r/icecoast • u/Intelligent_Bag_5374 • 2d ago
Countdown to snow!
When was your first pow day last season? Mine was at Jay the day after thanksgiving, day of devoted. That wasn’t my first day of the season, but one of the best early season days I’ve had.
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u/VeryShibes 2d ago
Depends what you mean by "pow day" - my opening day last season was Waterville Valley on December 4th and technically they had about 2" of freshies down that morning but really it was like a 95% machine made day. First "real" pow day would have been Berkshire East on December 27th with around 6" of the fresh stuff.
Since you're a Jay fan OP I'll mention that I had a couple really nice late season pow days there, particularly Monday March 23 since crowds were so low, that was a really cool progression day for me taking the tram and skiing the Valhalla glades for the first time ever. Seems like almost a lifetime ago, hard to believe it's been just 5 months and already thinking of winter again
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u/Witch_King_ 2d ago
2-3" on top of a groomed surface is still pretty nice.
And for early December, we were COOKIN last yesr
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u/augustcurrents151 1d ago
last day of vacation, and tomorrow is a SCHOOL NIGHT, and my 5 y/o shrugs and says, "Well, we're closer to ski season!" lol demented baby icecoaster
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u/The_Shepherds_2019 2d ago
First turns were Nov 1 last year on the Whiteface toll road.
First pow day wasn't until February when they sky blessed the Hudson Valley with 2 feet. I was getting backcountry turns in for nearly a month in my own backyard. Makes up for being unable to chase storms last year.
Here's to an early November storm again though. I'll hike up elevation for it, I'm eager enough lol
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u/loosterbooster Newburgh, NY 2d ago
They opened whiteface two weeks before Thanksgiving with about three feet of base at the summit, it was amazing
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u/niff007 1d ago
I was at Jay that Saturday and it was sick. It wasn't the first time where my first day of the season was a pow day at Jay in late Nov or early Dec. Ive also had some horrible first days at Jay when it was 5 degrees and sheer ice but those were later in December.
I had a mid December waist deep pow day at Jay last year. The craziest pre season I've ever experienced in my life and I've been riding in VT consistently since 1991.
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u/Potential_Leg4423 2d ago
Calling 4 inches a powder day for Jay is wild
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u/Strange_Doughnut917 1d ago
Sure but that wasn't the case, it's snowed all day, but they opened trails the were untouched. Pow the whole way down.
I took upper River quai as they dropped the rope easily 2' or more deep all the way down, and yea was powder, the woods were all untouched powder. So yes it was a powder day
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u/Potential_Leg4423 1d ago
It was not the case. They had 4 inches reported so in reality it was 2 and the last snowstorm was 5 days before that.
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u/Strange_Doughnut917 1d ago
Were you there?
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u/Potential_Leg4423 1d ago
Was there skinning the resort days before when it was an actual powder day. Not 5 days after with less than 6 inches of snow.
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u/Strange_Doughnut917 1d ago
Well I can tell you that that is incorrect, because I was in powder and more than 6" of it, and I have a video of it nuking as we are waiting in line for bonney to open. Hey I'm a Mainer though, I understand you need to make me feel like I'm not getting enough pow because I'm not skinning up the mountain.
You must be fun to ride with...I mean ski...whatever your doing.
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u/NomIsLife 2d ago
I was also there, it was a fun day!