Hunter skiing Jan 26

Hi All,
Yes, there is some snow left on the mtn. Yesterday there was officially 5.4" of rain recorded in Tannersville and temps at 52. The creeks rose higher and faster than in recent memory (see attached pics). There were about 25 fools who paid to ski yesterday on "B" lift only!! The localmotion race was of course cancelled. Water flooded the mtn's boiler room, High Peaks locker room lounge and rear locker rooms under Colonel's Hall.
Now for skiing today: Grooming early this am was extensive and successful considering the damage that was done to the slopes. The surface was chunky granular on top of a thin hard base. Lollypops were everywhere due to numerous bare spots, fissures and sink holes caused by the water running under the snow. Racer's took a very hard hit (ungroomed) with major bare spots but was open only for the crazy ones. The entire east side only opened around 11 am with bare spots and stones. The temp was 24 at the top and about 34 at the base and we had some very strong blinding snow squalls early, some sun mid morning and then more clouds and flurries making for flat light. The temp is dropping and the wind picking up so the surface started to firm up. It was very heavy crud as you may imagine after such a rain event. I did not go west but the only access was via Belt to Wayout and the wind out of the west was strong. The mtn was very empty.
Blowing will commence tonight as many guns / hoses were being hooked up during the day. We had the Jan thaw and now recovery will commence every night this week as needed. It will be very cold again by the end of the week.
The police are here Wed & Thursday this week for their annual races and the firemen (hosers) are here next week Tues - Thurs for their races.
The movie this weekend: Pirate Radio.
The quad will be shut down on either this Sun night or the following Sun night for two full days for repairs to the motor (being sent to Albany) after which the singles line will again be set up and all chairs can be fully loaded.
Ski ya,
Jon

Detailed Local Forecast
Today: Occasional snow showers. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 50%.
Tonight: Snow showers will become more widely scattered overnight. Low 22F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%. Snowfall around one inch.
Tomorrow: Becoming partly cloudy later with any flurries or snow showers ending by noontime. High 32F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
Tomorrow night: A few clouds from time to time. Low around 20F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the low teens.
Friday: More clouds than sun. Highs in the mid teens and lows in the mid single digits.
Saturday: Mostly Cloudy. Highs in the mid teens and lows in the upper single digits.