Chinook Skiing

OMG Joe, you crack me up. That shit is FUNNY!

Ed I wish I was that smart...you're talking about a guy who measures squirrel activity to determine the success or failure of an upcoming winter snow season. 

My advice is to go and then tell us how it was...you don't know until you go!

Tell me more about measuring squirrel activity. It sounds as plausible as anything else. What have the squirrels let on so far?

My wife was in Indiana for a while and the folklore there was to cut open a wild persimmon in the Fall and look at what shape you saw outlined in white in the seed. It would be either fork, knife or spoon. Spoon=loads of snow. Knife=cutting cold not much snow. Fork=mild winter.

Tell me more about measuring squirrel activity. It sounds as plausible as anything else. What have the squirrels let on so far?

The Squirrel-O-Meter is gaining empirical evidence status.
How it works....So when the tree cones form and seeds start to develop on the vine maple is about the time the squirrels stop tail chasing and start hustling to get ready for winter.
1) If the squirrels seem nonchalant to gathering those foods then the season is going to mild.
2) Adversely, if they are getting chipper and aggressive, meaning possessive to their goods it is going to be a decent winter.
3) If they leave stuff (food) hanging, make flight plans to ski someplace else.

Been tough to measure this year as my prime subject was all buddy, buddy in the summer. Then it got pissed off at me and chipper, so that is a good sign. Then it disappeared and has left maple seeds hanging on the trees. ???
Either my subject got eaten by another animal higher in the food chain or I need to start making plans to ski elsewhere. Call me callous, but I hope it is more of the afore mentioned.

Heightened squirrel activity observed in my neck of the woods, so indirectly a good sign. I may have to try and get a hold of a persimmon as well just to verify we're not forked.

last sunday i caught a squirrel aggressively attacking my strong chantrelle patch..

Anyone been over Chinook Pass lately?

2-5" breakable crust today. Not great skiing...