The big news for natural snow skiing is that Alta opened yesterday . Spent the last 2 days powder skiing . Saturday we skied in the 3 feet of accumulated snow breaking up the various layers that formed over the last 6 weeks . A few inches of powder over a light crust and more powder beneath with air pockets made for interesting skiing . Guess you could call it skiers grooming . Last night another 2 inches fell while light snow continued through out the day today . The new snow today made for a better day as we hammered out run after run . 3 foot base in the woods so all the steep open tree shots were in great shape . Tremblant park is reporting the following snow depths.
Condition State
Snow latest 24h 3 cm
Snow latest 48h 3 cm
Snow on the ground 93 cm
OK , Now for the bad news and it could be brutal . There is Freezing rain warning in effect to start tonight. The system rolling will start as snow then change over to freezing rain and finally straight rain ending with a flash freeze.

Can it get any worse . Storm track will have the warm air track north of the St. Lawrence which is not good for the Laurentian ski areas. Un groomed ski tracks could end up coated in ice then frozen solid . Will have to see how it all plays out.