Recent Snowfall...

[efoxx]

I know this title is sure to lure the many vulnerable snow junkies like myself who can't wait for that first frost and more importantly those first few sprinkles of snow. I heard from some friends who live in Boulder that they were driving through Loveland Pass over the weekend and managed to catch a glimpse of some of the white stuff coming down. I was curious if anyone knew of a website which tracks these things, pre-season snowfall? Probably would drive me even more mad if I discovered such a website, but anyhow it won't be long until the leaves change colors, followed by piles of leaves lining the streets, and then yes, the much anticipated first snowfall, even if just flurries. Lets hope for another season like the previous two.

[pulverschwein]

I know this title is sure to lure the many vulnerable snow junkies like myself who can't wait for that first frost and more importantly those first few sprinkles of snow.
Why you, I oughta . . . :mad:

Yeah - I suffer from that same disease meself. Around this time of year, I find myself anxiously checking cams in places like Alyeska, Glacier Park, MT, Tetons, Timberline Lodge, Whistler . . .

Alas, so far nothing to feed my snow jones except some glimpses at dustings high on glaciers and such.

But soon, my pretties, soon . . . :p

For now, little surf and wakeboarding w/ 70* water temp, catching all the bluefin tunas you want 20 miles out and the very beginnings of the fall striper run will have to suffice.

[icelanticskier]

you may want to watch mountwashington.org in the coming days for yer stoke. george oftentimes has just as good a chance as the much younger mountains to the west.

rog

[bobpratl]

I will be watching.....daily.

[natron]

anyday now.. low's on the summitt this weekend in the 20's, throw in some precip. and there ya go, the race for the first trax will be on!!:D

[sportrocket]

If you go on the loveland Co website, you can see the dusting they got at 12,000 feet in the last few days. They will be open within the next 30 days!:)

[bristlecone]

Why you, I oughta . . . :mad:
x2. We are testy, temperamental creatures this time of year and are not to be teased.

Or, we are testy, temperamental creatures that hate to love being teased with mention of snow. Thank you, may I have another?

[icelanticskier]

that i milk the skiing into july every year on a very regular basis, besides the fact that the weather and snow quality is about as good as it gets for skiing, is so that i don't hope for snow in september when non snow activities are at their finest. put my skis away just 8 weeks ago, probably won't ski for another 8-10 weeks. surfs great, trails are finally dry.

rog

[icelanticskier]

http://www.jandeproductions.com/2009/15SEP09Wx.mp3

rog

[wooley12]

2 feet of new above 6000' on Rainier when I was in Seattle last week. TR's I saw from people who couldn't help themselves said it was not so good to ski on or in. To torture myself, I track the snow on the ground at my sons house here

http://i90.atmos.washington.edu/roadview/i90/

Click the Hyak west picture then snow depth. Still showing 54" on May 5th. Thats on the ground, not total. Topped out at about 148" on the ground last winter. 200 yards off I-90. Why am I still here? See you all at Tuckerman's this winter. It's on my bucket list.

[efoxx]

So the incessant checking of ski websites and noaa.org is not unique to me? Thank god! My girlfriend thinks I am mental, glad to see there are others out there as mental as me. I am not sure which I like better, late October when anticipation for the upcoming season is peaking, non-stop ski video viewing, hikes through the forest, the smell of winter in the air or the ski season. Don't get me wrong I love the ski season but I sometimes question which emotion is more exciting, skiing or the anticipation of skiing. Does anyone else experience the same? And damn it how many posts do I have to put up until I get more than one black diamond?

[pulverschwein]

you may want to watch mountwashington.org in the coming days for yer stoke
Usually stop checking daily round about me birfday (7/9) and pick up am checks agin near 8/15. Ever since dealing w/ 1/2" o rime on da ladders goin up 6 husbands in late aug (I wanna say 8/26/92, but not certain) I'm pretty saavy bout how early we can git stoked fer winter to show up on ol geo. Thought that was kinda given fer folks in this hood.
Let er snow already, fer fahk's sake!

