GCWarrior

Great trip to the southern part of the white mountains this past weekend. Skiing was excellent all around! Thursday hit Sunapee on the way up. Place is fairly flat but still some good woods skiing. Friday was perfect spring corn at Waterville valley. Natural was the choice of the day. Managed several great tree runs off of the Green peak chair. And some great natural runs under the old north chair. Saturday we skied Tenney. It was my first time there and the place is an absolute blast. Awesome trees and a few fun natural trails. Coverage was still decent and they were almost 100% open. Temp was great but fog was out of control. Woods were the best choice. .

Lol. I only care about up north but Monday now looking pretty cutterish. Hope it can start looking less amped next few days. Up in the ADK this weekend hoping for 3-6" Friday and semi decent skiing.

AIs have something brewing for ski country. Where snow should be in March and April. .

Was back up at Magic Saturday with my daughter. Spring corn fest. Glorious! 100% open! Such a great way to end the month and hit day 70! Not the best day for pictures as the light was really flat but skiing was still great. Hope for a little snow for my white mountain trip this coming weekend but we shall see. .

Despite not getting much more than 4-5” Berkshire East skied really well Monday. The cement Friday night helped really establish a decent base. Jug, east glades and several of the off map spots skied best. Patrol dropped ropes on pretty much everything! .

Magic was excellent yesterday. I was helping judge a freeride comp so we got some access to closed trails with untouched powder. Felt like a treat on one of their busiest days. They received around 8” of dense but not overly sticky snow overnight, it really helped cover up the abundance of rocks they have on that hill. Everything skied very smooth. They were sold out and the parking lots were full. Lines were pretty long in the am but when I went out solo in the afternoon it was ski on. They have been having one of their best Feb vacation weeks ever which is great for their long term sustainability. .

Aigfs brings low from LI over canal. That’s a nice track for the ski resorts. .

That was a weenie GFS run for sure. Very cold after the storm Sunday. See what happens. .

Blah warm up today. Might have hit 35 for a hot minute. Cloudy, spitting flakes all day. .

Mount Snow was excellent yesterday! It looked and felt busy but most lifts were ski on. They got about 8” of new snow the previous couple days and it really helped conditions. Natural snow trails and woods skied very well. I managed a nice loop around the hill hitting both on map and off spots from all lifts until I had to jet to go get my youngest at school. Great day overall! I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t really been able to go anywhere else besides what I can access around here but I will say it’s been excellent. Hope we can get another storm or two in February and avoid any big warmups and or rain. .

See what they do next year. Burke and Smuggs ownership is a bit different than Beast and Catamount. Bousquet is also in the Berkshire summit pass mix and they aren’t owned by either. Could see a nice partner program or some tiered options with full access at a premium. .

https://www.wcax.com/2026/02/11/smugglers-notch-resort-forms-partnership-with-burke-mtn-owners/

Another great day out in the Southern Vermont backcountry! The 3” of snow that fell Friday night coupled with a deep base made for some outstanding skiing. At around 3000 feet the snow was noticeably deeper than Dutch Hill and the base was almost endless even on the steepest terrain. The best skiing of the day was the steepest; appropriately named “Danger, danger.” .

Beast gets a lot of traffic. They have had pretty much all the natural snow trails closed since Saturday. There wasn't a whole lot of base under the last snowfall so everything is pretty rocky and icy. Skiing was pretty excellent on Friday before they closed stuff though. We really need a refresher badly.

Felt like the right time to get out to Dutch Hill yesterday. I had been chomping at the bit to ski there; the zone has been closed for over a year by the NFS. It certainly didn’t disappoint. Snow was decent once you rolled off the ridge line, bottomless in most places. Almost wish I had my wider setup, but I managed no problem. It really is one the best places to tour near my house when conditions are right. Crowds are always minimal and people are very friendly. Met several first time uphillers yesterday in fact. .