Retrospective on the 2005 – 2006 Ski Season

Well, it really depends where “near Ueno” you'll be staying. But if the closest train or subway station to your hotel is Ueno Station, then you'd either take the Ginza Line at Ueno and transfer at Mitsukoshimae Station to the Hanzomon Line and exit at “Kudanshita Station”…
or take JR Ueno Station (either the Yamanote Line or the Keihin-Tohoku Line) and go two stops to Akihabara Station and transfer to the Sobu Line and go three stops to “Iidabashi Station”.

Another tunnel idea for the future that is needed at some point:

- Lebreton curving south down under Bronson
- to Somerset/Bronson [station]
- to Gladstone/Bronson [station]
- to Queensway/Bronson [station]
- curving west at Carling/Bronson [station]
- to Carling/Preston/Dows Lake (where it would also cross paths with the existing N/S line)
[station]
- to Carling/Civic Hospital [station]
- emerging above ground around the permiter of the experimental farm! [station]
- around the perimiter of the farm heading to Merivale/Baseline [station]
- back underground under the Merivale/Baseline intersection
- continuing west under Baseline
- to Baseline/Merivale [station]
- to Algonquin College [station]
- to Baseline Station

What do you think? Forget the money! Would you ride that rail?

huh? yall dont like me cause im leavin the station?

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@Sam_I_Am0203 there you go
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Snow depths pass 2m in NZ: After the poor start to winter 2011 across New Zealand following the country’s warmes…

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I just thought it was quite amusing that the start of the ski season was threatened by the arrival of wintry weather.Are you really so obtuse?Without wintry weather, there is no ski season.One needs snow for skiing, and it snows in winter.There is nothing unusual about snow at this time of the year.In England, it snows in December because that is when winter starts there. “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.”No conspiracy at all. Nothing to do with global warming or the government. End of story.:-)]]>

I have also wondered about other anecdotal/empirical evidence as a measure of warming/cooling, e.g. citrus groves being grown farther and farther south if cooling dominates, permafrost line extent in Canada, ice-road duration in the Arctic, ice fishing season duration, number of school closing days due to snow/cold, sales quantities of Arctic diesel fuel, the number of tire chain days due to snow, the number of ski-resort days open per year, perhaps a few others. I am aware that some ski resorts manufacture artificial snow, but if the air is too warm the snow does not form.

Is anybody else following any of that?

I track snow fall and snow depth days (like heating degree days only simpler) for several folks around New England. My conclusion is that comparing those is as foolish as trying to link North Atlantic hurricane activity to climate. We have very wide swings from year to year. Some years my data tracked Derry (30 miles away) well, other years the rain/snow line frequently was between us.

Today I have 19″ of snow on the ground. Last year I had the same. Snow Depth Days (the sum of all the daily snow depths) is 279 this season, it was 761 last year. Major snows in December 2007, big January thaw in 2008. Quieter and colder this year, pretty much in line with Joe D'Aleo's forecast.

See for more and links to annual data.

We like to look forward to “ice out” dates on the major lakes, that's also too variable to be much use except over a several decades.]]>

It’s hard to believe ski season is sneaking up on us so quickly! When’s the earliest you’ve hit the slopes?

First Snowfall – October 4, 2011
First snowfall of the season was visible on the mountain this morning! Check out the photos from up high.

Google Maps Mania: Snow Depths on Google Maps –

Arapahoe Basin opens for ski season – 9NEWS.com –

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