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Do certain places need more/less snow
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We all know that the more snow the better, but do certain areas need more or less snow to be good. For instance does the PNW need more snow in order to have a good season, where CO might not need to have as much for a good season?
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rocky plces most likely need more
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This thread is weird i mean if the resort is rocky then they will need more snow if the runs have no logs, boulders or rocks, and small trees they will need less snow. As you said though more snow is better until you have to close because the lifts are buried like at Hood and Bachelor when they have to dig the lifts out.
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All places need more snow. Especially right now. The conditions are crap out there right now.
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what is this idea about needing less snow?
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Yes. Take Baker for example. You all saw our epic pow week that's been all over the ski movies this year, but little do you know, our terrain, with the exception of some trees being cut, is very... rugged. We have stumps everywhere, and brush everywhere too. We need at least a couple feet to cover stuff over, as opposed to the super groomed run in other places, where they only need a few inches to cover it up.
So there you go.
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what i mean do certain areas need less snow to be good. Is getting 20 inches in the Rockies the same as getting 20 in the Cascades (i know that they differ in water content), but does the coverage matter
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alright i ski on runs with 0-12 inch base. end of discussion
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this is confusing, but i guess you could get to the point of having too much snow if it stops the resorts from working.. or i guess places can get more avalanches if theres too much snow?
but coming from a place that sees like 4 feet annually in a good year, i would rele love more snow
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maybe im just stupid but i dont understand this thread very well
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I know... its rock and grass grinds all day long out there.
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north east needs snow!! last year half the parks didnt get build because there wasnt enough snow, talk about shitty
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to clarify
Say that vail and baker both have a base of 50 inches. Is on of the resorts more skiable than the other even though they have the same amount of snow?
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east coast doesnt need snow, they make it. it would be quite delightful for them to actually have some snow tho
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oh ok well i think that the rockier the mountain, the more snow it needs
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Yes. Vail is moreso, because it has its runs cleared in the summer, and has the stumps removed, etc etc.
Smaller, poorer resorts (Like Baker) don't have the money or staff to clear it out like that.
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yes definitely. mountains in pa and nj are mellow and flat with lots of smooth groomed trails. mountains in the west need a lot of snow to cover up their rocky terrain, like brush, stumps, little trees and rocks.
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Hehe the difference is though, we get 180" and you East coasters get like, 60". Or something like that.
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Where I am in the mid atlantic where the most of the warmest resorts are the trails are about shaved clean except for grass because they might open a trail with only 10 inches of snow on it or less because that might be all we have.
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uhh, I'm from mass and I know that baker gets alot more than 180" annually, try like 4-500"
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obviously. if we're only gettin like 300" in the PNW in a season, we are boarderline pissing and moaning. However, if some places in the rockies or east coast got that much, all we would hear is how damn good it is.
And as mentioned, some places, like some here in washington, need several feet just to open, and even then that really doesnt suffice. Go to places with broad trails cleared during the summer and several feet means thousands of acres that can be skied.
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I'm talking about at one time. Not annual snowfall. Like 180" between you and dirt.
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i dont ski in pa or nj i just used those mountains as an example cause its more true for those mountains. i ski in vt.
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aaah shit. we need more snow! (not to cover up terrain features, just in general.) Utah can get 500+ annually. I have no idea what vt's average is but it's a hell of a lot less than 500.
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when it says you get 500" anually it doesnt mean theres that much snow at once...it just means it could snow 100" pre-season and then have it all melt and come back again...and that still counts as annual snowfall.
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my resort in WV and we get 100 inches. other resorts in WV can get like 150, one claims 200 but they have never gotten that much
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Things are completely bare here in Tacoma, WA, so I would definitely say that we need a bunch more snow.
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WTF are you talking about? The more snow the better you fucking tard.
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yeah, exactly true. it sounds like a ton (and it still is) but spread from October/November through May/April it's not as imposing. Depth at any one time is more of a factor.
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