Angus

Just further east down rt. 2 from @HoarfrostHubb but I'm giving the same grade and could be convinced of an A- given I wasn't here for the first three weeks of March to witness the melt. By the same token, I missed 3 out of 4 weeks of December when when we had good cold temperatures (and maybe a bit of snow??) as well. My criteria for a good winter is 'can I step out the door of my house and winter recreate.' The cold onset of winter allowed the weston ski track to make snow and provide good, consistent snow, I was able to ski out my door and at the great brook nordic center daily for 6+ weeks before I left the area at the end of February. And I got out on the local ice a few times as well before the big snows came. Up north the alpine skiing was good, the nordic skiing was good and I even got to skate on Lake Morey in VT which I've been wanting to do for some time now. I had hoped to do some ski touring up north on nice March days which isn't going to happen but I was able to explore Mt. Wachusett State park on my skis several times which was actually a lot more fun than I expected.

I arrived back from out west on Tuesday evening and was greeted by instagram suggesting a video posted by Andrew Drummond ascending and descending Tuckerman Ravine that day. It showed some precarious conditions on the Sherburne Trail - gushing water - and what I assumed to be the little headwall - open crevices that would mean certain death if unlucky enough to fall in. I had tentatively agreed to skin up and ski down Mt. Washington with a friend starting at cog railroad base and finishing in pinkham notch later this month but I am no longer interested. With some snow and improved conditions, it would be nice to skin up to the bowl but my old knees are no longer interested in having to descend by foot. I ended up skiing at Panorama, Lake Louise, Revelstoke, Whitewater and Red Mountain in Canada. Six of the nine days of skiing were excellent conditions. Like the rest of the west, it has been warm and snow has not been consistent. My week at Palisades (post 10'/subsequent washout) was 'ok' but lots of terrain was closed (with a lot more now). The little hill in that lineup - Whitewater - remains my favorite. What a great place.

I'm up in Alberta and interior BC at the moment and have noticed how all the secondary roads have a ton of sand on them. Doesn't appear that much salt is applied. Reminds me of central Maine 40+ years ago in college when the roads were ice and snow covered a good portion of the winter. I hate salt and all that pre-treatment crap they throw down - can only imagine what it is doing to the water table.

I just saw some video from Stowe Snow Report Instagram Account...Wow, rivers! Big Moose in Greenville looks devastated.

They will probably really try to push their close date this season an extra weekend or two barring a weather calamity. Arrived at Palisades this afternoon...60 degrees at the base and most of the 90" gone. Crazy.

We got maybe 13" here in Concord MA and that might be generous. But it was a good storm with wind and drifting. I had to go to Norwell today (think Weymouth/ Hanover/Hingham) no power, street clean up poor. Snow depth is thigh high there. What a mess.

Great movie. Was just watching a few nights ago a clip of dialogue between George C. Scott, playing a US General, and Peter Sellars, playing the President (one of three characters he played in the movie). A masterpiece. That's Slim Pickens riding the A-tomic bomb!

@mahk_webstahas a kid skiing at King Ridge I loved looking out at Kearsarge. It has such great prominence from the surrounding area. I was surprised years later to find out it is less than 3K feet high!

I arrive next Saturday for a week. It is going to rain this coming week up to the ridges...crazy. After the storms, they are at 105% of snow. Need to make a decision whether to pivot to Lake Louise and Revelstoke or stay with original plan Schweitzer (ID) and Red Mountain. Schweitzer has only gotten 130" this season but is reporting the resort is nearly 100% open for first time this season. I'm strongly leaning towards Lake Louise and Revelstoke. The parking lot at Great Brook (Carlisle MA) has been full everyday. Between Olympics, school vacation and good snow, it's great to see people out enjoying winter sports.

Skied at Sugarbush on Thursday. It was very good. At Killington yesterday and found similar conditions. Stuck to groomers but peeking into woods coverage looked excellent. On the lifts, met multiple people from Midwest who had pivoted from western resorts to the east because of the lack of snow in the west. It should be a big week with vacations.

I have lots of opinions about LV but I don't fault her. She skied just fine a few days earlier. Her line was too high, she got caught in the gate, got twisted around and blown up. She had plenty of medical advice & care. They need to get medical clearance but there is definitely a tension there between medical staff and skiers. I've skied a bunch of these WC and Olympic DH courses- making many, many turns - they are all insane when you consider the skiers are basically straight lining.

