snowin at the loaf today, this is not vermont!

[icelanticskier]

high enough, north enough, and definitely groovy enough. sugarloaf usa. more snow on the way. nuthin to get too excited about though.
http://www.sugarloaf.com/TheMountain/Da ... index.html
rog

 

[Tony Crocker]

Frankly I'm surprised Sugarloaf's snowfall is so low (175 inches) vs. Vermont or even the Quebec City areas. Is it in the shadow of Katahdin for many storm tracks?

 

[Patrick]

Frankly I'm surprised Sugarloaf's snowfall is so low (175 inches) vs. Vermont or even the Quebec City areas. Is it in the shadow of Katahdin for many storm tracks?

Katahdin is further east.

 

[Admin]

Frankly I'm surprised Sugarloaf's snowfall is so low (175 inches) vs. Vermont or even the Quebec City areas. Is it in the shadow of Katahdin for many storm tracks?

Katahdin is further east.

Much further (north)east -- too far to matter.

 

[Tony Crocker]

So anybody know why Sugarloaf gets less snow than Quebec City areas with half its altitude? Not counting the microclimate around Le Massif which I know about.

 

[icelanticskier]

saddleback gets close to 250 inches and is only 20 miles away, tops. saddleback gets the snow, sugarloaf gets the leftovers. as we know, the preservation at both is about the best in the east.
rog

 

[BigSpencer]

Most of the bigtime moisture comes from the East..as Saddleback and Spaulding Mtns kind of shield the Loaf from anything from the SW....just my guess(may be wayy off..but that's just the way it seems..coming westward from the Bangor area)
*The ME-CAN border latitude is quite lofty in elevation....I think it keeps your colder weather systems moving in a more uniformly West-to-East as a norm...other than when those Dips occur..! 8)

SteveD

 

[icelanticskier]

6+" at the top of the super quad today at the loaf with more up top. killington got about the same.
rog