Im hittin snowshoe on friday. They are gonna be dumped on starting tuesday and endin saturday. It will be rerally cold as well, here is their forecast...

Friday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 19. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

19! Brrr. Snowguns blastin, snowin hard... thank God for goggles. At least ill have a soft 1' under me.


Saturday and hopefuly sunday will be spent at wintergreen. Will be a tad warmer, with clear skies, and snowguns blastin.

Friday: A slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 20%.



Ahhh, and its only Nov.

Hey, ill be there at wintergreen w/ you. What do you (or anyone) think they will get in terms of snow tus-sat? Also, will they try and open their high speed lift with 1000' ft vert?

Wintergreen snow prediction Tues-Sat...

3-6" tops. Same for my house. I bet Shoe topps 20".

If there is any interest, I made a map fo easternuswx. Ill post it here too.

i hope all this comes together but im not getting too excited yet. Ill be at the shoe weds then up to wintergreen thurs evening, stay at my parents house there and ski sat & sun with wife & kid. (and hopefully a few stealth runs by headlamp thurs night and fri early am.)
But if we get really dumped like all the stars align and we are blessed with the super chubby snowpack then ill try and slip out to wv mtns for some downhome southern style backcountry, yum yum

Well its not looking like my map will hold. New model runs have too much warm air and keeping most of what would have been our heaviest snow as underdeveloped snow commonly known as rain.


Edit to map- Trace people, sorry, Flurries at the end. 2-4" people- inch at best. 4-8"ers- 2-4". 8-16"; make that 4-12". and anything over 16", make that over 1'. Shoe might pick up 1.5', but that does not include the coming clipper. This just valids through wednesday.


Ill go on a limb saying shoe will get 2-3' all the way through saturday. (Will be wrong i bet)

looks like it is snowing heavily at snowshoe right now:

http://www.branch-associates.com/baa/projectfiles/sitecamera/70506/slideshow.aspx

webcams at deep creek lake, dolly sods, keysers ridge all starting to look snowy.

My parents are at Wintergreen right now and report they got 3 inches of snow overnight on top of the mountain.

Wintergreen is saying they are only going to open upper and lower dobie on saturday. I really hope they open more!
How far is it from wintergreen to snowshoe?

CV SITREP according to NOAA:

Tonight...Snow showers...Becoming scattered late. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

Wednesday...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the morning...Then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Little or no additional snow accumulation. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.

Wednesday Night...Snow showers likely. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/WVZ041.php

It's already started John. I was working in Moorefield tonite until 2am and when I left it was snowing *HARD*. The top of branch mountain had already accumulated what appeared to be a solid 2" on the ground already. However the snow disapated by Baker and became non existant.

You need a new job.... 2am??? Then again, it probably affords you the opportunity to ski your days away...

Their web site says they're making snow on Swoop and the terrain park also. Don't know when they'll open, but they're making snow.

You are right on about affording to take a day to ride. Actually I was doing contract work for WalMart installing several new database servers that could only be done during non-peak hours. Most of the work I do is I.T. consulting, network engineering, or server related. Now I'm adding VoIP and VoIP servers to my resume, all of which combined give me the worst sleeping schedule.

What joy. I scorching 1*F Friday morning at the shoe. Warming up to a burning 12*F! Bring the swimsuit!

http://snow-forecast.com/resorts/Snowshoe-Mountain-Resort.0to3top.shtml