Winters Past
So given the pretty horrendous start to New England's '11-'12 winter season, thought I'd throw up some winter's past from the top of my head. Hope some others can chime in here with their recollection. I'll start with good old freshman year:
'97-'98 Really strong start...I remember by Christmas having snowbanks in Kingfield above car window level. I know because I was in a car that ended up in a bank. Big ice storm of '98 was the headline of the year. Also of note is that snowfall totals weren't that far off from '00-'01 snow totals at Sugarloaf (only 11").
'98-'99 Seemed like an average year, had some great memories from ducking ropes on the front face that year.
'99-'00 Pretty lame year...I remember it being fairly disappointing.
'00-'01 Historic, winter for New Englanders to compare all others to. I remember in February when it seemed like there was a 10+" snow storm every Wednesday.
'01-'02 Pretty horrendous, record warmth and very little snow outside of the major snowbelts. Personally wasn't around but heard stories.
'02-'03 Epic 1st half of the season before the cold hit with little snow for the 2nd half. Overall a very strong year.
'03-'04 Pretty dismal outside of a few good events. Moral on ski patrol was especially low that year with snow always followed by rain.
'04-'05 Strong periods in early January and again in late February/early March but everything else...lackluster.
'05-'06 Besides a nor'easter in October, this winter will go down as MY worst for skiing in New England (hoping this winter doesn't top it). Wasn't around for '01-'02 season though.
'06-'07 Will go down as one of the worst starts to a season but a switch was flipped and ended up being an winter of legendary storms with the 3 epic saints storms (Valentines, St. Pats, & Easter)
'07'-08 Legendary for northern New England with snowfall records broken for many towns. Will go down as the year of the sleet/freezing rain to rain storms for central New England though as the storm tracked time & again right over the Mass/VT border.
'08-'09 Strong period from mid-Dec through mid-Feb...otherwise fairly normal winter. Not way above average but a good year overall.
'09-'10 An epic season for the Mid-Atlantic but New England was left hi & dri time & again during the heart of winter as major storms tracked too far south. For a while Snowshoe, WV was beating Jay Peak for highest eastern snow totals that year. Big storms late in the season rallied New England though for a fairly strong finish. Huge snowpack locally above 1500' from a pair a major February blizzards.
'10-'11 Strong year overall with winter kicking off at the start of December and lasting on & off into April. Biggest snowpack year since '02-'03.
'11-12 Did winter even start yet??
'97-'98 Really strong start...I remember by Christmas having snowbanks in Kingfield above car window level. I know because I was in a car that ended up in a bank. Big ice storm of '98 was the headline of the year. Also of note is that snowfall totals weren't that far off from '00-'01 snow totals at Sugarloaf (only 11").
'98-'99 Seemed like an average year, had some great memories from ducking ropes on the front face that year.
'99-'00 Pretty lame year...I remember it being fairly disappointing.
'00-'01 Historic, winter for New Englanders to compare all others to. I remember in February when it seemed like there was a 10+" snow storm every Wednesday.
'01-'02 Pretty horrendous, record warmth and very little snow outside of the major snowbelts. Personally wasn't around but heard stories.
'02-'03 Epic 1st half of the season before the cold hit with little snow for the 2nd half. Overall a very strong year.
'03-'04 Pretty dismal outside of a few good events. Moral on ski patrol was especially low that year with snow always followed by rain.
'04-'05 Strong periods in early January and again in late February/early March but everything else...lackluster.
'05-'06 Besides a nor'easter in October, this winter will go down as MY worst for skiing in New England (hoping this winter doesn't top it). Wasn't around for '01-'02 season though.
'06-'07 Will go down as one of the worst starts to a season but a switch was flipped and ended up being an winter of legendary storms with the 3 epic saints storms (Valentines, St. Pats, & Easter)
'07'-08 Legendary for northern New England with snowfall records broken for many towns. Will go down as the year of the sleet/freezing rain to rain storms for central New England though as the storm tracked time & again right over the Mass/VT border.
'08-'09 Strong period from mid-Dec through mid-Feb...otherwise fairly normal winter. Not way above average but a good year overall.
'09-'10 An epic season for the Mid-Atlantic but New England was left hi & dri time & again during the heart of winter as major storms tracked too far south. For a while Snowshoe, WV was beating Jay Peak for highest eastern snow totals that year. Big storms late in the season rallied New England though for a fairly strong finish. Huge snowpack locally above 1500' from a pair a major February blizzards.
'10-'11 Strong year overall with winter kicking off at the start of December and lasting on & off into April. Biggest snowpack year since '02-'03.
'11-12 Did winter even start yet??
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