New England late season snow?

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HappySkierChick

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Ive heard so many different reports oh snow in vt, nh, and me. I finish my last college final tomorrow and want to ski somewhere to celebrate. I know sugarloaf and Jay are both open and predicting "pow day" for thursday. If anyone is in these areas can you let me know what the conditions are like?
 
im in lyndon (40 minutes south of jay) and we have a few inches, word on the street is that jay's getting 12-14 inches and will be running the lifts thursday through sunday
 
My house in essex vermont has like 8 inches chillin on my porch. im gonna go jib something in a bit with my friends!
 
Yep, it is snowing. I live in Burlington, we have snow. Word from NOAA is that highest report his morning was Jeffersonville (by smuggs) with 14", but Jay Peak may have more. Jay opens tomorrow, stays open through the weekend. But it is going to get warm quickly after this snow so get after it while the getting is good!
Go hike and ski anywhere on the Green Mountain spine North of Rt 4 and you will be rewarded. Good luck on the exam.
 
jay peak as of 7am, april 28, 2010

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I'm going saturday...stoked to ski on may 1
 
Dear god no.

Heavy, wet, new snow on top of an existing base with likely severe wind loading. Very dangerous conditions.

The only people who should be up there are people who have avalanche training and know EXACTLY what they are doing.

I wouldn't touch Tucks with a 10 foot pole this weekend. It's going to be a complete junk show and I hope noone gets seriously hurt, let alone killed.
 
Additionally, anything South of Killington did not get much at all. Even Killington just got a few inches. The storm totals are highest in the Northern Greens.
 
Sorry if my response came off as abrasive.

I just want to make sure that people who read it realize the dangers and risks that this snowfall poses to Mt Washington and Tuckermans.

The weather is going to be gorgeous this weekend. Warm and sunny for Saturday at least. Last thing anyone wants to hear is some people getting excited about all the snow, heading up to Tucks with no knowledge, and putting themselves and others at serious risk.

"All of this weather will transform the Ravines from spring back to winter as increasing winds will create heavy density slabs over lighter snow creating weak layers near the the interface of the inverted snowpack. Heavier slabs over lighter ones translates into instability and avalanches. As the day progresses expect an increasing avalanche danger as snow instability rises with the shifting and building winds. Expect slopes and gullies facing a southern direction from the Lip back towards Lion Head including the Sluice, Right Gully, and the Lobster Claw to pick up new loading most intensely. As winds move from the NE to the NW these locales will be directly loaded as a number of others become crossloaded. With 16+" (41cm) falling already and an additional 6-10" (15-25cm) by midnight we will sit at the "HIGH" rating in most areas for the day. The S-facing slopes are at their forecasted ratings already with other locations lagging a bit behind. Hillman's and the Lower Snowfields will be last to reach the High rating with avalanches being "likely", but should be there by mid-morning. It's hard to believe the "Extreme" rating would come out this late in the year but there is a distinct possibility we may see it tomorrow depending on how the weather plays out over the next 24 hours. To boil all this down to one concept: We are likely going through a natural avalanche cycle already with instability rising over the next 24 hours. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED."

http://www.tuckerman.org/avalanche/index.html

Most of us east coasters should stay away from Tuckermans until the avalanche forecast improves. We lack the knowledge and experience to handle the mountain as it is right now.
 
That's it.

Anywhere else that received snow and could be open, locked their doors for the season and have shut down.

There's hike-to options all over, but nothing else lift served.
 
East coast/west coast, experienced or not. Tuckermans is NOT a place to be at least for a few days. This new snow is going to bring on a ton of heavy loading, and I wouldn't be surprised to see just about everything slide naturally in the next 2 days.
 
this is balls we got 1ft at bromont but they cant reopen because theyre already installing the bike lifts. i hate myself for being too lazy to build a backyard jib
 
Very true... I was up there today and blazed the trail to the water pump past the hermit lake and trudged a little past there and had the caretaker's voice echo in my head. " Not a good idea to go up thurrrr" so i turned around and the p'toons and I did any damage we could inflict on the sherbie! Good coverage all the way down. 10" inches at the bottom with at least 16-18 near the shelters
 
I was walking back to my dorm when the sun came out, and the mountains are unbelievable, Camels Hump has more white on it than it has all winter.
 
I hate you all... I'm in Western Maine and I haven't gotten shit. Actually, I take that back. Today I got wet, heavy snow that didn't accumulate at all. In my eyes, that's worse because it's like the snow god is taunting me.
 
yupyup i am a town up from this guy and there was about 8 inches on my porch this morning but its been melting throughout the day so i think i have around 3 now
 
I'm driving up to Jay from southern NY after I get outta work friday night. Sooo stoked to be skiing in May, already booked a slopeside condo. Just gotta barge through a 6 hour drive n ski saturday with no sleep but any skiing is better than calling it a season already.... Hope to see some of you out there

I wear a blue n white striped session jacket and a white giro helmet with a level 1 sticker, holler if you see me. Down with the green scene n I plan on throwin a few back later in the day
 
i expect to walk out of that "final" by 10:15. wait, we have to do dumb ass evaluations before that. damnit.
 
Yea theres a nice boot pack up north slope. We got to the top of the double in 45 minutes or less. Not too bad a hike. Skinning would be ideal.
 
I skiied Sugarloaf yesterday and it was great. It gets rocky towards the bottom but further up got 10-12" of fresh. Tote Road, and King's Landing had really good coverage, and some of the stuff off of Spillway was fun but a little sketchy. I'd say it's worth the trip if you're not too far away.
 
we got about 3 inches where i am. i woke up, my jaw dropped, and i was ready to go spend hours piling up snow in tons of 20 pound shovelfuls of wet slop to hit urban, but i had school. suckage.
 
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