[icelanticskier]

that most folks come late april are so thinking of summer stuff when the really good skiing with the best weather, (even this may and JUNE i had my most consistently sunny bluebirdy perfect corn days on the rock on no less than 12 occasions), and the least crowds all season. i just prefer holding onto the commodity at hand than to get all worked up watching a few flakes fall over an 8 week period more likely only to lead into a WROD at a few ski areas and oftentimes a brown x-mas in much of the b.c. alot of my buds that live in ski country who put their mtb away cuz their itchin to ski when it's the best time to ride and the worst to ski or worse, no skiing for a couple of months yet.

november turn stoke? where yer either skiing a WROD getting plastered by snowguns, or hitting rocks on a cold dark unruly day in the b.c.

july turn stoke? even with a dwindling patch of snow you get bluebird, perfect corn, warm temps and cascading waterfalls.

http://timefortuckerman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11924

some novembers are ok. had one really deep pow day at sunday river last late november which was a pleasant surprise.

crap, i gotta go back to bed for a couple of hours. surf's a choppy mess today.

rog

[RR]

October 18 seems to be the magic day...twice so far I've been skiing on fresh snow on that date.

Once was under the guns at K-mart and another year it snowed on the General Stark just before and whilst we were doing line maintenance...12-14 inches on zero base.

Had more jollies under the guns...gotta admit that. But the single run (EYT) after work on the General was cool in a rock strewn, wool-plaid, granola sort of way.
:D

[icelanticskier]

the only day i've ever skied in october was at cannon one year the 24th of the month i think in like 1990. one lift was open servicing one trail. i usually don't ski in november, but have put a few days in that month the past couple of years. funny, i've skied more days in june than i have november.

rog

[mtd2007]

Oct 2005 dump that wildcat opened for, that was a good one. Have skiied cannon in oct too - snow is coming!

http://www.skiwildcat.com/05Noreaster/picnictable.jpg

[icelanticskier]

Oct 2005 dump that wildcat opened for, that was a good one. Have skiied cannon in oct too - snow is coming!

http://www.skiwildcat.com/05Noreaster/picnictable.jpg

i was on a 3 week mountain bike trip out west during that big dump. funny i was riding in telluride up to 12,000 ft in shorts and a jersey with no snow in sight and later in a bar some dudes i was talking to were saying how it must be tough to be a skier out east. one of em had a laptop and i asked to borrow it. i pulled up mountwashington.org and wildcat's website and put it right in their face (in a friendly manner, don't wanna make hippy trusty telluride non-locals cry), and said, "ya tough to be a skier in the east when mt washington gets 80 inches of snow in just a few days in october no less".

although i was much happier riding my mtb in high places that were new to me as opposed to a freak dump on no base that would vanish in no time, it was pretty cool to see it happen.

rog

[mtd2007]

later in a bar some dudes i was talking to were saying how it must be tough to be a skier out east. one of em had a laptop and i asked to borrow it. i pulled up mountwashington.org and wildcat's website and put it right in their face (in a friendly manner, don't wanna make hippy trusty telluride non-locals cry), and said, "ya tough to be a skier in the east when mt washington gets 80 inches of snow in just a few days in october no less".
rog

hilarious -

[Mac D]

Sunshine Village (skibanff.com) is reporting an early snowfall sometime in the last few days. It's comin'. :skismile:

[natron]

putting away the mtb's now? mtb is primo in maine and nh now, dry dirt and leaves changing, it's truly awesome out there, been ridin and hikin almost everyday for the last month no complaints.. and no doubt that turns in may and june are superior to octo. and nov. that said I usually grab around 10 days a year in nov.. at the riv and loaf, just "fast grass" usually but I'd kill for some right about now!!:D

[efoxx]

SNOWBIRD GETS SOME FLAKES TODAY!!!! CHECK IT OUT! http://www.snowbird.com/ski_board/photo.php?photo=1373

[icedtea]

I am really hoping for a Halloween opening at Kmart this year!

Anyone here do some bc around K...some good stuff..logging trails etc. around.

