What's the snow situation over in Airplane in GG? Yet to be a year there wasn't something there...usually top to some bottom end. This year could be that exception( broken line of snow), though?
If anybody's heading up this weekend, please post some pics. I'm heading up on Monday. Would prefer to slack but, if the snowfields are toast, then I'm hiking in to the Bowl.
Total turnaround time for walking back from the town commons carnival with Micayla Friday evening to reaching the snow this morning was just a bit over 12 hours.
After a rather painful 4:20 alarm, and then a delay when I remembered that I should empty the dishwasher for those awakening considerably later, the drive got off to an unpromising start when I backed into my driveway from the garage, forgetting about my friend's car parked in aforementioned driveway. (See aforementioned 4:20 alarm.) After a brief inspection (no damage!), the drive was very smooth. (Somewhat unsurprisingly, traffic from Western MA to Northern NH is quite light early Saturday morning.)
I pulled into the lodge parking lot to use the facilities, only to see the Closed sign. So back across the highway to be greeted by George! No, not a clever reference to Mt Washington, but rather George, the friendly gate staffer, who provided me with the key stats, including 80-mile visibility -- nice!
Channeling my inner Frank Sprongl:
... I quickly passed the only car ahead of me and zipped up there ahead of schedule on the CD narration. (Which, unfortunately, switched to a new narrator sometime in 2010 -- the text is mainly unaltered, but no more "rendezvous with destiny" or however that line went.)
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... left of snowfield?.......400 ft-ish?
Although I was the only one "skiing" the bottom ~20' vertical, and the top ~20' vertical might disappear soon. Everything else is pretty solid though.
Oddly enough, the snow starts at pretty much the highest possible point for this time of year -- maybe ~20' vertical below the informal parking lot. The problem is with the missing bottom...
But still, skis like way more!
Snow quality started off nearly perfect for my first five runs by myself, then got beat up (but not too badly) once everyone else showed up . . . which was first dominated by the juvenile set:
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Pix John! We want's pix of kiddos having fun with snow and get them to take pix of the grown up kids too
As you requested:
The girls on the sides are the eight-year-old twin daughters of the proud father in the background. (And Mom works at Cranmore.)
This is their *THIRD* year coming up here.
"Are you going to post these pictures on the internet?"
"Yes, I will."
"Yay!!!"
The crew on their first run:
Here's Dad having some fun:
And the kids:
And the weather and scenery:
Dad had to carry up the skis for all three girls:
"Hey Camera Guy, can you take another picture of us?"
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What's the snow situation over in Airplane in GG? Yet to be a year there wasn't something there...usually top to some bottom end. This year could be that exception( broken line of snow), though?
According to a scouting report from over two weeks ago, was already choked off by then. So, add 2012 to 2007 and 2004 for bad Otto-accessed Airplane years.
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The smiles on the faces on those kids tells you what skiing is all about. Thanks for the photos and the report. Looks like a great time was had by all!
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Cool kids! Almost 370 feet of vert. Compared to last year, it looks like we may have a shorter walk this Memorial Day. Converging lows this week won't do the cover any good but we might have half that vert for Memorial Day W/E.
Thanks!
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My Canadian Passport has been canceled while I'm waiting for my new one. It was expiring May 30th. Normally it takes 10 business days, however Monday (today) is a Holiday, so it was going to be ready for Monday June 4th missing the 1st weekend of June. I decided to pay an extra $30 to get after 5 days as I wouldn't be able to turns to following due to family event.
No easy to renew when you're looking at the calendar at hoping to get May turns and also looking for Otto to open. The last few weekend have busy dealing with urgent business in Montreal. Skiee you in June.
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Est 350 Vert Monday 7:55AM
Weather Underground forcast. The cost, in red, by yours truly.
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Monday
Clear in the morning, then overcast. High of 52F. Breezy. Winds from the SE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20%. Losing 5' -10' vert Monday Night
Overcast with a chance of rain. Fog overnight. Low of 41F. Breezy. Winds from the South at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50% with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible. Losing 2' -6' vert Tuesday
Overcast with a chance of rain. High of 50F. Winds from the SSE at 10 to 15 mph shifting to the East in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50%. Losing 2' - 6' vert Tuesday Night
Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. Low of 43F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Losing 3' - 9' vert Wednesday
Overcast with a chance of rain, then thunderstorms and a chance of rain in the afternoon. High of 54F. Winds from the West at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Losing 2' - 6' vert Wednesday Night
Overcast. Low of 46F. Winds less than 5 mph. Losing 1' - 2' vert Thursday
Overcast in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain. High of 57F. Winds from the SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Losing 3' - 9' vert Thursday Night
Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain. Low of 46F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 20%. Losing 1' - 2' vert Friday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the afternoon. High of 54F. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20%. Losing 2' - 6' vert Friday Night
Clear. Fog overnight. Low of 46F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Losing 3' - 6' vert Saturday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm. High of 55F. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60% with rainfall amounts near 0.3 in. possible. Losing 3' - 6' vert Saturday Night
Partly cloudy with a chance of rain. Low of 39F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Losing 2' - 4' vert Sunday
Partly cloudy. High of 48F. Winds less than 5 mph. Losing 2' - 6' vert Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Low of 30F. Winds less than 5 mph. Losing 1' - 3' vert Monday
Mostly cloudy. High of 52F. Winds less than 5 mph.
Optimist's total remaining vert on Memorial Day = 318 or less vert
Pessimist's total remaining vert on Memorial Day = 269 or less vert
More sun, more fog, more wind and/or higher temps means totals will drop accordingly
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Looking narrower, but still at about 350* feet of vert
It was pretty clear in my mind when I went to renew my passport; that my next turns would probably be not focus via Otto. Like last season, June looks like it going to be a Tuck affair. Trying not to get ahead of myself here, but I'm slowly thinking of alternative July turns. What's happening with Xanadu again???
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