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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Do drone ON

Before closing out the season, a post that's not about ski conditions and meteorology. The topic for this is nominally about how drone photography has changed the way the outdoors is represented, using a Hollywood tool to express niche or quirky viewpoints related to the outdoors and, of course, cross-country skiing. Recently this blog picked …

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It snowed(!)… and extras: Mar. 10 2024

Luck for skiers in the late season- Prospect Mountain is open, with limited grooming on some trails. A bit of hard luck for some areas where the power went out: https://vtdigger.org/2024/03/10/heavy-snow-knocks-out-power-in-vermont-as-another-storm-approaches According to the National Weather Service, Warren received 12 inches overnight. About 12.5 inches of snow dropped in Braintree, 11.5 inches in Rochester and …

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