[TheCrazyGreek]

i was up on garfield yesterday and there was ice covering the tree's alreadyyy

[efoxx]

check it out, some places have gotten upwards of 4 inches. Cold temps will prevail for the next 5 days and snow is expected everyday. Looks like some people living in CO might get to arch some turns by the end of the week. Also Loveland is blowing snow already. http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20090921/REJOICE-First-Snow-of-the-Season-Hits-Rockies

[icelanticskier]

I am really hoping for a Halloween opening at Kmart this year!

Anyone here do some bc around K...some good stuff..logging trails etc. around.

maine takes care of the early opening duties more often than not. if it's cold enough, the river will open 1st.

rog

[PwdrHound]

First Day of Fall Brings Snow! (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113055029)

http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_Latest_Headlines/1_Colorado_Wintry_Weather.sff.jpg?t=1253643899
Hey Look! It's a Powder Hound!

[Mac D]

Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaah

http://www.skiloveland.com/:skismile:

[surfsnowywaves]

my older brother living out in colorado informed me that some areas of the state got 10+ inches...

[wooley12]

Stumbled on this site with a NASA sat view of Mt. Washington. Updated daily. Might be fun to watch the snow grow this winter.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=44.269612&lon=-71.278828&z=9.2&r=0&src=nasa

[yuckster]

Hmm, I never realized the Prezzies were shaped like a hammer-and-sickle. Durn commies.

[wooley12]

Hmm, I never realized the Prezzies were shaped like a hammer-and-sickle. Durn commies.

Hmmm....Interesting Rorschach test result.

[yuckster]

What did I say? Obviously I meant to say that it's a butterfly. A pretty butterfly.

[wooley12]

Now that I look at it that way, I see a dancing alien with a big head. I'm a strange dude I am told, a liberal that can rant with the best of the other nutcases. Back to thoughts of snow

http://www.timefortuckerman.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Teledancer]

that i milk the skiing into july every year on a very regular basis, besides the fact that the weather and snow quality is about as good as it gets for skiing, is so that i don't hope for snow in september when non snow activities are at their finest. put my skis away just 8 weeks ago, probably won't ski for another 8-10 weeks. surfs great, trails are finally dry.

rog

Ditto Dat!
feels like just a coupl' O days ago
my beater boards are waxed and waiting for the first few inches but there's
some mud and grass stuck to them from my last trip into the bowl :D

[pulverschwein]

26 degrees, freezing fog and a purdy pitcher like this here one gits pulver all agitated. :D

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p64/pulverschwein/north.jpg

Welcome back, old friend. You've been sorely missed.
Bring it!

[Mac D]

SR is making snow.

www.sundayriver.com

:D

[icelanticskier]

maine takes care of the early opening duties more often than not. if it's cold enough, the river will open 1st.

rog

what i said.:D

rog

[samthaman]

SR is making snow.

www.sundayriver.com

:D

a beautiful sight!

[bristlecone]

Hmm, I never realized the Prezzies were shaped like a hammer-and-sickle. Durn commies.
Funny, I've always thought that if you were to scratch a bit below the "live free or die," independent-voter surface, one would uncover collectivist longings in New Hampshire. Take, for example, the desire for state control of certain segments of the economy (liquor sales), private land open to the proletariat for recreational use, and the herculean effort by NH State Parks to keep the old man of the mountain botoxed and stuck up onto the side of the mountain
http://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/HTimages_g-k/I021_StalinStatueRussia.jpghttp://communities.autismspeaks.org/atf/cf/%7B4FC5434D-522B-40EE-BB94-D6231480F804%7D/Old%20Man%20in%20the%20Mountain.jpg

before it inevitably crashed down in the onward rush of history
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/3117487525_028b17d6da.jpg

Stumbled on this site with a NASA sat view of Mt. Washington. Updated daily. Might be fun to watch the snow grow this winter.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=44.269612&lon=-71.278828&z=9.2&r=0&src=nasa
Now that is cool. The KML file from OnEarth/MODIS (http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/KML.html) seems slightly more up to date, but that site doesn't make my computer grind down to a crawl. Bonus.

