A grand sign of things to come…

********SPECIAL DEAL ALERT********Friday, 2/10 ONLY******

Print a copy of this blog & present it at Customer Service at Jay Peak to get 3 tickets for the price of 1 this Friday, 2/10 only.

Folks, I woke up in the middle of the night early Tuesday morning in the midst of a complete panic attack. I could not breathe or move. I had no idea what was happening to me for a moment. Then I realized I was having a nightmare that our ski season was over!

Once I grasped the fact that it was only a bad dream and not reality, I was able to settle down a bit. It is still early February, relaxed…a sip of water to boot. The best days of New England skiing and riding are still ahead of us and the weathermen are chatting up a great run of artic air and snow.

Mountains up North all already on course for a wonderful weekend, Powder is back! Places in Northern Vermont are getting pounded by lake snow; the stretch of warm air has been good for something at least, because the big bodies of water are usually frozen this time of the year. Surprise, surprise guess who is leading the charge in New England with new snow…
Email from a friend at Jay Peak.
Date: Feb 7, 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: Powder at Jay Peak
We’re getting dumped on at the moment – an easy 12-16″ already and it’s just puking here at 10:45. Seems like it’s a relatively isolated event…
I’d like to send you some pics to post, if you can. Also wanted to get a 3 for 1 out there for this Friday (they just need to print a copy of your blog & present it at Customer Service to get 3 tickets for the price of 1).
Here are those said pictures, and what better use for those pinters at work?
both from Jay Peak


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Weather: It is only getting better from here on out. Truth be told, it could not get any worse then what we have been dealing with since December 23rd, but heck with it. Take it when it comes, and better late then never.
The last several seasons I have been calling and emailing my friends out West preaching about how we are SO due here back home. They should make some plans to come to New England to ski in the spring.
Maybe this is the year?
From www.bestskiweather.com
THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE LAKE EFFECT YESTERDAY (2/6/06) STREAMING IN FROM ONTARIO. THE YELLOW IS THE HEAVIER SNOW, THE WHITE MORE MODERATE (5″) AT SUGARBUSH AND THE PINK (I AM COLOR BLIND) THE VERY LIGHT SNOW OF 1-3″ NOTICE HOW THE HEAVY SNOW FELL JUST TO THE EAST OF ONTARIO AND THEN JUST TO THE WEST OF VERMONT…THE ADIRONDACKS CREATED UPSLOPE AND HEAVY SNOW AND THIS EXTENDED INTO THE NORTHERN GREENS. ONCE THE SNOW MOVES EAST OF THE GREENS…THE AIR DRIES OUT OFTEN OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THIS PREVENTS MAINE FROM GETTING MUCH SNOW. SUGARLOAF DOES BEST WITH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OR STORMS CLOSER TO THE MOISTURE SOURCE IN THE ATLANTIC.
PARTS OF THE CATSKILLS GOT GOOD SNOWS TOO AND HUNTER MT., FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE THIS WEEKEND WITH A FEW INCHES MORE SNOW FALLING ON FRIDAY
YELLOW AREAS…BEST PLACE TO SKI THIS WEEKEND AND ANOTHER 2-5″ LIKELY ALL OF VERMONT BETWEEN THURSDAY EVENING AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH IN S. VERMONT AND CATSKILLS BY EARLY WEEKEND.

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For a detailed weather outlook you really should check out what Matt Noyes is up to on his weather blog. Great stuff, takes you from the TV talk to the classroom of meteorology. This is a Ski Guru Top Pick! Highly recommended…a little taste, but hit this link for more.
http://mattnoyes.blogs.com/
General Weather Summary: The same strong storm that brought gusty winds to New England on Monday will present us with another breezy day through Tuesday. The large storm, wound up just to our north in Eastern Canada, is bringing a fast flow of air not only here on the ground, but also high in the sky, at the jet stream level where storms are steered and that fast corridor of winds acts as a thermostat for the atmosphere, separating cold air to the north from warm air to the south. This corridor of jet stream winds has dipped south of New England, and that means the active storm track will also be south of our region – through the Southeastern U.S. and off the Mid-Atlantic coast – at least for the time being.
The first result of a pattern like this is a continued feed of cold and relatively dry air, interrupted by spokes of energy rotating around the Canadian storm and through New England, picking up moisture off of the Great Lakes, and cranking out snow flurries and squalls. These flurries and squalls can be found scattered across New England through Tuesday morning, but as dry air continues to set up shop in New England, Tuesday afternoon will bring a trend toward mostly sunny skies with flurries continuing mostly in the mountainous and hilly terrain. Winds gusting up to 30 mph from the west-northwest will bring wind-chill values into the teens north and 20’s south through the day.
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Place getting dumped out of all this. Check Snow Country for up to the minute reports.
We are staring down the barrel of the best 50 days of skiing New England has seen for quite some time. I am betting on skiing all Black and trees and going big. It has been a long time, we need it.
Make plans to head north this weekend, you will not be disappointed. That is unless you are on a bar stool in the Hub Saturday night. The further you go the better it will be.
Keep praying, dancing or what ever it has been we have all been doing to ride out the spell. The season is afoot my dear Watson!
Think Snow,
S.G.