Daily Snow Reports

We’d like to link to maybe SIX or EIGHT ski mountain daily reports. So you could click through the links and get an overview on what an event generated, in terms of snowfall.

Looking for suggestions on which mountains would give the most complete overview of the northeast.

These are the givens. Gore and Whiteface included. At least 2 mountains from VT, one from NH and one from Maine. Mountain needs to update their report religiously, early in the am. (Sadly) Gore is excused from this requirement. Post ideas in comments below.

Gore Mountain, NY: 12/7/09

I took my time packing up this morning, drained the pipes, and headed over to the mountain around 9:30. I decide to check out the progress at the Ski Bowl on the way over. The base for the new lift was in place, and a crew was banging out the liftie shed.

The Lodge still had it’s underwear (Tyvek) showing. Another crew was burying the propane tank that will heat the building.

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Whiteface Mtn, NY: 12/6/09

I woke up this morning in North River around 6:00 and headed to Whiteface at 7:30. I arrived at 9am, parked in the River Lot, and walked right onto the Gondi.

Whiteface is big, it’s really big. You know it. I know it too. But today, I came “face-to-face” with it. For starters the Gondi is big. It crosses a huge exposure before getting to the top.

Even with only ONE trail open Whiteface is big. Excelsior to Summit Express to Upper Valley covers half the Gondi run and maybe 1500 feet of vertical. The mountain’s single opening day run just goes on and on.

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