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Not Looking Good on the West Coast This Winter

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LogicalNonsense
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Shit I hope this is wrong
Oct 25 2015 2:56PM
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JibInMyPants
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Ouch, sounds like a good time to make that trip to Europe...
Oct 25 2015 3:30PM
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lgward
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ouch, so glad i live on the east coast
lol i guess now you know how we feel

but in all seriousness that sucks man, it's always a brutal slap in the face to see how much we fucked up mother nature be reflected in a severe lack of snow.
Oct 25 2015 3:35PM
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Deepskier
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Start getting your setups dialed in and get some m snow
Oct 25 2015 3:59PM
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GayWolf420
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"Worst season ever" in utah last year and we were taking pow laps in late april/may. We appreciate the concern but ill take my chances.
Oct 25 2015 5:43PM
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Immunoblot
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Yeah, looks like this winter's gonna be a shit one.
Oct 25 2015 6:11PM
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jynx81
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DeebieSkeebies"Worst season ever" in utah last year and we were taking pow laps in late april/may. We appreciate the concern but ill take my chances.


Its true doe. It make you guys really feel just how blessed you are that even a sub par winter still rocks and shots the bed on most east ski areas
Oct 25 2015 6:12PM
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CHORIZO
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:(
Oct 25 2015 6:42PM
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K-Dot.
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And last year at this time they predicted lots of snow. Weathermen are professional guessers
Oct 25 2015 7:40PM
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arnie_grape
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so when you say west coast you mean the rockies

oh well. last season I moved out west to ski pow and was skiing slush from late january-april. this year I'm staying home to save for next winter so I would be pretty butthurt if it were a banger winter in the west.
Oct 25 2015 7:42PM
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dan4060
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El Nino usually rocks in California. The last one was 09/10, I believe, and it was insane.
Oct 25 2015 8:23PM
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dan4060
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Just checked, Squaw got 561 inches in 09/10. Mammoth got dumped on too. If you check the list of el nino winters you will find a lot of big winters for the Sierra. I shouldn't say anything though, I don't want to jinx it.
Oct 25 2015 8:28PM
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e~b
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yoo don't get bummed about the season when it hasn't even started yet! to say this season is gonna be a shit one before it even starts is a bad attitude if I've ever seen one
Oct 25 2015 8:32PM
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zwilly
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No matter what its going to snow in the mountains. Just hoping Minnesota doesnt get robbed again.
Oct 25 2015 9:16PM
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quixotic
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dan4060Just checked, Squaw got 561 inches in 09/10. Mammoth got dumped on too. If you check the list of el nino winters you will find a lot of big winters for the Sierra. I shouldn't say anything though, I don't want to jinx it.


it was 2010/11 that was the last fat year for the sierra nevada. squaw received 810" at 8,000' that season.

http://squawalpine.com/skiing-riding/weather-conditions-webcams/squaw-valley-snowfall-tracker/?tab=ui-id-5

here are other tahoe resort totals from that season:

Alpine Meadows – 852″
Squaw Valley – 810”
Boreal – 803″
Sierra-at-Tahoe – 763″
Sugar Bowl – 750″
Kirkwood – 748″
Northstar – 666” (the mark of the Beast)
Homewood – 650″
Mt. Rose – 547″
Heavenly – 528″
Diamond Peak – 315”
Oct 25 2015 9:21PM
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eheath
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Did you make an account to beat the dead horse?

The weather can't be accurately predicted until about a week before and even then it will change. Long term forecasting is bullshit.
Oct 25 2015 9:28PM
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dan4060
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quixoticit was 2010/11 that was the last fat year for the sierra nevada. squaw received 810" at 8,000' that season.

http://squawalpine.com/skiing-riding/weather-conditions-webcams/squaw-valley-snowfall-tracker/?tab=ui-id-5

here are other tahoe resort totals from that season:

Alpine Meadows – 852″
Squaw Valley – 810”
Boreal – 803″
Sierra-at-Tahoe – 763″
Sugar Bowl – 750″
Kirkwood – 748″
Northstar – 666” (the mark of the Beast)
Homewood – 650″
Mt. Rose – 547″
Heavenly – 528″
Diamond Peak – 315”


I know 10/11 rocked too, but 09/10 was still a great winter. I did not mention 10/11 because that was a la nina, not an el nino, and this year will be an el nino.

10/11 was great though. I skied a ton of pow that year.
Oct 25 2015 9:29PM
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dan4060
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Actually, the funny thing is that la nina's usually are not THAT great for the Sierra. It is the el nino's that usually bring the most snow. La nina's usually have above average snowfall, and good quality, but not WAAAY above average like 10/11, that is usually reserved for the el nino's. 810 inches for Squaw is double their yearly average. I think they get around 400 inches in a normal year, so 810 is beyond unbelievable.
Oct 25 2015 9:33PM
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robert.clarkeiii
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The weather can't be accurately predicted until about a week before and even then it will change. Long term forecasting is bullshit.[/QUOTE]

Very True. Don't worry you'll have plenty of snow no matter what.
Oct 25 2015 9:51PM
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freeballer
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DeebieSkeebies"Worst season ever" in utah last year and we were taking pow laps in late april/may. We appreciate the concern but ill take my chances.

Since when was Utah the West Coast?
Oct 26 2015 11:24AM
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FIRETHECANNONS
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It will be wrong
Oct 26 2015 12:00PM
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Mr.Bishop
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LogicalNonsenseShit I hope this is wrong


I only believe weather predictions that are made while you are standing in the weather you're predicting... and that prediction is for what the weather will be like five seconds from now.

Of course, it definitely is nerve-wracking to imagine more bad winters out west... but that is another issue.
Oct 26 2015 12:13PM
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tomPietrowski
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Mr.BishopI only believe weather predictions that are made while you are standing in the weather you're predicting... and that prediction is for what the weather will be like five seconds from now.

Of course, it definitely is nerve-wracking to imagine more bad winters out west... but that is another issue.


Standing looking at the mountain right now, no one in whistler is positive about the "winter". Its just not cold yet, and we have had no snow. Normally at this time, there wont be snow in the valley but usually the snow line will be creeping slowly lower but this year there is just nothing. Unfortunately its looking more and more like a long bike season here. I just hope its not like 1977 when they had to close in January. But I'm still positive to some extent. They have been blowing snow last night so there may be something and hell its still better then the UK even without snow.
Oct 26 2015 1:00PM
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