If you guys are up for it, I'll try to contribute to this thread this year.
I don't get to Whiteface often enough. I REALLY want to be in position to get up when the slides are open.
These are maps for Dec-Feb temp and precip in a collection of El Nino years:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...rankus_djf.gif
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...rankus_djf.gif
Not the most optimistic stuff, but it's a long way off.
And as usual flexibility to get the goods will probably trump even a tough luck winter.
Best to all of us.