with rare super fine days in past years for the best skiing we have experienced without boarding a plane and certainly better that quite a few days in CO/UT/NV too. Edited January 19, 2021 by Ski2Live Live2Ski 4 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted January 19, 2021 Report Posted January 19, 2021 Wow! Looks fantastic! The trees look 👌 1 1 Quote
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