Hello Hunter fans,
Mother nature is still playing tricks on us. After periods of rain
yesterday and temps in the 50’s a front came through last night with high winds
and cold temps down to 19.
Today started out sunny with no wind but the damage was done. The light
went flat around 10 am and the surface was flat frozen corduroy so visibility
for my old eyes was tough.
Thankfully the groomers made skiing possible but it was noisy, frozen hard
and fast. It was like skiing on a Ruffles Potato Chip – it rattled your bones
but it was edgeable. After a while the ridges broke down on the main trails and
it turned to sugar on hard pack. All front side trails were groomed but there
were ice & brown patches. One could not venture where it was not groomed.The
snow base is receding from the edges of the trails.
Apurna and Dropoff look to be done for the season. Claire’s was not groomed
and showed quite a bit of brown and bare from what could be seen from the
intersection with Wayout. One could not access Wayout from White Cloud as the
narrow path there was bare. Temps are now 35 at the base / 25 at the summit and
the sun is peeking through but clouds and mixed precipitation are forecast for
later today, tonight and more rain/snow tomorrow – really can’t catch a
break.
The hoses have not been removed from the guns yet so there could be some
recovery effort Thursday night and Friday as very cold temps move in.
None of the rumors you hear about closing early or going with weekends only
after mid March are true as no decision has been made yet but stayed
tuned.....
This Saturday is Grand Marnier weekend with bands, torchlight parade and
fireworks well past dark – big time party!
On a more serious note a Go-Fund-Me page has been set
up by the ski patrol and family members of Tommy
“Wheels” Cannalonga to purchase a new wheel chair accessible vehicle for him.
Many of you see Tom wheeling around the base lodge in his wheel chair and skiing
the mountain on his uni-ski. Here is the link:
www.gofundme.com/kmqvfp5p Please try and
help out.
Be safe out there!
Jon
NWS Forecast:
Tonight
A slight
chance of rain, snow, and sleet before 9pm, then a chance of rain between 9pm
and midnight, then rain and snow after midnight. Low around 33. South wind 11 to
14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less
than a half inch possible.
Wednesday
Rain and snow
showers before 9am, then a chance of snow showers between 9am and 4pm.
Temperature falling to around 21 by 5pm. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 21
mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch
possible.
Wednesday
Night
Partly cloudy,
with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -3. Northwest wind 11 to 17
mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny,
with a high near 25. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.
Thursday
Night
A slight
chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Chance of
precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Partly sunny,
with a high near 30.
Friday
Night
Partly cloudy,
with a low around 17.
Saturday
Mostly sunny,
with a high near 34.
Saturday
Night
Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 23.
Sunday
Partly sunny,
with a high near 39.
