Mark Renson
New member
Sunday morning was the coldest one. Our PD found a minus 24 at the top of The Double and a minus 28 at the Midstation. I suspect that the Midstation is the coldest part of the mountain as it is a place where cold air from the summit could sink to and stay. <BR> A high overcast teased us. It was from a storm to the south that was hammering the mid-Atlantic states, yet giving us nothing. <BR> I had pretty much the same type of ski day as the prior day, except that the surfaces were getting a bit more harder from another night of deeeep cold. <BR> The afternoon did get much warmer, though. In fact, when we departed the shack at the top of The Double to do sweep, the temperature was a balmy minus 2. <BR> <BR> On Monday, we started the day with temps just a bit above zero F. From the top of Stark Mountain, I could see a storm boiling to the south. The Northeast Corridor, the center of much wealth and power was being reminded of how small it is relative the The Great Creator. <BR> The snow surfaces actually dramatically improved compared to the prior two days - nice very edgeable packed powder. Fall Line to lower Paradise was exceptional as was Lynx-Beaver. As a fellow patroller said, the snow must be corning up due to the warm temps which actually broke into the teens above zero. Wow!