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Spent my second day out for the season at Sunapee. Certainly was a firm day out on the snow, and it got skied off pretty quickly, with only one run from the top available. The route was Bonanza, to Old Goat, down Westside through the Beck brook and down onto Lower Blastoff. The lower part...

Made out to Crotched yesterday afternoon to get some turns in. I always love the vibe of this place and just how much fun it is, even as it was skied off and there was still quite a bit of traffic on the hill at 5pm! The run of the day was UFO/Equinox and cannot wait to get back there soon...

Another great trip up to Mount Snow, this past weekend; not to mention, it was very cold (base temp around -1, when I got there). The skiing was fantastic though, as I was able to lap the mountain and hit some of my favorites like Hop and Uncles. Was able to lap Cascade and Canyon, along...

Was happy to get out before the great blowtorch and r%!# storm moved in. Since I had my 9 year old, we didn't get up to the summit, as he was still little nervous with his skiing and when he felt confident enough, the summit HSQ closed due to winds, and he didn't want to wait in the line with...

Date: 12/19/2020 Resort: Okemo Conditions: Powder, and packed Powder Report: So, this being my fourth time out this season (the last two were Gunstock and Okemo - but nothing to write home about), I figured now would be a good time to get back into reports! Drove up to Okemo yesterday...

Date: 11/25/2020 Resort: Mount Snow, Dover VT Conditions: Overcast, Machine Made Pandemic Snow Report: First day out for the season and like last year I kicked it off up at Snow. Was fortunate to be 4th chair after arriving by 7:45. Not much of a crowd at first; although, it started to...

Date: 3/21/2020 Resort: Gunstock, Gilford NH Conditions: Corn and Ice - Bluebird day Report: So today I hiked up to the summit of Gunstock, to take one final run of the season. I wanted to make sure that I got out and earn my turns today. While I was not well prepared (no crampons or...

Date: Pi Day! 3.14 Resort: Crotched Mountain, Bennington NH Conditions: Spring Conditions Report: First trip of the season (and most likely the last) to visiting Crotched, as I was able to get up this afternoon before the closure due the Covid-19 epidemic. Conditions were soft with much...

Date: 3/4/2020 Resort: Nashoba Valley Conditions: Frozen Granular Report: I had a free lift ticket from the New England Ski and Snowboard show that I had to burn before they closed up shop for the season. Went out on Wednesday night after work just to get some turns in. Happy that I...

Date: 2/14 and 2/15 Location: Gunstock and Big Snow Conditions: Machine Groomed and Man made Report: In 24 hours, I was able to ski in the evening at Gunstock and also the Indoor Ski Area, Big Snow. With it at zero last night, I only took a few runs down Tiger, Cannonball, Phelps, and...

Date: 1/25/2020 Resort: Tenney Mountain, Plymouth NH. Conditions: Boney to Packed Powder Report: Seeing that I had the morning off before I had to go out and do some political stuff (canvassing for a particular candidate), I wanted to check out Tenney. My first time being there, I had no...

Date: 1/19/2020 Resort: Gunstock, Gilford NH Conditions: Powder, bumps, chopped powder Report: So where do I begin... I left the house this morning at 7am, after digging out in Acton to find the roads clear all the way up. By the time I got to Cherry Valley Road where Gunstock is, I...

Date: 12/21 and 12/25 Resorts: Gunstock and Mount Snow Conditions: Man Made, Sunny, Machine Groomed at both Report: Double report here as I was lazy and forgot to post Gunstock's last weekend. Went to both Gunstock and Mount Snow this week. Both days were fairly busy, with the earlier...

Date: 12/1/2019 Resort: Gunstock, Gilford NH Conditions: Machine Groomed, Man Made Report: First day back at Gunstock this season with my 8 year old. Was nice to see him on skis again, and he's doing a great job linking turns! In no time, he will certainly out ski me on the mountain...

Date: 11/30/2019 Resort: Mount Freeze (aka. Mount Snow) Conditions: COLD and windy! Brrr! Report: What a cold day out on the mountain! I arrived up on the mountain around 8:30, in time for the 9:00 AM lift opening. Already there were people complaining in line thinking that Snow...

Date: 11/16/2019 Resort: Mount Snow, Dover VT Conditions: Bluebird day, Machine Groomed Report: First day out for me this season, I kicked it off up at Snow. I have to say that the snow makers did a great job getting the coverage nice and deep. Spent the day lapping Cascade, Canyon, Long...

Date: 4/13/2019 Resort: Wachusett Conditions: Ice/Slush/boilerplate Report: Made it to 20 days out this season today, with plenty of ice and boiler plate. With the rains, it killed what was left of their snow. While there was good boilerplate, it washed away all the corn they had...

Date: 4/6/2019 Resort: Gunstock, NH Conditions: Spring Report: Made it up one last time for Gunstock this year. Happy to have gotten first chair up, and lapped everything. Happy to be returning as a season passholder for next year, as my 8 year old is really beginning to love skiing -...

Date: 3/30/2019 Resort: Wildcat Mountain Conditions: Frozen hard pack... Report: I decided to head up to Wildcat today thinking it would be great spring skiing and avoid the rain. Boy was I wrong! Well it was foggy and misty, temps didn't get out of the 30's and it was frozen hard pack...

Date: 3/23/2019 Resort: The Crotch Conditions: Corn / spring conditions Report: Being that I only made it out to crotched a few times this season, I wanted to get one more in before their season ends. Not to mention, I could only get out late today, since I had a new washer and dryer...