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 …
Continue reading Bluebirds and President’s Day weekend: forecast for Feb. 13 and the weekend
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 …
Continue reading Happy days: XC ski conditions for the week of Feb. 10, 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 …
Continue reading Touchup: forecast for weekend of Feb. 8 2025
Downstaters, there's hope for a bit of snow to enliven the weekend. How much will be snow, vs wintry mix or rain? Up north, light snow has already begun. Backstory: on February. 3, Minnewaska State Park reported: "We were down to crusty ice and gravel on the trails, but we received about two inches of …
Continue reading Mom’s making a layer cake: ski conditions Feb. 5 2025
Thin cover, with just a couple of inches of new snow on ice and gravel. But the groomers at Minnewaska State Park have groomed some trails. Full report from jorge.gomes@parks.ny.gov to Google group Mid Hudson Valley Cross Country Ski this morning: The following trails were groomed: Upper Awosting (green) - two passes with the Ginzu …
Continue reading Minnewaska heroes save downstate nordic skiing again
Across the Snow Line 