Cold weather

Tonight's blog is going to be about the weather, snowboarding, and places that already have good snow. First off as all of you may have noticed the weather has been getting consistently cooler. We had our first taste of snow last Thursday, November 10th. Tomorrow, we are also expecting some wet snowflakes. Even though it might be mixed in with rain its still a step in the right direction. The snowboarding season around these parts usually starts mid December and continues until somewhere in March.
Next up is locations that already have snow ready for skiers and boarders. One location is Silverton Mountain Colorado. This is pretty much back country skiing and boarding. They have been operating since mid to late October. all of the snow there is fluffy powder that anyone would die for. Aspen is opening for the season on the 19Th. The aspen snowmass is home of Buttermilk mountain which hosts the winter x games.
Places that are going to be up and running before December are a bit more common. Holiday Valley has a predicted opening of November 25Th. Smuggler's notch in Vermont has the same expected opening date. This place is home to Olympic training runs and has the only triple black diamond in the east.

Finally everyone just needs to hope for snow.

snowboarding

Its a cool Saturday morning here in  Avon Lake Ohio. I woke up and went out to my truck and noticed it was covered in a thick frost. This was a great sign to me and all other snowboarders out there. It means that the weather is finally reaching the freezing point which means snow can be made. All that is needed for snow to be made is temps around 28 degrees. The only difficult part is that it needs to be that cold out for at least 6 hours at night.
In other news some friends and I are trying to decide where to go over the winter. Most are saying Vermont but i'm not really looking to drive that far. I guess that the search will have to continue for somewhere worth going that is a little closer than 10 hours away. We are probably going to look around on the internet for places within 400-500 miles.
As I am typing this I'm trying to find some good music to hit the slopes with. The search is going pretty successful    because i have found around 10 new songs in this short amount of time.

Well that's about all for this blog. Until the next one.