So this is about the time of the year that i make my return to the forums...I start rambling on about the first few storms of the year, usually getting way to excited because the storms just don't seem to deliver.


The storm that's on it's way right now looks to have more than enough precipitation to get things going, but depends entirely on where the snow level falls. It is a rather warm system, snow levels look to fluctuate between 7k-8k feet...


But i have a feeling the higher mountains such as kirkwood (base @ 7,800)  *might*  get enough to have something going on soon....I know Boreal already has a lift going on man made snow, i think this storm may dump a lot of rain on or at least very slushy stuff on the lower 1/2 of the mountain...




I still remember the winter of 04/05, being on the mountain almost 2 weeks before Halloween. Riding a couple feet of pow...

So, last week we had some of the coldest temperatures I have seen in California in a long time. It was -16 F in Tahoe with no wind. This week, Im walking around in a tee shirt. Fucking El Nino...you better bring me some good snow you bastard

Heh,

It's been bi polar like that around here too.  Not that warm in the mountains, but man we had that deep freeze.  In Denver there are people cruising around in shorts now.  More snow is on the way.  Just wish the snow pack in the back country around here wasn't so freakin' sketchy right now.

Man, we have the bottom layer of depth hoar, right to the ground.  It is not going away until the spring thaw.  In fact, this may be one of the worst years snow pack stability wise that we've had in a decade.  I haven't been out in a few weeks, wrapping up some home projects, but from what I am seeing it doesn't look good.  We've had a ton of close calls, and I think the first avy related death is just a week or two off, unfortunately.