MOUNT BLOW REPORT

Vinny Vincenzo · Post by **Vinny Vincenzo** » Feb 24th, '07, 19:22

Complete and total anarchy. Gale force winds closed all the main face lifts except Sundance. Whoopie. Sundance, Nitro, and Sunbrook Quad were the only lifts open. The place was mobbed. The lift line wait was 45 minutes to an hour at Sundance and worse at Nitro. Snow was as hard as a rock. Talked to some people who drove for hours to get there. Had to tell them it takes me 75 minutes. Poor slobs. The place was a complete nightmare. Did one run and packed it in. Kmart tomorrow.

shizzle · Post by **shizzle** » Feb 24th, '07, 19:57

Wind and rock hard at Kmart, too.
and at least 12,000 of your closest friends.

2pink1stink · Post by **2pink1stink** » Feb 24th, '07, 20:35

Heavy Snow Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
446 PM PST SAT FEB 24 2007

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-251230-
/O.CON.KPQR.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070227T0200Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT..
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS..
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
446 PM PST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY
FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES..

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY.

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS
THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. FROM
1 TO 3 FEET OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THE
CASCADES THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVE
THROUGH. SNOW LEVELS THAT WERE AROUND 3000 OR 3500 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON WILL DROP BACK DOWN TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET
TONIGHT...AND NEAR 2000 FEET SUNDAY AND 1000 TO 1500 FEET MONDAY.

THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
AS WELL.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

Skibumtress · Post by **Skibumtress** » Feb 24th, '07, 21:48

shizzle wrote:Wind and rock hard at Kmart, too.
and at least 12,000 of your closest friends.

I guess you didn't ski in the afternoon. Morning - afternoon were two completely different days. Afternoon was sweeet.
Didn't run into any crowded trails at all.
Needles' head wall was sweet this morning.
Only problem we ran into was after doing Needles, only the North Brook quad was opened. Skiship was moving but not allowing any peeps on. Needles lift was not running. Waited 15 minutes on the line. That was the only bad part of the day.
But the rest....... all good.

newpylong · Post by **newpylong** » Feb 24th, '07, 22:25

Going to Mount Snow tomorrow. it will be better...

newpylong · Post by **newpylong** » Feb 25th, '07, 15:35

And it was....

pbolo · Post by **pbolo** » Feb 25th, '07, 21:43

skiied mt snow on friday. It was great bluebird day. no crowds. a little cold though. and windy. I must say I got a little bored with the mountain though.

saturday at K was OK. I only skied the morning though. I was saving up for today at da'bush.

It (sugarbush) was heavenly. Unlimited visibility. no wind. Perfect day. Limited crowd. There were herbs there too. Not as many as K though.

tyrolean_skier · Post by **tyrolean_skier** » Feb 26th, '07, 10:34

pbolo wrote:skiied mt snow on friday. It was great bluebird day. no crowds. a little cold though. and windy. I must say I got a little bored with the mountain though.

saturday at K was OK. I only skied the morning though. I was saving up for today at da'bush.

It (sugarbush) was heavenly. Unlimited visibility. no wind. Perfect day. Limited crowd. There were herbs there too. Not as many as K though.

Not too many people at K either on Sunday. I think most of the people that were there for the week headed home early on Sunday because they heard about the storm coming in from the south. I skied till last chair and we headed home around 6 PM and made it home by 11:30 despite the fact that I had to drive much slower when the snow got heavy from exit 19 to Exit 16. I let Skidork take over after that and wouldn't you know it, the snow precipitation got less at that point. :)

icedtea · Post by **icedtea** » Feb 26th, '07, 14:47

Now that we will probably no longer be able to ride Mt. Snow on our Killington pass next year....

Do you think it is worth at least getting down there for last time on the All- EAST???

Highway Star · Post by **Highway Star** » Feb 26th, '07, 14:48

icedtea wrote:Now that we will probably no longer be able to ride Mt. Snow on our Killington pass next year....

Do you think it is worth at least getting down there for last time on the All- EAST???

Not really.....

tyrolean_skier · Post by **tyrolean_skier** » Feb 26th, '07, 14:49

icedtea wrote:Now that we will probably no longer be able to ride Mt. Snow on our Killington pass next year....

Do you think it is worth at least getting down there for last time on the All- EAST???

Only if you were never there before. The North Face has some decent runs and DrJeff might be able to tell you about some worthwhile tree runs.

Mister Moose · Post by **Mister Moose** » Feb 26th, '07, 14:55

I might consider a spring trip to Sunday river or Sugarloaf since I ski those so rarely.

Mt Snow? Been there done that enough.

newpylong · Post by **newpylong** » Feb 26th, '07, 15:23

Wow, lots of snobby Mt. Sneaux bashing....

Yes, its worth the trip.. its on the pass.

dfinn · Post by **dfinn** » Feb 26th, '07, 16:50

newpylong wrote:Wow, lots of snobby Mt. Sneaux bashing....

Yes, its worth the trip.. its on the pass.

Unless you are really bored with the stuff at K it's not worth the drive south to ski less steep terrain with less snow.

richm20 · Post by **richm20** » Feb 26th, '07, 18:41

Hit up Snow on the way home today (Nice to be an hour closer to home at the end of the day) conditions were good. Its obvious that they dont have as much snow as K but still a nice EMPTY day on the slopes