[at-l] More Winter

[Jim Bullard]

Don't fall off Art. OTOH with that much snow you probably wouldn't fall far.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Art Cloutman <Art at crystalacresnh.com> wrote:

> 2/29/08
> Backpacking would be extremely hazardous around here, NH, the past
> couple of days.  Yesterday, the high temp was around 20 degrees with
> not a cloud in the sky.  Skiing was absolutely fabulous with 10
> inches of freshly fallen snow that was groomed then an additional 4
> inches of velvet white flakes fell to cover the corduroy grooves of
> the grooming machines.  Mount Washington could be seen as a big white
> puffy marshmellow  50 miles to the north.  The radiation from the sun
> made it feel much warmer but when the sun dropped below the peak of
> Gunstock Mountain around 3:00 PM it got cold very quickly.  When I
> got up this morning the thermometer read negative 20 degrees.  By
> noon it had reached the high for the day of positive 10 degrees.  It
> still feels warmer because of a cloudless sky.  I had to stay home
> from work - if you want to call teaching skiing work - to shovel off
> roofs because we are expecting another 10 inches of snow tonight.  I
> lost count of the total snow fall at 100 inches.  We must have close
> to 120 inches by now and the snowiest month - March - is just about
> to start.    Our snow plow guy came with a front loader yesterday to
> try and push the snow back away from the driveways.  We have mounds
> of snow 12-15 feet tall in the yard.  Our beautiful view of Crystal
> Lake - Jan has seen it she knows how pretty our view is - is totally
> blocked by a wall of snow.   oh well back to the roof for another
> couple of hours.  I'ld rather be skiing or hiking.
>
> --
>
> Life is Good!!!
> Art Cloutman
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