Howie,
There are plenty along the Long Trail going out to the "church". Several sings posted for the Long Trail summer hikers. "Take a hike" this summer from Castlerock to Heaven's Gate and find one that you like, can remember how tall it is without snow and is on your "path" when snow is there for hiking to the church. Then all you have to do is look at your sign and know the settled base depth.
If hiking out the LT is too much work or inconvenient, you could hike up to the observation tower at the top of Lincoln peak. The evergreens act as a wind guard and might be a reasonable measure stick for settled snow depth.
Or, and someone will correct me if I'm wrong, their just might be trail signs mounted to really tall posts scattered around the mountain. Find one at an elevation you'd like and in a location that doesn't get any snow making (I might suggest castlerock area), and make a sharpie mark on it for the base depth you feel necessary for safe off piste passage. Since Troll road winds its way around and has some good sheltered areas, find a Troll road trail sign off the main trails to use as your base depth stake.
Or, you could check the website for the settled snow depth. That gets posted daily and I'm sure is highly accurate!
Brew Ski
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