Archive for December, 2010


WSW Flow brings snows to Greens and ADK (UPDATED)
December 17th, 2010 | By:  Lionel Hutz | 14 Comments


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Quick Report: The wind has turned brifely and is bringing moisture from Lake Ontario into the ADK and Greens.  This is a WSW flow and I find these events to be a) under reported, and b) snowy.  Now the dyanmics aren't great as the duration of the flow isn't that long.  However, ... ...Read more


SPAM #10: Magic Powder Turn
December 16th, 2010 | By:  Greg | 8 Comments


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As a follow up to our analysis of the magic behind a powder turn in The POWstige earlier this week, we've got a fresh SPAM for your viewing pleasure. Today we've got several shots taken during a Vermont dawn patrol hot on the heels of VTah Part V. KC and ... ...Read more


Post Frontal Snows…
December 13th, 2010 | By:  Lionel Hutz | 10 Comments


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Morning!  Hopefully you all had a great weekend. I did. Sorry about the rains.  I believe some help is on the way.  Note: I have to make this quick because I need to do some actual work (that's a total abject lie. I need to do some x-mas shopping online and since ... ...Read more


The POWstige
December 12th, 2010 | By:  Greg | 16 Comments


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Are you reading closely? Every powder turn has three parts... or acts. The first act is called "The Pledge." In order to get a powder turn, the glissader gathers something ordinary: potential energy. They do so by either motorized, or self-propelled (backcountry.com link) means, but either way it requires some commitment, ... ...Read more


I got the La Nina blues….
December 10th, 2010 | By:  Lionel Hutz | 9 Comments


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After an Epic, amazing, textbook, strangely predictable, super-duper awesome, FKNA! inducing, "magic" upslope snow event which gave us VTAH V, everybody has been asking me "what's next." Well sadly what's next just isn't going to be as awesome. Yea. Sorry about that. Anyway, after a weak disturbance passes through the region ... ...Read more

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