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Had my first day for the season yesterday at Bretton. I noticed they opened a lot of additional trails during the week, so it was finally enough to entice me to make the trip. I'd guess they had about 50% of the terrain open. I wouldn't usually go skiing on a Saturday, but that's how things...

Bretton did a good job with their opening day. They had two trails top to bottom with surprisingly deep coverage. They must have had a decent snowmaking window since it looked to me like a two foot base or more in most places. They didn't get the trails to full width, but it was fine for day...

I haven't been skiing much this winter due to the pandemic, but with the infection rates dropping I decided to risk a day at Bretton since the crowds there are usually pretty thin on weekdays. One of these days I hope to qualify for the vaccine, but it looks like that will not happen before the...

Somewhat of a soggy day at BW. From the weather reports I thought they'd be getting snow, but when I arrived it was mostly drizzly rain with a little sleet mixed in. The snow wasn't as good as last weekend, but it was okay for a half day. They've opened a few more tails down from the top since...

Headed up to Loon for opening day yesterday and also hit Bretton Woods in the afternoon to pick up my season pass. Nice sunny day at Loon with a fairly big crowd for the opening. They only ran the gondola, so that was a bottleneck and I only got in five runs. On the plus side this kept the...

I headed up to Bretton Woods on Sunday to catch the leftovers from Saturday's storm. I've been sidelined for the past month with some tendonitis (my left hip flexors have been lodging a formal complaint about all the glade skiing I've done this season), but with ski season winding down, I had to...

Salvaged my Denver trip with a powder day at Winter Park today. There was about 6" of fresh dry powder when we hit the slopes in the morning. And the crowd was small since it's a Tuesday, so the powder lasted most of the day. The upper mountain seemed to have gotten even more since some of the...

Hitting Denver for a couple of days to meet up with my brother. Had a heck of a time getting here on Sunday due to the storm. There was freezing rain at Logan airport when I was set to leave, so my flight got delayed for four hours while not knowing if the flight would be cancelled completely...

Full on winter at Bretton today. They got a good dump from the storm, so there was deep powder everywhere. The place was practically deserted too, so it was an all you can eat kind of day. The glades were particularly prime. I got to ski some glades I never had a chance to ski before. The...

My passes are going into the blackout period, so I wanted to get in one more day before that kicks in. I was thinking of going to Bretton Woods, but their trail count is pathetic after the rain, so I decided to give Stratton a try. It was my first time there. Got there in time for the lifts...

Did the demo day at Loon today. Pretty good deal for $10. I tried about ten different skis. They had Elan, Volkl, Head, K2, and Rossi there for the main brands, and then a few less well known brands like Amalgam and Meier. They were supposed to have Atomic and Blizzard too, but they weren't...

Firm and fast conditions at Killington today. Cold too. I layered up in the morning and stayed that way even when temps crept up a little in the afternoon. The place was pretty deserted, so I had my run of the place. Lots of stuff is roped off, but there were plenty of open trails too. Looks...

Was up at Bretton this weekend. They still have a lot of snow and opened up the Rosebrook summit lift. Saturday was foggy and overcast, with variable, but generally good snow conditions. Lots of leftover powder stashes, but the powder was feeling a bit thick and heavy. It skied better after it...

Hitting the Loaf today. They were in the sweet spot of the storm. Deep, bottomless powder in the morning. Probably the best conditions I've had here. Just stopping for lunch and my legs are dying already. Visibility isn't too good but it's still snowing so I'll take it. Took about 5 and a half...

Picked up my Bretton/Cannon pass yesterday to start my season. It was -3 degrees when I pulled into the Bretton Woods parking lot; cold enough where you can feel you nose hairs freezing when you take a breath. Nice and sunny though. Coverage is good at BW, but they seem to be short staffed and...

Had a good day at Cannon. I was there a couple weeks ago when they had some fresh powder, but today everything was quite firm and compacted. That made for some fast trails, but also wore me out early. By about 1:30 my legs were toast. All things considered, I like Cannon better on a powder day...

I wanted to get in on this storm action, so took today off. Was thinking either Cannon or BW, and opted for BW since it looked like wind could be an issue today. Usually I'd day trip it, but I noticed a spring special up at the fancy sounding "Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa", so drove up there...

I've been wanting to try Cannon for a while, but always thought it would be icy and too technical for me. With the storm it seemed like a good chance to try it with some forgiving soft snow. Now I'm sorry I waited so long to try it, since the terrain is very nice. The drive up was slow, with...

Hit Killington yesterday. As expected the big crowds went on Saturday, so going on Sunday was a good move and we had pretty much ski on lifts all day. The mountain is kind of split into two zones at this point, with the upper mountain staying below freezing most of the time and holding the snow...

Saw some advice in another thread that people should go to Loon instead of Cannon. ;) Since I'm somewhat susceptible to suggestion, off I went to Loon today. Turned out to be pretty good advice. The snow was generally nice, and the crest of the holiday passed yesterday, so it wasn't super...