Tuesday morning

[Mister Moose]

...has potential. Skiadikt, lock and load. GIS: drinking umbrella drinks. Halfski: set your alarm clock. Stormchaser: start coughing. Twilkas: Gas 'er up. Liv4ski: you know what to do.

[ski18vt]

Superstitious freaks in 3, 2, 1....

[Big Bob]

12"... Maine looks bettah

[RustyK]

Depends which forecast you like...

MONDAY Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs in the lower 30s.
MONDAY NIGHT Sleet or snow. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
TUESDAY Snow or r*in or sleet likely. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
TUESDAY NIGHT Cloudy with a chance of snow or sleet. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
WEDNESDAY Partly sunny with a chance of r*in or snow or sleet. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

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[twilkas]

hmmph. ill keep an eye on that.

[TheLurker]

I'm hearing a solid 8 to 12.

[Bubba]

I'm hearing a solid 8 to 12.

I would much prefer a fluffy 8 - 12.

[madhatter]

and just like that the jinx seems to have already taken effect...

[Mister Moose]

Some disagreement on where the snow line will be, but pendulum has swung back some. Check the Monday night elevation forecast:

Low around 23. Strong and damaging winds, with an east wind 47 to 52 mph increasing to 60 to 65 mph. Winds could gust as high as 80 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

[liv4ski]

Meanwhile, thigh deep at Snowbird today and still nuking.

[TheLurker]

People are saying revised forecast looks like 10-14.

[Dr. NO]

There is HOPE and CHANGE a comin. Looking across the Otter Valley I can no longer see the mountains to the West due to SNOW. Temp dropped down to 30. Starting to fall, but as a r*in / sleet mix. Hopefully with elevation at K and Pico it can get stuck as SNOW. Can only hope that is so.

[Mister Moose]

It was dryish and dense. Skied heavy. Lots of lift issues, K1 never ran, Skyeship was late, NRT opened about 1130, Snowdon Quad dormant since the triple was running. Superstar HSQ went down early afternoon for some tower issue. Very low turnout. Last run at 2:30 was micro sleet, but still frozen. Never r*ined, just freezing mist on your goggles. Vis was bad in fog, mist, and light precip.

Just above freezing at Moose Manor, not snowing, more like fine light melted micro sleet.

[Snowboardgod]

I got in the first cabin at skyeship at 900 on the dot at route 4 base. I didn't have to get out at mid station so despite the claim of a 930 start I can confirm that never happened. First 4-5 runs were amazing with a solid 5" in needles area. I think some places were harder to tell due to wind scour but there was at least the 5" reported in most parts. South ridge was nice but not worth a repeat being a pain to get to w out k1. I should say more of a pain then even usual, wish we had a lift there!

[PinnacleJim]

Was (pleasantly) surprised that basically none of fresh snow had been groomed (even Snowshed!) so there was fresh tracks to be had everywhere at first bell. While the K1 was shut down all day due to "wind", there was little wind most places. Visibility was the issue, as goggle coating continued all day. The nice dense snow stuck nicely to the firm base and conditions held up well right to the end. Just what was needed.