2025-2026 Ski season thread

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, Angus said:

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.

Their current closing date is April 5.   I know they have to close before the 15 due to their deal with the state. 

[GCWarrior]

Was back up at Magic Saturday with my daughter. Spring corn fest. Glorious! 100% open! Such a great way to end the month and hit day 70! Not the best day for pictures as the light was really flat but skiing was still great.
Hope for a little snow for my white mountain trip this coming weekend but we shall see.











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[rimetree]

Perfect at Saddleback with views to MWN

[rimetree]

Capped off our little trip to Saddleback today. Great conditions with comfortable temps both yesterday and today. Wind was ripping good up high with rime and blowing snow this morning. Somewhat tamer this afternoon.

[GCWarrior]

Great trip to the southern part of the white mountains this past weekend. Skiing was excellent all around!

Thursday hit Sunapee on the way up. Place is fairly flat but still some good woods skiing.



Friday was perfect spring corn at Waterville valley. Natural was the choice of the day. Managed several great tree runs off of the Green peak chair. And some great natural runs under the old north chair.





Saturday we skied Tenney. It was my first time there and the place is an absolute blast. Awesome trees and a few fun natural trails. Coverage was still decent and they were almost 100% open. Temp was great but fog was out of control. Woods were the best choice.





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[HoarfrostHubb]

Wachusett is going to try for April 12   

[Boston Bulldog]

10 hours ago, GCWarrior said:

Great trip to the southern part of the white mountains this past weekend. Skiing was excellent all around!

Thursday hit Sunapee on the way up. Place is fairly flat but still some good woods skiing.



Friday was perfect spring corn at Waterville valley. Natural was the choice of the day. Managed several great tree runs off of the Green peak chair. And some great natural runs under the old north chair.





Saturday we skied Tenney. It was my first time there and the place is an absolute blast. Awesome trees and a few fun natural trails. Coverage was still decent and they were almost 100% open. Temp was great but fog was out of control. Woods were the best choice.





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Sunapee can be a bit flat, but the Sunrise Glade/Hawes Hideout area is pretty fun. Well timed trip right before the meltdown!

[Brian5671]

Webcams looks awful at some places-warmth killed the season in 3 days

[Angus]

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

 

[GCWarrior]

Had a great time with my youngest up in the ADK this past weekend! Skiing left a bit to be desired but we still had a great time nonetheless.

Skied Whiteface on Friday. Glad we packed the carvers because it was a pure groomer day. We did a ton of laps and several top to bottom leg burners. Everything was pretty skied off by 2pm so we headed out.




Saturday we skied Titus. I’d like to ski there with more snow but I wasn’t at all impressed due to slow old chairs and lack of vertical. Staff were super friendly though. Conditions were slightly better with a couple inches of fresh.


Lastly, we hit Middlebury on our way home yesterday. Place is always so rad. Ripping skiers, happy patrollers willing to drop ropes and friendly people everywhere. Skiing was much better with 4-5” over ice and rocks but besides the steeper stuff it was pretty skiable. Got some great fresh tracks down Proctor and through the woods. Voter was also fun. The rest of the mountain was well groomed with a few side quests here and there.



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[Boston Bulldog]

With the Mid-March thaw delivering a hefty blow to the low elevation snowpack across New England, the window for enjoying peak depths in the Presidential alpine was coming to an abrupt end. Ultimately the thaw provided some spectacular spring skiing up high from 3/9 to 3/11, with report after report filtering out of the Presidentials showing cobalt blue skis and little overnight firm ups folding into a superb corn surface across the Gulfs, Ravines and Snowfields. My schedule did not allow me to time up the best conditions, but with a marginal weather window available on Sunday 3/8, I decided to take it despite no guarantee of success. Having already been turned around in the alpine due to avalanche danger in January, I was wary that a second disappointment would be the result.

The crux of the day was clear, trying to time the clearing of elevation fog before the snowpack up high froze solid. Saturday night's (3/7) cold front cleared New England of much of the low level moisture that enveloped the region in dense fog for much of Saturday. The lone holdout were the high peaks of the Presidentials, with just enough moisture and orographic forcing to shroud the summits in clouds. Forecasts indicated that gradual clearing of summit fog would occur through midday, perhaps opening up a window for sunshine to peek through. At the same time, colder air was beginning to filter across the higher elevations, threatening to lock the snowpack into ice by the afternoon. Pulling into the Pinkham Notch parking lot at 9:30, I checked the temperature profile across Mount Washington, the summit had quickly plummeted from the upper 30's to 34. Fortunately, temperatures at 4000 feet held firm in the mid 40s. The gradient was tightening but the window to try and steal a descent was still there.

Racing up the TRT there was the constant roar of meltwater raging down the Cutler River.

The evidence of the thaw was everywhere. Just a few days prior Andrew Drummond had tagged a rare descent of Empress in mid-winter conditions, while Dutchess and Dodge's were wide open for the taking for those looking for exposure. These snow packed lines had thinned out considerably only 24 hours into the thaw. Cruxes of these lines had receeded to cliffs, rocks and brush, their now hanging snowfields filled with rain runnels.

By the time I reached Hojos much of the high alpine was still shrouded in fog, much to my dismay. The summit continued to inch closer to freezing, now down to below 33 degrees. It was going to be a one run type of day. Hillman's Highway appeared to be the best option as 2/3 of it's length remained in the clear and only the snowfields above the choke were obscured. Additionally, the Hillman's bootpack is one of the easier pitches in the zone and features plenty of platforms for transitioning. If the freeze came faster than anticipated there would be plenty of options to turn around and descend from. With the clearing trend forecasted, we hoped that perhaps the fog would burn off during the climb.

While climbing, it was clear that wishful thinking regarding visibility would not pay off. The cloud deck actually began to lower, now fully obscuring the view once we reached Hillman's right choke.

Despite the poor visibility, the snow in the couloir was a pleasant surprise. The lack of a pure refreeze overnight rendered the surface a bit heavy but wind affected enough that it wasn't pure slop. Outside of a few punchy spots the booter was drama free. Approaching the top of the line, some aspects were beginning to harden - we had just beaten the freezing line to the top of Boott Spur.

The heavy snow on the descent was a substantial workout, though while shrouded in cloud cover the surface was very workable and pleasant. Once we punched through the overcast about 1/2 down, temperatures spiked quickly and the snow gained a noticible grab to it. Fortunately the sustained pitch of Hillman's helped negate the impact of the sticky snow until we reached the apron. The ski down to the car was slow going, the Sherb was melting fast and rocks were everywhere on "coreshot corner". Despite conditions not truly aligning, it was a fantastic day up high on the eastern slopes of the Presidentials! I still jealously watched footage of bluebird skies, huge linkups, and perfect corn snow all over the mountain emerge over subsequent days, but I was thrilled to not view from afar with sour regret. Sometimes you just have to go and make it happen.