Safe ice on the smaller ponds here, saw some ice fishermen today and some kids playing hockey on another, also saw the bigger ponds/lakes with open water. Maybe the cold that's on it's way will put a good coating on the bigger ones.
I belonged to a ski club back in the early 80's, I remember it being a year like this and once we got up to the Loaf there was 3 feet of snow, not a banner year but decent pack up there.
Was one of them on a Saturday night and the Pats played with the snow still in the stands? I remember the fans throwing snow up in the air to one of the songs, it was pretty cool and they won the Super Bowl that year.