Depending on how long you have been skiing ,we are either off to a typical season start or a late season start. Back in the 70's and early 80' by early December the season was up and running on natural snow, today the season limps to the starting gate on few machine made snow runs. As of this morning, the Laurentian snow total for this season stands at about 1 inch (not much better in the rest of Quebec ski regions ). So you have a handful of machine made snow runs open throughout the area counting for about 10 % of the total terrain open. The percentage is higher at Tremblant due to their more extensive snow making coverage. Bottom line still no natural snow . Freezing rain and rain in the forecast for today so not much improvement in the short term. Northern Vermont appears to be out in front this season with already 13" recorded at the Mansfield Stake which from reading various accounts is offering decent early season skiing.