In case anyone needs more prodding to check that site out, a few views-

Our neighborhood
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss104/jm5114/MODIS/ne.jpg

White stuff in the Wind Rivers
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss104/jm5114/MODIS/windriver.jpg

Tien Shan coming along nicely (one day!)
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss104/jm5114/MODIS/tienshan.jpg

[efoxx]

Check out this forcast....looks like upper mountain could see upwards of 20 inches by Thursday morning. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.549287249082035&lon=-111.65542602539062&site=slc&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

[davidhowland14]

here in Bozeman we're expecting snow in town wednesday-thursday and snow up in the bridgers and other mountains wednesday through the weekend. can you say high peaks sledding?

[Affix Snow]

can you say high peaks sledding?

No. No I can't.

I can say ROCK SKIS!!!!

[boardman]

As you can see from my "Colorado" post in the TR forum, I was out in Colorado 9/20-21 when it snowed. It was coming down pretty good all morning at higher elevations. I'd guess the upper elevations got 4-6".

A recall a few years back when Killington got a 3-foot dump on Halloween! Didn't even know about it, until I saw the pics two days later! ARGH!

At this point though, I want a nice, moderate autumn for Gunks climbing. Let it snow in November and from there on out.

[samthaman]

No. No I can't.

I can say ROCK SKIS!!!!

I just mounted my limited edition mountain dew skis with dukes in preparation for early season snow. hopefully ullr will be impressed by the radness of my 'dew skis and will bless us with snow.

[RR]

No. No I can't.

I can say ROCK SKIS!!!!The reputable truth!

[davidhowland14]

No. No I can't.

I can say ROCK SKIS!!!!

that's of course what I really want. But until next weekend my skis (and boots) are still at home. my current budget doesn't really support a "quiver".

[bristlecone]

my current budget doesn't really support a "quiver".
There are some cheaper ways to make some sick descents
http://www.skimovie.com/shop/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/f63dc5ec28f3175f8a7f615bd217eb71/s/a/saucerboyteezoom_1.jpg

And it sounds like it might be time to dust off the rock saucer around here
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
4:50 AM
A stacked low to our north will continue to spin in several weak disturbances through the forecast period bringing periods of showers. The waves of energy looked to be timed to afternoon and evening events both today and Thursday but in between, upslope showers will be possible. Showers will start out as mixed showers of rain, freezing rain and sleet early this morning but will transition to snow by this afternoon and beyond as temperatures continue to fall. Fog will also persist through the forecast period as ample low level moisture lingers over the northeast. By the end of tomorrow, models are suggesting 1 to 2 inches of new snow will be possible. The new snow will be falling on plenty of building rime ice formed by the freezing fog. Visibility will be lowered at times as occasionally dense fog is met with plenty of blowing snow and rime.

[RR]

:D
Originally Posted by MWO
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
4:50 AM
A stacked low to our north will continue to spin in several weak disturbances through the forecast period bringing periods of showers. The waves of energy looked to be timed to afternoon and evening events both today and Thursday but in between, upslope showers will be possible. Showers will start out as mixed showers of rain, freezing rain and sleet early this morning but will transition to snow by this afternoon and beyond as temperatures continue to fall. Fog will also persist through the forecast period as ample low level moisture lingers over the northeast. By the end of tomorrow, models are suggesting 1 to 2 inches of new snow will be possible. The new snow will be falling on plenty of building rime ice formed by the freezing fog. Visibility will be lowered at times as occasionally dense fog is met with plenty of blowing snow and rime.

ahhhhhh!

[drewvw]

I heard from a Stowe resident that snow is present....

[samthaman]

not showing up on the webcam yet, but i'll be heading up ina few hours to investigate

[yuckster]

There are some cheaper ways to make some sick descents
http://www.skimovie.com/shop/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/f63dc5ec28f3175f8a7f615bd217eb71/s/a/saucerboyteezoom_1.jpg

And it sounds like it might be time to dust off the rock saucer around here

Look at all that climbing gear. I think that's what they call a "Summits Jong"?

[The Lisa]

Is that Glen Plake's longlost twin brother?

