moe ghoul

May 1: Woke up to 2-3" of cream cheese. Heading out for a quick skinner, should be 4" at the summit. Got the bartending gig full time at Spruce Peak lodge. Free Stowe season pass, club privileges, 12 free nights at any Hyatt, full bennies. Livin' the dream.....yeah, VT sux.

FAAAAAAAHK that. Spidey senses never lie. Timing in life is everything. Every restaurant and bar up here closed up permanently or temporarily, and the few that stayed open were sucking wind and still are. Everything is pretty much closed down now until May up here which is typical when Smuggs stops spinning the lifts. Got an interview at Spruce Peak Lodge for a bartending job on Thursday. If I like it and the cash is good I'll get a snowmobile for the winter and ride through the notch to work! Pretty stoked on that! Gonna try to work at both resorts for free skiing on both sides of the mountains!

I'm ramping up to install a new deck. Doing it in blue stone. I'm done with pressure treated or composite. Everything up here either rots or rusts within 10 years. Did some googling and found this cool system to install the stone. PVC heavy duty grates, roll a rubber mat over it and place the stone on top. Hardest part is leveling the joists so there's no stone wobble. Piers got delivered last week, lumber gets delivered next week. Ordered it early because I don't see lumber prices coming down in the near future. Most likely going even higher.

Yep. But camping in it these days.

8” so far at Jayand still snowing. Wind delay til 9.

It is when you get another 7" so far today and it's still snowing. It's be worth the extra time driving this weekend! There was 6" on the ground when I got back from Stowe around 4 today and another 1-2" fell since then.

Stowe this morning. Notch road reopened today so mega shortcut for skiing Stowe all week. Winning!

St. Patty's day was Lederhosen day. A buddy of mine wore a kilt. Tailgated with Bratwurst and pork belly sammies.

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Smuggs shmoo fest has a few more lift service days remaining before the bull wheels go silent this saturday. It was going to end Sunday, but there's rain in the forecast, so Saturday it is. I've been going out early afternoon for 5-6 laps in the sun, shorts and sans helmet. Bike season begins..have a great summer PASR!

Solid season up here, a later start and unusual because: It snowed a lot in January and ,not unusual, a good part of February. We didn't have roller coaster temps, for the most part it maintained in the teens and 20's, a few single digits, but no rain or torch weather. That pattern did not allow for the normal freeze/thaw to build up a solid uber hardpack foundation, so when it warmed up and got sunny it cooked the snow on both sides and melted very quickly. April Fool's Day today brought another 5-6" of pow for some endless tracks T2B. Hardly anyone on the hill, upper lot was barely 1/4 filled.

Over 3' of pow since last weekend up here, everything is in and deeeeeeeeeeeep. Slow start to the season this year.

We should have good spring snow coverage for a few more weeks. Going into the 60's-70's over the next 7 days.

Yesterday's harvest. 10-12" on the upper half of mountain, dense powder. Deeeeeeeep.

Middle of May, 5" down and supposed to keep snowing into the night. Never gets old!

Pukin in the notch, 4-6" by tomorrow AM.

Even some refill action. Legit pow upper half, pow zones and variable below, t2b, no ice or bottoming out. Prolly heading up to Jay tomorrow to mix it up.

4-5" at the house. gonna be DEEEEEEEEEEEEP again!

We be having snow in the forecast tomorrow and Fri/Sat.

Just took a ride to the upper lot at 1700 Ft, 34 degrees, heavy mixed precip likely to turn to snow within the next hour or 2. Supposed to be non stop into midday monday GONNA BE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!! 🤿 Until 11:00am EDT, Mon Apr 27 Action Recommended: Execute a pre-planned activity identified in the instructions Issued by: Burlington - VT, US, National Weather Service, ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Wet snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches above 1000 feet with localized 6 to 8 inches across central-southern Vermont. Meanwhile, an 1 inch or less below 1000 feet. * WHERE...Portions of central, eastern, and northern Vermont and western Clinton and western Essex Counties in northern New York. * WHEN...Now until 11 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions across the higher terrain, along with isolated power outages possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A mix of rain and snow will change to all snow above 1000 feet by midnight. The heaviest snowfall will occur late tonight through the early morning hours, with localized snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour possible. The snow will taper off to a mix of rain and snow showers by mid morning Monday. 🕺🎿❄️🌨️⛷️

First time I loaded something on You tube. You didn't miss much, but I unlocked the settings so it should open.

yesterday. https://youtu.be/26R4Nm1GNRY

Praxis

Shot at more snow Sunday/monday but more likely in central and S.VT. Stay tuned............

Moar goodness on tap today. Powder in the shade, cream cheez in da sun, 45 degrees, blue sky, Doobies and Double Galaxies in the fanny pack. Didn't work enough quarters for UE, so I'm crushing it trading the volatility, rebuilding my deck, and extremely grateful I didn't pull the trigger on the pizza shop or a bar. I do miss being behind the bar, but not so much lately.