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Date(s) Skied: Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: 6 to 8 inches new snow in the higher elevations around 2,500' - 3,000', about 4 inches down at 1,500. Trip Report: Although the storm that recently came through the area headed too far east to drop feet...

Date(s) Skied: Saturday, January 29th, 2011 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: A couple of fresh inches falling during the day with plenty of powder off piste Trip Report: It was a little tough to motivate the boys for skiing last Saturday, since there hadn’t been any...

Date(s) Skied: Monday, January 17th, 2011 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley Nordic & Backcountry, VT Conditions: Sunny, with temperatures in the low single digits F in the village at 2,100'. Snow surfaces were similar to off piste conditions experienced Sunday, 20-30 inches of loose snow over...

Date(s) Skied: Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: Anywhere from 3 to 8 inches overnight, with powder on piste. Of piste conditions were similar to Saturday with anywhere from 20 to 30 inches of loose snow topped with Champlain Powder. Light snow...

Date(s) Skied: Saturday, January 15th, 2011 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: Chopped up powder on piste, powder off piste in the 20-24 inch range with spots up to 30 inches. Additional snowfall moved in at midday with the approaching clipper system. Trip Report: Last week’s...

Date(s) Skied: Thursday, January 13th, 2011 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: Powder, 14" - 18" on piste at Timberline, ~20" off piste Trip Report: I was too busy to get out on Monday for the bounty of upslope snow that followed the weekend’s inverted trough system, but...

Date(s) Skied: Thursday, December 30th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: Packed powder on piste, generally 1 to 2 feet of powder off piste Trip Report: After Tuesday’s great outing with the boys, the whole family headed out for more turns on Thursday. The skies had been...

Date(s) Skied: December 28th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: About a half foot of new snow from the Nor'easter, up to 2 feet of powder was found off piste. Trip Report: After finding excellent snow conditions at Timberline near the end of the Nor’easter on Monday...

Date(s) Skied: December 18th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: Generally packed powder on groomed surfaces, 8-12 inches of powder in untracked areas, areas of thin cover on steep, natural snow terrain Trip Report: We had one of those weeks where it snowed almost...

For any skiers that use the easternuswx.com forums as a resource, it seems that the new website is americanwx.com I'm passing the info along because apparently the transition to the new site wasn't smooth and there's currently no mention of the new site at the old site.

Date(s) Skied: October 16th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Stowe, VT Conditions: Rain and upper 30s F at the gondola base (1,600'). 2-3 inches with some bare spots at 1,700', 6-8 inches and snowing at 2,200', ~10 inches at 2,600' Trip Report: Even before the storm existed, the formation of the...

Date(s) Skied: Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington, NH Conditions: Spring snow, Winds 0-10 MPH, Temperature 50s F, Mixed clouds and sun Trip Report: I had to leave out some pictures in this Alpine Zone posting of the trip report due to image limits, but the...

Date(s) Skied: May 9th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Jay Peak, VT Conditions: 6"+ new snow at 2,000', 4" - 18" range due to wind, on average, 30 F, blizzard-like conditions with steady snow and gusts to 40 MPH Trip Report: Thanks to some of our local forecasters, we had about a week’s notice that...

Date(s) Skied: April 28th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: New snow elevation profile: 340’: 3”-4”; 1,000’: ~8”; 2,100’: 12”-15"; 2,600: 18”, snow denisty above 2,000' was in the 8% H2O range as of the early morning. Trip Report: We’d had a good run of four small powder...

Date(s) Skied: April 24th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Killington, VT Conditions: Spring snow, mostly with moguls Trip Report: It seems that as of this season, Dylan has finally reached the point where he could handle a day of spring bumps at Killington, so we headed down for some skiing on...

Date(s) Skied: January 30th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley Nordic, VT Conditions: 7-8 inches of medium weight powder at 2,100', 9-10 inches at ~2,500'; minimal effects from the wind in the area of tour. No coverage issues outside of stream beds, which are generally frozen over and...

Date(s) Skied: January 9th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley (Alpine & Nordic) Conditions: 9 inches of Champlain Powder in the previous 24-hours, amazing conditions on ungroomed runs and off piste, some areas of firm snow on groomed runs or windblown areas Trip Report: Cold...

Date(s) Skied: 12/31/09 through 1/3/10 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: A few inches of new snow on 12/31 & 1/1, ~6 inches on 1/2, and another foot or so on 1/3 Trip Report: There was just too much snow, too much skiing, and too many friends visiting to find time for daily...

Date(s) Skied: December 24th, 2009 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: Packed powder on the trails, medium wieght chowder/powder in the trees - generally 2-4 inches of powder in areas skied earlier in the week, over a foot in entirely undisturbed areas. Trip Report: Bolton...

Date(s) Skied: October 1st, 2009 Resort or Ski Area: Stowe, VT Conditions: Snowing and upper 30s F at the Gondola base (~1,600'). Elevation vs. snow depth: 1,800’: snow line, 2,000’: ½ - 1”, 2,700’: ~2”, 3,000’: 2-3”, 3,700’: 3”+ Trip Report: For quite a while, the local weather gurus...