This post contains section links to Conditions and Forecast. Summary Enjoy the snow this weekend- a February thaw coming next week for the NYC metro and low-lying areas of the northeast. Retirees and gig workers might find Wednesday a pretty nice spring-skiing day. Best bets for a day trip: High Point and Fahnestock for this …
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Living in the NYC area means watching for skiable conditions.
2/17 fast and frozen + a forecast for fluffy stuff
This post contains section links to Conditions and Forecast. Summary Now it feels like a Northeast US winter. After rain and sleet all across the northeast on Monday, it all refroze on Tuesday. Tracks are fast and loose snow is like sugar. Just in time for the weekend, a nice refresh is due for us …
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Forecast: Blecchh
In a manner reminiscent of last year, successive precipitation fronts, first on Tuesday and a second starting Thursday afternoon will bring rain or wintry mix to areas south of Albany and southern New England. Fahnestock just announced that trails will be closed Tuesday. I'll probably do conditions reports on Wednesday and Friday this week. Tuesday's …
Etiquette patrol
Lively couple of threads on 'Trail etiquette' at the Mid-Hudson XC Ski Google group (with a digression by those who knew the late Ken Roberts). The discussion feels similar to a certain interior dialog I have when encountering some on the trail, in which I debate whether I'm going to be One of Those People. …
President’s Day weekend conditions + the week ahead
This post contains section links to Conditions and Forecast. Summary The weekend will be chilly but not as cold as the last couple of days. Currently, good skiing is to be had anywhere you can/are allowed to go, but what with the combination of President's Day and school winter break, plus Valenine's Day, the weekend …
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Across the Snow Line 