[bristlecone]

Is that Glen Plake's longlost twin brother?
Kinda - Shane McConkey's timeless Saucer Boy. "I use the snowblades to access my descents." RIP Shane, Saucer Boy lives on.:skicool:

[efoxx]

Stowe got some...http://www.stowe.com/mountain/photo_gallery.php.

[davidhowland14]

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_FrostBike.jpg

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_Snow.jpg

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_PZ305954.JPG

shots taken this morning, dumping right now. plans for the weekend being made...

[drewvw]

nice work...I hope those weekend plans also include beers and partying :cool:

[icelanticskier]

kablam!

[davidhowland14]

nice work...I hope those weekend plans also include beers and partying :cool:

of course not...:rolleyes:

funny story about that actually.

I showed up here in Bozeman and my knee promptly swelled up to the point where it was painful to move and I had trouble walked. A blood test confirmed late-onset lyme disease (i got bit in the summer of 2008) and the knee swelling was a symptom. 30 days on meds which caused incredible nausea when I take them, and stop me from eating two hours before and one hour after taking them. And also apparently can be messed up by drinking alcohol...but that turned out to have been not a horrible thing...

Funny story about last saturday night. We were enjoying a fire up at the Hyalite Resorvoir. Everybody else was drinking (I was the driver, and the lyme meds stop me from drinking) and smoking the reefer (I don't smoke). About an hour in, three large trucks with spotlights pulled up and out jumped four federal officers packing some serious heat (bears). They rounded everyone up and asked who had been drinking. When I told them I hadn't, out came the breathalyzer. I promptly blew a 2.1%...Fortunately the officer decided that clearly my blood was not 2.1% alcohol (I wouldn't be alive) and that he must not have recalibrated the machine after the last test. I then blew a 0. Everyone with alcohol got a $125 fine and the kid holding the weed at the time they showed up got $325. Yikes. Luckily for us, these were Feds and not Bozeman PD or else it coulda been much worse (and maybe affected scholarships at the school and everything). I coulda been charged for just hanging around near the marijuana, too. On the way back down the canyon, there were two speed traps set up. The cops had told us they were running a saturation exercise, so i was expecting it. Luckily I was driving slow anyway or I might have missed the tiny, little, square white sign that posted the 25 mph speed limit.

[StuckInJersey]

Looky some snow in eastern places today.
http://www.techsourceconsultants.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10131/west-medoct1.jpg

[boardman]

I believe it was Mark Twain who once said (a friend of mine's dad quoted it for me when I was on my way to college), "Son, don't let the books get in the way of a good education."

Which may have been a condensed version of Montaigne's essay "On the Education of Children," where he says:

And yet, for all that, I would not have this pupil of ours imprisoned and made a slave to his book; nor would I have him given up to the morosity and melancholic humor of a sour, ill-natured pedant; I would not have his spirit cowed and subdued, by applying him to the rack, and tormenting him, as some do, fourteen or fifteen hours a day, and so make a pack-horse of him. Neither should I think it good, when, by reason of a solitary and melancholic complexion, he is discovered to be overmuch addicted to his book, to nourish that humor in him; for that renders him unfit for civil conversation, and diverts him from better employments . . . . Young bodies are supple; one should, therefore, in that age bend and ply them to all fashions and customs: and provided a man can contain the appetite and the will within their due limits, let a young man, in God's name, be rendered fit for all nations and all companies, even to debauchery and excess, if need be; that is, where he shall do it out of complacency to the customs of the place. Let him be able to do everything, but love to do nothing but what is good. The philosophers themselves do not justify Callisthenes for forfeiting the favor of his master Alexander the Great, by refusing to pledge him a cup of wine. Let him laugh, play, wench, with his prince; nay, I would have him, even in his debauches, too hard for the rest of the company, and to excel his companions in ability and vigor, and that he may not give over doing it, either through defect of power or knowledge how to do it, but for want of will. "Multum interest, utrum peccare ali quis nolit, an nesciat." I thought I passed a compliment upon a lord, as free from those excesses as any man in France, by asking him before a great deal of very good company, how many times in his life he had been drunk in Germany, in the time of his being there about his majesty's affairs; which he also took as it was intended, and made answer. "Three times;" and withal, told us the whole story of his debauches. I know some, who for want of this faculty, have found a great inconvenience in negotiating with that nation.

