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Marz: One of the best days I've ever had skiing in the Northeast (condition-wise) was about 30 years ago at Jiminy Peak. I went up for a day (it's about a 50-minute drive for me) and, although I don't think it was predicted by the weather forecasters, there were heavy snow squalls all during...

Sorry! I'm not sure it's an official nickname but what I have called Butternut over the years.

Yea, Chris, I live about half way between Butternut and Catamount; it's a 15-minute drive to either one from where I live. Jiminy Peak is about a 50-minute drive for me. You're right about Butternut - not very challenging terrain but it's a good mountain for families with young kids because the...

Heavy snow ended around midnight but is now snowing again - 11:00 AM Monday morning, Jan. 26. Funny type of snow, though. Not really crystalline flakes but not really sleet. Just very fine and tiny little snow "particles". We may get another inch or two today. I'd say we got, maybe 15 to 16...

Good question. I'm not sure. There are actually two smaller (1,000 ft. vertical) ski areas near me - 15 to 20 minute drives. One is mostly lower intermediate with a few moderately steep pitches on a few trails. This is the one that can be a problem if TOO much snow. Ideal "powder" day there is...

I call days like this "one run" days. You make one run and then go into the lodge before frostbite sets in. Once you warm up, you go back out for another run. Not fun skiing, IMHO.

LOL, Tony. It MAY have to wait one day. Still snowing here. and cold, although it has warmed up to the mid-teens at 9:45 PM EST. But was in the single digits almost all day long. We've gotten, maybe 12 to 14 inches so far (although it seems deeper than that). And we're expected to get another 8...

5 degrees (F) and snowing moderately hard here in the Berkshires of western MA. Still predicting 12-18", with some places getting 24-30". Very fine and light snow, so far.

No doubt many Pats' fans will be indoors on Sunday watching the game. It's a good thing it's not being played in Foxboro. That time is predicted to be, pretty much, the height of the storm with blizzard conditions possible then. I don't know if the NFL would have postponed the game? Re Bill...

Yea, Tony, we're, more or less, in the bullseye for maximum snow, here in central New England. At least 12" and maybe up to 18"to 24" in certain locations (somewhat elevation dependent), according to the weather forecasters. It should be a very light, fluffy snow (maybe not quite the blower...

Who gets married in Maine in January??

Sometimes, just the opposite, Tony. People who might otherwise be driving up from NYC or the NYC suburbs to ski for the weekend will stay home when they see the predictions that driving back home on Sunday, in the height of the storm, will be terrible and Monday may not be much better. Plus, it...

They cancelled their entire ski season?? Jeez. But the proletariats at ski areas around North America are unhappy with their low pay and lousy working conditions while the resort owners get rich on $280 daily lift tickets and $35 hamburgers.

this is, pretty much, my experience skiing in the Northeast. They can cover up the icy, hard base with manmade snow (or natural snow) but it usually get skied off quite fast on busy days.

https://archive.is/hgpmz Interesting story on the "sinister underbelly" at ski resorts. It is from the "Daily Mail", so take it with the proverbial grain of salt!

Thank you, JSpin, for this lengthy and informative discussion of the meteorological vagaries of snowfall in the northern Green Mountains. As anyone who lives in New England knows, winter weather patterns can be quite varied in the different sections of the six states (although not separated by...

I drove up to Montreal yesterday, from western Mass, up I-87 (the Northway) through the Adirondacks. There was no snow along the highway all the way up (completely bare ground) and there looked to be just a dusting of snow at the highest elevations. And there was no snow on the ground in...

Yea, my small local ski hill, for many years, would recruit many of their seasonal workers - cafeteria, liftties, rental shop, etc. - from various South American countries; mostly college kids down there who are on their "Summer vacation" and jumped at the opportunity to come live and work in...

I have always wondered about the financials for some of the smaller, individually-owned ski areas, especially in southern New England and lower NY state. I realize they do take in a fair amount of money pre-season from season ticket sales, race programs sales, etc. I did once ask an acquaintance...

Imagine the athlete genes that their kids would have had, if they had started a family!