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Just a quick report from a too-short visit yesterday. The snow from the storm (reported at 14" I believe) was skied a lot on Saturday then it was much colder on Sunday. I thought the groomers would be good and the woods would be too much with frozen-up ruts. But...some persistent and...

I used my two Indy days at Titus, second half of yesterday, first half of today. I had some light drizzle and light snow on Monday afternoon, which made the snow slow (which is not a good thing at Titus given the amount of low angle terrain). Still, I found some good runs and enjoyed my...

I spent my whole morning on the practice slope in lessons, but then had the chance to make 5 great runs from the top in the middle of the day. The trails were all groomed before the 2-3" of fresh snow fell. I did Challenge, the Princess-Maiden-Damsel Glades combo, then Duchess most of the way...

Royal as usual on Saturday, then Titus next Monday and/or Tuesday "on the way" to a conference in Toronto. I have a room overnight Monday in Malone. I'm thinking about taking advantage of both of my Indy days by leaving home at a reasonable hour on Monday morning to get up that way and to ski...

Just spent two days at Belleayre while completing my PSIA Level 1 Alpine Certification Assessment. The conditions were really pleasant for the most part. Monday was sunny and a bit above freezing so things softened up nicely. I agree with the above about Dot being really nice. Today was...

The new snow groomed out really nice and with temperatures just above freezing, it wasn't all that heavy to push around today. Off the groomers, I checked out Glasgow (up the hill left of Knight) and the trees between Challenge and the T-Bar Line. Both were fun but the snow was feeling pretty...

I'd say the snow for the week since Royal was last open on Sunday amounted to about 18" between the two storms, close to a foot from last night. This was plenty to open up 100% of Royal's terrain for the first time this season. Only the green terrain and half of Prince were groomed. Some...

I had a pretty good day at Magic today, on my first Indy redemption. When I planned this a few days ago, the forecast looked pretty good. But I woke up to see that the overnight mixed precip was still working its way through. So I took a little longer to get started, hoping the weather would...

Busy week for me. After a few hours at West today, I'm planning on Magic for Thursday. Then back to Royal for the weekend, and down to Belleayre for my PSIA Alpine Level I certification on Monday and Tuesday.

I spent a few hours at West this afternoon, using my first Indy Pass day there (and 7th redemption overall on the season), and marking my first visit there since January 2020. They only got about 3 inches in this underachieving storm, but all after grooming, so it made things really nice. I...

I was back at Royal this afternoon after being away last weekend. The snow on all of the main trails was really nice, mostly a good packed powder with a few spots skied off by late afternoon to the hard but edgeable layer underneath. Plenty of good ways down all the trails, though. I popped...

I was able to sneak in a couple hours at Berkshire East this afternoon/evening (about 4-6) by taking the northern route back home from some meetings in Northampton, and using my first Indy redemption there. It was my second time overall at Berkshire East, and first since 2005. It was warm and...

I went up for a short visit today, conditions were really nice on the main trails as things softened up in the sun. I popped into Duke for a bit (woods between Queen and A lift line) which was skiable but definitely thin. Lines for B lift got to about 10 minutes with A lift still out of...

Back to Royal for the first time in two weeks with last Saturday's weather closure. I spent most of my day teaching but did get a run on each of the main trails. An inch of fresh fluff overnight made the morning really nice. It was only about 30 degrees but the sun really softened things up...

Quick summary: Visibility matters, Beaver Mountain is a new favorite, and I need to find a way to go west more often. Other days were Powder Mountain and Snowbasin. Beaver and Snowbasin were new for me. Here's the narrative I wrote into which I'll insert links to pages of pictures and update...

Powder Mountain yesterday, Beaver Mountain today, likely Snowbasin tomorrow.

Royal just made the call to stay closed all day.

I'm not usually one to say I want to forego skiing because it's too cold. But this particular cold snap seems especially unusual to me in a few ways. 1) From what I can remember, most of the time if we're going well below 0 around here, it's on calm, clear nights in January after a recent...

For me, it all depends on what I'm looking for out of a particular day. I enjoy the big places but I'm not going to go pay top dollar to pay to park somewhere far away to fight crowds on a peak season weekend or holiday. But if I had to pick one place (excluding Royal since I teach there), I'd...

I used my first Snow Ridge Indy Pass day today. It was my second visit overall, first this season. Only the middle part of the mountain was open, between South Park and Silver Glades. Not surprisingly, it was pretty quiet when I arrived at around 10:15. It picked up a little after lunch time...