Bozeman, eh? Nice choice.

[RR]

...Let him laugh, play, wench, with his prince; nay, I would have him, even in his debauches, too hard for the rest of the company, and to excel his companions in ability and vigor, and that he may not give over doing it, either through defect of power or knowledge how to do it, but for want of will. ....I'd rep you if I wasn't repless...

I see that guy from time to time..."he's just this guy", you know!
:D

[icelanticskier]

I believe it was Mark Twain who once said (a friend of mine's dad quoted it for me when I was on my way to college), "Son, don't let the books get in the way of a good education."

Which may have been a condensed version of Montaigne's essay "On the Education of Children," where he says:

And yet, for all that, I would not have this pupil of ours imprisoned and made a slave to his book; nor would I have him given up to the morosity and melancholic humor of a sour, ill-natured pedant; I would not have his spirit cowed and subdued, by applying him to the rack, and tormenting him, as some do, fourteen or fifteen hours a day, and so make a pack-horse of him. Neither should I think it good, when, by reason of a solitary and melancholic complexion, he is discovered to be overmuch addicted to his book, to nourish that humor in him; for that renders him unfit for civil conversation, and diverts him from better employments . . . . Young bodies are supple; one should, therefore, in that age bend and ply them to all fashions and customs: and provided a man can contain the appetite and the will within their due limits, let a young man, in God's name, be rendered fit for all nations and all companies, even to debauchery and excess, if need be; that is, where he shall do it out of complacency to the customs of the place. Let him be able to do everything, but love to do nothing but what is good. The philosophers themselves do not justify Callisthenes for forfeiting the favor of his master Alexander the Great, by refusing to pledge him a cup of wine. Let him laugh, play, wench, with his prince; nay, I would have him, even in his debauches, too hard for the rest of the company, and to excel his companions in ability and vigor, and that he may not give over doing it, either through defect of power or knowledge how to do it, but for want of will. "Multum interest, utrum peccare ali quis nolit, an nesciat." I thought I passed a compliment upon a lord, as free from those excesses as any man in France, by asking him before a great deal of very good company, how many times in his life he had been drunk in Germany, in the time of his being there about his majesty's affairs; which he also took as it was intended, and made answer. "Three times;" and withal, told us the whole story of his debauches. I know some, who for want of this faculty, have found a great inconvenience in negotiating with that nation.

Bozeman, eh? Nice choice.

you could just blow off spending all of that time, effort, and money on higher education and sell your soul to the snow gods chasing snow, working, saving, put playing 1st, and just generally having a grand ole time. take all of that money that you would've spent, (by carefully saving), on getting you drunk for 4-8 years, buy some real estate, (best investment-don't let anyone tell you different), let yer money make money and, KAPOW! you too can be a LIFTY BY THE TIME YER FIFTY! :D

retire? retire from what?:cool:

rog

[boardman]

Except that study after study shows that the college-educated make quite a bit more than their non-college educated counterparts. Same goes for each post-grad degree attained. And most people don't have their tuition money to invest in something else - it's all borrowed. And real estate speculating is a very risky business - just ask all those condo developers in Miami.

But yeah, I get your point -- in the end, it's a lifestyle decision.

[drewvw]

rog, your point is taken...but its also important to note that not everyone is capable of working it out as well as you have, to your credit.

Somehow I was just reminded of the speech Ricky Bobby's dad gives to the class in Talladega Nights....

[icelanticskier]

And most people don't have their tuition money to invest in something else - it's all borrowed. And real estate speculating is a very risky business - just ask all those condo developers in Miami.

But yeah, I get your point -- in the end, it's a lifestyle decision.

and most don't have tuition money to invest cuz they actually worked for it to begin with. not knockin the free riders or the borrowers, just saying there are other ways to avoid all debt and have a great life right from the beginning after leaving the 12th grade, or for me, half way through the 12th grade. it's a choice, i know. real estate can be risky, but if you do yer homework, and don't approach it like most folks do, the rewards are astonishingly good. cape cod is a perfect example of the perfect roller coaster real estate ride where making money is almost too easy. i got out in 05'. i'm back! it does take good timing and quick reflexes.

rog

[yuckster]

Same goes for each post-grad degree attained.

