NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

308 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2004



HIGHER SUMMITS FORECAST FOR NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN

MAINE...



...LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TODAY WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 100 MPH AND

WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 100 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES...



TODAY...EXTREME WIND AND COLD. SUMMITS FREQUENTLY OBSCURED BY

CLOUDS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 10

BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 70 TO 100 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH.

WIND CHILL VALUES 80 TO 110 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDDAY THEN 50 TO 80

BELOW ZERO MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.


Pulled the plug at noon.

Bossman didn't let us go up any of the upper mountain lifts (we only rode 2, 7, and 11)

Chairs were hitting towers on all the outback lifts EVEN lift 6.

It was ugly
Real ugly.

Day off... slightly icy... telemarked ALL DAY

my thighs burn something fierce... little windy
but warm in comparison to last week

hug the trail edges and you have a little pow to play with

it was a great day off :D

skiings pretty good over here at Sugarbush, never saw ice over here, only hard packed powder LOL.don't mind the cold if the wind would stop.

Wildcat isn't in exactly the best spot to hold pow forever ;)

And it just isn't worth it to drive all the way to work!

Off to Attitrash today!

Oh yeah, skied with Glen Plake on Sunday during my break. :eek:

The man is an animal. :cool:

sweet.

tell more :)

this dude?
http://www.emgathletes.com/Athletere...glen_plake.htm

that must have been a trip....

that dude.

Likwid, does he every get cold without a hat on ?

no brain no pain

hehe :)

I saw he was gonna be up there at the River. He's on tour with Freeskiing magazine.

he was at Bolton valley , a small area here in VT, not to long ago. hope he has learned to ski eastern bumps. a few years ago he was at Mad River, the conditions were rock hard, from what i hear from people who were skiing with him he wasn't on top of them.if you want to see an amazing skier in the worst conditions wacth John Egan ski.

I lived in Tahoe for the winters of 87/88 and 88/89. The hottest skiers were the guys from the East.




















The hottest chicks were from California though...
(with the exception of the one I brought with me)

Plake is a groomed bump skier really.

Didn't do any bumps with him (only had an hour... so time was short) but put him on the steep and he rails it like its the bunnyslope.

His laugh kills me every time i hear it, and i couldn't tell ya BW, he was wearing a hat with his mohawk down the whole time...


btw... Kasha is origionally from Vermont ;)

Freeskier AND K2 :D

Alright... We're supposed to get flurries and you guys down there are supposed to get a foot+?!

This just isn't fair... :af:

OH YA ?

This is a tug making a weak effort trying to clear a channel across the sound.

We are froze in down here :(

produce on th drop at the market :(

milk is next :eek:

BW...we can air drop supplies if necessary.

Likwid, the difference between up there and down here is that when a storm is approaching they make a big deal about it down here. Schools shut down half day yesterday based on the weatherman's forecast that it was going to start snowing early Tuesday afternoon. We'll the snow didn't show up till about midnight last night, and in northern CT we only got about 6 inches compared to the 15 they said we'd be getting. But the media had everyone in a frenzie.

Up there it is a way of life and people just deal with it.

Eitherway I may have to slip up to the local area for a powder fix tonight.

I heard about that BW...we have a little more current here and while it is slushy they get thru...How is your heating fuel and Toilet Paper holding out...?

Fuels good, plenty of TP formu bunghole........ :eek:

They got two boats through yesterday and today they are running.
Stores were out of milk yesterday.

Got around 6" here.

Can't wait for April !

:)

Pray for snow!

Flurries today but WINDY AS HELL AGAIN!

Its either windy or cold lately....

This season is WACK!

I'm going back to Wasatch next season!

I think i saw 3 flakes fall today, or was that wind blown man made?!

Still praying for snow...


Tried out a set of K2 Seth Pistols tele mounted

omg....


beach?!

;)

Likwid,

Looks like there is good peotential for some white precip next week.

We may bask in the tropics down here while you get the goods...... :)

Its freaking 30 right now!

I'm out of the house!

wednesday = 6-8"

thank god for snow!

I was at attitash thur pm-sun noon. Friday was friggin windy and cold sat was a little better sunday was very comfortable. Conditions...man made. It was very ski-able but nothing to get excited about. Best runs were early morning...late afternoon was slick. Rarely a wait at any of the lifts.

Booking my flight to Pac NW today. Business trip for 6 days (1 day of business ! :) ).

This is as of last Tuesday at Mt Baker, Wa. 4'+ has fallen since that time and another storm system shows up today.

I need this one pretty bad right now :(

Awesome!

Take pics, post em.

Demo the Pistols, you'll be sold too....

They hold out here on the crap we have which is sweet!

YOU have to work the ski though, if you let em run, they'll run... kinda like a Dodge Viper. :D

And everyone I know who's ridden them in the deep loves em as much as the old AK Launchers.

K2 came out with the same ski with different graphics and tele inserts... the Hippy Stinx.
but only like 100 pairs were made for this season.


And on today?
Rode my friend's Pistols again on the steeps.
Wow
Holy alksdflaku0324509283 they're nice.
Gorgeous day, nice hardpack for what its worth.
Just a good time
And even managed to wear myself out in time to change the oil in my jeep and put in some new marker light bulbs.

What a day after January's hellish cold. :cool:

I'd like to mention that we got 6" but I didn't get to ski it.

)@!#$&)@#(*$@)* work. :af:

what ? :(

you had better get out and ski this one likwid.
supposed to give ya something.

we're hoping for rain down here :)