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  1. 11-13-2010, 01:19 AM #1
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    La Nina finally forming in the PNW

    It looks like the high currently sitting over us:



    is going to retrograde. Lead us into an Omega block and possible ski area openings by next weekend. I wrote a bit more here:

    WinterScience.com

    Hopefully this is the actual start to the season.
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  2. 11-13-2010, 02:03 AM #2
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    Thanks, promising, positive post and good link.


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  3. 11-14-2010, 12:27 PM #3
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    Glad you like the link.

    It's warm and wet right now at Crystal. It looks like the keep pushing back the timing on the shift and still have no confidence down the road. I give 50/50 on a ski area opening next Saturday. Anyone have any bets? At least most (if not all) our facets on the ground are now good and dead. I wrote more here:
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  4. 11-14-2010, 01:15 PM #4
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    great site! thanks, and keep it up!
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    I would place a signifigant bet that Bridger Bowl will get hammered by this pattern! I kinda wish we were getting your warm up first though, getting worried about the junk on the ground here now. Please not another year of tip toeing around for most of the season!
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  6. 11-14-2010, 04:40 PM #6
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    Nice site cmor!
    As to your bet... $10 not this weekend.
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    Nope. I'll bet it's going to zonal flow on Tues or Wed of this week. Might not freeze for a few nights, though.

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  8. 11-16-2010, 01:12 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scotsman50 View Post
    Nice site cmor!
    As to your bet... $10 not this weekend.
    We got bumped up for precip amounts during the warmup, kind of killed our low elevation snow.



    At crystal it's bare ground to 5500'. But Wednesday looks decent, and we could pick up a few more Thurs-Fri. Although some post-frontal drying might really taper the snowfall. Not confident enough for $10, but I have $5 on a desperation Saturday opening.
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  9. 11-16-2010, 01:33 AM #9
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    is chinook still re-open, cmoor?
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  10. 11-17-2010, 01:15 AM #10
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    Nope. I'll bet it's going to zonal flow on Tues or Wed of this week.
    Good call, seems like what's happening. At least we got some good dense snow out of it here while we were favored. Bring on more of the bouncy cream cheese please!
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  11. 11-18-2010, 02:16 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by jesski View Post
    is chinook still re-open, cmoor?
    ? Chinook will be open, hopefully this weekend.....
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  12. 11-18-2010, 02:20 AM #12
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    Alpental got hammered. But I bet meadows will pick up a bit overnight and break the 2" barrier:



    Right now Green Valley is reading 22" on the stake. We'll see if an opening on Saturday is possible.

    As always more here: winterscience.com
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  13. 11-18-2010, 10:50 AM #13
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    Picked up around 16" at Crystal, a few point releases from radiation are evident:

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    Cool thread. I'm bumming I just moved from WA to NH. Oh well, I'll be back!
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  15. 11-18-2010, 11:06 PM #15
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    The bond with the new snow is generally good. Coming in hot and freezing down keeps everything solid:

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    ^ That's how it skiied too.

    Sweet blog Cmor.
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  17. 11-19-2010, 10:48 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by PNWbrit View Post
    ^ That's how it skiied too.

    Sweet blog Cmor.
    It's good. But it's thin. Hopefully it will be even better tomorrow. It's snowing hard right now.

    Some funk on the ground that could weaken over the next several days:





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  18. 11-21-2010, 02:15 AM #18
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    La Nina is kicking the shit out of us and it is awesome! Sick early season skiing for us all week in the Bridgers, an actual storm cycle! Now for the cold part of the equation.
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  19. 11-22-2010, 10:21 PM #19
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    Tomorrow is going to be good in the NW. 4% snow across the board. 12-18"+ and still coming down. Really sluffy today, we'll see how slabby it is tomorrow. Supposed to be Bluebird. Before the snow came in:







    Some more here

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  20. 11-22-2010, 10:23 PM #20
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    just driving around on the oly it was light/dry snow at sea level today.
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