2 Wheels, 2 Planks: Heftiger Schneefall
Relaxing back at camp in Switzerland’s Engadine Valley – Credit: EmberPhoto We’re pretty sure that’s German for “heavy snowfall”, and although we’ve managed to score some beautiful sunshine-filled days in the alpine over the last ten days in eastern Switzerland’s Engadine Valley, heftige Schneefall has been the norm here (stay tuned for some more photos [...]
Photo of the Week: Last Gasps of Winter?
Although the forecasts are calling for unusually warm temps through at least the next seven days (with the exception of Wednesday pm – with snow possible in the mountains!), we’re confident that Old Man Winter will grace us with his presence again this season before spring takes over for good. In the meanwhile, it’s worth [...]
Photo(s) of the Week: Vacation Week Storm!
A string of storms that began producing snow last Wednesday produced as much as 40-50″ of snow over the course of several days in some high elevation zones along the northern Green Mountain Divide. Generally, mountain areas in the Northeast picked up 10 to 25″ of fresh snow from these systems, which has improved snow [...]
POWDER ALERT: It’s Going to Snow!
While forecasters are busy trying to predict the course and final outcome of the approaching weather system, one thing is clear: It is going to snow. We can smell it. And, for the first time ever, a wild snowshoe hare ran across our path at AdventureSkier headquarters this morning. We’re treating that as VERY good [...]
The Old Man Shows up for Turkey! Are You Ready to Ski?
A winter storm warning is now in effect through Wednesday for much of the north country – including the Adirondacks heading east into Maine – and some of the luckiest locales may pick up close to two feet! of snow by the time this storm moves out on Thursday morning. And while our snow forecast [...]
Photo of the Week: PRAY for Snow
Our good buddy Old Man Winter finally seems to be heading our way again. And after he dusted our mountains with some real live snowflakes this morning, forecasts are in good alignment with respect to some fresh snow falling in the mountains on Thursday into Friday, and then again later in the weekend. Anywhere from [...]
Photo of the Week: This Time, Last Year
With snow falling in the high elevations of the White Mountains as we write this, and with reports of mountaintop snowflakes streaming in over the weekend (thanks to Dave Bouchard for the first-hand evidence from the Green Mountain spine on Sunday morning), it’s likely just a matter of days before at least a few of [...]
Photo of the Week: First Snow in the Northeast
The higher elevations of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range scored a fresh dusting of snow Friday night/early Saturday, thanks to plummeting temperatures and some lingering moisture over the mountains. This is by no means the earliest snow on record for the Mt. Washington region – snow has been recorded there in both July and August many [...]
A Snowy Season Ahead? …Some forecasters think so.
Many forecasters believe the coming winter could be another snowy one for the mountains of the northeast, thanks in part to a prevailing La Nina condition in the Pacific and the effect this could have on the jet stream pattern for our region. According to the report on Accuweather.com’s Meteorloical Madness blog, “…The cold will [...]
Photo of the Week: Snow-fire!
Thanks to several inches of snow falling in the mountains over the last several days, there’s been some nice fresh snow to be skied on wind-sheltered, snow-catching aspects. And where the wind is blowing, beauty abounds. The mountains caught fire on Tuesday as fresh snow clinging to the upper elevation canopy was stirred by steady [...]
Backcountry Update: Fresh Snow is Falling
Life is good when fresh snow falls day after day after day – a pattern we might be settling into this week. With snow falling steadily across the northeast’s mountains by late in the day Monday, Tuesday morning promises to offer fresh tracks on established downhill ski trails and higher elevation nordic trails. Still, the [...]
A Bit of Snow On Its Way… After the Wind…and Turkey
“Damaging Winds” is the current forecast for the summit of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington today and tomorrow. There’s nothing like a 145mph wind gust to start off your day in late November! This cold, northwesterly flow of air comes in advance of another moisture-laden, low-pressure system that should start to drop some frozen precip (snow?) [...]
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