Looks like there could be a decent winter storm for parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Saturday before moving Northeastward through inland Maine on Sunday. Portions of New York and Vermont may get a bit of snow, but not much accumulation: Snowfall forecast for northeast US, Saturday December 5 at 7pm (NWS) Sadly, southern …
Watching and waiting
Last year the Tug Hill plateau had skiing in the second week of November, and Craftsbury, Trapp Family Lodge, and Mt. van Hoevenberg were all open by Thanksgiving. So far this year, the ground hasn't gotten cold enough, so even places with farmed snow or snowmaking haven't opened yet. Mt. van Hoevenberg has closed their …
New Mt. van Hoevenberg trails open
Mount Van Hoevenberg has opened its new trails for the weekend, albeit it appears to be a mere 1.77k. But- the season has now officially started in the Northeast. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGkEDLgwSR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link From Skivanho Instagram
Virtual envy
No joy in Mudville as they say, and you'd have to go pretty far to find anything skiable in North America. If you were in the Laurentians outside Montreal there might be some cover, but even there the temps aren't quite low enough. Light precipitation if any across the Northeast will be rain. The ski …
A ski season unlike any other?
Weather, pandemic travel restrictions, and... a bunch of newbies on the trails? Anyone skiing in the Northeastern parts of the USA and Canada knows weather can become a sort of obsessive (and frequently annoying) fascination. This season adds the Coronavirus pandemic as a factor. The snowsports industry has been working all summer planning revised practices …