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I enjoyed closing day at Gore today, about 11-2:30 with a long lunch break. My daughter and I skied a good chunk of what was open. We stayed on the gondola and North Chair for a few runs before lunch, worked over to High Peaks and Straightbrook after. My skis were very grabby at times in...

Leaning toward Gore for a better chance of sun even though they didn't get any fresh snow. Plus it's a bit shorter drive. I'll see what my daughter thinks when she's ready.

I'm thinking about hitting closing at at either Gore or Belleayre tomorrow. Maybe whichever is more likely to get a little more sun. As of now the forecasts are both mostly cloudy and 46.

As I posted in the closing dates thread, Royal is done. Sunday was the last day. It was kind of a sputtering and anticlimactic end to what was Royal's best snow season in a long time. There was so much snow left but weekend after weekend of lousy weather at the end didn't let us take...

With the forecast for cold and wet on Saturday, Royal will not open. Sunday 4/6 ended up being closing day.

I got up to Royal for an hour this morning. I can't believe how much snow is left. Edge to edge with pretty much no bare spots on all the main trails, and some places it's really deep. Some piles haven't yet been pushed around. Jake said he'll definitely need to be pushing some snow from the...

And the changes continue, finally one for the better. Royal will be open tomorrow with all main trails planned, 10-4, $30 tickets. I should be able to get up there for a few runs early.

Hopefully there will be a closing day to write about. Royal has pulled the plug on this weekend with yet another rainy forecast. The plan is still to push stuff around to ski and have the pond skim on the 12th.

Latest word is that the snowpack is (obviously) taking bit hit after big hit but there's still snow to push around, and that the plan is to go ahead with the weekend's planned events. Can't we at least get one dry weekend day before the snow's all gone?!

I'm driving from Amsterdam to Brockport on Thursday 4/3. Since this has been planned (about a year) I've had the idea that I could take as much of the day as I wanted to make the drive, so I would find somewhere to ski along the way. I was especially confident in having some good options...

Royal is not going to open this weekend due to the rain, and plans the following to wrap up the season: 4/5: pond skim, night skiing, and fireworks 4/6 stumps and bumps competition (I believe on Red Carpet) 4/12: closing day I hope the snow holds reasonably well through the weekend weather.

Royal announced an intended closing date of 4/12 (along with a drone shot showing how much snow is still on the hill).

With the wet weather in the forecast for Saturday, Royal is pushing back the Pond Skim a week to April 5. I will be away that day so I will have to miss it for the second year in a row.

Just Saturday and Sunday. Fridays only during school breaks.

I was surprised to see how well the snow held up this week. Jake was right, no bare spots on the snowmaking trails and still plenty deep in most places. The only obstacles were 2 stumps that have surfaced on Red Carpet. The snow was great all morning, firm and edgeable loose and frozen...