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
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 …
Continue reading Easy come, easy go: forecast for Dce. 19 2025
Kind of amazing that eighty-four years have passed since the Pearl Harbor attack on a Sunday morning of the same date. As much room as there is for a nostalgic callback, we should also acknowledge that the day and the war that followed took place four generations ago. Maybe lives and events since then - …
Continue reading Rockin’ the rock skis: conditions for the week of Dec. 7 2025
Snow. And rain, And possibly freezing rain. Yay - it's winter in the northeast again! Cross-country skiing is not happening, although there's a bit of downhill skiing going on in the Northeast Kingdom, and maybe a couple of other spots of the far north. Forecast Cool weather is persisting over the next couple of days, …
Continue reading Wintry conditions: weekend of November 15 2025
If you saw the previous post, you knew the title for this one was coming. Our cross-country ski season died this week - 'murdered' with gentle cruelty by springtime. As with stories and Shakespeare, there should be an epilogue or coda. The season kicked off a bit lazily, as the far north didn't have the …
Continue reading And then there were none: epilogue April 16, 2025
Across the Snow Line 