Summary: Go north! Or North by Northeast. Good conditions still to be found most places north of Albany and the MA-VT/NH border, including Lapland Lake, Garnet Hill, the always-reliable Prospect Mountain, and at never-say-die Notchview. If you really want great conditions, head to the Tug Hill plateau or the White Mountains. As usual, hit up …
Month: January 2020
Jan. 27 – not as bad as you think
Summary: From the perspective of most cross-country skiers living in the valleys, the weekend looked disastrous. However, last night and this morning snow showers have significantly improved the outlook of some touring centers. It tended to do the most good at Osceola and the southern Adirondacks, as well as the White Mountains. A few places …
‘Year of the rat’ weekend forecast
January 25 marks the beginning of the 'metal rat' year, which sounds like an idea for a Jeff Koons sculpture or something the machinist's union would set up outside a non-union factory. And from that digression, on to the regular business. Summary: If you want to get some weekend skiing act fast. Saturday early is …
Midweek miscellany
Today has a mixed bag of items: conditions and forecast, a podcast shout-out, and a new page I've added to the site. The usual business Snow depth indicates the White Mountains got the best out of the last storm, which wasn't as big as we might have hoped for. But it was good enough to …
Thin but solid cover
Mohonk Jan. 20 Beautiful day today- cool but sunny, and a slight breeze. Mohonk groomed but the base was too thin for making tracks. You could sometimes feel solid ground with pole tips but not with the ski bases unless you took a digger or went off-piste. I suspect it was much the same on …
Across the Snow Line 