Yes. I happened to be skiing at Pat's Peak last night. Left the hill sometime after 8:15 and they were on their way to 2" already. It was snowing so hard on 202 getting back to 89 that I got lost - this is really hard to do! But the visibility was very poor. They are reporting 6". Ragged is reporting 5".

Skied at Berkshire East today. They were making snow on a couple of trails. Conditions generally good. The steep man-made weren't open need more snow. The woods were not open either. The kids arrived around 2 and took three more runs and left! I always enjoy my visits there.

3" ?? I just looked on a map of Sebago for the location of Great Bay. Now I understand. Crazy how infrequently Sebago now freezes.

Been seeing some crazy good skating on Sebago.

Skied at SLoaf yesterday with my college buddy commemorating our first trip there together 44 years plus a week ago. We were going to ski today but temps looked uninviting which was correct decision. Very chilly and temps dropped and wind picked up throughout the day. Happy to be wearing the full face mask. There was a big U21 race - downhill yesterday - going on with participants from US and Canada. Made me reminisce on the chairlift with some unsuspecting, captive racer about the 1984 Junior World Championship held there and skiing with some Austrian or Swiss skiers. Poor kid! Getting old! Conditions were pretty good, they have a very solid base of natural and manmade. Bubblecuffer skied well - one of their natural, steep trails off the top was very nice and well covered but on the other side of Gondi Line, Winterway was closed with stuff still sticking out of the slope. They need more natural snow.

Was out walking the dog this morning thinking about this - I have referenced it before on the board ... This week in 1982 at SLoaf, first time there, half dozen runs or so and bad frost bite each time (turned around and sent into lodge to warm up by the liftie) so unpleasant that I did not ski for another two years 83/84 season. I believe this stretch still remains record cold for the area.

5" right outside of Concord MA center.

Nuts!

Drove by Magic today on my way over to Stratton and they were making snow. I have an IndyPass and need to get back there when they have some snow (on top of a good base!). Back home after skiing six days in a row - 3 nordic and 3 alpine. From a snow perspective, it was real interesting as I referenced earlier today in the other thread. Skied alpine Monday (Sugarbush); Wednesday (Killington) and today at Stratton. Yup, I have the IKON pass too! Really quite amazing to see the difference in natural snow from north to south and how each area had been impacted differently by the warmups. Stratton has fine coverage on man-made trails but they really need some natural snow - a lot of boilerplate everywhere. On Sunday I nordic skied at Green Woodland in Dorchester NH. Place is amazing and a real snow magnet. Tuesday, drove over to Rickert (Middlebury's nordic center) and there was a minimum of natural snow in the fields. Since I was skate skiing, I stuck to the groomed snowmaking loops. The western side of the Greens have minimum snow coverage. Thursday, as reported, I was at Trapp Family Nordic Center and it was amazing to see the significant snow depth gains as we went up in elevation.

I skied at the Trapp Family Lodge Nordic center yesterday, it was fascinating to watch the snow depth go from a sloppy 6-9" to 28-30" as we skied from 1,350' to their cabin at 2,100'. Beautiful trail network.

drove up to Black Mountain (NH) this morning for a half day session using my Indy Pass. First time on alpine skis this season. Morning was very brisk with clear skies but mount washington was obscured by the time I left around 1:30. Wow, the amount of snow they have made is incredible. Huge whales 20'+ all over the place waiting to be pushed out and they were making snow all day. I did not ski there last year but have been monitoring the news - both the good and not so good! - Hats off to the new management/ownership team. Place was totally different than my previous visits. Really fun day and my back felt pretty good best of all.

Everyone loves a good snow storm but the ice skating on the local ponds is outstanding right now even with the small layer of snow. I would love a good base of snow for xc skiing locally but give me good consistent cold for ice.

I drove up and hiked to the summit this AM. Funny, there was a dusting of real snow that was protected from the sun. They made snow today until about 930ish. Went into the lodge afterwards and tried to purchase my uphill pass but it's not for sale yet.

I saw that this AM. I figured they hadn't even started making snow. I think I heard they plan to have the new summit lift online by December 8. I guess that took pressure off making snow to summit.