El Nino. It's spanish for The Nino

To quote my son Jack, "we're gonna need a miracle to have a white Christmas, Mommy."

Yep.  And Josh Fox agrees.  His first post of the season is truly one for the ages, and it's taken me two weeks to read it.  The first sentence is so classic that it almost seems to be on purpose:

"Mild weather has assumed control of the weather in New England."

WAIT!  The weather has assumed control of the weather???  Wow.  That El Nino sure is cray.

Season Starter Single Chair Blog

Are you back?  Did you need to get a snack in the middle? No? Don't worry, this won't take long - here's the summary.

ENSO PDO

high latitude blocking yo

it's too hot no snow

And let me save you some time on the latest updates:  It's still too hot.  Glimmers of hope fade into 67 degree days full of a billion moths.  Nothing says Christmas like a bunch of moths.

Get It While You Can

We've been ski busy

Powder days skip school for us

Get here soon - or now

Lack of entries = lots of ski days.  Who wants to waste time turning on the computer?

Not us. Not you either.  If you've been pinned under a car for taking someone's shoveled-out spot and haven't skied,  GET.  HERE. NOW.

The parking lot at Sugarbush looked black today for the first time since early January, and words like "mixed precipitation" and "rain event" are showing up in forecasts.

We can attest that there is still a lot of untracked powder in the woods, and that while some of it is windblown, it's light enough to make even the most nervous ACL feel okay about heading past the SKI BOUNDARY signs.  This was taken 3/2:

The Single Chair Weather blog is reporting a possible warm-up for mid-March:
Single Chair post for 3/2

Mr. Fox is reporting below average temps for this week and into next, but around March 12th, things warm up - even hitting 60.  He then foresees a return to winter for the end of March before posts drop off in April and we start getting really depressed about having to wait seven more months before we ski again.

Time to get that summer house in Portillo.

Get Here NOW

I don't have time to think up a haiku, because I'm skiing.

If you aren't skiing, you need to see someone about that problem.

It is ALL TIME, INSANE, better than the Rockies.  GET HERE

http://www.madriverglenweather.blogspot.com/2015/02/dreamlike-at-mrg-bottle-this.html

Call in Sick Tomorrow

bang in tomorrow

5 to ten snow all day

arctic Saturday

Full Single Chair Blog Report for Thursday January 29th

Monday storm hazy

February should be fun

GO PATRIOTS

Not Quite The Big One

fifteen snow inches

only disappointing when

could've been three feet

If you want two or three feet of snow by Wednesday, you're going to have to go to New Hampshire to ski.

Looks like MRG and Sugarbush will get more like 6-10 out of this storm (not that we're complaining). Okay, we're complaining.

It'll be cold, and really windy.  The good news is: no melting, and lots of good windblown stashes in the woods.

Possibility of a storm bringing several inches Thursday night into Friday.  So, if we're lucky, the cold and wind will keep the crowds away, and the rest of us will be enjoying 12-15 in the woods on Friday afternoon.

This is the Big One Elizabeth!

If you remember the show associated with that quote, chances are good your knees won't be able to handle what Josh Fox is predicting for Tuesday, January 27th.

this could be the one

Nor'easter coming Tuesday

maybe not no jinxing

On January 22nd, The Single Chair Weather Blog reported that neither storm (one that dropped six inches on Saturday in Western Mass and another coming in early in the week of Jan. 26th) would hit Vermont.

He got the first one right - Sugarbush reported 1-2 inches Saturday night.

But on Jan. 22nd, the report was that the Tuesday storm would get "squashed."

Then came Saturday's post :

• Nor'easter moving into Vermont early Tuesday 
• Bringing wind, extreme cold & treacherous roads
• 10-20 inches of snow: but could be less than 10, could be more than 20.  

Stay Tuned.

If you're coming from CT, NH, MA or RI, get on the road early - this is a big fat storm and it'll be hard to get to VT if you leave too late. 

sic.  Why can't meme creators spell IT'S properly?  

Welcome to the Single Chair Summary

Welcome Sugarbush & Mad River Glen skiers (okay, and riders)

Every time Josh Fox posts a new weather report for Mad River Glen on The Single Chair Weather Blog (and we know you just refreshed your link hoping for a new post), we'll post a summary here.

For example, his post for Tuesday, January 20, 2015, can be found at http://www.madriverglenweather.blogspot.com/2015/01/watching-two-more-potential-storms-over.html.  Here's our summary:

Hard to predict now

But no snow likely this week

Next Tuesday snow day?

To summarize the rest of the 1/20/15 post:

• No big risk of a thaw in early February
• Looks like some light snow next week, or a bigger hit Tuesday if we're lucky
• Based on the Polar jet, check out fares to the Rockies
• Chance of 1-2 bigger storms in early February

And our own take on the skiing this week?  You shoulda been here Monday.