Except in my particular field, where a Ph.D is definitely inversely correlated with employment opportunities, and a B.S. is pretty much optimal.

[icelanticskier]

rog, your point is taken...but its also important to note that not everyone is capable of working it out as well as you have, to your credit.

Somehow I was just reminded of the speech Ricky Bobby's dad gives to the class in Talladega Nights....

hey drew! that was your 666th post on t4t. congrats! yer in for it now buddy. welcome to the dark side. :eek:

rog

[bristlecone]

rep to efoxx for starting this persistent thread that has covered snow west and east, education, investment, and career choices, a party bust, saucerboy, and Montaigne.

[icelanticskier]

rep to efoxx for starting this persistent thread that has covered snow west and east, education, investment, and career choices, a party bust, saucerboy, and Montaigne.

dang it bristlecone! i'm trying to log off of this thing, but with so much time and so little to do, i can't seem to pull away!

well put my friend that i haven't been fortunate enough to meet or ski with yet. well put.

rog

[davidhowland14]

I'll respond more when I'm not on a touch screen keyboard BUT

It's still snowing in the mountains here.

[drewvw]

Has anybody seen the rockpile cams this morning, they look awful purdy...

[icelanticskier]

Has anybody seen the rockpile cams this morning, they look awful purdy...

ya fartknocker, i posted a pic over on the famous dudes thread. get with the program would ya mojo?:p

rog

[drewvw]

slow morning for me...woke up late, watered my lawn and rolled to work late.

[mtd2007]

http://static.flickr.com/2615/3971850481_61a0277373.jpg

[bristlecone]

mtd2007 - amazing pic! Somehow I can't stop looking at it.

[yuckster]

lookin rimey!

[mtd2007]

it's coming!!!! you know i had a crappy day then talked with rog about some new bindings for my karhu's and the upcoming season and suddenly I feel much better!!

[RR]

lookin rimey!But isn't rime reasonable?
:D

[Cat in January]

I drove up to Pinkham Notch and around and down through Evans Notch. Not much time so me and the pooch rode the gondola up Wildcat. Really nice to see the mountain in show. Early this am it was impressive. Pounding rain coming, but nice to see the white stuff. Carter Dome had some white too. I would post pictures, but I seem unable to figure that out.

[mtd2007]

pull up your pic in a browser window (your pic has to reside on a web server somewhere like flicker, shutterfly, smugmug, etc.), right click on the pic you want to include in your message, select Copy Image Location from the pop up menu, go to the message you are editing, right click again and select paste from the pop up menu, prepend the image location string with and append at the end of the string so it looks like this in your message:

myimageurlxxxxxxx

[Moops]

Just talked to my buddy this AM (lives in Fernie)...it's snowing in the Kootenays and he's headed to the pass tomorrow to go skiing...I hate those guys!!!!

I golfed yesterday...I did wear my beacon...just in case...not quite the same is it?

Rain in CT...wahoo!

[drewvw]

all rain on the rockpile today....blast!

[yuckster]

But isn't rime reasonable?
:D

Only if you're skiing at K-Mart :p

A most dis-reputable (not really) pun, sir! :D

[davidhowland14]

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs269.snc1/9632_1135621310920_1238940076_30367809_32465_n.jpg

easily 8"

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Contrast1-2.jpg

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Leaves2.jpg

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/TheBridge.jpg

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Winding.jpg

http://www.frigidlight.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Leaves.jpg

[RR]

Only if you're skiing at K-Mart :p

A most dis-reputable (not really) pun, sir! :DHey, it was there; so I nabbed it!

David, those are some nice photos!

[bristlecone]

(funny that I can't write ****les)

NWS for Mt. Washington as of Wed. night:
Sunday: A chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Columbus Day: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 17. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 14.

Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

[TuaGuy]

(funny that I can't write ****les)

NWS for Mt. Washington as of Wed. night: At least we're headed in the right direction. No R word.

