How's the skiing? Nice today except for gusty winds. Saturday starts nice but with cloudy skies, and snow begins in the afternoon, moving SE to NW. Conserve some ski energy for Monday as Sunday likely to be sloppy or a bit of a washout. Weekend Word Not a lot of snow expected along the coast …
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Living in the NYC area means watching for skiable conditions.
Bluebirds and President’s Day weekend: forecast for Feb. 13 and the weekend
Everything's open and skiing is decent to very good. The bluebird of happiness arrived today. A bluebird day Fahnestock Winter Park is skiable, and Canopus lake trails are open for the first time in four years. Great for skate. Minnewaska, Mohonk, and High Point are also open and skiable. The bluebird might fly off for …
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Happy days: XC ski conditions for the week of Feb. 10, 2025
This is about as good as it gets - the only thing that could have made it better was a bigger dump of snow on the downstate region. But there's more hope in the coming week. Fahnestock is skiable, although with some thin cover in the woods, but Canopus lake is open for skiing and …
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Downstate NY XC conditions Sunday morning
How's the skiing? 4-6" wet snow, which makes for some sloppy mashed-potato snow, but definitely skiable. Enjoy the West Coast-style skiing for a day or two. Snow might be much drier further north. Fahnestock is not open for skiing Sunday, but will be on Monday. High Point is open for skiing, as are Mohonk Mountain …
Touchup: forecast for weekend of Feb. 8 2025
At least one and maybe two storms could bring what downstate XC skiers have been hoping for1 Bring the magic, Elsa! Meanwhile, things north of the Catskills and I-90 are about as good as they can be. This post is about conditions for Feb. 7 2025, and forecast for the next few days. See jump …
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Across the Snow Line 