4” of pow overnight. The mountain isn’t open yet, tho I can see headlamps up there skinning up.
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Yep, London and Woodstock are part of Ontario’s Snow Belt, and we are under the Lake effect.
It’s mostly the low visibility from a sudden squall one doesn’t expect, and ice that makes it dangerous today, rather than the amount of snow, much like it would be in Montana and Saskatchewan.
Some people go to Florida in Dec or Feb. I usually went to SK in Dec or Feb, so I have had some experience driving in your weather systems ! lol
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We just got 3.5"/10cm of slushy snow on Thanksgiving, making driving a real treat. I got to meet family in Polson for a great dinner but the drive home ended up being 20 or 30 cars in a line, “tail-lights like red ants marching off into the night” at 35 mph. You could not see the lane markers, only the reflectors and the railings. Usually a beautiful drive along Flathead Lake but it was a bit of a nail biter last night. This is my “North Meadow”. It is small but I see it out my great room every time I enter it and love the sight. It is the junction of 3 game trails so I see the same deer pretty much all year. It is rut season so the does are off with the buck back up the mountain, but the yearlings are still daily visitors. Everyone looks pretty well fed up for winter so hopefully they will weather it ok.
Looks like mts got the same or more.
From the other day.
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Gorgeous.
I wish I had visited Whitefish and a few other ski destinations in the States before I stopped downhill skiing in March 2020.
I’m sure glad I made it to Jackson Hole in 2017 and Big Sky in 2018.
I skied Steamboat in 2003, Snowmass and Aspen in 2006 and 2015, Mammoth in 2008, and Lake Tahoe in1987 and 2014.
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I have had to stop skiing as well, but i never made it to most of the big resorts. I was a regular at Red Lodge Montana for a few years, and an occasional visitor at Bridger Bowl (MT) and Whitetail ¶.
I loved skiing but my motocross injuries and aging made it problematic.
Living in the Rockies (Salish Range) oppo the Mission Mountains is a treat even though i do not ski. The downside is that winters are very cloudy but i am a snowbird for most of that season.
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I loved skiing, too. I had no idea my ski trips in 2020 would be my last ski trips.
I had bought brand new Volkl Race Tiger skis in Dec 2019, which I will be dropping off at the resale shop today. 
I used them 10 times in Feb and March 2020.
I paid around $1200 in 2019. They didn’t sell for $475 at a charity ski sale in 2022, when I would have kept around $300 from the sale. I am hoping to get $100 today. LOL
Jeez, I am getting old and repetitive LOL
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It was a mess going out on Friday. Thankfully the road crews had been out on 93, but the side streets and avenues were lacking. Welcome winter! We’ll see how the mountain resorts do with their opening days. I discovered that many businesses were not shoveling the sidewalks or walkways in front of their businesses.
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The branches that broke from the weight of the snow are being consumed by the ‘locals’ right now. Nice tender greens😉
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I have a Douglas Fir that is permanently bowing to the South from the weight of a wet snow 2 years ago.
Because of that I have been tempted to go around with a 20 foot pole and knock the snow off the weighted down trees, but first, I would probably get buried in snow, and second, it is what it is. We live in a snowy state.
And third, I do not have a 20 foot pole…
A pool cue is about it and it falls short by a good bit. 
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We have a telescoping snow rake for the roof and it can be a real weapon if misplaced! However the pole end is great for whacking all sorts of things.
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We did not get what seemed like a lot of snow but the parking lot is piling it fairly tall which is not good.
On the other hand, it is the parking lot of my local airport, which IS good. I may live in Montana but I am not a winter person.
On my way to Bangkok via Tokyo, and United just upgraded me to Polaris Class for the Tokyo leg.
Woohoo!
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safe travels, my friend!
We have a storm warning again in southwestern Ontario. Not good. I have not left our house or yard since 6 pm on the 24th. There has been a half inch of ice covering the lawn, sidewalk and road for the past 48 hours.
I don’t have the best balance anymore (that is why I had to give up downhill skiing in 2023, after downhill skiing for 35 years ) and I don’t have strong bones. I only have been going outside to take the dogs out to do their business, to take photos of the plants covered in ice, and to chip ice off the front wall and driveway.
We have run out of egg, and I had been planning on dropping off some spanakopita and meatballs for some friends today but I’m not sure that will happen.
minus 3⁰ Celsius is 26⁰ Fahrenheit
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Be safe! Nothing like a fall to ruin your month or more! The weather in your area is doing you no favors.
One great thing about the net is free books online. No need to leave the house as long as there is food in the fridge.
Though i did bring a Dewey Lambdin paperback in my pocket. Midshipman Alan Lewrie, rogue extraordinaire.
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We finally have some blue sky, which is a relief after quite a few days of unrelenting grey, but the wind has picked up and is expected to continue to howl the rest of the day, at least. Mom got all new windows in the house fairly recently, though, so at least we aren’t running around bundled up against the wind inside the house.
My youngest brother set off in his sports car for the 12-hour drive back to Atlanta at 11:30 AM. I wish he’d shoved off a bit sooner; he has made this drive every year his entire adult life, but it still concerns me. Doing it all in a day is just nuts to me, but that’s how he likes it. I packed his car full of cookies and turkey sandwiches, and waved him off. I hope he has good weather for the entire drive!
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the weather near Buffalo
