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I am totally in with you on that prediction. Last winter in New England, we got big storms on the Dec 19 and the 21. No reason we can't push that sched up 2 days. Book your plans now. The wknd preceding Xmas is usually a great one to ski/ride, while most folks torture themselves at malls.

While I certainly follow Henry Margusity's columns on accuweather.com, I find that most of the meterologists over there have a propensity to overpredict Eastern cold/snowstorms in the Winter, and hurricane activity in the Atlantic in the Summer. If I were cynical :-s I'd say that they play to...

Hey, a repeat of 93-94 would be great, but just looking at records from the Mansfield stake is not necessarily a good barometer of how cold & snowy the Winter will be in general in the Northeast. For instance, I can think of one year (perhaps a La Nina year?) in which Northern VT...

I'm not sure if it runs any more, but I thought there was train service from NYC to Rutland VT. If that's still the case, I think there is bus service that runs from Rutland to Killington & Pico. Of course, if you rent a car once in Rutland (no idea of the feasibility of doing that on a Friday...

Having started my ski season at Stowe on the day after Thanksgiving, it was only fitting that I closed out my ski season there as well - particularly since the 350+ inches rec'd this year on Mansfield have resulted in impressive base depths in April, despite a (relative) late season snow...

I have to agree w/Geoff, for the most part. Despite a bizzare lack of storms during March, I think you'd have to rate this season as being better than average - perhaps significantly so - on the whole. Maybe not as good as last year, but still above average. As for March, the skiing has held up...

It's funny, the SLC locals usually show more patience in these situations than us Easterners. I recall being out in the SLC valley with my buddy (an Easterner who had moved to SLC, was working at a hospital or something) on a pow morning when the LCC Road was closed for avy work. He was pumped...

OK, I'm getting really mad now. Had I had the time earlier this week, I would have sworn up & down that we're not done with powder skiing in the high elevations of the NorthEast. After all, March is typically a stormy month... But now, with a 3 day wknd upcoming for me (i.e. 3/20 - 3/22) to...

Don't overlook the terrain served by the (relatively) new summit quad at Spruce. And with the new transfer gondola, it's quite easy getting over to Spruce. Also, on Saturday afternoon, after the main trials on Mansfield have been tracked out, the low angle intermediate trails (i.e. Tyro)...

"You forgot Poland!!" :lol: I mean, don't forget to hit Sugarbush North (do they still call it that? Maybe they just say Mt Ellen), excellent way to avoid the crowds on weekends, and I will bet Northbush will do well with tomorrow's upslope event (better than Southbush). Plus, the terrain...

I certainly agree with the short memory comment. While no Eastern snow sports enthusiasts are happy about this thaw, it wasn't the worst thaw I've ever seen, and February and March are usually good 'n' snowy for the mountains. I would also say that, while not as good as last year, the ski season...

Figured I'd add a quick TR on Pico from Saturday, 1/13/09, since this thread is already discussing that resort next door :) The mountains along Rt 4 def. got a good shot of snow, 20" is likely the high end of it, but certainly feasible. But that's a 2ndary point; as Geoff mentioned the snow...

I'm glad to see the Eastward trend in the models, but I don't trust this storm at all - at least not for anything South or East of Northern VT & the Dacks, and I'm still very worried about Northern VT. New England has been very fortunate to avoid a Jan thaw this year, and I have a gut feeling...

What am I thankful about? 2 things, primarily. When I approached the lower mountain chairlift @ Pico around 8:30 on Saturday morning, I noticed the nametag on the liftie reading "Sofia, Bulgaria". I asked her - even though I was pretty sure the answer was "no" - whether natural gas had been...

Thanks for the update, Ice...I don't need pics to visualize what knee-deep is like at Cannon \:D/ I've been there and done that, by the grace of God! Now you've got me considering whether to do a day trip to Cannon on Saturday, rather than head up to Stowe friday night. It sounds like the...

This report is a bit late, considering how things have turned sour in the East (hey, the Xmas week warmup is a New England tradition going back millions of years), but things were superb on Wednesday morning. =D> Aftre having missed out on the last 2 weekends due to (1) the power outage from...

Good to hear from you, Pfunk!! Sadly, I missed out on the weekend festivities as result as both storms coming at the wrong time for the flatlander pilgrimage. But I'm planning on hitting Pico tomorrow morning to find what I can before it changes over to rain (at this point, I'll settle for a...

I, for one, appreciate well-written, descriptive TRs whether they have pics or not. Good writing can take you anywhere the author decides. Don't let these young whippersnappers who are addicted to texting, videos, I-Pods and other techie junk fund tell you otherwise. [-X

I just wanted to gauge if any FTOers had skiing/riding plans disrupted by the Ice Storm of 2008 - I certainly did. Before I get too far, let me state that missing a day of skiing is very, very far down on the list of importance; after losing power just before midnight on Thursday nite, I was...

I’m a little late with this report so I’ll keep it brief. Trust me when I tell you that after a substantial Thanksgiving Day meal, I was “thisclose” to scrapping my plan to drive up to Stowe. But Black Friday is a “freebie” paid holiday for me, and the forecast was for snow showers, so I took...