Welcome to the first week of 2026! Still skiing at Minnewaska, so enjoy. Prospect Mountain reopened for the weekend with enough snow to refresh the base. Mother Nature dorps the other shoe starting Tuesday. This post is about conditions for Jan. 4 2026, and forecast for the next few days. See jump links to Conditions …
Continue reading As the weather turns: forecast for the week of Jan. 5 2026
The heroes at Minnewaska have groomed the skate lane on th Awosting trail, reporting poor to fair conditions. Other mid-Hudson areas are closed due to ice and rain. Even Prospect Mountain is closed because their trails are too icy. Check back later in the week as it may be slow going for most areas to …
Continue reading After the rain: conditions for Dec. 30 2025
[Update 2025-1225 1300h] It's time for downstate NY skiers to get some winter love from Mother Nature. For the holiday weekend your ski window extends from now till sometime late Sunday 12/28 or early Monday 12/29. The ideal ski outing window is from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon before rain starts in earnest. See additional …
Continue reading Ho Ho Ho, let’s have some Snow! Forecast for Dec. 25 2025
(12/22/25: this post will be updated as information available justifies.) Interior NY west of the Hudson Valley and up through the Adirondacks, and New England north of I-90 or the VT-NH/MA border could have a white Christmas Eve! 5-10" of snow could fall in the High Peaks and mountains of northern Vermont, and coastal Maine …
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 …
Continue reading So classically northeast: conditions for Dec. 20 2025
Across the Snow Line 