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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.

@mreaves thanks for posting that story. As much as I love skiing - and Bolton Valley is pretty unique b/c of combo of nordic, backcountry and lift-served all from the parking lot - I would never want to be in the ski business (put my capital at risk!). Been watching the webcams at Killington - pretty impressive rollout of terrain. They are now making snow in the beginner area (Snowshed).

My parents live in Norwell, I live in Concord (MA) - was visiting there last week. Crazy difference.

Hiked Red Hill in Moultonborough this afternoon. Easy hike with good views of Winnipauskee, Squam and Southern Whites. Tomorrow plan is to hike Willard in Crawford Notch. Swam for 20 min in lake in the morning - still pretty comfortable. You can tell the foliage is suffering from drought. Very, very dry.

Road the Northern Trail yesterday from Franklin up to Danbury and back - lots of leaves on the ground with many others looking they will soon be on the ground.