"Mary Malmros" wrote in message
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VtSkier wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote:

Richard Henry wrote:

"Mary Malmros" wrote in message
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Richard Henry wrote:

Mammoth-Sierra snowpack (official gumint figures):



Fie upon you. Here in the Northeast we're really struggling along, on
bits and pieces. If we could get a good two-foot dump we'd be in good
shape, but there's nothing like that on the horizon.

Time for another sacrifice...




It's worse than you think. The snowpack figures are in equivalent
inches of
liquid water.



HATE you! We have NOTHING more than snow showers in the ten-day
forecast. It's enough to make you wail and gnash your teeth.


Mary, Killington just sent me a "Powder Alert"

You know, that's nice, but...five whole inches. Come on. We need a good
two-foot dump and you know it, not this itsy-bitsy four-five-six inches at
a time stuff.

I skied from the Dec. 27 - Jan 1 in VT., NH, & ME, those were the iciest
days that I have ever skied. Normally there are enough patches of snow to
allow one to slow down some or snow on the sides of the runs. Many of the
runs were pure sheets of ice, what looked like snow on the sides were ice
crust, terrible. The only nice day was nice the Dec. 29, it was like spring
skiing nice soft snow all the ice had soften up but the very next day
refroze back to ice. Each ski area had at least one run that would have
mounds of snow. They all seemed to be hidden and were all bump runs if you
got lucky you'd find them.

I hope condition get better my best friend from the west coast is coming to
visit me at the end of the month. I promised him some good skiing from VT
to ME.

JQ
Dancing on the edge