On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:25:31 -0500, VtSkier
wrote:

Alex Heney wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:05:28 -0500, Walt
wrote:

* What do you think of Autumn skiing? My usual thought is that the earth
is so barren and cold it wouldn't be good. But I skied at thanksgiving a
couple of years ago. And it was kind of like spring skiing. The trail was
60 yards wide and the artificial snow swath was maybe 20 yard. There were
parts where you had to walk over dirt/grass.
I think Autumn skiing is great. The first day of winter is Dec 21, and

But officially, that is midwinter's day.

Well that depends. Meteorologically it may be midwinter's day but
officially it is the first day of winter being the solstice.


Nah, it is the "officially" I would dispute.

Meteorologically, I would agree - the wintriest conditions normally
occur in the 2-3 months following the solstice.

But officially, the solstices and equinoxes are the middle days of the
seasons, being the day on which progressions in day/night length
reverse (solstice) or become exactly equal (equinox).

As you say, midsummer's day is the only one which actually comes close
meteorologically, although even that here (in the UK) is rather early
- the main summer months are July-August.

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