So classically northeast: conditions for Dec. 20 2025

It's a quick-turn reversal in weather so well known in the region - warming trend, a low that brings rain/wintry mix, followed by dip in termperatures back below reezing. This is clearly not the stocking stuffer we were hoping for. The aftermath has left us with no XC skiing within at least four hours of …

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Easy come, easy go: forecast for Dce. 19 2025

Well heck yeah, that's the way to start winter - High Point, Minnewaska, and Mohonk are all either still open or were able to reopen after a surprising refresh of snow last Sunday. Bonus - NYC got enough snow to make people watch and wonder: Photo: Janice Chung for The New York Times By now …

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Cold and frosty: conditions for weekend of Dec. 13 2026

There are three options for the downstat4 XC skier: High Point, which is open but not well groomed, so they aren't charging trai fes Minnewaska State Park Preserve, where conditions are descirbd by park manager as 'good to excllent' Mohonk, which has rolled and packed trails but no tracks. That's pretty good for this day …

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Rockin’ the rock skis: conditions for the week of Dec. 7 2025

Kind of amazing that eighty-four years have passed since the Pearl Harbor attack on a Sunday morning of the same date. As much room as there is for a nostalgic callback, we should also acknowledge that the day and the war that followed took place four generations ago. Maybe lives and events since then - …

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