As good as it gets? It’s on: conditions and forecast for weekend of Jan. 24 2026

[Updated afternoon of Saturday Jan. 23] Big storm with lots of snow coming for much of the northeast! Some sleet or freezing rain possible for NYC and LI Sunday afternoon. See Forecast for the latest. First the good news: All the groomed trails closest to NYC are still open, and conditions are commparable to the …

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Ho Ho Ho, let’s have some Snow! Forecast for Dec. 25 2025

[Update 2025-1225 1300h] It's time for downstate NY skiers to get some winter love from Mother Nature. For the holiday weekend your ski window extends from now till sometime late Sunday 12/28 or early Monday 12/29. The ideal ski outing window is from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon before rain starts in earnest. See additional …

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Grumbles heard: forecast for week of Dec. 1 2025

This is when you see the ski touring center operators start waking up. They dust off their keyboards and start up the snow groomers, make an update on the site about opening or why they're not open, and sometimes start grooming a bit. As a result, about half the sites have updates from a today …

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Bluebirds and President’s Day weekend: forecast for Feb. 13 and the weekend

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 …

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