Desperados: conditions and forecast for March 26, 2025

Chin up, Olaf! So there's almost no skiing left, but a few inches have kept a handful of centers going. And there's more luck to come. This post is about conditions for March 26, 2025, and forecast for the next few days. See jump links to Conditions and Forecast. [Updated 3/27]: Changed the title just …

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Half-baked: conditions for weekend of March 22, 2025

It's not quite done yet - if you're hoping to get a Cross-country ski outing this weekend, a few areas keeping it going for the weekend. Plus there's the added (small) hope for some snow early next week. If not for that, things might look like the Bowdooin College XC ski team's preseason practice: https://bowdoinorient.com/2017/11/17/nordic-skiing-preseason/

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Fond farewell to a fairly fab Feb: conditions for Mar. 2, 2025

Welcome to March - Brrr! Brain-freeze warning Bad news first - no groomed trail skiing within a couple of hours of NYC. Your go-tos with shortest drive time will be Prospect Mountain, Notchview, and Lapland Lake or Garnet Hill. Better news - Such is our late winter that the region north of Albany and I-90 …

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