[Mac D]

Here's our forecast (Halifax, Nova Scotia):

Tuesday night: Rain becoming mixed with snow overnight :D
If there's any accumulation, pictures will follow.

[boardman]

From the MWO site this morning:

Low pressure will move across the state today bringing full on winter conditions to the higher terrain. Snow will continue through the day, possibly becoming heavy at times and leaving 3 to 5 inches of new snow above tree line by this evening. If the rate of fall with the current zonal flow of moisture maintains into the afternoon like the models are suggesting, snow might surpass 6 inches when all is said and done, but I felt that might be overdoing it a bit much.

We going to start a poll for the first USFS Avalanche Report?

[boardman]

Backcountry weather and trail conditions report shows 4" accumulation as of this morning for most of the higher peaks huts:

http://www.outdoors.org/recreation/tripplanner/go/backcountry-weather.cfm

No report for Tux, but you gotta figure it's at least got to be 4", right? With the possibility of another 3-6" inches today, it's going to be awfully white up there!

Glad I got in a few nice climbing days this weekend, because this coming weekend it looks like we're going to be climbing in the cold.

[yuckster]

Gotta love the higher summits forecast today.

So don’t be a reckless hiker, dress and pack for the hike up as well as the hike down.

Yeah, or else they'll bill you $20,000!

[drewvw]

photo from the Loaf this morning:

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs201.snc1/6817_157871071878_61554966878_3236196_363810_n.jpg

[psia-instrctr]

Gotta love the higher summits forecast today.



Yeah, or else they'll bill you $20,000!

I'm risking sending this thread off topic, but oh well.
There were about 50 people that showed up here on Saturday, some of them grossly unprepared (jeans, sneakers, no hats, no gloves, etc.) for the full winter conditions expecting rides down the mountain, despite the fact that the Auto Road was not operating to the summit. They were lucky that the manager of the Auto Road decided to send up a couple of stage vans with chains on. It's a big problem and if someone that grossly unprepared does get themselves in trouble then, yes, IMHO they should be fined appropriately, with appropriately being the key word (I agree $20,000 is very excessive).

But that's enough about that. In other more on topic (and more exciting) news, we've measured 3.9 inches on the summit so far from this storm. Snow is still falling (moderately at the last observation) and upslope showers could continue into the evening as winds pick up. Some drifts are starting to show up as well:

http://www.bmclark.org/T4T/100_0224_small.jpg

I'm bummed that I forgot to bring my rock skis up. If I had, I would at least try to make a couple turns on the Auto Road!

[bristlecone]

I'm risking sending this thread off topic, but oh well.
Never mind, topic is a fluid concept.
There were about 50 people that showed up here on Saturday, some of them grossly unprepared (jeans, sneakers, no hats, no gloves, etc.) for the full winter conditions expecting rides down the mountain, despite the fact that the Auto Road was not operating to the summit. They were lucky that the manager of the Auto Road decided to send up a couple of stage vans with chains on. It's a big problem and if someone that grossly unprepared does get themselves in trouble then, yes, IMHO they should be fined appropriately, with appropriately being the key word (I agree $20,000 is very excessive).Are you saying that sometimes people don't heed sensible warnings until they are already in trouble and it is too late? Doesn't sound like human nature at all. I wonder if/what the auto road charged them for the on-demand ride. Maybe an offer they couldn't have refused?

Nice to see and hear about the snow. Too bad you couldn't have coordinated with the van 'rescue' operation. One pair of rock skis up, 50 unprepared hikers down.

[icelanticskier]

i'll be hittin the road tomorrow.

rog

[TuaGuy]

Nice to see and hear about the snow. Too bad you couldn't have coordinated with the van 'rescue' operation. One pair of rock skis up, 50 unprepared hikers down. We can still do this. How 'bout 3 or 4 skiers hand deliver rock skis, and then the inevitable sneaker-clad visitors tomorrow get, appropriately, charged $20k, plus trip expenses. Pay Scott Mason's fine, buy gas for the snow cat, all is right with the world. I (and some friends) volunteer to deliver said skis.