The west fork (particularly southern end) is largely over 100' deep, which is substantial. I think it gets to like 160'ish. Not 360' like Sebago however.
Most years it does not freeze over, with a few exceptions. Definitely Feb 2015 it was something out of the arctic (see below). I was a bit surprised our chilly January hasn't done the trick. Coves are frozen however.
Much as that run sucked, I'd have to take the over on the mesoscale stuff in the hills. Wintertime PRE... they should rip dendrites a couple hours even if they whiff the main event.
I like how the baroclinic zone sets up near the coast out ahead of the system behind the departing HP to the east and the incoming N stream s/w. Bodes well for heavy precip... on top of that associated with the rapid deepening of course.
I'm willing to ski the woods til the bitter end in the spring when it's pretty much what you see is what you get in there. Early season I've definitely mellowed but still admire all the intrepid youngsters.
Heard the cord was amazing this morning. Yesterday heard the woods were a bit crusty, but maybe some of it has been skied in by now. East Glade got a lot of traffic. Not sure I'd try Tomahawk or Beast yet.
10-12" dense up top, all the trails and East Glades open. Chairs loaded at 830, SN+ til 10AM, then maybe 15 mins of -RN that made things sticky. But right back to heavy snow, huge flakes. Still pounding now as we head off to work.
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it. They have done a really good job with the snowmaking and hopefully get 6+" tonight and tomorrow. The trails are so well groomed that folks will be able to ski the powder aggressively on trail. Can't decide whether it's worth going to S VT tomorrow or just heading there.
Primo today. I heard the Oxbow was wonderful also. Only the lowest bodies of water were smooth and black, my usual spots here in Btown are shot.
This page has some pretty good reports, lots of folks were out in Noho today, everybody commenting how nice it was to see so many smiling faces.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/hilltownpondskaters/
I didn't either but a history of skiing does seem to quicken the learning curve. I would think that some of the kettle ponds in SEMA should be pretty good to go after the next cold shot, if not already.