To be fair, I grew up in Southern and Central New England and geese are here year round. They are just the tougher geese, from further North, this time of year.
I’ve seen some pretty cold sustained temperatures in Western Massachusetts.
if it looks like a -20F is really happening, it’s not too hard to prepare for it.
In my recollection Attitash has always been pretty rough in terms of grooming and snow making. When we are up in North Conway we tend to go anywhere but Attitash.
Their low base elevation probably doesn’t help but Cranmore is able to do a respectable job and they are right in the valley. Attitash might have perennial budget issues though according to folks I’ve talked to in that area.
We used to call it Iceitash.
If the sun comes out we will warm here but Greenfield is notorious for CAD in the winter. Plenty of times I’ve seen it 50° 10 miles east and west of here and it stays locked in the low to mid 30s here.
Anyway, I just do it because I’ve had too many disaster driveways over the years and I’m not really fond of falling on ice.